Nichols, Joy
staff
Interstellar medium; winds of hot stars; high-energy plasma physics.
Positions
- Supervisory Astrophysicist, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian 1998 -
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Northwestern University
- M.S., Northwestern University
- Ph.D., University of Amsterdam
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Pradhan, Pragati, Huenemoerder, David P., Ignace, Richard, Nichols, Joy S., and Pollock, A. M. T. 2023. "Survey of X-Rays from Massive Stars Observed at High Spectral Resolution with Chandra." The Astrophysical Journal, 954 123. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ace9d6. 2023
- Evans, Nancy Remage, Ferrari, Mckenzie G., Kuraszkiewicz, Joanna, Silverberg, Steven, Nichols, Joy, Torres, Guillermo, and Fischbach, Makenzi. 2023. "The Mass-Temperature Relation for B and Early A Stars Based on International Ultraviolet Explorer Spectra of Detached Eclipsing Binaries." The Astronomical Journal, 166 109. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ace89b. 2023
- Orio, Marina, Gendreau, Keith, Giese, Morgan, Luna, Gerardo Juan M., Magdolen, Jozef, Strohmayer, Tod E., Zhang, Andy E., Altamirano, Diego, Dobrotka, Andrej, Enoto, Teruaki, Ferrara, Elizabeth C., Ignace, Richard, Heinz, Sebastian, Markwardt, Craig, Nichols, Joy S., Parker, Michael L., Pasham, Dheeraj R., Pei, Songpeng, Pradhan, Pragati, Remillard, Ron, Steiner, James F., and Tombesi, Francesco. 2023. "The RS Oph Outburst of 2021 Monitored in X-Rays with NICER." The Astrophysical Journal, 955 37. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ace9bd. 2023
- Huenemoerder, David P., Ignace, Richard, Miller, Nathan A., Gayley, Kenneth G., Hamann, Wolf-Rainer, Lauer, Jennifer, Moffat, Anthony F. J., Nazé, Yaël, Nichols, Joy S., Oskinova, Lidia, Richardson, Noel D., and Waldron, Wayne. 2020. "A Deep Exposure in High Resolution X-Rays Reveals the Hottest Plasma in the ζ Puppis Wind." The Astrophysical Journal, 893 52. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab8005. 2020
- Huenemoerder, David P., Schulz, Norbert S., and Nichols, Joy S. 2019. "Winds of Massive Stars: High-resolution X-Ray Spectra of Stars in NGC 3603." The Astronomical Journal, 157 29. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aaf380. 2019
- Pablo, Herbert, Richardson, Noel D., Moffat, Anthony F. J., Corcoran, Michael, Shenar, Tomer, Benvenuto, Omar, Fuller, Jim, Nazé, Yaël, Hoffman, Jennifer L., Miroshnichenko, Anatoly, Maíz Apellániz, Jesús, Evans, Nancy, Eversberg, Thomas, Gayley, Ken, Gull, Ted, Hamaguchi, Kenji, Hamann, Wolf-Rainer, Henrichs, Huib, Hole, Tabetha, Ignace, Richard, Iping, Rosina, Lauer, Jennifer, Leutenegger, Maurice, Lomax, Jamie, Nichols, Joy et al. 2015. "A Coordinated X-Ray and Optical Campaign of the Nearest Massive Eclipsing Binary, d Orionis Aa. III. Analysis of Optical Photometric (MOST) and Spectroscopic (Ground-based) Variations." The Astrophysical Journal, 809 134. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/809/2/134. 2015
- Evans, Nancy Remage, Berdnikov, Leonid, Lauer, Jennifer, Morgan, Douglas, Nichols, Joy, Günther, H. Moritz, Gorynya, Natalya, Rastorguev, Alexey, and Moskalik, Pawel. 2015. "Binary Properties from Cepheid Radial Velocities (CRaV)." The Astronomical Journal, 150 13. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/150/1/13. 2015
- Mitschang, Arik W., Schulz, Norbert S., Huenemoerder, David P., Nichols, Joy S., and Testa, Paola. 2011. "Detailed X-Ray Line Properties of 2Ori A in Quiescence." The Astrophysical Journal, 734 14. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/734/1/14. 2011
- Primini, Francis A., Houck, John C., Davis, John E., Nowak, Michael A., Evans, Ian N., Glotfelty, Kenny J., Anderson, Craig S., Bonaventura, Nina R., Chen, Judy C., Doe, Stephen M., Evans, Janet D., Fabbiano, Giuseppina, Galle, Elizabeth C., Gibbs, Danny G., Grier, John D., Hain, Roger M., Hall, Diane M., Harbo, Peter N., Helen He, Xiangqun, Karovska, Margarita, Kashyap, Vinay L., Lauer, Jennifer, McCollough, Michael L., McDowell, Jonathan C., Miller, Joseph B. et al. 2011. "Statistical Characterization of the Chandra Source Catalog." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 194 37. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/194/2/37. 2011
- Huenemoerder, David P., Mitschang, Arik, Dewey, Daniel, Nowak, Michael A., Schulz, Norbert S., Nichols, Joy S., Davis, John E., Houck, John C., Marshall, Herman L., Noble, Michael S., Morgan, Doug, and Canizares, Claude R. 2011. "TGCat: The Chandra Transmission Grating Data Catalog and Archive." The Astronomical Journal, 141, (4) 129. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/141/4/129. 2011
- Evans, Ian N., Primini, Francis A., Glotfelty, Kenny J., Anderson, Craig S., Bonaventura, Nina R., Chen, Judy C., Davis, John E., Doe, Stephen M., Evans, Janet D., Fabbiano, Giuseppina, Galle, Elizabeth C., Gibbs, Danny G., Grier, John D., Hain, Roger M., Hall, Diane M., Harbo, Peter N., Helen He, Xiangqun, Houck, John C., Karovska, Margarita, Kashyap, Vinay L., Lauer, Jennifer, McCollough, Michael L., McDowell, Jonathan C., Miller, Joseph B., Mitschang, Arik W. et al. 2010. "The Chandra Source Catalog." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 189 37–82. 2010
- Nichols, Joy S., Henden, Arne A., Huenemoerder, David P., Lauer, Jennifer L., Martin, Eric, Morgan, Douglas L., and Sundheim, Beth A. 2010. "The Chandra Variable Guide Star Catalog." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 188 473–487. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/188/2/473. 2010
- Nichols, Joy and Slavin, Jonathan D. 2009. "FUSE Observations Reveal the Nature of the Stellar Jets in R Aqr." The Astrophysical Journal, 699 902–910. 2009
- Walborn, Nolan R., Nichols, Joy S., and Waldron, Wayne L. 2009. "The Correlation Between X-Ray Line Ionization and Optical Spectral Types of the OB Stars." The Astrophysical Journal, 703 633–641. 2009
- Westbrook, Owen W., Evans, Nancy Remage, Wolk, Scott J., Kashyap, Vinay L., Nichols, Joy S., Mendygral, Peter J., Slavin, Jonathan D., Spitzbart, Bradley, and Waldron, Wayne L. 2008. "X-Atlas: An Online Archive of Chandra's Stellar High-Energy Transmission Grating Observations." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 176 218–261. https://doi.org/10.1086/527477. 2008
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department