Prestwich, Andrea
Fellowship Advisor Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory staffMultiwavelength studies of clusters of galaxies; extragalactic star formation
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.Sc., Queen Mary College, London
- M.Sc., University of Manchester
- Ph.D., Imperial College, London
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Hunt, Qiana, Gallo, Elena, Chandar, Rupali, Mok, Angus, and Prestwich, Andrea. 2023. "Calibrating X-Ray Binary Luminosity Functions via Optical Reconnaissance. II. The High-mass XLF and Globular Cluster Population of X-Ray Binaries in the Low Star-forming Spiral M81." The Astrophysical Journal, 947 31. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac78da. 2023
- Hunt, Qiana, Gallo, Elena, Chandar, Rupali, Mok, Angus, and Prestwich, Andrea. 2023. "Calibrating X-Ray Binary Luminosity Functions via Optical Reconnaissance. II. The High-mass XLF and Globular Cluster Population of X-Ray Binaries in the Low Star-forming Spiral M81." The Astrophysical Journal, 947 31. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac78da. 2023
- Hunt, Qiana, Gallo, Elena, Chandar, Rupali, Mok, Angus, and Prestwich, Andrea. 2023. "Calibrating X-Ray Binary Luminosity Functions via Optical Reconnaissance. II. The High-mass XLF and Globular Cluster Population of X-Ray Binaries in the Low Star-forming Spiral M81." The Astrophysical Journal, 947 31. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac78da. 2023
- West, Lacey, Garofali, Kristen, Lehmer, Bret D., Prestwich, Andrea, Eufrasio, Rafael, Luangtip, Wasutep, Roberts, Timothy P., and Zezas, Andreas. 2023. "The Large Deficit of HMXB Emission from Luminous Infrared Galaxies: The Case of the Circumnuclear Starburst Ring in NGC 7552." The Astrophysical Journal, 952 22. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acd9aa. 2023
- Kaaret, P., Bluem, J., and Prestwich, Andrea H. 2022. "Rapid turn-on of a luminous X-ray source in the candidate Lyman continuum emitting galaxy Tol 0440-381." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 511 L8–L12. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slab127. 2022
- Hunt, Qiana, Gallo, Elena, Chandar, Rupali, Johns Mulia, Paula, Mok, Angus, Prestwich, Andrea, and Liu, Shengchen. 2021. "Calibrating X-Ray Binary Luminosity Functions via Optical Reconnaissance. I. The Case of M83." The Astrophysical Journal, 912 31. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abe531. 2021
- Gross, Arran C., Prestwich, Andrea, and Kaaret, Philip. 2021. "Resolving the ultraluminous X-ray sources in the Ly α emitting galaxy Haro 11." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505 610–627. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1331. 2021
- Rice, Jared R., Rangelov, Blagoy, Prestwich, Andrea, Chandar, Rupali, Bichon, Luis, and Boldt, Clint. 2021. "X-Ray Binaries in M51 I: Catalog and Statistics." The Astrophysical Journal, 922 178. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac22ac. 2021
- Chandar, Rupali, Johns, Paula, Mok, Angus, Prestwich, Andrea, Gallo, Elena, and Hunt, Qiana. 2020. "A New Window into the Nature of X-Ray Binaries in M101 from Their Optical Emission." The Astrophysical Journal, 890 150. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab6b27. 2020
- Bluem, J., Kaaret, P., Prestwich, Andrea, and Brorby, M. 2019. "Enhanced X-ray emission from candidate Lyman continuum emitting galaxies." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487 4093–4101. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1574. 2019
- Lehmer, Bret D., Eufrasio, Rafael T., Tzanavaris, Panayiotis, Basu-Zych, Antara, Fragos, Tassos, Prestwich, Andrea, Yukita, Mihoko, Zezas, Andreas, Hornschemeier, Ann E., and Ptak, Andrew. 2019. "X-Ray Binary Luminosity Function Scaling Relations for Local Galaxies Based on Subgalactic Modeling." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 243 3. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ab22a8. 2019
- Laycock, Silas G. T., Christodoulou, Dimitris M., Williams, Benjamin F., Binder, Breanna, and Prestwich, Andrea H. 2017. "Blue Supergiant X-Ray Binaries in the Nearby Dwarf Galaxy IC 10." The Astrophysical Journal, 836 51. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/836/1/51. 2017
- Kaaret, P., Brorby, M., Casella, L., and Prestwich, Andrea H. 2017. "Resolving the X-ray emission from the Lyman-continuum emitting galaxy Tol 1247-232." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471 4234–4238. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1945. 2017
- Laycock, Silas, Cappallo, Rigel, Williams, Benjamin F., Prestwich, Andrea H., Binder, Breanna, and Christodoulou, Dimitris M. 2017. "The X-Ray Binary Population of the Nearby Dwarf Starburst Galaxy IC 10: Variable and Transient X-Ray Sources." The Astrophysical Journal, 836 50. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/836/1/50. 2017
- Brorby, M., Kaaret, P., Prestwich, Andrea H., and Mirabel, I. F. 2016. "Enhanced X-ray emission from Lyman break analogues and a possible LX-SFR-metallicity plane." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 457 4081–4088. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw284. 2016
- Prestwich, Andrea H., Jackson, F., Kaaret, P., Brorby, M., Roberts, T. P., Saar, S. H., and Yukita, M. 2015. "Ultra-luminous X-Ray Sources in HARO II and the Role of X-Ray Binaries in Feedback in Ly? Emitting Galaxies." The Astrophysical Journal, 812 166. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/812/2/166. 2015
- Brorby, M., Kaaret, P., and Prestwich, Andrea H. 2014. "X-ray binary formation in low-metallicity blue compact dwarf galaxies." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 441 2346–2353. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu736. 2014
- Prestwich, Andrea H., Tsantaki, Maria, Zezas, Andreas, Jackson, F., Roberts, T. P., Foltz, R., Linden, T., and Kalogera, V. 2013. "Ultra-luminous X-Ray Sources in the Most Metal Poor Galaxies." The Astrophysical Journal, 769 92. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/769/2/92. 2013
- Prestwich, Andrea H., Galache, J. L., Linden, T., Kalogera, V., Zezas, Andreas, Roberts, T. P., Kilgard, R., Wolter, A., and Trinchieri, G. 2012. "Chandra Observations of the Collisional Ring Galaxy NGC 922." The Astrophysical Journal, 747 150. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/747/2/150. 2012
- Rangelov, Blagoy, Chandar, Rupali, Prestwich, Andrea H., and Whitmore, Bradley C. 2012. "X-Ray Binaries and Star Clusters in the Antennae: Optical Cluster Counterparts." The Astrophysical Journal, 758 99. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/758/2/99. 2012
- Bulik, Tomasz, Belczynski, Krzysztof, and Prestwich, Andrea H. 2011. "IC10 X-1/NGC300 X-1: The Very Immediate Progenitors of BH-BH Binaries." The Astrophysical Journal, 730, (2) 140. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/730/2/140. 2011
- Rangelov, Blagoy, Prestwich, Andrea H., and Chandar, Rupali. 2011. "The Connection between X-Ray Binaries and Star Clusters in NGC 4449." The Astrophysical Journal, 741, (2). https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/86. 2011
- Linden, T., Kalogera, V., Sepinsky, J. F., Prestwich, Andrea H., Zezas, Andreas, and Gallagher, J. S. 2010. "The Effect of Starburst Metallicity on Bright X-ray Binary Formation Pathways." The Astrophysical Journal, 725 1984–1994. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/725/2/1984. 2010
- Prestwich, Andrea H., Kilgard, R. E., Primini, Francis A., Mc Dowell, J. C., and Zezas, Andreas. 2009. "The Luminosity Function of X-ray Sources in Spiral Galaxies." The Astrophysical Journal, 705 1632–1636. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/705/2/1632. 2009
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- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department