Primini, Francis
Dr.
Observational X-ray astronomy, including number counts and distributions of X-ray source populations in the Milky Way and other similar galaxies; surveys of extragalactic X-ray sources; X-ray binaries; time-series analysis of X-ray sources; x-ray source catalogs.
Positions
- Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 1983 - 2018
Background And Education
Education And Training
Publications
Selected Publications
-
Article
- Barnard, R., Primini, Francis A., Garcia, M. R., Kolb, U. C., and Murray, Stephen S. 2015. "XMM-Newton and Chandra Observations of the M31 Globular Cluster Black Hole Candidate XB135: A Heavyweight Contender Cut Down to Size." The Astrophysical Journal 802:85. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/802/2/85 2015
- Barnard, R., Garcia, M. R., Primini, Francis A., Li, Z., Baganoff, F. K., and Murray, Stephen S. 2014. "Around 200 New X-Ray Binary IDs from 13 yr of Chandra Observations of the M31 Center." The Astrophysical Journal 780:83. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/780/1/83 2014
- Primini, Francis A. and Kashyap, V. L. 2014. "Determining X-Ray Source Intensity and Confidence Bounds in Crowded Fields." The Astrophysical Journal, 796 24. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/796/1/24. 2014
- Barnard, R., Garcia, M. R., Primini, Francis A., and Murray, Stephen S. 2014. "Discovery of a New Black Hole Transient within 100'' (400 pc) of M31*." The Astrophysical Journal 780:169. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/780/2/169 2014
- Barnard, R., Garcia, M. R., Primini, Francis A., and Murray, Stephen S. 2014. "Fifty M31 Black Hole Candidates Identified by Chandra and XMM-Newton." The Astrophysical Journal 791:33. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/791/1/33 2014
- Patel, B., Di Stefano, R., Nelson, T., Primini, Francis A., Liu, J., and Scoles, S. 2013. "Analysis of a State Changing Supersoft X-Ray Source in M31." The Astrophysical Journal 771:6. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/771/1/6 2013
- Barnard, R., Garcia, M., Li, Z., Primini, Francis A., and Murray, Stephen S. 2011. "Four New Black Hole Candidates Identified in M31 Globular Clusters with Chandra and XMM-Newton." The Astrophysical Journal 734:79. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/734/2/79 2011
- Kong, A. K. H., Heinke, C. O., Di Stefano, R., Cohn, H. N., Lugger, P. M., Barmby, Pauline, Lewin, W. H. G., and Primini, Francis A. 2010. "Localization of the X-ray source in the globular cluster G1 with Chandra." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 407:L84-L88. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2010.00910.x 2010
- Garcia, Michael R., Hextall, Richard, Baganoff, Frederick K., Galache, Jose, Melia, Fulvio, Murray, Stephen S., Primini, Francis A., Sjouwerman, Loránt O., and Williams, Ben. 2010. "X-ray and Radio Variability of M31*, The Andromeda Galaxy Nuclear Supermassive Black Hole." The Astrophysical Journal 710:755-763. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/710/1/755 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
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department