Primini, Francis

Dr.

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Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 1983 - 2018

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.

education and training

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

selected publications

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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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

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