education and training
- B.S., Georgetown University
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Slavin, Jonathan
astrophysicist
Theories of the interstellar medium (ISM), especially local ISM (including our local interstellar cloud) and interactions of hot gas and cooler gas; supernova remnant (SNR) evolution; interstellar dust; X-ray, ultraviolet and infrared observations of SNRs and the hot ISM; numerical magnetohydrodynamical simulations.
Background And Education
awards and honors
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2020
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2018
Publications
selected publications
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article
- Slavin, Jonathan D., Dwek, Eli, Mac Low, Mordecai-Mark, and Hill, Alex S. 2020. "The Dynamics, Destruction, and Survival of Supernova-formed Dust Grains." The Astrophysical Journal 902:135. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abb5a4 2020
- Raymond, John C., Chilingarian, Igor V., Blair, William P., Sankrit, Ravi, Slavin, Jonathan D., and Burkhart, Blakesley. 2020. "Turbulence and Energetic Particles in Radiative Shock Waves in the Cygnus Loop. I. Shock Properties." The Astrophysical Journal 894:108. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab886d 2020
- Raymond, John C., Slavin, Jonathan D., Blair, William P., Chilingarian, Igor V., Burkhart, Blakesley, and Sankrit, Ravi. 2020. "Turbulence and Energetic Particles in Radiative Shock Waves in the Cygnus Loop. II. Development of Postshock Turbulence." The Astrophysical Journal 903:2. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abb821 2020
- Bzowski, M., Czechowski, A., Frisch, P. C., Fuselier, S. A., Galli, A., Grygorczuk, J., Heerikhuisen, J., Kubiak, M. A., Kucharek, H., McComas, D. J., Möbius, E., Schwadron, N. A., Slavin, Jonathan, Sokół, J. M., Swaczyna, P., Wurz, P., and Zirnstein, E. J. 2019. "Interstellar Neutral Helium in the Heliosphere from IBEX Observations. VI. The He Density and the Ionization State in the Very Local Interstellar Matter." The Astrophysical Journal 882:60. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab3462 2019
- Zhang, Gao-Yuan, Slavin, Jonathan D., Foster, Adam, Smith, Randall K., ZuHone, John A., Zhou, Ping, and Chen, Yang. 2019. "Nonequilibrium Ionization in Mixed-morphology Supernova Remnants." The Astrophysical Journal 875:81. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab0f9a 2019
- Slavin, Jonathan D., Smith, Randall K., Foster, Adam, Winter, Henry D., Raymond, John C., Slane, Patrick O., and Yamaguchi, Hiroya. 2017. "Numerical Simulations of Supernova Remnant Evolution in a Cloudy Interstellar Medium." The Astrophysical Journal 846:77. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa8552 2017
- Micelotta, Elisabetta R., Dwek, Eli, and Slavin, Jonathan D. 2016. "Dust destruction by the reverse shock in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant." Astronomy and Astrophysics 590:A65. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527350 2016
- Frisch, P. C., Berdyugin, A., Piirola, V., Magalhaes, A. M., Seriacopi, D. B., Wiktorowicz, S. J., Andersson, B. -G, Funsten, H. O., McComas, D. J., Schwadron, N. A., Slavin, Jonathan D., Hanson, A. J., and Fu, C. -W. 2015. "Charting the Interstellar Magnetic Field causing the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) Ribbon of Energetic Neutral Atoms." The Astrophysical Journal 814:112. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/814/2/112 2015
- Slavin, Jonathan D., Dwek, Eli, and Jones, Anthony P. 2015. "Destruction of Interstellar Dust in Evolving Supernova Remnant Shock Waves." The Astrophysical Journal 803:7. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/803/1/7 2015
- Frisch, P. C., Andersson, B. -G, Berdyugin, A., Piirola, V., Funsten, H. O., Magalhaes, A. M., Seriacopi, D. B., McComas, D. J., Schwadron, N. A., Slavin, Jonathan D., and Wiktorowicz, S. J. 2015. "Evidence for an Interstellar Dust Filament in the Outer Heliosheath." The Astrophysical Journal 805:60. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/805/1/60 2015
- Bocchio, Marco, Jones, Anthony P., and Slavin, Jonathan D. 2014. "A re-evaluation of dust processing in supernova shock waves." Astronomy and Astrophysics 570:A32. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424368 2014
- Slavin, Jonathan D., Wargelin, Bradford J., and Koutroumpa, Dimitra. 2013. "Solar Wind Charge Exchange Emission in the Chandra Deep Field North." The Astrophysical Journal 779:13. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/779/1/13 2013
- Frisch, P. C., Andersson, B. -G, Berdyugin, A., Piirola, V., DeMajistre, R., Funsten, H. O., Magalhaes, A. M., Seriacopi, D. B., McComas, D. J., Schwadron, N. A., Slavin, Jonathan D., and Wiktorowicz, S. J. 2012. "The Interstellar Magnetic Field Close to the Sun. II.." The Astrophysical Journal 760:106. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/760/2/106 2012
- Slavin, Jonathan D., Frisch, Priscilla C., Müller, Hans-Reinhard, Heerikhuisen, Jacob, Pogorelov, Nikolai V., Reach, William T., and Zank, Gary. 2012. "Trajectories and Distribution of Interstellar Dust Grains in the Heliosphere." The Astrophysical Journal 760:46. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/46 2012
- Frisch, Priscilla C., Redfield, Seth, and Slavin, Jonathan D. 2011. "The Interstellar Medium Surrounding the Sun." Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 49:237-279. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-astro-081710-102613 2011
- Frisch, Priscilla C., Heerikhuisen, Jacob, Pogorelov, Nikolai V., DeMajistre, Bob, Crew, Geoffrey B., Funsten, Herbert O., Janzen, Paul, McComas, David J., Moebius, Eberhard, Mueller, Hans-Reinhard, Reisenfeld, Daniel Brett, Schwadron, Nathan A., Slavin, Jonathan D., and Zank, Gary Paul. 2010. "Can IBEX Identify Variations in the Galactic Environment of the Sun Using Energetic Neutral Atoms?." The Astrophysical Journal 719:1984-1992. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/719/2/1984 2010
- Frisch, Priscilla C., Andersson, B. -G, Berdyugin, Andrei, Funsten, Herbert O., Magalhaes, Antonio M., McComas, David J., Piirola, Vilppu, Schwadron, Nathan A., Slavin, Jonathan D., and Wiktorowicz, Sloane J. 2010. "Comparisons of the Interstellar Magnetic Field Directions Obtained from the IBEX Ribbon and Interstellar Polarizations." The Astrophysical Journal 724:1473-1479. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/724/2/1473 2010
- Dwek, Eli, Arendt, Richard G., Bouchet, Patrice, Burrows, David N., Challis, Peter, Danziger, I. John, De Buizer, James M., Gehrz, Robert D., Park, Sangwook, Polomski, Elisha F., Slavin, Jonathan D., and Woodward, Charles E. 2010. "Five Years of Mid-infrared Evolution of the Remnant of SN 1987A: The Encounter Between the Blast Wave and the Dusty Equatorial Ring." The Astrophysical Journal 722:425-434. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/722/1/425 2010
- Westmoquette, M. S., Slavin, Jonathan D., Smith, L. J., and Gallagher, J. S., III. 2010. "VLT/FLAMES-ARGUS observations of stellar wind-ISM cloud interactions in NGC 6357." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 402:152-160. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15912.x 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
- Rho, J., Reach, W. T., Tappe, A., Hwang, U., Slavin, Jonathan D., Kozasa, T., and Dunne, L. 2009. "Spitzer Observations of the Young Core-Collapse Supernova Remnant 1E0102-72.3: Infrared Ejecta Emission and Dust Formation." The Astrophysical Journal 700:579-596. 2009
- Slavin, Jonathan D. 2009. "The Origins and Physical Properties of the Complex of Local Interstellar Clouds." Space Science Reviews 143:311-322. 2009
- Haffner, L. M., Dettmar, R. -J, Beckman, J. E., Wood, K., Slavin, Jonathan D., Giammanco, C., Madsen, G. J., Zurita, A., and Reynolds, R. J. 2009. "The warm ionized medium in spiral galaxies." Reviews of Modern Physics 81:969-997. 2009
- Slavin, Jonathan D. and Frisch, P. C. 2008. "The boundary conditions of the heliosphere: photoionization models constrained by interstellar and in situ data." Astronomy and Astrophysics 491:53-68. 2008
- 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
- Slavin, Jonathan D. and Frisch, Priscilla C. 2007. "The Chemical Composition of Interstellar Matter at the Solar Location." Space Science Reviews 130:409-414. 2007
Affiliation
member of
- American Geophysical Union 2010 -
- American Astronomical Society 1989 -
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department
