Vrtilek, Jan
Fellowship Advisor Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory staffClusters and groups of galaxies; X-ray astronomy; astronomical instrumentation.
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Ph.D., Harvard University
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Ubertosi, Francesco, Schellenberger, Gerrit, O'Sullivan, Ewan, Vrtilek, Jan, Giacintucci, Simona, David, Laurence P., Forman, William, Gitti, Myriam, Venturi, Tiziana, Jones, Christine, and Brighenti, Fabrizio. 2024. "Jet Reorientation in Central Galaxies of Clusters and Groups: Insights from VLBA and Chandra Data." The Astrophysical Journal, 961 134. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad11d8. 2024
- Schellenberger, Gerrit, O'Sullivan, Ewan, Giacintucci, Simona, Vrtilek, Jan, David, Laurence P., Combes, Francoise, Bîrzan, Laura, Pan, Hsi-An, and Lin, Lihwai. 2023. "Feedback in the Extremely Violent Group Merger NGC 6338." The Astrophysical Journal, 948 101. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc52e. 2023
- Schellenberger, Gerrit, Giacintucci, Simona, Lovisari, Lorenzo, O'Sullivan, Ewan, Vrtilek, Jan, David, Laurence P., Melin, Jean-Baptiste, Lal, Dharam Vir, Ettori, Stefano, Kolokythas, Konstantinos, Sereno, Mauro, and Raychaudhury, Somak. 2022. "The Unusually Weak and Exceptionally Steep Radio Relic in A2108." The Astrophysical Journal, 925 91. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac3b5a. 2022
- Schellenberger, Gerrit, David, Laurence P., Vrtilek, Jan, O'Sullivan, Ewan, Lim, Jeremy, Forman, William, Sun, Ming, Combes, Francoise, Salome, Philippe, Jones, Christine, Giacintucci, Simona, Edge, Alastair, Gastaldello, Fabio, Temi, Pasquale, Brighenti, Fabrizio, and Bardelli, Sandro. 2020. "Atacama Compact Array Measurements of the Molecular Mass in the NGC 5044 Cooling-flow Group." The Astrophysical Journal, 894 72. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab879c. 2020
- O'Sullivan, Ewan, Schellenberger, Gerrit, Burke, Douglas J., Sun, Ming, Vrtilek, Jan M., David, Laurence P., and Sarazin, Craig. 2019. "Building a cluster: shocks, cavities, and cooling filaments in the group-group merger NGC 6338." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488 2925–2946. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1711. 2019
- Schellenberger, Gerrit, David, Laurence, O'Sullivan, Ewan, Vrtilek, Jan M., and Haines, C. P. 2019. "Forming One of the Most Massive Objects in the Universe: The Quadruple Merger in Abell 1758." The Astrophysical Journal, 882 59. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab35e4. 2019
- Nagai, H., Onishi, K., Kawakatu, N., Fujita, Y., Kino, M., Fukazawa, Y., Lim, J., Forman, William, Vrtilek, Jan, Nakanishi, K., Noda, H., Asada, K., Wajima, K., Ohyama, Y., David, Laurence, and Daikuhara, K. 2019. "The ALMA Discovery of the Rotating Disk and Fast Outflow of Cold Molecular Gas in NGC 1275." The Astrophysical Journal, 883 193. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab3e6e. 2019
- O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Combes, F., Salomé, P., David, L. P., Babul, A., Vrtilek, Jan M., Lim, J., Olivares, V., Raychaudhury, S., and Schellenberger, Gerrit. 2018. "Cold gas in a complete sample of group-dominant early-type galaxies." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 618 A126. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833580. 2018
- O'Sullivan, Ewan, Kolokythas, Konstantinos, Kantharia, Nimisha G., Raychaudhury, Somak, David, Laurence P., and Vrtilek, Jan M. 2018. "The origin of the X-ray, radio and H I structures in the NGC 5903 galaxy group." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473 5248–5266. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2702. 2018
- Schellenberger, G., Vrtilek, J. M., David, L., O'Sullivan, E., Giacintucci, S., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Duchesne, S. W., and Raychaudhury, S. 2017. "NGC 741—Mergers and AGN Feedback on a Galaxy-group Scale." The Astrophysical Journal, 845 84. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa7f2e. 2017
- O'Sullivan, Ewan, Ponman, Trevor J., Kolokythas, Konstantinos, Raychaudhury, Somak, Babul, Arif, Vrtilek, Jan M., David, Laurence P., Giacintucci, Simona, Gitti, Myriam, and Haines, Chris P. 2017. "The Complete Local Volume Groups Sample - I. Sample selection and X-ray properties of the high-richness subsample." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 472 1482–1505. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2078. 2017
- David, Laurence P., Vrtilek, Jan, O'Sullivan, Ewan, Jones, Christine, Forman, William, and Sun, Ming. 2017. "The Presence of Thermally Unstable X-Ray Filaments and the Production of Cold Gas in the NGC 5044 Group." The Astrophysical Journal, 842 84. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa756c. 2017
- Lim, Jeremy, Dinh-V-Trung, Vrtilek, Jan, David, Laurence P., and Forman, William. 2017. "The Role of Electron Excitation and Nature of Molecular Gas in Cluster Central Elliptical Galaxies." The Astrophysical Journal, 850 31. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa9275. 2017
- Zhang, B., David, L. P., Jones, C., Andrade-Santos, F., O'Sullivan, E., Dahle, H., Nulsen, P. E. J., Clarke, T. E., Pointecouteau, E., Pratt, G. W., Arnaud, M., Vrtilek, J. M., Ji, L., van Weeren, R. J., Kraft, R. P., and Kong, X. 2015. "Chandra and XMM-Newton Observations of the Merging Cluster of Galaxies PLCK G036.7 14.9." The Astrophysical Journal, 804 129. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/129. 2015
- Peris, Charith S., Vrtilek, Saeqa D., Steiner, James F., Vrtilek, Jan M., Wu, Jianfeng, McClintock, Jeffrey E., Longa-Peña, Penelope, Steeghs, Danny, Callanan, Paul, Ho, Luis C., Orosz, Jerome A., and Reynolds, Mark T. 2015. "Tomography of X-ray Nova Muscae 1991: evidence for ongoing mass transfer and stream-disc overflow." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449 1584–1592. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv407. 2015
- O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Zezas, Andreas, Vrtilek, J. M., Giacintucci, S., Trevisan, M., David, L. P., Ponman, T. J., Mamon, G. A., and Raychaudhury, S. 2014. "Deep Chandra Observations of HCG 16. I. Active Nuclei, Star Formation, and Galactic Winds." The Astrophysical Journal, 793 73. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/793/2/73. 2014
- O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Vrtilek, J. M., David, L. P., Giacintucci, S., Zezas, Andreas, Ponman, T. J., Mamon, G. A., Nulsen, P., and Raychaudhury, S. 2014. "Deep Chandra Observations of HCG 16. II. The Development of the Intra-group Medium in a Spiral-rich Group." The Astrophysical Journal, 793 74. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/793/2/74. 2014
- David, Laurence P., Lim, Jeremy, Forman, William, Vrtilek, Jan, Combes, Francoise, Salome, Philippe, Edge, Alastair, Hamer, Stephen, Jones, Christine, Sun, Ming, O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Gastaldello, Fabio, Bardelli, Sandro, Temi, Pasquale, Schmitt, Henrique, Ohyama, Youichi, Mathews, William, Brighenti, Fabrizio, Giacintucci, Simona, and Trung, Dinh-V. 2014. "Molecular Gas in the X-Ray Bright Group NGC 5044 as Revealed by ALMA." The Astrophysical Journal, 792 94. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/792/2/94. 2014
- O'Sullivan, Ewan J., David, Laurence P., and Vrtilek, Jan M. 2014. "The impact of sloshing on the intragroup medium and old radio lobe of NGC 5044." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437 730–739. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1926. 2014
- Giacintucci, Simona, O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Clarke, Tracy E., Murgia, Matteo, Vrtilek, Jan M., Venturi, Tiziana, David, Laurence P., Raychaudhury, Somak, and Athreya, Ramana M. 2012. "Recurrent Radio Outbursts at the Center of the NGC 1407 Galaxy Group." The Astrophysical Journal, 755 172. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/755/2/172. 2012
- Giacintucci, Simona, O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Vrtilek, Jan, David, Laurence P., Raychaudhury, Somak, Venturi, Tiziana, Athreya, Ramana M., Clarke, Tracy E., Murgia, Matteo, Mazzotta, Pasquale, Gitti, Myriam, Ponman, Trevor, Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., Jones, Christine, and Forman, William R. 2011. "A Combined Low-radio Frequency/X-ray Study of Galaxy Groups. I. Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope Observations at 235 MHz AND 610 MHz." The Astrophysical Journal, 732 95. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/732/2/95. 2011
- O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Giacintucci, Simona, David, Laurence P., Vrtilek, Jan M., and Raychaudhury, Somak. 2011. "A deep Chandra observation of the poor cluster AWM 4 - II. The role of the radio jets in enriching the intracluster medium." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 411 1833–1842. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17812.x. 2011
- David, Laurence P., O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Jones, Christine, Giacintucci, Simona, Vrtilek, Jan, Raychaudhury, Somak, Nulsen, Paul E. J., Forman, William R., Sun, Ming, and Donahue, Megan. 2011. "Active-Galactic-Nucleus-Driven Weather and Multiphase Gas in the Core of the NGC 5044 Galaxy Group." The Astrophysical Journal, 728, (2) 162. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/728/2/162. 2011
- O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Giacintucci, S., David, L. P., Gitti, M., Vrtilek, J. M., Raychaudhury, S., and Ponman, T. J. 2011. "Heating the Hot Atmospheres of Galaxy Groups and Clusters with Cavities: The Relationship between Jet Power and Low-frequency Radio Emission." The Astrophysical Journal, 735 11. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/735/1/11. 2011
- O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Giacintucci, Simona, David, Laurence P., Vrtilek, Jan M., and Raychaudhury, Somak. 2010. "A deep Chandra observation of the poor cluster AWM 4 - I. Properties of the central radio galaxy and its effects on the intracluster medium." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 407 321–338. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16895.x. 2010
- Gitti, Myriam, O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Giacintucci, Simona, David, Laurence P., Vrtilek, Jan, Raychaudhury, Somak, and Nulsen, Paul E. J. 2010. "Cavities and Shocks in the Galaxy Group HCG 62 as Revealed by Chandra, XMM-Newton, and Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope Data." The Astrophysical Journal, 714 758–771. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/714/1/758. 2010
- O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Giacintucci, Simona, Vrtilek, J. M., Raychaudhury, S., and David, L. P. 2009. "A Chandra X-ray View of Stephan's Quintet: Shocks and Star Formation." The Astrophysical Journal, 701 1560–1568. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/701/2/1560. 2009
- David, Laurence P., Jones, Christine, Forman, William R., Nulsen, Paul E. J., Vrtilek, Jan, O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Giacintucci, Simona, and Raychaudhury, Somak. 2009. "Isotropic Active Galactic Nucleus Heating with Small Radio-quiet Bubbles in the NGC 5044 Group." The Astrophysical Journal, 705 624–638. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/705/1/624. 2009
- Giacintucci, Simona, Vrtilek, Jan M., Murgia, Matteo, Raychaudhury, Somak, O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Venturi, Tiziana, David, Laurence P., Mazzotta, Pasquale, Clarke, Tracy E., and Athreya, Ramana M. 2008. "A Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope Multifrequency Radio Study of the Isothermal Core of the Poor Galaxy Cluster AWM 4." The Astrophysical Journal, 682 186–198. https://doi.org/10.1086/589280. 2008
- Jetha, Nazirah N., Hardcastle, Martin J., Babul, Arif, O'Sullivan, Ewan J., Ponman, Trevor J., Raychaudhury, Somak, and Vrtilek, Jan. 2008. "The nature of the ghost cavity in the NGC 741 group." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 384 1344–1354. 2008
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- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department