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Center for Astrophysics Research

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Publications

 

This page contains a list of my publications and a selection of talks. A NASA ADS list of my papers can be found here.

 

Published and Submitted

2012

AGN Activity and the Misaligned Hot ISM in the Compact Radio Elliptical NGC 4278, 2012, ApJ, 758, 94

S. Pellegrini, J. Wang, G. Fabbiano, D-W. Kim, N. J. Brassington, J. Gallagher, G. Trinchieri, & A. Zezas, et al.

The Spectral and Temporal Properties of Transient Sources in Early-type Galaxies, 2012, ApJ, 755, 162

N. J. Brassington, G. Fabbiano, A. Zezas, et al.

Probing the X-Ray Binary Populations of the Ring Galaxy NGC 1291, 2012, ApJ, 749, 130

B. Luo, G. Fabbiano, T. Fragos, D-W. Kim, K. Belczynski, N. J. Brassington, S. Pellegrini, P. Tzanavaris, J. Wang, & A. Zezas

A Transient Sub-Eddington Black Hole X-Ray Binary Candidate in the DustLanes of Centaurus A, 2012, ApJ, 749, 112

M. Burke, S. Raychaudhury, R. P. Kraft, N. J. Brassington, et al.

2011

Luminosity functions of LMXBs in different stellar environments, 2011, A&A, 533, 15

Z. Zhang., et al.

2010

Field and Globular Cluster LMXBs in NGC 4278, 2010, ApJ, 725, 1824

G. Fabbiano, N. J. Brassington, L. Lentati, et al.

The X-ray Spectra of the Luminous LMXBs in NGC 3379: Field and Globular Cluster Sources, 2010, ApJ, 725, 1805

N. J. Brassington, G. Fabbiano, S. Blake, A. Zezas, et al.

Long-Term Monitoring of the Dynamics and Particle Acceleration in the Jet of Centaurus A, 2010, ApJ, 708, 675

J. Goodger, et al.

2009

Deep Chandra Monitoring Observations of NGC 4278: Catalog of Source Properties, 2009, ApJS, 181, 605

N. J. Brassington, G. Fabbiano, D.-W. Kim, A. Zezas, S. Zepf, A. Kundu, L. Angelini, R. L. Davies, J. Gallagher, V. Kalogera, T. Fragos, A. R. King, S. Pellegrini & G. Trinchieri

Comparing GC and Field LMXBs in Elliptical Galaxies with deep Chandra and Hubble data, 2009, 703, 829

D.-W. Kim, G. Fabbiano, N. J. Brassington, & et al.

Transient Low-Mass X-ray Binary Populations in Ellipticals Galaxies NGC 3379 and NGC 4278, 2009, ApJ, 702, 143

T. Fragos, V. Kalogera, B. Willems, K. Belczynski, G. Fabbiano, D-W. Kim, N. J. Brassington, et al.

Luminosity Functions of LMXBs in Centaurus A: globular clusters versus the field, 2009, ApJ, 701, 471

R. Voss, et al.

High-energy particle acceleration of the radio-lobe shock of Centaurus A, 2009, MNRAS, 395, 1999

J. H. Croston, et al.

2008

Discovery of Hot Gas in Outflow in NGC 3379, 2008, ApJ, 688, 1000

G. Trinchieri, S. Pellegrini, G. Fabbiano, R. Fu, N. J. Brassington, et al.

Deep Chandra Monitoring Observations of NGC 3379: Catalog of Source Properties, 2008, ApJS, 179, 142

N. J. Brassington, G. Fabbiano, D.-W. Kim, A. Zezas, S. Zepf, A. Kundu, L. Angelini, R. L. Davies, J. Gallagher, V. Kalogera, T. Fragos, A. R. King, S. Pellegrini & G. Trinchieri

Models for Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries in the Elliptical Galaxies NGC 3379 and NGC 4278: Comparison with Observations, 2008, ApJ, 683, 346

T. Fragos, V. Kalogera, K. Belczynski, G. Fabbiano, D-W. Kim, N. J. Brassington, et al.

Evidence for Nonhydrostatic Gas Motions in the Hot Interstellar Medium of Centaurus A, 2008, ApJ, 677, 9

R. P. Kraft, et al.

A Transient Black Hole Low-Mass X-Ray Binary Candidate in Centaurus A, 2008, ApJ, 677, 27

G. R. Sivakoff, et al.

Where Centaurus A Gets Its X-Ray Knottiness, 2008, ApJ, 673, 135

D. M. Worrall, et al.

2007

Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries and Globular Clusters in Centaurus A, 2007, ApJ, 671, 117

A. Jordan, et al.

New Results on Particle Acceleration in the Centaurus A Jet and Counterjet from a Deep Chandra Observation, 2007, ApJ, 670, 81

M. J. Hardcastle, et al.

The Chandra View of Galaxy Mergers, 2007, MNRAS, 377, 1439

N. J. Brassington, T. J. Ponman & A. M. Read

2005

Chandra Observations of the Interacting Galaxies NGC 3395/3396 (Arp 270), 2005, MNRAS, 360, 801

N. J. Brassington, A. M. Read & T. J. Ponman

 

Conference Proceedings

LMXBs in the Normal Elliptical Galaxy NGC 3379, 2008, in A POPULATION EXPLOSION: The Nature & Evolution of X-ray Binaries in Diverse Environments, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1010, p. 336

N. J. Brassington

Models for low-mass X-ray binaries in the elliptical galaxies NGC 3379 and NGC 4278: Comparison with observations, 2008, in Proceedings of ESAC faculty workshop on X-rays from nearby galaxies, p. 108

T. Fragos, V. Kalogera, K. Belczynski, G. Fabbiano, D-W. Kim, N. J. Brassington et al.

The X-ray Evolution of Merging Galaxies, 2005 in IAU Symposium No. 230: Populations of High Energy Sources in Galaxies, Volume 230, p. 137

N. J. Brassington

Selected Talks and Presentations

April 2013 Invited Seminar, University of Exeter, UK
March 2013 Invited Seminar, University of Bristol, UK
Sept 2012 Contributed Talk at Half a Century of X-ray Astronomy, Mykonos, Greece
Aug 2012 Contributed Talk at SpS 8: Calibration of SFR, IAU XXVIII General Assembly, Beijing, China
March 2012 Contributed Talk at The National Astronomy Meeting, Manchester, UK
Feb 2012 Invited Seminar, University of Crete, Greece
Nov 2011 Invited Seminar, University of Durham, UK
June 2011 Contributed Talk at The X-ray Universe 2011 Symposium, Berlin, Germany
June 2011 Seminar, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Dec 2010 Seminar, University of Crete, Greece
March 2010 Contributed Talk at High Energy Astrophysics Division 11th Meeting, Hawaii, US
Aug 2009 Invited Talk, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
May 2009 Invited Seminar, University of Durham, UK

Jan 2009

 Invited Talk at Formation and Evolution of Globular Clusters Conference, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, CA, US
Jan 2009 Poster at American Astronomical Society 213th Meeting, Long Beach, CA, US
June 2008 HEAD Lunch Talk, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, MA, US
June 2008 Invited Seminar, University of Southampton, UK
June 2008 Invited Seminar, University of Leicester, UK
June 2008 Invited Seminar, University of Birmingham, UK
June 2008 Invited Seminar, University of Oxford, UK
June 2008

Invited Seminar, MSSL, UK

May 2008 Contributed Talk at The X-ray Universe 2008 Symposium, Granada, Spain
Oct 2007 Poster at A Population Explosion: The Nature and Evolution of X-ray Binaries in Diverse Environments, St Petersburg Beach, FL, US
Jan 2007 Poster at American Astronomical Society 209th Meeting, Seattle, WA, US
Aug 2005 Contributed Talk at IAU Symposium No. 230: Populations of High Energy Sources in Galaxies, Dublin, Ireland
July 2005 Contributed Talk at New Results in X-Ray Astronomy Meeting, University of Leicester, UK
April 2005 Contributed Talk at The National Astronomy Meeting, Birmingham, UK
July 2004 Contributed Talk at Galaxies Viewed With Chandra Workshop, Cambridge, MA, US

 

Public Outreach

Chandra podcast Mergers And Acquisitions In The Cosmos, 2007

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