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Alan P. Marscher

Alan P. Marscher

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Physics

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107
Citations
50153
World Ranking
1286
National Ranking
674

Overview

Alan P. Marscher is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans various subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Geophysics.

Their research primarily focuses on topics such as Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies, and Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers.

Alan P. Marscher has an extensive publication record with frequent contributions to notable scientific venues. The primary platforms for disseminating their work include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Prominent recent papers authored or co-authored by Marscher are:

  • "Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer: prelaunch," 2022, Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems
  • "Polarized x-rays constrain the disk-jet geometry in the black hole x-ray binary Cygnus X-1," 2022, Science
  • "A ring-like accretion structure in M87 connecting its black hole and jet," 2023, Nature
  • "Polarized blazar X-rays imply particle acceleration in shocks," 2022, Nature
  • "Kinematics of Parsec-scale Jets of Gamma-Ray Blazars at 43 GHz during 10 yr of the VLBA-BU-BLAZAR Program," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Alan P. Marscher frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Svetlana G. Jorstad
  • I. Agudo
  • Ioannis Liodakis
  • Laura Di Gesu
  • I. Donnarumma

Best Publications

  • First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole

    Kazunori Akiyama;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

  • First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. IV. Imaging the Central Supermassive Black Hole

    Kazunori Akiyama;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

  • Models for high-frequency radio outbursts in extragalactic sources, with application to the early 1983 millimeter-to-infrared flare of 3C 273.

    A. P. Marscher;Walter Kieran Gear

  • First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI. The Shadow and Mass of the Central Black Hole

    Kazunori Akiyama;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

  • First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. V. Physical Origin of the Asymmetric Ring

    Kazunori Akiyama;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

  • THE SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF FERMI BRIGHT BLAZARS

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;I. Agudo;M. Ajello

  • POLARIMETRIC OBSERVATIONS OF 15 ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI AT HIGH FREQUENCIES: JET KINEMATICS FROM BIMONTHLY MONITORING WITH THE VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY

    Svetlana G. Jorstad;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Alan P. Marscher;Matthew L. Lister;Alastair M. Stirling;Alastair M. Stirling

  • First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. II. Array and Instrumentation

    Kazunori Akiyama;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

  • First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. III. Data Processing and Calibration

    Kazunori Akiyama;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

  • The inner jet of an active galactic nucleus as revealed by a radio-to-γ-ray outburst

    Alan P. Marscher;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Francesca D. D'Arcangelo;Paul S. Smith

  • An Analysis of the Synchrotron Self-Compton Model for the Multi--Wave Band Spectra of Blazars

    Steven D. Bloom;Alan P. Marscher

  • Probing the Inner Jet of the Quasar PKS 1510?089 with Multi-Waveband Monitoring During Strong Gamma-Ray Activity

    Alan P. Marscher;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Valeri M. Larionov;Valeri M. Larionov;Margo F. Aller

  • Multiwavelength Observations of Strong Flares From the TeV-Blazar 1ES 1959+650

    H. Krawczynski;S. B. Hughes;D. Horan;F. Aharonian

  • Multi-Epoch VLBA Observations of EGRET-Detected Quasars and BL Lac Objects: Superluminal Motion of Gamma-Ray Bright Blazars

    Svetlana G. Jorstad;Alan P. Marscher;John R. Mattox;Ann E. Wehrle

  • Multiepoch Very Long Baseline Array Observations of EGRET-detected Quasars and BL Lacertae Objects: Superluminal Motion of Gamma-Ray Bright Blazars

    Svetlana G. Jorstad;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Alan P. Marscher;John R. Mattox;John R. Mattox;Ann E. Wehrle

  • Multiwavelength Observations of Strong Flares From the TeV-Blazar 1ES 1959+650

    H. Krawczynski;S. B. Hughes;D. Horan;F. Aharonian

  • First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VIII. Magnetic Field Structure near the Event Horizon

    Kazunori Akiyama;Kazunori Akiyama;Kazunori Akiyama;Juan Carlos Algaba;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

  • TURBULENT, EXTREME MULTI-ZONE MODEL FOR SIMULATING FLUX AND POLARIZATION VARIABILITY IN BLAZARS

    Alan P. Marscher

  • Observational evidence for the accretion-disk origin for a radio jet in an active galaxy

    Alan P. Marscher;Svetiana G. Jorstad;Svetiana G. Jorstad;Josá Luis Gómez;Margo F. Aller

  • Multiwavelength Observations of a Dramatic High-Energy Flare in the Blazar 3C 279

    A. E. Wehrle;E. Pian;C. M. Urry;L. Maraschi

Frequent Co-Authors

Svetlana G. Jorstad
Svetlana G. Jorstad Boston University
Valeri M. Larionov
Valeri M. Larionov Saint Petersburg State University
Anne Lähteenmäki
Anne Lähteenmäki Aalto University
Mark Gurwell
Mark Gurwell Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Merja Tornikoski
Merja Tornikoski Aalto University
Hugh D. Aller
Hugh D. Aller University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Margo F. Aller
Margo F. Aller University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul S. Smith
Paul S. Smith University of Arizona
M. Villata
M. Villata National Institute for Astrophysics
Yuri Y. Kovalev
Yuri Y. Kovalev Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

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