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Alexey Vikhlinin is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of physics and astronomy. Their work spans a broad range within these disciplines, focusing heavily on astronomy and astrophysics while also contributing to engineering.

The scientist has published extensively in subfields such as astronomy and astrophysics, computational mechanics, aerospace engineering, nuclear and high energy physics, and applied mathematics. Their research engages with various key topics, including astrophysical phenomena and observations, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, galaxies covering formation, evolution, and other phenomena, astronomical observations and instrumentation, astrophysics and cosmic phenomena, calibration and measurement techniques, and star formation studies.

Frequent publication venues for Vikhlinin include:

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

Recent papers by Alexey Vikhlinin include:

  • "Line Emission Mapper (LEM): Probing the physics of cosmic ecosystems" (2022, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • "SRG/ART-XC all-sky X-ray survey: Catalog of sources detected during the first year" (2021, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • "X-ray polarization evidence for a 200-year-old flare of Sgr A*" (2023, Nature)
  • "SRG/ART-XC all-sky X-ray survey: Catalog of sources detected during the first five surveys" (2024, Astronomy and Astrophysics)
  • "The Importance of Being Interpretable: Toward an Understandable Machine Learning Encoder for Galaxy Cluster Cosmology" (2022, The Astrophysical Journal)

Collaborations have occurred frequently with several co-authors, demonstrating a network of research partnerships. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Chien-Ting Chen
  • A. Lutovinov
  • R. Burenin
  • Roman Krivonos
  • I. A. Mereminskiy

Best Publications

  • Chandra sample of nearby relaxed galaxy clusters: mass, gas fraction, and mass-temperature relation

    A. Vikhlinin;A. Kravtsov;W. Forman;C. Jones

  • Erratum: "Chandra Sample of Nearby Relaxed Galaxy Clusters: Mass, Gas Fraction, and Mass-Temperature Relation"

    A. Vikhlinin;A. Kravtsov;W. Forman;C. Jones

  • Chandra Cluster Cosmology Project III: Cosmological Parameter Constraints

    A. Vikhlinin;A. V. Kravtsov;R. A. Burenin;H. Ebeling

  • Direct Constraints on the Dark Matter Self-Interaction Cross Section from the Merging Galaxy Cluster 1E 0657–56

    M. Markevitch;A. H. Gonzalez;D. Clowe;D. Clowe;A. Vikhlinin;A. Vikhlinin

  • A Textbook Example of a Bow Shock in the Merging Galaxy Cluster 1E0657-56

    M. Markevitch;A. H. Gonzalez;L. David;A. Vikhlinin

  • Shocks and cold fronts in galaxy clusters

    Maxim Markevitch;Alexey Vikhlinin

  • Chandra X-Ray Observations of the Hydra A Cluster: An Interaction between the Radio Source and the X-Ray-emitting Gas

    B. R. McNamara;M. Wise;P. E. J. Nulsen;P. E. J. Nulsen;L. P. David

  • Chandra Cluster Cosmology Project. II. Samples and X-Ray Data Reduction

    A. Vikhlinin;R. A. Burenin;H. Ebeling;W. R. Forman

  • Effects of Galaxy Formation on Thermodynamics of the Intracluster Medium

    Daisuke Nagai;Andrey V. Kravtsov;Alexey Vikhlinin

  • A Textbook Example of a Bow Shock in the Merging Galaxy Cluster 1E 0657–56

    M. Markevitch;A. H. Gonzalez;L. David;A. Vikhlinin

  • Galaxy clusters discovered via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in the 2500-square-degree SPT-SZ survey

    L. E. Bleem;L. E. Bleem;Brian A Stalder;T. de Haan;K. A. Aird

  • Chandra Observation of Abell 2142: Survival of Dense Subcluster Cores in a Merger

    M. Markevitch;T. J. Ponman;P. E. J. Nulsen;M. W. Bautz

  • CHANDRA STUDIES OF THE X-RAY GAS PROPERTIES OF GALAXY GROUPS

    M. Sun;G. M. Voit;M. Donahue;C. Jones

  • The Temperature Structure of 30 Nearby Clusters Observed with ASCA: Similarity of Temperature Profiles

    Maxim Markevitch;Maxim Markevitch;William R. Forman;Craig L. Sarazin;Alexey Vikhlinin;Alexey Vikhlinin

  • Testing X-ray Measurements of Galaxy Clusters with Cosmological Simulations

    Daisuke Nagai;Alexey Vikhlinin;Alexey Vikhlinin;Andrey V. Kravtsov

  • Chandra Temperature Profiles for a Sample of Nearby Relaxed Galaxy Clusters

    A. Vikhlinin;M. Markevitch;S. S. Murray;C. Jones

  • A new robust low-scatter X-ray mass indicator for clusters of galaxies

    Andrey V. Kravtsov;Alexey Vikhlinin;Daisuke Nagai

  • CfA3: 185 TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA LIGHT CURVES FROM THE CfA

    Malcolm Hicken;Peter Challis;Saurabh Jha;Robert P. Kirshner

  • Chandra Observation of Abell 2142: Survival of Dense Subcluster Cores in a Merger

    M. Markevitch;T. J. Ponman;T. J. Ponman;P. E. J. Nulsen;P. E. J. Nulsen;M. W. Bautz

  • SPT-3G: A Next-Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Experiment on the South Pole Telescope

    B. A. Benson;P. A. R. Ade;Z. Ahmed;S. W. Allen

Frequent Co-Authors

William R. Forman
William R. Forman Harvard University
C. Jones
C. Jones Harvard University
Maxim Markevitch
Maxim Markevitch Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Brian R. McNamara
Brian R. McNamara University of Waterloo
Adrian T. Lee
Adrian T. Lee University of California, Berkeley
John E. Carlstrom
John E. Carlstrom University of Chicago
Paul J. Green
Paul J. Green Harvard University
E. Churazov
E. Churazov Max Planck Society
C. L. Chang
C. L. Chang Argonne National Laboratory
Christian L. Reichardt
Christian L. Reichardt University of Melbourne

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