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D. J. Thompson is a researcher affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with an emphasis on topics related to astrophysics, cosmic phenomena, and high-energy physics as well as medical research areas including oncology and immunology.

The scientist has published extensively in various venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts
  • Padua Research Archive (University of Padua)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

Their recent research papers include:

  • "Pulsar timing for the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope," 2023, published in OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • "Exploring the MeV Sky with a Combined Coded Mask and Compton Telescope: The Galactic Explorer with a Coded Aperture Mask Compton Telescope (GECCO)," 2022, Padua Research Archive (University of Padua)
  • "Spectroscopy of the supernova H0pe host galaxy at redshift 1.78," 2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "Exploring High-energy Emission from the BL Lacertae Object S5 0716+714 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Periodic Gamma-Ray Modulation of the Blazar PG 1553+113 Confirmed by Fermi-LAT and Multiwavelength Observations," 2024, The Astrophysical Journal

Within their coauthor network, D. J. Thompson frequently collaborates with:

  • A. E. Bolotnikov
  • N. Cannady
  • G. Carini
  • Daniel Shy
  • Richard S. Woolf

The main fields of study covered by this researcher are:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine

They have also contributed significantly to several subfields, including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Oncology
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Immunology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Their research topics span a variety of scientific areas, such as:

  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena

Best Publications

  • The Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Mission

    W. B. Atwood;A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;W. Althouse

  • Planck early results. XV. Spectral energy distributions and radio continuum spectra of northern extragalactic radio sources

    J. Aatrokoski;P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;H. D. Aller

  • The Third Egret Catalog of High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources

    R. C. Hartman;D. L. Bertsch;S. D. Bloom;S. D. Bloom;A. W. Chen

  • FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE FIRST SOURCE CATALOG

    A.A. Abdo;A.A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;A. Allafort

  • Fermi Large Area Telescope Second Source Catalog

    P. L. Nolan;A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello

  • The Likelihood Analysis of EGRET Data

    J. R. Mattox;D. L. Bertsch;J. Chiang;B. L. Dingus

  • Measurement of the Cosmic Ray e+ + e- spectrum from 20 GeV to 1 TeV with the Fermi Large Area Telescope.

    A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;M. Axelsson

  • EGRET Observations of the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission from the Galactic Plane

    S. D. Hunter;D. L. Bertsch;J. R. Catelli;J. R. Catelli;T. M. Dame

  • THE SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF FERMI BRIGHT BLAZARS

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

  • EGRET Observations of the Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Emission

    P. Sreekumar;P. Sreekumar;D. L. Bertsch;B. L. Dingus;J. A. Esposito;J. A. Esposito

  • The second catalog of active galactic nuclei detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

    Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;A. Allafort;E. Antolini;E. Antolini

  • Detection of the characteristic pion-decay signature in supernova remnants

    Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;A. Allafort;Luca Baldini

  • The Second Catalog of Active Galactic Nuclei Detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

    M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;A. Allafort;E. Antolini

  • Detection of a γ-ray burst of very long duration and very high energy

    K. Hurley;B. L. Dingus;B. L. Dingus;R. Mukherjee;R. Mukherjee;P. Sreekumar;P. Sreekumar

  • THE SECOND FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE CATALOG OF GAMMA-RAY PULSARS

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ajello;A. Allafort;L. Baldini

  • Fermi-LAT observations of the diffuse γ-ray emission: implications for cosmic rays and the interstellar medium

    M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;W. B. Atwood;L. Baldini

  • The First Catalog of Active Galactic Nuclei Detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;A. Allafort

  • Fermi/Large Area Telescope bright gamma-ray source list

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;W. B. Atwood

  • A limit on the variation of the speed of light arising from quantum gravity effects

    A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;K. Asano

  • Spectrum of the Isotropic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission Derived from First-Year Fermi Large Area Telescope Data

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;W. B. Atwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Diego F. Torres
Diego F. Torres Institute of Space Sciences
Julie McEnery
Julie McEnery Goddard Space Flight Center
Peter F. Michelson
Peter F. Michelson Stanford University
G. Tosti
G. Tosti University of Perugia
Olaf Reimer
Olaf Reimer University of Innsbruck
C. C. Cheung
C. C. Cheung United States Naval Research Laboratory
Marco Ajello
Marco Ajello Clemson University
P. A. Caraveo
P. A. Caraveo National Institute for Astrophysics
A. Morselli
A. Morselli National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Igor V. Moskalenko
Igor V. Moskalenko Stanford University

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