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Didier Barret is affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics as a subfield. Additional areas of study include Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Radiation, and Aerospace Engineering.

Their work addresses a variety of topics related to astrophysical phenomena and cosmic observations, including:

  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies
  • Conferences and Exhibitions Management
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Barret's recent publications cover themes in X-ray astronomy and the carbon footprint of scientific meetings. Selected papers include:

  • The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system requirement review of the preliminary definition phase (2022, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • The carbon footprint of large astronomy meetings (2020, Nature Astronomy)
  • Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Academic Conferences: The Example of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2020, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
  • The Athena space X-ray observatory and the astrophysics of hot plasma† (2020, Astronomische Nachrichten)
  • XMM-Newton campaign on the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 247 ULX-1: outflows (2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Barret include:

  • C. Pinto
  • D. J. Walton
  • N. A. Webb
  • J. M. Mïller
  • A. C. Fabian

Their work has appeared most often in the following publication venues:

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

Best Publications

  • THE NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE ARRAY (NuSTAR) HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY MISSION

    Fiona A. Harrison;William W. Craig;William W. Craig;Finn E. Christensen;Charles J. Hailey

  • An ultraluminous X-ray source powered by an accreting neutron star

    M. Bachetti;F. A. Harrison;D. J. Walton;B. W. Grefenstette

  • The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey. V. The Second XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue

    M. G. Watson;A. C. Schröder;D. Fyfe;C. G. Page

  • An intermediate-mass black hole of over 500 solar masses in the galaxy ESO 243-49

    Sean A. Farrell;Sean A. Farrell;Sean A. Farrell;Natalie A. Webb;Natalie A. Webb;Didier Barret;Didier Barret;Olivier Godet

  • The Hot and Energetic Universe: A White Paper presenting the science theme motivating the Athena+ mission

    Kirpal Nandra;Didier Barret;Xavier Barcons;Andy Fabian

  • Discovery of coherent pulsations from the Ultraluminous X-ray Source NGC 7793 P13

    F. Fuerst;D. J. Walton;D. J. Walton;F. A. Harrison;D. Stern

  • The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey - VII. The third XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue

    S. R. Rosen;N. A. Webb;N. A. Webb;M. G. Watson;J. Ballet

  • New Evidence for Black Hole Event Horizons from Chandra

    Michael R. Garcia;Jeffrey E. McClintock;Ramesh Narayan;Paul Callanan

  • NEW EVIDENCE FOR BLACK HOLE EVENT HORIZONS FROM CHANDRA

    Michael R. Garcia;Jeffrey E. McClintock;Ramesh Narayan;Paul Callanan

  • Asymmetries in core-collapse supernovae from maps of radioactive 44Ti in Cassiopeia A.

    B W Grefenstette;F A Harrison;S E Boggs;S P Reynolds

  • Advection-Dominated Accretion Model of the Black Hole V404 Cyg in Quiescence

    Ramesh Narayan;Didier Barret;Jeffrey E. McClintock

  • HARD X-RAY EMISSION FROM LOW-MASS X-RAY BINARIES

    D. Barret;J. F. Olive;L. Boirin;C. Done

  • Discovery of Coherent Pulsations from the Ultraluminous X-Ray Source NGC 7793 P13

    F. Furst;D. J. Walton;F. A. Harrison;D. Stern

  • Advection-dominated Accretion Model of the Black Hole V404 Cygni in Quiescence

    Ramesh Narayan;Didier Barret;Jeffrey E. McClintock

  • The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

    Didier Barret;Thein Lam Trong;Jan-Willem Den Herder;Luigi Piro

  • The Large Observatory For X-ray Timing: LOFT

    M. Feroci;L. Stella;M. van der Klis;T. J.-L. Courvoisier

  • Relativistic Lines and Reflection from the Inner Accretion Disks Around Neutron Stars

    E. M. Cackett;J. M. Miller;D. R. Ballantyne;D. Barret

  • Rapid Variability of Blazar 3C 279 during Flaring States in 2013-2014 with Joint Fermi-LAT, NuSTAR, Swift, and Ground-Based Multi-wavelength Observations

    M. Hayashida;K. Nalewajko;G. M. Madejski;M. Sikora

  • Rapid Variability of Blazar 3C 279 During Flaring States in 2013-2014 with Joint Fermi-LAT, NuSTAR, Swift, and Ground-Based Multi-Wavelength Observations

    M. Hayashida;K. Nalewajko;G. M. Madejski;M. Sikora

  • The nuclear spectroscopic telescope array (NuSTAR) high-energy X-ray mission

    Kristin K. Madsen;Fiona A. Harrison;Hongjun An;Steven E. Boggs

Frequent Co-Authors

Fiona A. Harrison
Fiona A. Harrison California Institute of Technology
Jon M. Miller
Jon M. Miller University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Daniel Stern
Daniel Stern California Institute of Technology
Jörn Wilms
Jörn Wilms University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Dominic J. Walton
Dominic J. Walton University of Hertfordshire
Finn Erland Christensen
Finn Erland Christensen Technical University of Denmark
A. C. Fabian
A. C. Fabian University of Cambridge
Andrea Santangelo
Andrea Santangelo University of Tübingen
Edward M. Cackett
Edward M. Cackett Wayne State University
Walter Craig
Walter Craig McMaster University

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