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J. Xavier Prochaska is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Physics and Astronomy, with substantial work in the subfields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of their research encompass various areas of astrophysical and astronomical studies, including:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Prochaska's recent publications illustrate a focus on fast radio bursts and spectroscopic data reduction. Notable papers include:

  • A census of baryons in the Universe from localized fast radio bursts, 2020, Nature
  • PypeIt: The Python Spectroscopic Data Reduction Pipeline, 2020, The Journal of Open Source Software
  • Characterizing the Fast Radio Burst Host Galaxy Population and its Connection to Transients in the Local and Extragalactic Universe, 2022, The Astronomical Journal
  • The Host Galaxies and Progenitors of Fast Radio Bursts Localized with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • High time resolution and polarization properties of ASKAP-localized fast radio bursts, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

The researcher frequently collaborates with other scientists in the field, including Nicolás Tejos, Adam T. Deller, R. M. Shannon, Sunil Simha, and S. D. Ryder, reflecting strong interdisciplinary partnerships.

Prochaska has contributed extensively to several key publication venues, reflecting the breadth and focus of their research in astrophysics and astronomy. These venues are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Best Publications

  • The Astropy Project: Building an inclusive, open-science project and status of the v2.0 core package

    A. M. Price-Whelan;B. M. Sipőcz;H. M. Günther

  • The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package

    A. M. Price-Whelan;B. M. Sipőcz;H. M. Günther

  • Further Evidence for Cosmological Evolution of the Fine Structure Constant

    J. K. Webb;M. T. Murphy;V. V. Flambaum;V. A. Dzuba

  • A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese

  • Damped Lyman alpha Systems

    Arthur M. Wolfe;Eric Gawiser;Jason X. Prochaska

  • DAMPED LYα SYSTEMS

    Arthur M. Wolfe;Eric Gawiser;Jason X. Prochaska

  • Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the optical counterpart to a gravitational wave source

    D. A. Coulter;R. J. Foley;C. D. Kilpatrick;M. R. Drout

  • Light curves of the neutron star merger GW170817/SSS17a: Implications for r-process nucleosynthesis

    M. R. Drout;A. L. Piro;B. J. Shappee;C. D. Kilpatrick

  • UBIQUITOUS OUTFLOWS IN DEEP2 SPECTRA OF STAR-FORMING GALAXIES AT z = 1.4

    Benjamin J. Weiner;Alison L. Coil;Alison L. Coil;Jason X. Prochaska;Jeffrey A. Newman

  • The SDSS Damped Lya Survey: Data Release 3

    Jason X. Prochaska;Stephane Herbert-Fort;Arthur M. Wolfe

  • The COS-Halos Survey: Physical Conditions and Baryonic Mass in the Low-redshift Circumgalactic Medium

    Jessica K. Werk;J. Xavier Prochaska;Jason Tumlinson;Molly S. Peeples

  • The large, oxygen-rich halos of star-forming galaxies are a major reservoir of galactic metals.

    J. Tumlinson;C. Thom;J. K. Werk;J. X. Prochaska

  • On the Kinematics of the Damped Lyman Alpha Protogalaxies

    Jason X. Prochaska;Arthur M. Wolfe

  • Low-Resolution Spectroscopy of Gamma-ray Burst Optical Afterglows: Biases in the Swift Sample and Characterization of the Absorbers

    J. P. U. Fynbo;P. Jakobsson;J. X. Prochaska;D. Malesani

  • On the Kinematics of the Damped Lyman-α Protogalaxies

    Jason X. Prochaska;Jason X. Prochaska;Arthur M. Wolfe;Arthur M. Wolfe

  • EVIDENCE FOR UBIQUITOUS COLLIMATED GALACTIC-SCALE OUTFLOWS ALONG THE STAR-FORMING SEQUENCE AT z ∼ 0.5

    Kate H. R. Rubin;Kate H. R. Rubin;J. Xavier Prochaska;J. Xavier Prochaska;David C. Koo;Andrew C. Phillips

  • ON THE (NON)EVOLUTION OF H I GAS IN GALAXIES OVER COSMIC TIME

    J. Xavier Prochaska;Arthur M. Wolfe

  • The SDSS Damped Lyα Survey: Data Release 3

    Jason X. Prochaska;Stéphane Herbert-Fort;Arthur M. Wolfe

  • Metallicity Evolution of Damped Lyman-alpha Systems out to z~5

    Marc Rafelski;Arthur M. Wolfe;J. Xavier Prochaska;Marcel Neeleman

  • The Deuterium to Hydrogen Abundance Ratio toward a Fourth QSO: HS 0105+1619

    John M. O’Meara;John M. O’Meara;David Tytler;David Tytler;David Kirkman;Nao Suzuki

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph F. Hennawi
Joseph F. Hennawi University of California, Santa Barbara
Romeel Davé
Romeel Davé University of Edinburgh
Neal Katz
Neal Katz University of Massachusetts Amherst
Arthur M. Wolfe
Arthur M. Wolfe University of California, San Diego
Hongzheng Chen
Hongzheng Chen Zhejiang University
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz University of California, Santa Cruz
Sara L. Ellison
Sara L. Ellison University of Victoria
Elaine M. Sadler
Elaine M. Sadler University of Sydney
Michael T. Murphy
Michael T. Murphy Swinburne University of Technology
Joshua S. Bloom
Joshua S. Bloom University of California, Berkeley

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