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Overview

Jörn Wilms is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in physics and astronomy. Their work spans multiple subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, nuclear and high energy physics, geophysics, biomedical engineering, and radiation.

The primary topics of their research include astrophysical phenomena and observations, astrophysics and cosmic phenomena, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, pulsars and gravitational waves research, high-pressure geophysics and materials, galaxies and their formation, evolution, and phenomena, as well as mechanics and biomechanics studies.

Wilms has published a significant number of papers in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Some of their recent notable publications are:

  • The eROSITA X-ray telescope on SRG, 2021, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
  • The eROSITA Final Equatorial Depth Survey (eFEDS), 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Cygnus X-1 contains a 21-solar mass black hole-Implications for massive star winds, 2021, Science
  • The SRG/eROSITA all-sky survey, 2024, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Polarized x-rays constrain the disk-jet geometry in the black hole x-ray binary Cygnus X-1, 2022, Science

Wilms often collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors. These include Thomas Dauser, K. Pottschmidt, Ralf Ballhausen, V. Grinberg, and P. Thalhammer, among others.

Best Publications

  • Letter of intent for KM3NeT 2.0

    S Adrián-Martínez;M Ageron;F Aharonian;S Aiello

  • Going with the flow: can the base of jets subsume the role of compact accretion disk coronae?

    Sera Markoff;Michael A. Nowak;Jörn Wilms

  • Improved Reflection Models of Black Hole Accretion Disks: Treating the Angular Distribution of X-Rays

    J. García;T. Dauser;A. Lohfink;T. R. Kallman

  • The eROSITA X-ray telescope on SRG

    P. Predehl;R. Andritschke;V. Arefiev;V. Babyshkin

  • Letter of Intent for KM3NeT 2.0

    S. Adrián-Martínez;M. Ageron;F. Aharonian;S. Aiello

  • Rossi X‐Ray Timing Explorer Observation of Cygnus X‐1. II. Timing Analysis

    Michael A. Nowak;Brian A. Vaughan;Jörn Wilms;James B. Dove;James B. Dove

  • An accreting pulsar with extreme properties drives an ultraluminous x-ray source in NGC 5907

    G. L. Israel;A. Belfiore;L. Stella;P. Esposito

  • XMM-EPIC observation of MCG-6-30-15: direct evidence for the extraction of energy from a spinning black hole?

    Jörn Wilms;Christopher S. Reynolds;Christopher S. Reynolds;Mitchell C. Begelman;James Reeves

  • Broad emission lines for negatively spinning black holes

    T. Dauser;J. Wilms;C.S. Reynolds;L.W. Brenneman

  • X-RAY REFLECTED SPECTRA FROM ACCRETION DISK MODELS. III. A COMPLETE GRID OF IONIZED REFLECTION CALCULATIONS

    J. García;J. García;T. Dauser;C. S. Reynolds;T. R. Kallman

  • Irradiation of an accretion disc by a jet: general properties and implications for spin measurements of black holes

    T. Dauser;J. Garcia;J. Wilms;M. Böck

  • Modulated High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from the Microquasar Cygnus X-3

    A. A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;Magnus Axelsson

  • Magnetic Fields of Accreting X-Ray Pulsars with the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer

    W. Coburn;W. Coburn;W. A. Heindl;R. E. Rothschild;D. E. Gruber

  • Broad emission lines for a negatively spinning black hole

    T. Dauser;J. Wilms;C. S. Reynolds;L. W. Brenneman

  • The role of the reflection fraction in constraining black hole spin

    T. Dauser;J. García;M. L. Parker;A. C. Fabian

  • Long Term Variability of Cyg X-1 I. X-ray spectral-temporal correlations in the hard state

    K. Pottschmidt;J. Wilms;M. A. Nowak;G. G. Pooley

  • Long term variability of Cygnus X-1. I. X-ray spectral-temporal correlations in the hard state

    K. Pottschmidt;J. Wilms;M. A. Nowak;G. G. Pooley

  • Polarized Gamma-Ray Emission from the Galactic Black Hole Cygnus X-1

    Philippe Laurent;J. Rodriguez;J. Wilms;M. Cadolle Bel

  • The causal connection between disc and power-law variability in hard state black hole X-ray binaries

    P. Uttley;T. Wilkinson;P. Cassatella;J. Wilms

  • The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission—eXTP

    ShuangNan Zhang;Andrea Santangelo;Andrea Santangelo;Marco Feroci;YuPeng Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Santangelo
Andrea Santangelo University of Tübingen
Michael A. Nowak
Michael A. Nowak Washington University in St. Louis
Gisela Anton
Gisela Anton University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Anne Deschamps
Anne Deschamps Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Didier Barret
Didier Barret Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Eduardo Ros
Eduardo Ros Max Planck Society

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