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Peter G. Jonker is affiliated with the Netherlands Institute for Space Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily falls within the broad domain of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. The scientist has contributed to 305 publications in their main field, including extensive work in subfields such as Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Instrumentation, and Radiation.

Their scholarly contributions engage with prominent topics including Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, and Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies.

Peter G. Jonker has published extensively in several key scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

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

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by the scientist are:

  • A radio parallax to the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters
  • The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system requirement review of the preliminary definition phase, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • An outflow powers the optical rise of the nearby, fast-evolving tidal disruption event AT2019qiz, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • X-Ray Properties of TDEs, 2020, Space Science Reviews
  • The case for a minute-long merger-driven gamma-ray burst from fast-cooling synchrotron emission, 2022, Nature Astronomy

Collaborations are a significant part of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • A. J. Levan
  • M. A. P. Torres
  • F. E. Bauer
  • M. Nicholl
  • T. Wevers

Best Publications

  • Gaia Data Release 2. Summary of the contents and survey properties

    A. G. A. Brown;A. Vallenari;T. Prusti

  • The Gaia mission

    T. Prusti;J. H. J. de Bruijne;A. G. A. Brown

  • Gaia Data Release 2: Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams

    C. Babusiaux;F. van Leeuwen;M.A. Barstow

  • The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey

    G. Gilmore;S. Randich;M. Asplund;J. Binney

  • Gaia Early Data Release 3. Structure and properties of the Magellanic Clouds

    X. Luri;L. Chemin;G. Clementini

  • A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source

    S. J. Smartt;T.-W. Chen;A. Jerkstrand;M. Coughlin

  • Gaia Data Release 2. Kinematics of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way

    A Helmi;F van Leeuwen;PJ McMillan;D Massari

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

    Kirpal Nandra;Didier Barret;Xavier Barcons;Andy Fabian

  • Gaia Data Release 2 - Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams

    C. Babusiaux;F. van Leeuwen;M. A. Barstow

  • Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Jet-dominated states: an alternative to advection across black hole event horizons in ‘quiescent’ X-ray binaries

    Rob Fender;Elena Gallo;Peter Jonker

  • The distances to Galactic low-mass X-ray binaries: consequences for black hole luminosities and kicks

    PG Jonker;Gijs Nelemans

  • Gaia Data Release 2. Mapping the Milky Way disc kinematics

    D. Katz;T. Antoja;M. Romero-Gómez

  • Gaia Early Data Release 3 - Summary of the contents and survey properties (Corrigendum)

    A. G. A. Brown;A. Vallenari;T. Prusti

  • Global optical/infrared-X-ray correlations in X-ray binaries: quantifying disc and jet contributions

    D. M. Russell;R. P. Fender;R. I. Hynes;C. Brocksopp

  • 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

  • Compact radio emission indicates a structured jet was produced by a binary neutron star merger

    G. Ghirlanda;G. Ghirlanda;O.S. Salafia;O.S. Salafia;Z. Paragi;M. Giroletti

  • Gaia Early Data Release 3: Gaia Photometric Science Alerts

    S. T. Hodgkin;D. L. Harrison;E. Breedt;T. Wevers;T. Wevers

Frequent Co-Authors

Gijs Nelemans
Gijs Nelemans Radboud University
Rob Fender
Rob Fender University of Oxford
Mariano Mendez
Mariano Mendez University of Groningen
Rudy Wijnands
Rudy Wijnands University of Amsterdam
M. van der Klis
M. van der Klis University of Amsterdam
Craig O. Heinke
Craig O. Heinke University of Alberta
Jorge Casares
Jorge Casares University of La Laguna
Paul J. Groot
Paul J. Groot Radboud University
Nanda Rea
Nanda Rea Spanish National Research Council
Łukasz Wyrzykowski
Łukasz Wyrzykowski University of Warsaw

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