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Raffaella Margutti is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has a focused research career in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work predominantly centers on Astronomy and Astrophysics, with significant contributions also in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their main research topics include gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, astrophysical phenomena and observations, astrophysics and cosmic phenomena, pulsars and gravitational waves research, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astronomy and astrophysical research, as well as astronomical observations and instrumentation.

Margutti has published extensively, with a notable presence in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Research Notes of the AAS

Recent publications include:

  • Final Moments. I. Precursor Emission, Envelope Inflation, and Enhanced Mass Loss Preceding the Luminous Type II Supernova 2020tlf, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Short GRB Host Galaxies. I. Photometric and Spectroscopic Catalogs, Host Associations, and Galactocentric Offsets, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • SN 2023ixf in Messier 101: Photo-ionization of Dense, Close-in Circumstellar Material in a Nearby Type II Supernova, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • SN 2023ixf in Messier 101: A Variable Red Supergiant as the Progenitor Candidate to a Type II Supernova, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • A cool and inflated progenitor candidate for the Type Ib supernova 2019yvr at 2.6 yr before explosion, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent collaborators include:

  • R. Chornock
  • K. D. Alexander
  • T. Laskar
  • E. Berger
  • R. J. Foley

Margutti's contributions to scientific research have been recognized with a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Methods and results of an automatic analysis of a complete sample of Swift-XRT observations of GRBs

    P. A. Evans;A. P. Beardmore;K. L. Page;J. P. Osborne

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

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

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-infrared Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

    P. S. Cowperthwaite;E. Berger;V. A. Villar;B. D. Metzger

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-IR Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

    P. S. Cowperthwaite;E. Berger;V. A. Villar;B. D. Metzger

  • Broadband observations of the naked-eye gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B

    J. L. Racusin;S. V. Karpov;M. Sokolowski;J. Granot

  • GRB 090423 at a redshift of z ≈ 8.1

    R. Salvaterra;M. Della Valle;S. Campana;G. Chincarini;G. Chincarini

  • A Decade of Short-duration Gamma-ray Burst Broad-band Afterglows: Energetics, Circumburst Densities, and Jet Opening Angles

    Wen-fai Fong;Edo Berger;Raffaella Margutti;B. Ashley Zauderer

  • A Decade of Short-duration Gamma-ray Burst Broadband Afterglows: Energetics, Circumburst Densities, and jet Opening Angles

    W. Fong;E. Berger;R. Margutti;R. Margutti;B. A. Zauderer

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. I. Dark Energy Camera Discovery of the Optical Counterpart

    M. Soares-Santos;D. E. Holz;J. Annis;R. Chornock

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. I. Discovery of the Optical Counterpart Using the Dark Energy Camera

    M. Soares-Santos;M. Soares-Santos;D. E. Holz;J. Annis;R. Chornock

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. IV. Detection of Near-infrared Signatures of r-process Nucleosynthesis with Gemini-South

    R. Chornock;E. Berger;D. Kasen;P. S. Cowperthwaite

  • The combined ultraviolet, optical, and near-infrared light curves of the kilonova associated with the binary neutron star merger gw170817: unified data set, analytic models, and physical implications

    V. A. Villar;J. Guillochon;E. Berger;B. D. Metzger

  • The Combined Ultraviolet, Optical, and Near-Infrared Light Curves of the Kilonova Associated with the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817: Unified Data Set, Analytic Models, and Physical Implications

    V. Ashley Villar;James Guillochon;Edo Berger;Brian D. Metzger

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. VI. Radio Constraints on a Relativistic Jet and Predictions for Late-time Emission from the Kilonova Ejecta

    K. D. Alexander;E. Berger;Wen-fai Fong;P. K.G. Williams

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. V. Rising X-ray Emission from an Off-Axis Jet

    Raffaella Margutti;E. Berger;W. Fong;C. Guidorzi

  • An Open Catalog for Supernova Data

    James Guillochon;Jerod Parrent;Luke Zoltan Kelley;Raffaella Margutti;Raffaella Margutti

  • Birth of a relativistic outflow in the unusual γ-ray transient Swift J164449.3+573451

    Bevin Ashley Zauderer;Edo Berger;Alicia M. Soderberg;Abraham Loeb

  • The binary neutron star event ligo/virgo gw170817 a hundred and sixty days after merger: Synchrotron emission across the electromagnetic spectrum

    Raffaella Margutti;K. D. Alexander;X. Xie;L. Sironi

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. V. Rising X-Ray Emission from an Off-axis Jet

    Raffaella Margutti;E. Berger;Wen-fai Fong;C. Guidorzi

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. IV. Detection of Near-infrared Signatures of r-process Nucleosynthesis with Gemini-South

    R. Chornock;E. Berger;D. Kasen;D. Kasen;P. S. Cowperthwaite;P. S. Cowperthwaite

Frequent Co-Authors

Edo Berger
Edo Berger Harvard University
Ryan Chornock
Ryan Chornock Northwestern University
Wen-fai Fong
Wen-fai Fong Northwestern University
C. Guidorzi
C. Guidorzi University of Ferrara
Brian D. Metzger
Brian D. Metzger Columbia University
Alicia M. Soderberg
Alicia M. Soderberg Harvard University
Marcelle Soares-Santos
Marcelle Soares-Santos Brandeis University
Ryan J. Foley
Ryan J. Foley University of California, Santa Cruz
Robert P. Kirshner
Robert P. Kirshner Harvard University
Daniel E. Holz
Daniel E. Holz University of Chicago

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