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Research Interests
Focuses on the biggest explosions and disruptions that occur in our Universe: Supernovae, Gamma-Ray Bursts, compact stellar mergers and tidal disruption events, with the primary goal of understanding the nature of the physical processes that regulate such dramatic displays.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Università di Milano-Bicocca
… → 2010
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A Sensitive Broad-band Search for the Afterglow from the Kilonova of GW170817
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
12/14/20 → 12/13/22
Project: Research project
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Continued X-ray Monitoring of a Tidal Disruption Event in an AGN Host Galaxy
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
9/29/20 → 9/28/21
Project: Research project
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CAREER: A Holistic Study of Compact-Object Mergers across the Electromagnetic Spectrum
9/1/20 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
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Participant Support Costs - CAREER: A Holistic Study of Compact-Object Mergers across the Electromagnetic Spectrum
9/1/20 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
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Constraining the Most Extreme Mass Loss Events from Massive Stars with Fermi and the VLA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
9/1/20 → 8/31/21
Project: Research project
Research Output
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A Mildly Relativistic Outflow from the Energetic, Fast-rising Blue Optical Transient CSS161010 in a Dwarf Galaxy
Coppejans, D. L., Margutti, R., Terreran, G., Nayana, A. J., Coughlin, E. R., Laskar, T., Alexander, K. D., Bietenholz, M., Caprioli, D., Chandra, P., Drout, M. R., Frederiks, D., Frohmaier, C., Hurley, K. H., Kochanek, C. S., MacLeod, M., Meisner, A., Nugent, P. E., Ridnaia, A., Sand, D. J. & 18 others, , May 20 2020, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 895, 1, L23.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Scopus citations -
An extremely energetic supernova from a very massive star in a dense medium
Nicholl, M., Blanchard, P. K., Berger, E., Chornock, R., Margutti, R., Gomez, S., Lunnan, R., Miller, A. A., Fong, W. F., Terreran, G., Vigna-Gómez, A., Bhirombhakdi, K., Bieryla, A., Challis, P., Laher, R. R., Masci, F. J. & Paterson, K., Sep 1 2020, In: Nature Astronomy. 4, 9, p. 893-899 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ca hnk: The Calcium-rich Transient Supernova 2016hnk from a Helium Shell Detonation of a Sub-Chandrasekhar White Dwarf
Jacobson-Galán, W. V., Jacobson-Galán, W. V., Jacobson-Galán, W. V., Polin, A., Polin, A., Polin, A., Foley, R. J., Dimitriadis, G., Kilpatrick, C. D., Margutti, R., Margutti, R., Coulter, D. A., Jha, S. W., Jones, D. O., Kirshner, R. P., Pan, Y. C., Piro, A. L., Rest, A., Rest, A. & Rojas-Bravo, C., Jun 20 2020, In: Astrophysical Journal. 896, 2, 165.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
4 Scopus citations -
Progenitors of Type IIb Supernovae. II. Observable Properties
Sravan, N., Marchant, P., Kalogera, V., Milisavljevic, D. & Margutti, R., Nov 1 2020, In: Astrophysical Journal. 903, 1, 70.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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SN 2019ehk: A Double-peaked Ca-rich Transient with Luminous X-Ray Emission and Shock-ionized Spectral Features
Jacobson-Galán, W. V., Margutti, R., Kilpatrick, C. D., Hiramatsu, D., Perets, H., Khatami, D., Foley, R. J., Raymond, J., Yoon, S. C., Bobrick, A., Zenati, Y., Galbany, L., Andrews, J., Brown, P. J., Cartier, R., Coppejans, D. L., Dimitriadis, G., Dobson, M., Hajela, A., Howell, D. A. & 47 others, , Aug 1 2020, In: Astrophysical Journal. 898, 2, 166.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations