Grants per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Astrophysical hydrodynamics of gas flows, close binary systems, accretion disks, nature of x-ray bursts, and in the area of stellar dynamics as related to the secular evolution of galaxies.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Columbia University
… → 1973
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accretion
Earth & Environmental Sciences
envelopes
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neutron stars
Physics & Astronomy
accretion disks
Physics & Astronomy
x rays
Physics & Astronomy
pulsars
Physics & Astronomy
stars
Physics & Astronomy
cataclysmic variables
Physics & Astronomy
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Grants 2002 2018
- 8 Finished
A Novel Approach to the Common Envelope Evolution
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1/1/16 → 2/28/18
Project: Research project
Acquisition of a Versatile High Performance Computing Facility for Gravitational Wave Source
Bayliss, A., Kalogera, V., Rasio, F. A., Taam, R. E. & Yusef-Zadeh, F.
10/1/06 → 9/30/08
Project: Research project
Constraining the Temperature of the Neutron Star in Sax J1808.4-3658
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
9/18/06 → 9/17/07
Project: Research project
Research Output 1976 2019
2
Citations
(Scopus)
Gas Flows Within Cavities of Circumbinary Disks in Eccentric Binary Protostellar Systems
Mösta, P., Taam, R. E. & Duffell, P. C., Apr 20 2019, In : Astrophysical Journal Letters. 875, 2, L21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
eccentrics
gas flow
cavity
cavities
gas
Pulsational Pair-instability Supernovae in Very Close Binaries
Marchant, P., Renzo, M., Farmer, R., Pappas, K. M. W., Taam, R. E., De Mink, S. E. & Kalogera, V., Sep 1 2019, In : Astrophysical Journal. 882, 1, 36.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
supernovae
merger
LISA (observatory)
B stars
chirp
1
Citation
(Scopus)
A Model for Spectral States and Their Transition in Cyg X-1
Taam, R. E., Qiao, E., Liu, B. F. & Meyer-Hofmeister, E., Jun 20 2018, In : Astrophysical Journal. 860, 2, 166.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
angular momentum
outburst
accretion
hysteresis
condensation
10
Citations
(Scopus)
Common Envelope Shaping of Planetary Nebulae
García-Segura, G., Ricker, P. M. & Taam, R. E., Jun 10 2018, In : Astrophysical Journal. 860, 1, 19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
planetary nebulae
envelopes
lobes
ejection
toroids
1
Citation
(Scopus)
The Growth of Stellar Mass Black Hole Binaries Trapped in the Accretion Disks of Active Galactic Nuclei
Yi, S. X., Cheng, K. S. & Taam, R. E., Jun 1 2018, In : Astrophysical Journal Letters. 859, 2, L25.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
stellar mass
active galactic nuclei
accretion disks
accretion
merger