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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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Grants
- 8 Finished
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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
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Acquisition of a Versatile High Performance Computing Facility for Gravitational Wave Source
Kalogera, V., Bayliss, A., Rasio, F. A., Taam, R. E. & Yusef-Zadeh, F.
10/1/06 → 9/30/08
Project: Research project
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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
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Common Envelope Shaping of Planetary Nebulae. III. The Launching of Jets in Proto-Planetary Nebulae
García-Segura, G., Taam, R. E. & Ricker, P. M., Jun 20 2021, In: Astrophysical Journal. 914, 2, 111.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of mass transfer and common envelope evolution in the formation of merging binary black holes
Marchant, P., Pappas, K. M. W., Gallegos-Garcia, M., Berry, C. P. L., Taam, R. E., Kalogera, V. & Podsiadlowski, P., Jun 1 2021, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 650, A107.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations -
Common envelope shaping of planetary nebulae. II. magnetic solutions and self-collimated outflows
García-Segura, G., Taam, R. E. & Ricker, P. M., Apr 20 2020, In: Astrophysical Journal. 893, 2, 150.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
4 Scopus citations -
Wind accretion in Cygnus X-1
Meyer-Hofmeister, E., Liu, B. F., Qiao, E. & Taam, R. E., May 1 2020, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 637, A66.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Common envelope evolution of massive stars
Ricker, P. M., Timmes, F. X., Taam, R. E. & Webbink, R. F., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. p. 449-454 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review