Ronald E Taam

Professor Emeritus, Physics and Astronomy

Phone847/491-7528
Emailr-taam@northwestern.edu

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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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A Novel Approach to the Common Envelope Evolution
Kalogera, V. & Taam, R. E.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1/1/16 → 2/28/18
Project: Research project
Studies in Common Envelope Evolution
Taam, R. E.
National Science Foundation
8/1/07 → 7/31/12
Project: Research project
Bright X-ray Binaries in Elliptical Galaxies: Consequences of an Ultracompact Source Nature
Taam, R. E.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1/1/07 → 1/31/09
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.
National Science Foundation
10/1/06 → 9/30/08
Project: Research project
Constraining the Temperature of the Neutron Star in Sax J1808.4-3658
Taam, R. E.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
9/18/06 → 9/17/07
Project: Research project

6491 Citations
146 Article
6 Conference contribution
3 Conference article
1 Review article

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
1 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 Access
1 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
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 › peer-review
11 Scopus citations
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 › peer-review
37 Scopus citations