Biography

 

Dimitrios Psaltis
Associate Professor of Astronomy and Physics
Steward Observatory
The University of Arizona
933 N. Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85721
+1-520-621-7859
dpsaltis@email.arizona.edu
 
 
 

Look here for my list of publications arranged by subject area

2012

Baubock, Michi, Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Ozel, Feryal 2012, ArXiv e-prints Narrow Atomic Features from Rapidly Spinning Neutron Stars

Johannsen, Tim & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2012, ArXiv e-prints Testing the No-Hair Theorem with Observations in the Electromagnetic Spectrum. IV. Relativistically Broadened Iron Lines

Cooney, Alan, Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Zaritsky, Dennis 2012, ArXiv e-prints Special and General Relativistic Effects in Galactic Rotation Curves

Psaltis, Dimitrios 2012, The Astrophysical Journal The Influence of Gas Dynamics on Measuring the Properties of the Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way with Stellar Orbits and Pulsars

Johannsen, Tim, Psaltis, Dimitrios, Gillessen, Stefan, Marrone, Daniel P., Özel, Feryal, Doeleman, Sheperd S., & Fish, Vincent L. 2012, The Astrophysical Journal Masses of nearby Supermassive Black Holes with Very Long Baseline Interferometry

Özel, Feryal, Psaltis, Dimitrios, Narayan, Ramesh, & Santos Villarreal, Antonio 2012, The Astrophysical Journal On the Mass Distribution and Birth Masses of Neutron Stars

Gáspár, András, Psaltis, Dimitrios, Rieke, George H., & Özel, Feryal 2012, The Astrophysical Journal Modeling Collisional Cascades in Debris Disks: Steep Dust-size Distributions

Bauböck, Michi, Psaltis, Dimitrios, Özel, Feryal, & Johannsen, Tim 2012, The Astrophysical Journal A Ray-tracing Algorithm for Spinning Compact Object Spacetimes with Arbitrary Quadrupole Moments. II. Neutron Stars

Gáspár, András, Psaltis, Dimitrios, Özel, Feryal, Rieke, George H., & Cooney, Alan 2012, The Astrophysical Journal Modeling Collisional Cascades in Debris Disks: The Numerical Method

Güver, Tolga, Özel, Feryal, & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2012, The Astrophysical Journal Systematic Uncertainties in the Spectroscopic Measurements of Neutron-star Masses and Radii from Thermonuclear X-Ray Bursts. II. Eddington Limit

Güver, Tolga, Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Özel, Feryal 2012, The Astrophysical Journal Systematic Uncertainties in the Spectroscopic Measurements of Neutron-star Masses and Radii from Thermonuclear X-Ray Bursts. I. Apparent Radii

Psaltis, Dimitrios & Johannsen, Tim 2012, The Astrophysical Journal A Ray-tracing Algorithm for Spinning Compact Object Spacetimes with Arbitrary Quadrupole Moments. I. Quasi-Kerr Black Holes

2011

Feroci, M., et al. 2011, Experimental Astronomy The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT)

Johannsen, Tim & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2011, Physical Review D Metric for rapidly spinning black holes suitable for strong-field tests of the no-hair theorem

Psaltis, Dimitrios & Johannsen, Tim 2011, Journal of Physics Conference Series Sgr A*: The Optimal Testbed of Strong-Field Gravity

Johannsen, Tim & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2011, Advances in Space Research Testing the no-hair theorem with observations of black holes in the electromagnetic spectrum

Johannsen, Tim & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2011, The Astrophysical Journal Testing the No-hair Theorem with Observations in the Electromagnetic Spectrum. III. Quasi-periodic Variability

2010

Özel, Feryal, Psaltis, Dimitrios, Narayan, Ramesh, & McClintock, Jeffrey E. 2010, The Astrophysical Journal The Black Hole Mass Distribution in the Galaxy

Özel, Feryal, Psaltis, Dimitrios, Ransom, Scott, Demorest, Paul, & Alford, Mark 2010, The Astrophysical Journal The Massive Pulsar PSR J1614-2230: Linking Quantum Chromodynamics, Gamma-ray Bursts, and Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Lin, Jinrong, Özel, Feryal, Chakrabarty, Deepto, & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2010, The Astrophysical Journal The Incompatibility of Rapid Rotation with Narrow Photospheric X-ray Lines in EXO 0748-676

Cooney, Alan, Dedeo, Simon, & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2010, Physical Review D Neutron stars in f(R) gravity with perturbative constraints

Zaritsky, Dennis & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2010, The Astrophysical Journal Outer Galactic Disks and a Quantitative Test of Gravity at Low Accelerations

Johannsen, Tim & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2010, The Astrophysical Journal Testing the No-hair Theorem with Observations in the Electromagnetic Spectrum. II. Black Hole Images

Johannsen, Tim & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2010, The Astrophysical Journal Testing the No-hair Theorem with Observations in the Electromagnetic Spectrum. I. Properties of a Quasi-Kerr Spacetime

Yunes, Nicolás, Psaltis, Dimitrios, Özel, Feryal, & Loeb, Abraham 2010, Physical Review D Constraining parity violation in gravity with measurements of neutron-star moments of inertia

2009

Özel, Feryal & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2009, Physical Review D Reconstructing the neutron-star equation of state from astrophysical measurements

Gnedin, Oleg Y., Maccarone, Thomas J., Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Zepf, Stephen E. 2009, The Astrophysical Journal Shrinking the Braneworld: Black Hole in a Globular Cluster

Psaltis, Dimitrios 2009, Journal of Physics Conference Series Two approaches to testing general relativity in the strong-field regime

Mao, S. A., Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Milsom, John A. 2009, The Astrophysical Journal Super-Keplerian Frequencies in Accretion Disks. Implications for Mass and Spin Measurements of Compact Objects from X-Ray Variability Studies

Chan, Chi-kwan, Liu, Siming, Fryer, Christopher L., Psaltis, Dimitrios, Özel, Feryal, Rockefeller, Gabriel, & Melia, Fulvio 2009, The Astrophysical Journal MHD Simulations of Accretion onto Sgr A*: Quiescent Fluctuations, Outbursts, and Quasiperiodicity

Chan, Chi-kwan, Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Özel, Feryal 2009, The Astrophysical Journal Spectral Methods for Time-Dependent Studies of Accretion Flows. III. Three-Dimensional, Self-Gravitating, Magnetohydrodynamic Disks

Özel, Feryal, Güver, Tolga, & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2009, The Astrophysical Journal The Mass and Radius of the Neutron Star in EXO 1745-248

Cooney, Alan, Dedeo, Simon, & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2009, Physical Review D Gravity with perturbative constraints: Dark energy without new degrees of freedom

Johannsen, Tim, Psaltis, Dimitrios, & McClintock, Jeffrey E. 2009, The Astrophysical Journal Constraints on the Size of Extra Dimensions from the Orbital Evolution of Black-Hole X-Ray Binaries

2008

Alpar, M. A. & Psaltis, D. 2008, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society The highest dynamical frequency in the inner region of an accretion disc

Galloway, Duncan K., Muno, Michael P., Hartman, Jacob M., Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Chakrabarty, Deepto 2008, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Thermonuclear (Type I) X-Ray Bursts Observed by the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer

Psaltis, Dimitrios 2008, The Astrophysical Journal Constraining Brans-Dicke Gravity with Accreting Millisecond Pulsars in Ultracompact Binaries

Psaltis, Dimitrios 2008, Living Reviews in Relativity Probes and Tests of Strong-Field Gravity with Observations in the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Erkut, M. Hakan, Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Alpar, M. Alİ 2008, The Astrophysical Journal Quasi-Periodic Oscillations as Global Hydrodynamic Modes in the Boundary Layers of Viscous Accretion Disks

DeDeo, Simon & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2008, Physical Review D Stable, accelerating universes in modified-gravity theories

Galloway, D. K., Özel, F., & Psaltis, D. 2008, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Biases for neutron star mass, radius and distance measurements from Eddington-limited X-ray bursts

Psaltis, Dimitrios, Perrodin, Delphine, Dienes, Keith R., & Mocioiu, Irina 2008, Physical Review Letters Kerr Black Holes Are Not Unique to General Relativity

Psaltis, Dimitrios 2008, Physical Review D Testing general metric theories of gravity with bursting neutron stars

Pessah, Martin E., Chan, Chi-Kwan, & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2008, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society The fundamental difference between shear alpha viscosity and turbulent magnetorotational stresses

2007

Pessah, Martin E., Chan, Chi-kwan, & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2007, The Astrophysical Journal Angular Momentum Transport in Accretion Disks: Scaling Laws in MRI-driven Turbulence

Ballantyne, D. R., Özel, Feryal, & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2007, The Astrophysical Journal Constraining Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Flows with Polarization

Psaltis, Dimitrios 2007, Physical Review Letters Constraints on Braneworld Gravity Models from a Kinematic Limit on the Age of the Black Hole XTE J1118+480

2006

Pessah, Martin E., Chan, Chi-Kwan, & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2006, Physical Review Letters Local Model for Angular-Momentum Transport in Accretion Disks Driven by the Magnetorotational Instability

Pessah, Martin E., Chan, Chi-Kwan, & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2006, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society The signature of the magnetorotational instability in the Reynolds and Maxwell stress tensors in accretion discs

Chan, Chi-kwan, Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Özel, Feryal 2006, The Astrophysical Journal Spectral Methods for Time-dependent Studies of Accretion Flows. II. Two-dimensional Hydrodynamic Disks with Self-Gravity

Psaltis, Dimitrios 2006, Compact stellar X-ray sources Accreting neutron stars and black holes: a decade of discoveries

Galloway, Duncan K., Psaltis, Dimitrios, Muno, Michael P., & Chakrabarty, Deepto 2006, The Astrophysical Journal Eddington-limited X-Ray Bursts as Distance Indicators. II. Possible Compositional Effects in Bursts from 4U 1636-536

Kylafis, N., Giannios, D., & Psaltis, D. 2006, Advances in Space Research Spectra and time variability of black-hole binaries in the low/hard state

2005

Pessah, Martin E. & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2005, The Astrophysical Journal The Stability of Magnetized Rotating Plasmas with Superthermal Fields

Chan, Chi-kwan, Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Özel, Feryal 2005, The Astrophysical Journal Spectral Methods for Time-dependent Studies of Accretion Flows. I. Two-dimensional, Viscous, Hydrodynamic Disks

2004

Giannios, D., Kylafis, N. D., & Psaltis, D. 2004, Astronomy and Astrophysics Spectra and time variability of Galactic black-hole X-ray sources in the low/hard state

2003

Galloway, Duncan K., Psaltis, Dimitrios, Chakrabarty, Deepto, & Muno, Michael P. 2003, The Astrophysical Journal Eddington-limited X-Ray Bursts as Distance Indicators. I. Systematic Trends and Spherical Symmetry in Bursts from 4U 1728-34

DeDeo, Simon & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2003, Physical Review Letters Towards New Tests of Strong-Field Gravity with Measurements of Surface Atomic Line Redshifts from Neutron Stars

Özel, Feryal & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2003, The Astrophysical Journal Spectral Lines from Rotating Neutron Stars

Vignarca, F., Migliari, S., Belloni, T., Psaltis, D., & van der Klis, M. 2003, Astronomy and Astrophysics Tracing the power-law component in the energy spectrum of black hole candidates as a function of the QPO frequency

2002

Muno, Michael P., Chakrabarty, Deepto, Galloway, Duncan K., & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2002, The Astrophysical Journal The Frequency Stability of Millisecond Oscillations in Thermonuclear X-Ray Bursts

Psaltis, Dimitrios & Miller, M. Coleman 2002, The Astrophysical Journal Implications of the Narrow Period Distribution of Anomalous X-Ray Pulsars and Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters

Psaltis, Dimitrios 2002, The Astrophysical Journal Radiative Transfer in Obliquely Illuminated Accretion Disks

Belloni, Tomaso, Psaltis, Dimitrios, & van der Klis, Michiel 2002, The Astrophysical Journal A Unified Description of the Timing Features of Accreting X-Ray Binaries

2001

Özel, Feryal, Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Kaspi, Victoria M. 2001, The Astrophysical Journal Constraints on Thermal Emission Models of Anomalous X-Ray Pulsars

Juett, Adrienne M., Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Chakrabarty, Deepto 2001, The Astrophysical Journal Ultracompact X-Ray Binaries with Neon-rich Degenerate Donors

DeDeo, Simon, Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Narayan, Ramesh 2001, The Astrophysical Journal General Relativistic Constraints on Emission Models of Anomalous X-Ray Pulsars

Psaltis, Dimitrios 2001, The Astrophysical Journal Compton Scattering in Static and Moving Media. II. System-Frame Solutions for Spherically Symmetric Flows

Psaltis, D. 2001, Advances in Space Research Models of quasi-periodic variability in neutron stars and black holes

2000

Psaltis, Dimitrios, Özel, Feryal, & DeDeo, Simon 2000, The Astrophysical Journal Photon Propagation around Compact Objects and the Inferred Properties of Thermally Emitting Neutron Stars

Özel, Feryal, Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Narayan, Ramesh 2000, The Astrophysical Journal Hybrid Thermal-Nonthermal Synchrotron Emission from Hot Accretion Flows

Kalogera, Vassiliki & Psaltis, Dimitrios 2000, Physical Review D Bounds on neutron-star moments of inertia and the evidence for general relativistic frame dragging

1999

Di Matteo, Tiziana & Psaltis, Dimitrios 1999, The Astrophysical Journal Quasi-Periodic Variability and the Inner Radii of Thin Accretion Disks in Galactic Black Hole Systems

Psaltis, Dimitrios & Chakrabarty, Deepto 1999, The Astrophysical Journal The Disk-Magnetosphere Interaction in the Accretion-powered Millisecond Pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658

Psaltis, Dimitrios, Wijnands, Rudy, Homan, Jeroen, Jonker, Peter G., van der Klis, Michiel, Miller, M. Coleman, Lamb, Frederick K., Kuulkers, Erik, van Paradijs, Jan, & Lewin, Walter H. G. 1999, The Astrophysical Journal On the Magnetospheric Beat-Frequency and Lense-Thirring Interpretations of the Horizontal-Branch Oscillation in the Z Sources

Psaltis, Dimitrios, Belloni, Tomaso, & van der Klis, Michiel 1999, The Astrophysical Journal Correlations in Quasi-periodic Oscillation and Noise Frequencies among Neutron Star and Black Hole X-Ray Binaries

Miller, M. Coleman, Lamb, Frederick K., & Psaltis, Dimitrios 1999, Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements Constraints on the equation of state of neutron star matter from observations of kilohertz QPOs

Lamb, Frederick K., Miller, M. Coleman, & Psaltis, Dimitrios 1999, Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements Rapid X-ray variability of neutron stars in low-mass binary systems

1998

Psaltis, D. & Lamb, F. K. 1999, Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions Magnetic fields of neutron stars in low mass X-ray binaries

Miller, M. Coleman, Lamb, Frederick K., & Psaltis, Dimitrios 1998, The Astrophysical Journal Sonic-Point Model of Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Brightness Oscillations in Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries

Wijnands, Rudy, Mendez, Mariano, van der Klis, Michiel, Psaltis, Dimitrios, Kuulkers, Erik, & Lamb, Frederick K. 1998, The Astrophysical Journal Discovery of Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Oscillations in the Z Source GX 5-1

Psaltis, Dimitrios, Mendez, Mariano, Wijnands, Rudy, Homan, Jeroen, Jonker, Peter G., van der Klis, Michiel, Lamb, Frederick K., Kuulkers, Erik, van Paradijs, Jan, & Lewin, Walter H. G. 1998, The Astrophysical Journal The Beat-Frequency Interpretation of Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Oscillations in Neutron Star Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries

Jonker, Peter G., Wijnands, Rudy, van der Klis, Michiel, Psaltis, Dimitrios, Kuulkers, Erik, & Lamb, Frederick K. 1998, The Astrophysical Journal Discovery of Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Oscillations in the Z Source GX 340+0

Mendez, M., van der Klis, M., van Paradijs, J., Lewin, W. H. G., Vaughan, B. A., Kuulkers, E., Zhang, W., Lamb, F. K., & Psaltis, D. 1998, The Astrophysical Journal Discovery of a Second KHZ QPO Peak in 4U 1608-52

Wijnands, Rudy, Homan, Jeroen, van der Klis, Michiel, Kuulkers, Erik, van Paradijs, Jan, Lewin, Walter H. G., Lamb, Frederick K., Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Vaughan, Brian 1998, The Astrophysical Journal Discovery of kHz Quasi-periodic Oscillations in the Z Source Cygnus X-2

1997

Wijnands, Rudy, Homan, Jeroen, van der Klis, Michiel, Mendez, Mariano, Kuulkers, Erik, van Paradijs, Jan, Lewin, Walter H. G., Lamb, Fred K., Psaltis, Dimitrios, & Vaughan, Brian 1997, The Astrophysical Journal Discovery of Kilohertz Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in GX 17+2

Psaltis, Dimitrios & Lamb, Frederick K. 1997, The Astrophysical Journal Compton Scattering by Static and Moving Media. I. The Transfer Equation and Its Moments

Mendez, M., van der Klis, M., van Paradijs, J., Lewin, W. H. G., Lamb, F. K., Vaughan, B. A., Kuulkers, E., & Psaltis, D. 1997, The Astrophysical Journal Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Oscillation and Atoll Source States in 4U 0614+09

Vaughan, B. A., van der Klis, M., Mendez, M., van Paradijs, J., Wijnands, R. A. D., Lewin, W. H. G., Lamb, F. K., Psaltis, D., Kuulkers, E., & Oosterbroek, T. 1997, The Astrophysical Journal Discovery of Microsecond Time Lags in Kilohertz QPOs

1996

Wijnands, R. A. D., van der Klis, M., Psaltis, D., Lamb, F. K., Kuulkers, E., Dieters, S., van Paradijs, J., & Lewin, W. H. G. 1996, The Astrophysical Journal Discovery of a Variable-Frequency, 50--60 HZ Quasi-Periodic Oscillation on the Normal Branch of GX 17+2

Daumerie, Pascal, Kalogera, Vassiliki, Lamb, Frederick K., & Psaltis, Dimitrios 1996, Nature A strongly magnetic neutron star in a nearly face-on binary system

Psaltis, D., Lamb, F. K., & Zylstra, G. J. 1996, Astrophysical Letters Communications Structure of the Magnetic Field Near Weakly-Magnetic Neutron Stars Accreting from Disks

1995

Psaltis, Dimitrios, Lamb, Frederick K., & Miller, Guy S. 1995, The Astrophysical Journal X-Ray Spectra of Z Sources

Mouschovias, Telemachos Ch. & Psaltis, Dimitrios 1995, The Astrophysical Journal Hydromagnetic waves and the linewidth-size relation in interstellar molecular clouds