Christopher Thompson

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#4435

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#786

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#1371

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Christopher Thompson 's Degrees

PhD Astronomy University of California, Berkeley
Masters Physics Stanford University
Bachelors Physics Stanford University

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According to Wikipedia, Christopher Thompson is a Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist. He is a professor of astronomy at the University of Toronto Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics . Thompson received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1988. His thesis discussed the cosmological effects of superconducting strings. His advisor was Jeremiah P. Ostriker.

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Christopher Thompson 's Published Works

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Formation of very strongly magnetized neutron stars - Implications for gamma-ray bursts (1992) (1877)
The soft gamma repeaters as very strongly magnetized neutron stars - I. Radiative mechanism for outbursts (1995) (1134)
The Soft Gamma Repeaters as Very Strongly Magnetized Neutron Stars. II. Quiescent Neutrino, X-Ray, and Alfvén Wave Emission (1996) (856)
Neutron star dynamos and the origins of pulsar magnetism (1993) (696)
Electrodynamics of Magnetars: Implications for the Persistent X-Ray Emission and Spin-down of the Soft Gamma Repeaters and Anomalous X-Ray Pulsars (2001) (496)
A Model of gamma-ray bursts (1994) (485)
An exceptionally bright flare from SGR 1806–20 and the origins of short-duration γ-ray bursts (2005) (452)
Soft gamma repeaters and anomalous X-ray pulsars: magnetar candidates (2004) (332)
Discovery of a Magnetar Associated with the Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1900+14 (1998) (305)
The Giant Flare of 1998 August 27 from SGR 1900+14. II. Radiative Mechanism and Physical Constraints on the Source (2001) (272)
Corona of Magnetars (2006) (266)
Cosmological effects of superconducting strings (1986) (165)
Changes in the X-Ray Emission from the Magnetar Candidate 1E 2259+586 during Its 2002 Outburst (2003) (164)
The Giant Flare of 1998 August 27 from SGR 1900+14. I. An Interpretive Study of BeppoSAX and Ulysses Observations (2000) (129)
Magnetohydrodynamics in the extreme relativistic limit (1998) (124)
Statistical Properties of SGR 1900+14 Bursts (1999) (117)
Thermalization in Relativistic Outflows and the Correlation between Spectral Hardness and Apparent Luminosity in Gamma-Ray Bursts (2006) (117)
Expression of Interest for a very long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment (LBNO) (2012) (111)
Physical Mechanisms for the Variable Spin-down and Light Curve of SGR 1900+14 (1999) (108)
Statistical Properties of SGR 1806–20 Bursts (2000) (107)
High-Energy Emission from Magnetars (2004) (102)
Variable Spin-Down in the Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1900+14 and Correlations with Burst Activity (1999) (99)
Evidence for a Sudden Magnetic Field Reconfiguration in Soft Gamma Repeater 1900+14 (2001) (97)
Gravitational instability in two-phase disks and the origin of the moon (1988) (92)
Resonant Cyclotron Scattering in Three Dimensions and the Quiescent Nonthermal X-ray Emission of Magnetars (2006) (91)
Deceleration of a Relativistic, Photon-rich Shell: End of Preacceleration, Damping of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, and the Emission Mechanism of Gamma-Ray Bursts (2005) (89)
Temporal and Spectral Characteristics of Short Bursts from the Soft Gamma Repeaters 1806–20 and 1900+14 (2001) (79)
Accretional Heating of Asymmetric Supernova Cores (2000) (75)
Relativistic Winds from Compact Gamma-Ray Sources. II. Pair Loading and Radiative Acceleration in Gamma-Ray Bursts (1999) (74)
Diagnosing Magnetars with Transient Cooling (2002) (72)
Physical processes in eclipsing pulsars: Eclipse mechanisms and diagnostics (1994) (69)
Magnetospheric Eclipses in the Double Pulsar System PSR J0737–3039 (2005) (69)
An Unusual Burst from Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1900+14: Comparisons with Giant Flares and Implications for the Magnetar Model (2000) (67)
Intense Electromagnetic Outbursts from Collapsing Hypermassive Neutron Stars (2011) (61)
DYNAMICS OF A SPHERICAL ACCRETION SHOCK WITH NEUTRINO HEATING AND ALPHA-PARTICLE RECOMBINATION (2008) (57)
STABILITY OF A SPHERICAL ACCRETION SHOCK WITH NUCLEAR DISSOCIATION (2008) (56)
Transport of Magnetic Fields in Convective, Accreting Supernova Cores (2001) (43)
Global Crustal Dynamics of Magnetars in Relation to Their Bright X-Ray Outbursts (2016) (42)
Magnetars: Time Evolution, Superfluid Properties, and the Mechanism of Magnetic Field Decay (2004) (42)
BEPPOSAX Observations of SGR 1900+14 in Quiescence and during an Active Period (1999) (41)
Relativistic Winds from Compact Gamma-Ray Sources. I. Radiative Acceleration in the Klein-Nishina Regime (1999) (39)
Timing Noise in SGR 1806–20 (2000) (38)
Physical Mechanisms for the Variable Spin-down of Sgr 1900 + 14 (2008) (33)
Electrodynamics of Magnetars. III. Pair Creation Processes in an Ultrastrong Magnetic Field and Particle Heating in a Dynamic Magnetosphere (2008) (33)
Electrodynamics of Magnetars. IV. Self-Consistent Model of the Inner Accelerator with Implications for Pulsed Radio Emission (2008) (27)
Hard Burst Emission from the Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1900+14 (1999) (24)
An exceptionally bright flare from SGR 1806-20 and the origins of short-duration gamma-ray bursts. (2005) (22)
ROTATION OF GIANT STARS (2015) (21)
HOT ELECTROMAGNETIC OUTFLOWS. III. DISPLACED FIREBALL IN A STRONG MAGNETIC FIELD (2013) (20)
Tiny Electromagnetic Explosions (2017) (18)
NON-THERMAL GAMMA-RAY EMISSION FROM DELAYED PAIR BREAKDOWN IN A MAGNETIZED AND PHOTON-RICH OUTFLOW (2014) (18)
The 2001 April Burst Activation of SGR 1900+14: Pulse Properties and Torque (2003) (13)
Giant Primeval Magnetic Dipoles (2017) (13)
SPIN AND MAGNETISM OF WHITE DWARFS (2015) (13)
Neutron stars: A star powered by magnetism (1998) (11)
CHONDRULE DESTRUCTION IN NEBULAR SHOCKS (2014) (11)
QED Phenomena in an Ultrastrong Magnetic Field. I. Electron–Photon Scattering, Pair Creation, and Annihilation (2018) (9)
Rotation and Magnetism of Massive Stellar Cores (2017) (8)
HOT ELECTROMAGNETIC OUTFLOWS. I. ACCELERATION AND SPECTRA (2013) (8)
Pair Plasma in Super-QED Magnetic Fields and the Hard X-Ray/Optical Emission of Magnetars (2020) (6)
Force-free magnetohydrodynamic waves: Nonlinear interactions and effects of strong gravity (2004) (5)
HOT ELECTROMAGNETIC OUTFLOWS. II. JET BREAKOUT (2013) (5)
RADIALLY MAGNETIZED PROTOPLANETARY DISK: VERTICAL PROFILE (2015) (5)
Efficient approximations of neutrino physics for three-dimensional simulations of stellar core collapse (2006) (5)
Halo beaming models for gamma ray bursts (1993) (4)
Limits on Protoplanet Growth by Accretion of Small Solids (2019) (4)
Approaching the dynamics of hot nucleons in supernovae (2004) (4)
Nature of the Soft Gamma Repeaters and Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (2001) (4)
Impulsive Electromagnetic Emission near a Black Hole (2018) (4)
A tremendous flare from SGR1806-20 with implications for short-duration gamma-ray bursts (2005) (3)
CONSTRAINED EVOLUTION OF A RADIALLY MAGNETIZED PROTOPLANETARY DISK: IMPLICATIONS FOR PLANETARY MIGRATION (2015) (3)
QED Phenomena in an Ultrastrong Magnetic Field. II. Electron–Positron Scattering, e±–Ion Scattering, and Relativistic Bremsstrahlung (2019) (3)
Astrophysics of the Soft Gamma Repeaters and Anomalous X-Ray Pulsars (2000) (2)
Baryogenesis in a magnetized universe (1998) (2)
BeppoSAX and Ulysses data on the giant flare from SGR 1900+14 (1999) (2)
Cosmic Magnetic Fields and Superconducting Strings (1990) (2)
Astrophysics of very strongly magnetized neutron stars: A model for the soft gamma repeaters (2008) (1)
The Epoch of Galaxy Formation in Explosion Models (1989) (1)
Spectral variability in relativistic MHD winds (1998) (1)
Radio Emission of Pulsars. I. Slow Tearing of a Quantizing Magnetic Field (2021) (1)
Radio Emission of Pulsars. II. Coherence Catalyzed by Cerenkov-unstable Shear Alfvén Waves (2021) (1)
Observational Consequences of $e^\pm$ Pair Creation in $\gamma$ -Ray Bursts (2001) (1)
Magnetospheric Structure and Non-Thermal Emission of AXPs and SGRs (2001) (1)
Direct Emission of Strong Radio Pulses during Magnetar Flares (2022) (1)
On the Variable Spin-Down of SGR 1900+14 (1999) (0)
INTEGRAL Observations of SGR1806-20 (2004) (0)
Loud and Bright: Gravitational and possible electromagnetic signals induced by binary neutron star mergers (2013) (0)
Erratum: “QED Phenomena in an Ultrastrong Magnetic Field. II. Electron–Positron Scattering, e±–Ion Scattering and Relativistic Bremsstrahlung” (2019, ApJ, 875, 23) (2020) (0)
Erratum: “QED Phenomena in an Ultrastrong Magnetic Field. I. Electron–Photon Scattering, Pair Creation, and Annihilation” (2018, ApJ, 869, 44) (2020) (0)
Multidimensional Resonant Cyclotron Scattering and the Quiescent X‐ray Emission from Magnetars (2008) (0)
X‐ray emission from neutron stars with supercritical magnetic fields: A model for the soft gamma repeaters (1993) (0)
Pulse Structure of Hot Electromagnetic Outflows with Embedded Baryons (2014) (0)
Intense Magnetism in Supernovae (2002) (0)
The bepposax view on the 2001 reactivation of sgr 1900+14 (2001) (0)
Magnetars in the afterglow era (2003) (0)
0 O ct 2 00 1 NATURE OF THE SOFT GAMMA REPEATERS AND ANOMALOUS X-RAY PULSARS (2001) (0)
The Physics of Soft Gamma Repeaters (2000) (0)
An INTEGRAL ToO Observation of SGR1806-20 (2003) (0)
QPOs in Soft Gamma Repeaters: Evidence for the Magnetar Model (1997) (0)
Astrophysics of the soft gamma repeaters (2008) (0)
Modeling the Electromagnetic and Gravitational Radiation from Neutron Stars (2012) (0)
Photon-Rich, Relativistic Magnetofluids and Gamma-Ray Bursts (2005) (0)
The evaluation of total absorption cross-section for photons in high density electron gas (1965) (0)
Spin period and burst rate history of SGR 1900+14 (2001) (0)
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) Statistical properties of SGR 1806-20 bursts (2017) (0)
Testing models of the Soft Gamma Repeaters (1998) (0)
Gamma-ray emission from compact relativistic MHD winds (2008) (0)
Rotation of Red Giants (2015) (0)
The INTEGRAL view of the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 1806-20 (2004) (0)
Beamed Gamma-Ray Bursts from the Galactic Halo: Model Comparisons with BATSE Data (2008) (0)
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) Statistical properties of SGR 1900 + 14 bursts (1999) (0)
Temporal Characteristics of SGR 1806-20 and SGR 1900+14 Bursts (2001) (0)
Dissipation in Relativistic Outflows: A Multisource Overview (2013) (0)
The hard side of SGR 1900+14 (2001) (0)
Nebular Shocks: Chondrule Formation or Destruction? (2015) (0)
Cosmic electromagnetic bomb sheds light on the origins of γ-ray bursts (2021) (0)
A new rapid X-ray repeater (1996) (0)

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