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Joel KastnerResearch Interests

Joel KastnerStar and planet formation
Late stages of stellar evolution
X-ray, optical/IR, and radio spectroscopy
Image processing algorithms and systems

Professor

BS Physics, University of Maryland, 1981
MS, Astronomy, UCLA, 1986
PhD, Astronomy, UCLA, 1990

Room 17-3197

585-475-7179
585-475-5988


54 Lomb Memorial Dr.
Rochester, NY 14623


Last Updated ( Friday, 19 May 2006 )

Publications

  • Shukla, S., Weintraub, D.A., Kastner, J. Spatially Resolved X-ray Imaging Spectroscopy of the Binary T Tauri Star System V710 Tau Astrophys. J., submitted (2008)
  • Nordhaus, J.; Minchev, I.; Sargent, B.; Forrest, W.; Blackman, E. G.; De Marco, O.; Kastner, J.; Balick, B.; Frank, A. Spectral Determination of Material Geometry Around Evolved Stars: The Case of HD 179821 Astrophys. J., submitted (2008)
  • Bary, Jeffrey S.; Weintraub, David A.; Shukla, Sonali J.; Leisenring, Jarron M.; Kastner, Joel H. Quiescent H2 Emission From Pre-Main Sequence Stars in Chamaeleon I Astrophys. J., submitted (2008)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Thorndike, Stephen L.; Romanczyk, Paul A.; Buchanan, Catherine; Hrivnak, Bruce J.; Sahai, Raghvendra; Egan, M. The LMC\'s Top 250: Classification of the Most Luminous Compact 8 micron Sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud Astron. J., submitted (2008)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Montez, Rodolfo, Jr.; Balick, B.; De Marco, O. Serendipitous Chandra X-Ray Detection of a Hot Bubble within the Planetary Nebula NGC 5315 Astrophys. J., 672, 957 (2008)
  • Joel Kastner Comp Exam questions 2007  (2007)
  • Huenemoerder, David P.; Kastner, Joel H.; Testa, Paola; Schulz, Norbert S.; Weintraub, David A. Evidence for Accretion in the High-Resolution X-Ray Spectrum of the T Tauri Star System Hen 3-600 Astrophys. J., 671, 592 (2007)
  • Hojnacki, S., Kastner, J.H., Micela, G., Feigelson, E.D., & LaLonde, S. An X-ray Spectral Classification Algorithm with Application to Young Stellar Clusters Astrophys. J., 659, 585 (2007)
  • Grosso, N.; Feigelson, E. D.; Getman, K. V.; Kastner, J. H.; Bally, J.; McCaughrean, M. J. X-rays from HH 210 in the Orion nebula Astron. & Astrophys., 448, L29 (2006)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Buchanan, Catherine L.; Sargent, B.; Forrest, W. J. Spitzer Spectroscopy of Dusty Disks around B[e] Hypergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud Astrop. J., 638, L29 (2006)
  • Kastner, Joel H; Fairchild, Mark D PhD Candidacy Exam Process  (2006)
  • O'Dea, Christopher P.; Mu, Bo; Worrall, D. M.; Kastner, Joel; Baum, Stefi; de Vries, Willem H XMM-NEWTON Detection of X-ray Emission from the Compact Steep Spectrum Radio Galaxy 3C303.1 Astrophys. J., 653, 1115 (2006)
  • Buchanan, Catherine L.; Kastner, Joel H.; Forrest, William J.; Hrivnak, Bruce J.; Sahai, Raghvendra; Egan, Michael; Frank, Adam; Barnbaum, C. A Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Spectrograph Spectral Atlas of Luminous 8 μm Sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud Astron. J., 132, 1890 (2006)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Richmond, Michael; Grosso, Nicolas; Weintraub, David A.; Simon, Theodore; Henden, Arne; Hamaguchi, Kenji; Frank, Adam; Ozawa, H. V1647 Orionis: The X-Ray Evolution of a Pre-Main-Sequence Accretion Burst Astrophys. J., 648, L43 (2006)
  • Grosso, N.; Feigelson, E. D.; Getman, K. V.; Kastner, J. H.; Bally, J.; McCaughrean, M. J. X-rays from HH 210 in the Orion nebula Astron. Astrophys., 448, L29 (2006)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Buchanan, Catherine L.; Sargent, B.; Forrest, W. J. Spitzer Spectroscopy of Dusty Disks around B[e] Hypergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud Astrophys. J., 638, L29 (2006)
  • Mu, Bo; Kastner, Joel H.; Grosso, Nicolas Spectral classification of sources in XMM-Newton X-ray observation of the rapidly accreting young star V1647 Ori  (2006)
  • Joel Kastner sample PhD comp exam questions 2006  (2006)
  • O'Dea, Christopher P.; Mu, Bo; Worrall, D. M.; Kastner, Joel; Baum, Stefi; de Vries, Willem H. XMM-Newton Detection of X-Ray Emission from the Compact Steep-Spectrum Radio Galaxy 3C 303.1 Astrophys. J., 635, 1125 (2006)
  • Grosso, N.; Kastner, J. H.; Ozawa, H.; Richmond, M.; Simon, T.; Weintraub, D. A.; Hamaguchi, K.; Frank, A Enhanced X-ray Variability from V1647 Ori, the oung Star in Outburst Illuminating McNeil’s Nebula Astron. & Astrophys., 438, 139 (2005) (2005)
  • Montez, Rodolfo, Jr.; Kastner, Joel H.; De Marco, Orsola; Soker, Noam X-Ray Imaging of Planetary Nebulae with Wolf-Rayet-type Central Stars: Detection of the Hot Bubble in NGC 40 Astrophys. J., 635, 381 (2005)
  • Tsujimoto, M.; Feigelson, E. D.; Grosso, N.; Micela, G.; Tsuboi, Y.; Favata, F.; Shang, H.; Kastner, J. H. Iron Fluorescent Line Emission from Young Stellar Objects in the Orion Nebula Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 160, 503 (2005)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Franz, Geoffrey; Grosso, Nicolas; et al. X-Ray Emission from Orion Nebula Cluster Stars with Circumstellar Disks and Jets Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 160, 511 (2005)
  • Getman, K. V.; Flaccomio, E.; Broos, P. S.; Grosso, N.; Tsujimoto, M.; Townsley, L.; Garmire, G. P.; Kastner, J.; Li, J.; et al. Chandra Orion Ultradeep Project: Observations and Source Lists Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 160, 319 (2005)
  • Montez, Rodolfo, Jr.; Kastner, Joel H.; De Marco, Orsola; Soker, N. X-Ray Imaging of Planetary Nebulae with Wolf-Rayet-type Central Stars: Detection of the Hot Bubble in NGC 40 Astrophys. J., 635, 381 (2005)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Soker, Noam X-Rays from the Mira AB Binary System Astrophys. J., 616, 1188 (2004) (2004)
  • Li, Jingqiang; Kastner, Joel H.; Prigozhin, Gregory Y.; Schulz, Norbert S.; Feigelson, Eric D.; Getman, Konstantin V Chandra ACIS Subpixel Event Repositioning: Further Refinements and Comparison between Backside- and Frontside-illuminated X-Ray CCDs Astrophys. J., 610, 1204 (2004) (2004)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Soker, Noam Constraining the X-Ray Luminosities of Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars: TX Camelopardalis and T Cassiopeia Astrophys. J., 608, 978 (2004) (2004)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Huenemoerder, David P.; Schulz, Norbert S.; Canizares, Claude R.; Li, Jingqiang; Weintraub, David A. The Coronal X-Ray Spectrum of the Multiple Weak-lined T Tauri Star System HD 98800 Astrophys. J., 605, L49 (2004) (2004)
  • Kastner, J. H.; Richmond, M.; Grosso, N.; Weintraub, D. A.;Simon, T.; Frank, A.; Hamaguchi, K.; Ozawa, H.; Henden, A An X-ray outburst from the rapidly accreting young star that illuminates McNeil's nebula Nature, 430, 429 (2004)
  • Meixner, Margaret; Kastner, Joel H.; Balick, Bruce; Soker, Noam (editors) Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae III: Winds, Structure and the Thunderbird Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf. Series, Vol. 313 (2004)
  • Sahai, Raghvendra; Kastner, Joel H.; Frank, Adam; Morris, Mark; Blackman, Eric G X-Ray Emission from the Pre-planetary Nebula Henize 3-1475 Astrophys. J., 599, L87 (2003) (2003)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Balick, Bruce; Blackman, Eric G.; Frank, Adam; Soker, Noam; Vrtílek, Saeqa D.; Li, Jingqiang A Compact X-Ray Source and Possible X-Ray Jets within the Planetary Nebula Menzel 3 Astrophys. J., 591, L37 (2003) (2003)
  • Soker, Noam; Kastner, Joel H Magnetic Flares on Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars Astrophys. J., 592, 498 (2003) (2003)
  • Maness, Holly L.; Vrtilek, Saeqa D.; Kastner, Joel H.; Soker, Noam Abundance Anomalies in the X-Ray Spectra of Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and BD +30°3639 Astrophys. J., 589, 439 (2003) (2003)
  • Bary, Jeffrey S.; Weintraub, David A.; Kastner, Joel H. Detections of Rovibrational H2 Emission from the Disks of T Tauri Stars Astrophys. J., 586, 1136 (2003) (2003)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Crigger, Lara; Rich, Margaret; Weintraub, David A ROSAT X-Ray Spectral Properties of Nearby Young Associations: TW Hydrae, Tucana-Horologium, and the Beta Pictoris Moving Group Astrophys. J., 585, 878 (2003) (2003)
  • Soker, Noam; Kastner, Joel H On the Luminosities and Temperatures of Extended X-Ray Emission from Planetary Nebulae Astrophys. J., 583, 368 (2003) (2003)
  • Li, Jingqiang; Kastner, Joel H.; Prigozhin, Gregory Y.;Schulz, Norbert S Refining Chandra/ACIS Subpixel Event Repositioning Using a Backside-illuminated CCD Model Astrophys. J., 590, 586 (2003)
  • Bary, J. S.; Weintraub, D. A.; Kastner, J. H.; Shukla, S. J. Quiescent Ro-vibrational H_2 Emission from Classical and Weak-line T Tauri Stars Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 203, 147.06 (2003)
  • Kastner, J. H.; Soker, N. X-ray Observations of AGB Stars with XMM-Newton Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 203, 31.01 (2003)
  • Shukla, S. J.; Bary, J. S.; Weintraub, D. A.; Kastner, J. H. Further detections of rovibrational H2 emission from the disks of T Tauri stars Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 203, 05.01 (2003)
  • Hojnacki, S. M.; Kastner, J. H Automated Classification of X-ray Sources in Stellar Clusters Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 203, 04.10 (2003)
  • Huenemoerder, D. P.; Schulz, N. S.; Houck, J. C.; Canizares, C. R.; Kastner, J. H. Coronal Spectroscopy with Chandra/HETGS 11th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun/, Astron. Soc. Pac. Conference Proceedings, Vol. 223, p. 1091 (2003)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Li, Jingqiang; Vrtilek, Saku D.; Gatley, Ian; Merrill, K. M.; Soker, Noam On the Asymmetries of Extended X-Ray Emission from Planetary Nebulae Astrophys. J., 581, 1225 (2002) (2002)
  • Bary, Jeffrey S.; Weintraub, David A.; Kastner, Joel H Detection of Molecular Hydrogen Orbiting a ``Naked'' T Tauri Star Astrophys. J., 576, L73 (2002) (2002)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Li, Jingqiang; Siebenmorgen, Ralf; Weintraub, David A Infrared Space Observatory Polarimetric Imaging of the Egg Nebula (RAFGL 2688) Astron. J., 123, 2658 (2002) (2002)
  • Soker, Noam; Kastner, Joel H -Ray Emission from Central Binary Systems of Planetary Nebulae Astrophys. J., 570, 245 (2002) (2002)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Huenemoerder, David P.; Schulz, Norbert S.; Canizares, Claude R.; Weintraub, David A. Evidence for Accretion: High-Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy of the Classical T Tauri Star TW Hydrae Astrophys. J., 567, 434 (2002) (2002)
  • Coker, R. F.; Pittard, J. M.; Kastner, J. H. The Galactic Centre source IRS 13E: A post-LBV Wolf-Rayet colliding wind binary? Astron. Astrophys. 383, 568 (2002) (2002)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Vrtilek, Saeqa D.; Soker, Noam Discovery of Extended X-Ray Emission from the Planetary Nebula NGC 7027 by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Astrophys. J., 550, L189 (2001) (2001)
  • Schulz, N. S.; Canizares, C.; Huenemoerder, D.; Kastner, J. H.; Taylor, S. C.; Bergstrom, E. J. Chandra Observations of Variable Embedded X-Ray Sources in Orion. I. Resolving the Orion Trapezium Astrophys. J., 549, 441 (2001) (2001)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Weintraub, David A.; Gatley, Ian; Henn, LeeAnn Kinematics of Molecular Hydrogen Emission from Pre-Planetary Nebulae: RAFGL 2688 and RAFGL 618 Astrophys. J., 546, 279 (2001) (2001)
  • Weintraub, David A.; Kastner, Joel H.; Gatley, Ian H_2 Spectroscopy of Protoplanetary Nebulae Post-AGB Objects as a Phase of Stellar Evolution, Proceedings of the Torun Workshop held July 5-7, 2000. Edited by R. Szczerba, S. K. G�rny. Astrophysics and Space Science Library Vol. 265, p. 377 (2001)
  • Kastner, J. H.; Huenemoerder, D. P.; Schulz, N. S.; Canizares, C. R.; Crigger, L.; Weintraub, D. A. From ROSAT to Chandra: X-ray Spectroscopy of TW Hya Association Stars Young Stars Near Earth: Progress and Prospects, Astron. Soc. Pac Conference Series Vol. 244, p.159 (2001)
  • Weintraub, D. A.; Bary, J. S.; Kastner, J. H Gaseous Disks Around Nearby Young Stars Young Stars Near Earth: Progress and Prospects, Astron. Soc. Pac Conference Series Vol. 244, p. 258 (2001)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Soker, Noam; Vrtilek, Saeqa D.; Dgani, Ruth Chandra X-Ray Observatory Detection of Extended X-Ray Emission from the Planetary Nebula BD +30°3639 Astrophys. J., 545, L57 (2000) (2000)
  • Weintraub, David A.; Kastner, Joel H.; Bary, Jeffrey S Detection of Quiescent Molecular Hydrogen Gas in the Circumstellar Disk of a Classical T Tauri Star Astrophys. J., 541, 767 (2000) (2000)
  • Wilner, D. J.; Ho, P. T. P.; Kastner, J. H.; Rodríguez, L. F VLA Imaging of the Disk Surrounding the Nearby Young Star TW Hydrae Astrophys. J., 534, L101 (2000) (2000)
  • Weintraub, David A.; Kastner, Joel H.; Hines, Dean C.; Sahai, Raghvendra Pinpointing the Position of the Post-Asymptotic Giant Branch Star at the Core of RAFGL 2688 Using Polarimetric Imaging with NICMOS Astrophys. J., 531, 401 (2000) (2000)
  • Weintraub, David A.; Saumon, Didier; Kastner, Joel H.; Forveille, Thierry NICMOS Narrowband Infrared Photometry of TW Hydrae Association Stars Astrophys. J., 530, 867 (2000) (2000)
  • Bary, J. S.; Weintraub, D. A.; Kastner, J. H Detections of H2 Emission From T Tauri Stars Emission Lines from Jet Flows,/ Isla Mujeres November 13- 17, 2000 (2000)
  • Schulz, N. S.; Canizares, C. R.; Huenemoerder, D.; Kastner, J. H.; Lee, J.; Taylor, S. C. Resolving the Orion Trapezium in X-rays: Lifting the Veil... American Astronomical Society, High Energy Astrophysics Division meeting #32, 45.02 (2000)
  • Kastner, Joel; et al Detection of Extended X-ray Emission from the Planetary Nebula BD +30 3639 Astron. Soc. Of New York (Notes), 5, p. 11 (2000)
  • Harper, Doyal A.; Allen, Christine A.; Amato, Michael J.; Ames, Troy; Bartels, Arlin; Casey, Sean C.; Derro, Rebecca J.; Evans, Rhodri; Gatley, Ian; Heimsath, Stephen J.; Kastner, J.H.; 13 coauthors HAWC: a far-infrared camera for SOFIA Proceedings SPIE, Vol. 4014, p. 43 (2000)
  • Kastner, Joel H.; Huenemoerder, David P.; Schulz, Norbert S.; Weintraub, David A X-Ray Spectroscopy of the Nearby, Classical T Tauri Star TW Hydrae Astrophys. J., 525, 837 (1999) (1999)
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