Joel Kastner

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Research Details

Research Interests
  • Star and planet formation
  • Late stages of stellar evolution
  • X-ray, optical/IR, and radio spectroscopy
  • Image processing algorithms and systems

Personal Information

Contact Information
Room: 17-3197
Phone: (585)475-7179
Fax: (585)475-5988
Email: kastner@cis.rit.edu

54 Lomb Memorial Dr.
Rochester, NY 14623
Title and Degrees
Professor

BS Physics, University of Maryland, 1981

MS, Astronomy, UCLA, 1986
PhD, Astronomy, UCLA, 1990

History

Member for
42 weeks 4 days

Publications

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

    Shukla, S.J.; Weintraub, D.A.; Kastner, J.H., Spatially Resolved X-ray Imaging Spectroscopy of the Binary T Tauri Star System V710 Tau, Astrophysical Journal (2008) [BibTeX]

    Nordhaus, J.; Minchev, I.; Sargent, B.A.; Forrest, W.J.; Blackman, E.G.; De Marco, O.; Kastner, J.H.; Balick, B.; Frank, A., Spectral Determination of Material Geometry Around Evolved Stars: The Case of HD 179821, Astrophysical Journal (2008) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Thorndike, S.L.; Romanczyk, P.A.; Buchanan, C.L.; Catherine, B.J.; Sahai, R.; Egan, M., The LMC's Top 250: Classification of the Most Luminous Compact 8 micron Sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Astrophysical Journal (2008) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Montez, R.; Balick, B.; De Marco, O., Serendipitous Chandra X-Ray Detection of a Hot Bubble within the Planetary Nebula NGC 5315, Astrophysical Journal, 672, 957 (2008) [BibTeX]

    Bary, J.S.; Weintraub, D.A.; Shukla, S.J.; Leisenring, J.M.; Kastner, J.H., Quiescent H2 Emission From Pre-Main Sequence Stars in Chamaeleon I, Astrophysical Journal (2008) [BibTeX]

    Huenemoerder, D.P.; Kastner, J.H.; Testa, P.; Schulz, N.S.; Weintraub, D.A., Evidence for Accretion in the High-Resolution X-Ray Spectrum of the T Tauri Star System Hen 3-600, Astrophysical Journal, 671 (2007) [BibTeX]

    Hojnacki, S.M.; Kastner, J.H.; Micela, G.; Feigelson, E.D.; LaLonde, S.M., An X-ray Spectral Classification Algorithm with Application to Young Stellar Clusters, Astrophysical Journal, 659 (2007) [BibTeX]

    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, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 448, L29 (2006) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Buchanan, C.L.; Sargent, B.A.; Forrest, W.J., Spitzer Spectroscopy of Dusty Disks around B[e] Hypergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Astrophysical Journal, 638, L29 (2006) [BibTeX]

    O'Dea, C.P.; Mu, B.; Worrall, D.M.; Kastner, J.H.; Baum, S.A.; de Vries, W.H., XMM-NEWTON Detection of X-ray Emission from the Compact Steep Spectrum Radio Galaxy 3C303.1, Astrophysical Journal (2006) [BibTeX]

    Buchanan, C.L.; Kastner, J.H.; Forrest, W.J.; Hrivnak, B.J.; Sahai, R.; Egan, M.; Frank, A.; Barnbaum, C., A Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Spectrograph Spectral Atlas of Luminous 8m Sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Astronomy Journal (2006) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Richmond, M.; Grosso, N.; Weintraub, D.A.; Simon, T.; Hended, A.; Hamaguchi, K.; Frank, A.; Ozawa, H., V1647 Orionis: The X-Ray Evolution of a Pre-Main-Sequence Accretion Burst, Astrophysical Journal, 648 (2006) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Buchanan, C.L.; Sargent, B.A.; Forrest, W.J., Spitzer Spectroscopy of Dusty Disks around B[e] Hypergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Astrophysical Journal, 638, L29 (2006) [BibTeX]

    O'Dea, C.P.; Mu, B.; Worrall, D.M.; Kastner, J.H.; Baum, S.A.; de Vries, W.H., XMM-Newton Detection of X-Ray Emission from the Compact Steep-Spectrum Radio Galaxy 3C 303.1, Astrophysical Journal, 635 (2006) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Franz, G.; Grosso, N., X-Ray Emission from Orion Nebula Cluster Stars with Circumstellar Disks and Jets, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 160 (2005) [BibTeX]

    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, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 438, 139 (2005) [BibTeX]

    Montez, R.; Kastner, J.H.; De Marco, O.; Soker, N., X-Ray Imaging of Planetary Nebulae with Wolf-Rayet-type Central Stars: Detection of the Hot Bubble in NGC 40, Astrophysical Journal, 635, 381 (2005) [BibTeX]

    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, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 160 (2005) [BibTeX]

    Getman, K.V.; Flaccomio, E.; Broos, P.S.; Grosso, N.; Tsujimoto, M.; Townsley, L.K.; Garmire, G.P.; Kastner, J.H.; Li, J.Z., Chandra Orion Ultradeep Project: Observations and Source Lists, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 160, 319 (2005) [BibTeX]

    Montez, R.; Kastner, J.H.; De Marco, O.; Soker, N., X-Ray Imaging of Planetary Nebulae with Wolf-Rayet-type Central Stars: Detection of the Hot Bubble in NGC 40, Astrophysical Journal, 635, 381 (2005) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Soker, N., X-Rays from the Mira AB Binary System, Astrophysical Journal, 616 (2004) [BibTeX]

    Li, J.; Kastner, J.H.; Prigozhin, G.Y.; Schulz, N.S.; Feigelson, E.D.; Getman, K.V., Chandra ACIS Subpixel Event Repositioning: Further Refinements and Comparison between Backside- and Frontside-illuminated X-Ray CCDs, Astrophysical Journal, 610 (2004) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Soker, N., Constraining the X-Ray Luminosities of Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars: TX Camelopardalis and T Cassiopeia, Astrophysical Journal, 608 (2004) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Huenemoerder, D.P.; Schulz, N.S.; Canizares, C.R.; Li, J.; Weintraub, D.A., The Coronal X-Ray Spectrum of the Multiple Weak-lined T Tauri Star System HD 98800, Astrophysical Journal, 605 (2004) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Richmond, M.; Grosso, N.; Weintraub, D.A.; Simon, T.; Frank, A.; Hamaguchi, K.; Ozawa, H.; Hended, A., An X-ray outburst from the rapidly accreting young star that illuminates McNeil's nebula, Nature, 430 (2004) [BibTeX]

    Sahai, R.; Kastner, J.H.; Frank, A.; Morris, M.; Blackman, E.G., X-Ray Emission from the Pre-planetary Nebula Henize 3-1475, Astrophysical Journal, 599 (2003) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Balick, B.; Blackman, E.G.; Frank, A.; Soker, N.; Vrtilek, S.D.; Li, J., A Compact X-Ray Source and Possible X-Ray Jets within the Planetary Nebula Menzel 3, Astrophysical Journal, 591 (2003) [BibTeX]

    Soker, N.; Kastner, J.H., Magnetic Flares on Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, Astrophysical Journal, 592, 498 (2003) [BibTeX]

    Maness, H.L.; Vrtilek, S.D.; Kastner, J.H.; Soker, N., Abundance Anomalies in the X-Ray Spectra of Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and BD +30°3639, Astrophysical Journal, 589, 439 (2003) [BibTeX]

    Bary, J.S.; Weintraub, D.A.; Kastner, J.H., Detections of Rovibrational H2 Emission from the Disks of T Tauri Stars, Astrophysical Journal, 586, 1136 (2003) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Crigger, L.; Rich, M.; Weintraub, D.A., ROSAT X-Ray Spectral Properties of Nearby Young Associations: TW Hydrae, Tucana-Horologium, and the Beta Pictoris Moving Group, Astrophysical Journal, 585, 878 (2003) [BibTeX]

    Soker, N.; Kastner, J.H., On the Luminosities and Temperatures of Extended X-Ray Emission from Planetary Nebulae, Astrophysical Journal, 583, 368 (2003) [BibTeX]

    Li, J.; Kastner, J.H.; Prigozhin, G.Y.; Schulz, N.S., Refining Chandra/ACIS Subpixel Event Repositioning Using a Backside-illuminated CCD Model, Astrophysical Journal, 590, 586 (2003) [BibTeX]

    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, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 203, 147.06 (2003) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Soker, N., X-ray Observations of AGB Stars with XMM-Newton, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 203, 31.01 (2003) [BibTeX]

    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, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 203, 5.01 (2003) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Hojnacki, S.M., Automated Classification of X-ray Sources in Stellar Clusters, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 203, 4.10 (2003) [BibTeX]

    Huenemoerder, D.P.; Schulz, N.S.; Houck, J.C.; Canizares, C.R.; Kastner, J.H., Coronal Spectroscopy with Chandra/HETGS, The Astronomical Society of the Pacific Proceedings, 223 (2003) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Li, J.; Vrtilek, S.D.; Gatley, I.; Merrill, M.K.; Soker, N., On the Asymmetries of Extended X-Ray Emission from Planetary Nebulae, Astrophysical Journal, 581, 1225 (2002) [BibTeX]

    Bary, J.S.; Weintraub, D.A.; Kastner, J.H., Detection of Molecular Hydrogen Orbiting a ``Naked'' T Tauri Star, Astrophysical Journal, 576, L73 (2002) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Li, J.; Siebenmorgen, R.; Weintraub, D.A., Infrared Space Observatory Polarimetric Imaging of the Egg Nebula (RAFGL 2688), Astronomy Journal, 123, 2658 (2002) [BibTeX]

    Soker, N.; Kastner, J.H., -Ray Emission from Central Binary Systems of Planetary Nebulae, Astrophysical Journal, 570 (2002) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Huenemoerder, D.P.; Schulz, N.S.; Canizares, C.R.; Weintraub, D.A., Evidence for Accretion: High-Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy of the Classical T Tauri Star TW Hydrae, Astrophysical Journal, 567 (2002) [BibTeX]

    Coker, R.F.; Pittard, J.M.; Kastner, J.H., The Galactic Centre source IRS 13E: A post-LBV Wolf-Rayet colliding wind binary?, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 383, 568 (2002) [BibTeX]

    Weintraub, D.A.; Kastner, J.H.; Gatley, I., H_2 Spectroscopy of Protoplanetary Nebulae, Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 265 (2001) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Vrtilek, S.D.; Soker, N., Discovery of Extended X-Ray Emission from the Planetary Nebula NGC 7027 by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Astrophysical Journal, 550, L189 (2001) [BibTeX]

    Schulz, N.S.; Canizares, C.R.; Huenemoerder, D.P.; Kastner, J.H.; Taylor, S.C.; Bergstrom, E.J., Chandra Observations of Variable Embedded X-Ray Sources in Orion. I. Resolving the Orion Trapezium, Astrophysical Journal, 549, 441, pp. 441-451 (2001) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Weintraub, D.A.; Gatley, I.; Henn, L., Kinematics of Molecular Hydrogen Emission from Pre-Planetary Nebulae: RAFGL 2688 and RAFGL 618, Astrophysical Journal, 546, 279 (2001) [BibTeX]

    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, stronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 244 (2001) [BibTeX]

    Weintraub, D.A.; Bary, J.S.; Kastner, J.H., Gaseous Disks Around Nearby Young Stars, stronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 244 (2001) [BibTeX]

    Bary, J.S.; Weintraub, D.A.; Kastner, J.H., Detections of H2 Emission From T Tauri Stars, (2000) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Soker, N.; Vrtilek, S.D.; Dgani, R., Chandra X-Ray Observatory Detection of Extended X-Ray Emission from the Planetary Nebula BD +30°3639, Astrophysical Journal, 545, L57 (2000) [BibTeX]

    Weintraub, D.A.; Kastner, J.H.; Bary, J.S., Detection of Quiescent Molecular Hydrogen Gas in the Circumstellar Disk of a Classical T Tauri Star, Astrophysical Journal, 541 (2000) [BibTeX]

    Wilner, D.J.; Ho, P.T.; Kastner, J.H.; Rodriguez, L.F., VLA Imaging of the Disk Surrounding the Nearby Young Star TW Hydrae, Astrophysical Journal, 534 (2000) [BibTeX]

    Weintraub, D.A.; Kastner, J.H.; Hines, D.C.; Sahai, R., Pinpointing the Position of the Post-Asymptotic Giant Branch Star at the Core of RAFGL 2688 Using Polarimetric Imaging with NICMOS, Astrophysical Journal, 531 (2000) [BibTeX]

    Weintraub, D.A.; Sauman, D.; Kastner, J.H.; Forveille, T., NICMOS Narrowband Infrared Photometry of TW Hydrae Association Stars, Astrophysical Journal, 530 (2000) [BibTeX]

    Schulz, N.S.; Canizares, C.R.; Huenemoerder, D.P.; Kastner, J.H.; Lee, J.C.; Taylor, S.C., Resolving the Orion Trapezium in X-rays: Lifting the Veil..., American Astronomical Society, 45.02, 32 (2000) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H., Detection of Extended X-ray Emission from the Planetary Nebula BD +30 3639, Astronomy Society of New York, 5 (2000) [BibTeX]

    Harper, D.A.; Allen, C.A.; Amato, M.J.; Ames, T.; Bartels, A.; Casey, S.C.; Derro, R.J.; Evans, R.; Gatley, I.; Heimsath, S.J.; Kastner, J.H., HAWC: a far-infrared camera for SOFIA, Proceedings of SPIE, 4014 (2000) [BibTeX]

    Kastner, J.H.; Huenemoerder, D.P.; Schulz, N.S.; Weintraub, D.A., X-Ray Spectroscopy of the Nearby, Classical T Tauri Star TW Hydrae, Astrophysical Journal, 525 (1999) [BibTeX]


BOOKS

    Meixner, M.; Kastner, J.H.; Balick, B., Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae III: Winds, Structure and the Thunderbird, Soker, Noam, 313, Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf. Series (2004) [BibTeX]


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