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Joel Kastner
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
- 40 weeks 3 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]
SEMINAR ABSTRACTS
Kastner, J.H., Wine, Cheese and Protoplanets: What I did on my sabbatical in Grenoble, France, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science Seminar Series, October (2008) [BibTeX]
