Mark Henriksen
Associate Professor of Astrophysics
Educational Background
- B.S. (Physics), University of
California, Los Angeles
- M.M. (Music) Catholic University of America
- Ph.D. (Astronomy), University of Maryland, College Park
Awards
- National Science Foundation Early Career Award
- NASA Group Achievement Award, Hubble Space Telescope Faint Object Spectrograph Team
Coverage in USA Today
Research Interests
Current Project Titles
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XMM: The Abell 3395-Abell 3391 Filament in the Horologium Supercluster
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CHANDRA: Chandra Study of the Structure of the Southern Part of the Horologium Supercluster
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RXTE: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CLUSTER
MERGER AND PARTICLE ACCLELERATION
Selected Publications in
Refereed Journals - Past 6 Years
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A Puzzling Merger in A3266: The Hydrodynamic Picture from XMM-Newton
", Finoguenov, A., Henriksen, M., Miniati, F.; Briel, U. G.; Jones, C, 2006, ApJ, 643, 790.
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Cluster Mergers, Core Oscillations, and Cold Fronts
", Tittley, E.,& Henriksen, M., 2005, ApJ, 618, 227.
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XMM-Newton Study of A3562 and Its Immediate Shapley Environs
", Finoguenov, A., Henriksen, M., Briel, U. G., de Plaa, J., Kaastra, J. S, 2004, ApJ, 611, 811.
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A Soft X-Ray Excess in the A754 Cluster
", Henriksen, Mark J., Hudson, Daniel S.,Tittley, Eric, 2004, ApJ, 610, 762.
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Diffuse Non-thermal X-ray Emission: Evidence for Cosmic-ray Acceleration at the Shock front in IC 1262
", Hudson, D.,& Henriksen, M., 2003, ApJ, 595, L1.
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X-ray Observations of the IC1262 Galaxy Cluster
"Hudson, D., Henriksen, M., and Colafrancesco, S., 2003, ApJ, 583, 706.
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Chandra Observations of the Abell 3266 Galaxy Cluster Merger
"Henriksen, M., and Tittley, E., 2002, ApJ, 577, 701.
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Filamentary Gas in the A3395/A3391 Supercluster
"Tittley, E., and Henriksen, M., 2001, ApJ, 563, 673.
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X-ray Observation of A1367 with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
"Henriksen, M., and Mushotzky, R., 2001, ApJ, 553, 84.
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Reconstructing the Merger History of the A3266 Galaxy Cluster
"Henriksen, M., Donnelly, H., and Davis, D., 2000, ApJ, 529, 692.
Physics 415 Syllabus
Students: Where are they now?
Teaching
Physics 106: Introduction to Astrobiology
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Contact Information
Physics Department
UMBC
(410) 455-1980 (phone)
(410) 455-1072 (fax)
henrikse@umbc.edu
This page last updated on
November 19, 2007