Mark Henriksen

Associate Professor of Astrophysics


Educational Background


Coverage in USA Today

Research Interests

Current Project Titles

  • CHANDRA: Chandra Study of the Structure of the Southern Part of the Horologium Supercluster
  • RXTE: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CLUSTER MERGER AND PARTICLE ACCLELERATION

Selected Publications in Refereed Journals - Past 6 Years

  • " 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.
  • " Cluster Mergers, Core Oscillations, and Cold Fronts ", Tittley, E.,& Henriksen, M., 2005, ApJ, 618, 227.
  • " 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.
  • " A Soft X-Ray Excess in the A754 Cluster ", Henriksen, Mark J., Hudson, Daniel S.,Tittley, Eric, 2004, ApJ, 610, 762.
  • " 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.
  • " X-ray Observations of the IC1262 Galaxy Cluster "Hudson, D., Henriksen, M., and Colafrancesco, S., 2003, ApJ, 583, 706.
  • " Chandra Observations of the Abell 3266 Galaxy Cluster Merger "Henriksen, M., and Tittley, E., 2002, ApJ, 577, 701.
  • " Filamentary Gas in the A3395/A3391 Supercluster "Tittley, E., and Henriksen, M., 2001, ApJ, 563, 673.
  • " X-ray Observation of A1367 with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer "Henriksen, M., and Mushotzky, R., 2001, ApJ, 553, 84.
  • " 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