John K Cannizzo

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John K Cannizzo

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  • Org Code: 661
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 661.1
  • Greenbelt, MD 20771
  • Employer: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY
  • Curriculum Vitae



    Brief Bio

    PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

    2000-2002--High Energy Astrophysics Group Manager, LHEA, NASA/GSFC/EITI

    1994-2000--Research Scientist, Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA/GSFC/USRA

    1992-1994--Senior NRC Research Associate, Lab. for Astronomy and Solar Physics, GSFC

    1991-1992--Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Max Planck Inst. for Astrophysics, Germany

    1989-1991--visiting professor, Department of Physics, Kenyon Coll., OH

    1986-1989--research associate/lecturer, Department of Physics, McMaster Univ., ONT

    1984-1986--research associate, Department of Astronomy, Harvard Univ., MA

    PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

    American Astronomical Society

    Research

    High Energy Astrophysics/Computational Fluid Hydrodynamics/Data Analysis

    Projects

  • Glimm's Method for Relativistic Fluid Hydrodynamics

  • Huang Hilbert Transform

    Education

    1984 - Ph.D. Univ. of Texas at Austin
    1981 - MS. Univ. of Texas at Austin
    1979 - BS. Univ. of New Mexico

    Publications

    PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS (AS FIRST AUTHOR)

    "A Numerical Gamma-Ray Burst Simulation Using Three-Dimensional Relativistic Hydrodynamics: The Transition from Spherical to Jet-like Expansion" Cannizzo, J. K., Gehrels, N., Vishniac, E. T. 2004, ApJ, 601, 380

    "The October 1985 Long Outburst of U Geminorum: Revealing the Viscous Time Scale in Long Orbital Period Dwarf Novae" Cannizzo, J. K., Gehrels, N., Mattei, J. A. 2002, ApJ, 579, 760

    "The 2001 Superoutburst of WZ Sagittae: A Clue to the Dyanmics of Accretion Disks" Cannizzo, J. K. 2001, ApJ, 561, L175

    "The V-EUV Delay for Dwarf Nova Outbursts: A Case Study for VW Hydri, U Geminorum, and SS Cygni" Cannizzo, J. K. 2001, ApJ, 556, 847

    "A Hot Inner Disk During the Quiescent State of Soft X-ray Transients?" Cannizzo, J. K, Chen, W. 2000, PASP, 112, 1330

    "On the Role of Irradiation and Evaporation in Strongly Irradiated Accretion Disks in the Black Hole X-ray Binaries: Toward an Understanding of FREDs and Secondary Maxima", Cannizzo, J. K. 2000, ApJ, 534, L35

    "A Study of the Outbursts in SS Cygni", Cannizzo, J. K., Mattei, J. A., 1998, ApJ, 505, 344

    "The Accretion Disk Limit Cycle Mechanism in the Black Hole X-Ray Binaries: Toward an Understanding of the Systematic Effects", Cannizzo, J. K., 1998, ApJ, 494, 366

    "On the M_V(peak) versus Orbital Period Relation for Dwarf Nova Outbursts", Cannizzo, J. K., 1998, ApJ, 493, 426

    "On the Nature of the Fluctuations Preceding the Giant Bursts in the Bursting Pulsar GRO J1744-28", Cannizzo, J. K., 1997, ApJ, 482, 178

    "On the Relative Rates of Decay of the Optical and Soft X-ray Fluxes in Dwarf Nova Outbursts", Cannizzo, J. K., 1996, ApJ, 473, L41

    "On the Nature of the Giant Outbursts in the Bursting Pulsar GRO J1744-28", Cannizzo, J. K., 1996, ApJ, 466, L31

    "The Accretion Disk Limit Cycle Mechanism in the Black Hole X-Ray Binaries", Cannizzo, J. K., Chen, W., Livio, M., 1995, ApJ, 454, 880

    "On the Decay of the Outbursts in Dwarf Novae and X-ray Novae", Cannizzo, J. K., 1994, ApJ, 435, 389

    "The Accretion Disk Limit Cycle Model: Toward an Understanding of the Long-Term Behavior of SS Cygni", Cannizzo, J. K., 1993, ApJ, 419, 318

    "The Long-Term Behavior of SS Cygni", Cannizzo, J. K., Mattei, J. A., 1992, ApJ, 401, 642

    "Cold Dissipationless Collapse of Spherical Systems: Sensitivity to the Initial Density Law", Cannizzo, J. K., Hollister, T. M., 1992, ApJ, 400, 58

    "The Secondary Outburst Maximum of T Coronae Borealis: Implications for the Physics of Accretion Disks", Cannizzo, J. K., Kenyon, S. J., 1992, ApJ, 386, L17

    "Accretion Disks in Active Galactic Nuclei: Vertically Explicit Models", Cannizzo, J. K., 1992, ApJ, 385, 94

    "Accretion Disks in Active Galactic Nuclei: Vertically Averaged Models", Cannizzo, J. K., Reiff, C. M., 1992, ApJ, 385, 87

    "A Search for Chaotic Behavior in the Light Curves of Three Long-Period Variables", Cannizzo, J. K., Goodings, D. A., Mattei, J. A., 1990, ApJ, 357, 235

    "The Disk Accretion of a Tidally Disrupted Star Onto a Massive Black Hole", Cannizzo, J. K., Lee, H. M., Goodman, J., 1990, ApJ, 351, 38

    "Chaos in SS Cygni?", Cannizzo, J. K., Goodings, D. A., 1988, ApJ, 334, L31

    "On the Outburst Recurrence Time for the Accretion Disk Limit Cycle Mechanism in Dwarf Novae, Cannizzo, J. K., Shafter, A. W., Wheeler, J. C., 1988, ApJ, 333, 227

    "On Convection-Induced Viscosity in Accretion Disks in Cataclysmic Variables", Cannizzo, J. K., Cameron, A. G. W., 1988, ApJ, 330, 327

    "A New Angular Momentum Loss Mechanism for Cataclysmic Variables", Cannizzo, J. K., Pudritz, R. E., 1988, ApJ, 327, 840

    "The Spectral Evolution of Dwarf Nova Outbursts", Cannizzo, J. K., Kenyon, S. J., 1987, ApJ, 320, 319

    "The Accretion Disk Limit Cycle Mechanism in GK Persei", Cannizzo, J. K., Kenyon, S. J., 1986, ApJ, 309, L43

    "Dwarf Nova Burst Asymmetry and the Physics of Accretion Disks", Cannizzo, J. K., Wheeler, J. C., Polidan, R. S., 1986, ApJ, 301, 634

    "Accretion Disk Limit Cycle Mechanism in Twin Degenerate Interacting Binaries", Cannizzo, J. K., 1984, Nature, 311, 443

    "The Vertical Structure and Stability of Alpha Model Accretion Disks", Cannizzo, J. K., Wheeler, J. C., 1984, ApJS, 55, 367

    "Convective Accretion Disks and the Onset of Dwarf Nova Outbursts", Cannizzo, J. K., Ghosh, P., Wheeler, J. C., 1982, ApJ, 260, L83

    OTHER SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS

    "Accretion Disks in Interacting Binary Stars", Cannizzo, J. K., Kaitchuck, R. H. 1992, January, Scientific American

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