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Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Zorawar Wadiasingh

(Research Astrophysicist)

Zorawar Wadiasingh's Contact Card & Information.
Email: zorawar.wadiasingh@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.286.7063
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NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 661
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK

Research Interests


Current Projects


Fermi-LAT


COSI


NICER

Education


PhD, Rice University


Professional Societies


American Astronomical Society

2010 - Present


International Astronomical Union

2018 - Present

Other Professional Information


Publications


Refereed

2026. "Estimation of the Neutron Star Mass and Radius of FRB 20240114A by Identification of Crustal Oscillations.", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1001 (1): L18 [10.3847/2041-8213/ae5896] [Journal Article/Letter]

2026. "The Radius of PSR J0437–4715 from NICER Data.", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1000 (2): L48 [10.3847/2041-8213/ae5057] [Journal Article/Letter]

2025. "Extragalactic Magnetar Giant Flares: Population Implications, Rates, and Prospects for Gamma-Rays, Gravitational Waves, and Neutrinos.", The Astrophysical Journal, 980 (2): 211 [10.3847/1538-4357/ada947] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Unveiling Properties of the Nonthermal X-Ray Production in the Gamma-Ray Binary LS 5039 Using the Long-term Pattern of Its Fast X-Ray Variability.", The Astrophysical Journal, 948 (2): 77 [10.3847/1538-4357/acc175] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "The Radius of PSR J0740+6620 from NICER with NICER Background Estimates.", The Astrophysical Journal, 941 (2): 150 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac983d] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory eXplorer mission concept.", Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 8 (04): [10.1117/1.jatis.8.4.044003] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "The Discovery of the 528.6 Hz Accreting Millisecond X-Ray Pulsar MAXI J1816–195.", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 935 (2): L32 [10.3847/2041-8213/ac87f9] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Improving the Low-energy Transient Sensitivity of AMEGO-X using Single-site Events.", The Astrophysical Journal, 934 (2): 92 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac7ab2] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Exploring the MeV sky with a combined coded mask and Compton telescope: the Galactic Explorer with a Coded aperture mask Compton telescope (GECCO).", Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2022 (07): 036 [10.1088/1475-7516/2022/07/036] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Long-term Coherent Timing of the Accreting Millisecond Pulsar IGR J17062–6143.", The Astrophysical Journal, 912 (2): 120 [10.3847/1538-4357/abf13f] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "NICER Discovery of Millisecond X-Ray Pulsations and an Ultracompact Orbit in IGR J17494-3030.", The Astrophysical Journal, 908 (1): L15 [10.3847/2041-8213/abe1b4] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Fast Radio Burst Trains from Magnetar Oscillations.", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 903 (2): L38 [10.3847/2041-8213/abc562] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger.", The Astrophysical Journal, 848 (2): L12 [10.3847/2041-8213/aa91c9] [Journal Article/Letter]

Non-Refereed

2022. "The Future of Gamma-Ray Experiments in the MeV-EeV Range.", arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2203.07360 [10.48550/arXiv.2203.07360] [Journal Article/Letter]