Deputy Principal Investigator and Science Lead
Internal and emission properties, nebulae, tests of relativity, binary evolution, and low-frequency gravitational waves
X-ray diffractometry using CCDs, for Earth and planetary exploration
Modulated X-ray sources, for detector calibration, communication, material science, and medical applications
X-ray "concentrator" optics, for telescopes with large effective-area to mass ratios
Founding Director & current President, Wild Me, 501(c)(3) scientific charitable organization — www.wildme.org and www.whaleshark.org. NASA technology transfer success story at http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2009/er_1.html
Arzoumanian, Z., E. V. Gotthelf, S. M. Ransom, et al. S. Safi-Harb, R. Kothes, and T. L. Landecker. 2011. "Discovery of an Energetic Pulsar Associated with SNR G769+10." Astrophysical Journal, 739 (1): 39 [10.1088/0004-637X/739/1/39]
Arzoumanian, Z., S. Safi-Harb, T. L. Landecker, R. Kothes, and F. Camilo. 2008. "Chandra Confirmation of a Pulsar Wind Nebula in DA 495." The Astrophysical Journal, 687: 505 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1086/591654]
Arzoumanian, Z., J. Holmberg, and B. Norman. 2005. "An Astronomical Pattern-Matching Algorithm for Computer-Aided Identification of Whale Sharks." Journal of Applied Ecology, 42: 999.
Stairs, I. H., S. E. Thorsett, and Z. Arzoumanian. 2004. "Measurement of Spin-Orbit Coupling in a Binary Pulsar System." Physics Review Letters, 93: 101.
Arzoumanian, Z., K. C. Gendreau, W. C. Cash, A. F. Shipley, and S. Z. Queen. 2004. "Laboratory Testbeds for Broadband X-ray Interferometry." SPIE, 5488: 623.
Arzoumanian, Z., E. V. Gotthelf, S. M. Ransom, et al. S. Safi-Harb, R. Kothes, and T. L. Landecker. 2011. "Discovery of an Energetic Pulsar Associated with SNR G769+10." Astrophysical Journal 739 (1): 39 [10.1088/0004-637X/739/1/39]
Arzoumanian, Z., S. Safi-Harb, T. L. Landecker, R. Kothes, and F. Camilo. 2008. "Chandra Confirmation of a Pulsar Wind Nebula in DA 495." The Astrophysical Journal 687 505 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1086/591654]
Arzoumanian, Z., J. Holmberg, and B. Norman. 2005. "An Astronomical Pattern-Matching Algorithm for Computer-Aided Identification of Whale Sharks." Journal of Applied Ecology 42 999
Stairs, I. H., S. E. Thorsett, and Z. Arzoumanian. 2004. "Measurement of Spin-Orbit Coupling in a Binary Pulsar System." Physics Review Letters 93 101
Arzoumanian, Z., K. C. Gendreau, W. C. Cash, A. F. Shipley, and S. Z. Queen. 2004. "Laboratory Testbeds for Broadband X-ray Interferometry." SPIE 5488 623