"Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it."
- R. Feynman
Papers
The Properties and Fate of the Galactic Center G2 Cloud
Accepted by Astrophysical Journal on Jan 16, 2014
Modeling Hot Gas Flow in the Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nucleus of NGC3115
Accepted by Astrophysical Journal on Jan 3, 2014
Submillimeter Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in Magnetically Chocked Accretion Flow Models of Sgr A*
Accepted by Astrophysical Journal Letters on Aug 9, 2013
GRB060218 as a Tidal Disruption of a White Dwarf by an Intermediate Mass Black Hole
Accepted by Astrophysical Journal on Mar 18, 2013
Prompt Emission from Tidal Disruptions of White Dwarfs by Intermediate
Proceedings of “Tidal Disruption events and AGN outbursts workshop”, Madrid, Spain, June 25-27, 2012
Feeding and Small-scale Feedback in Low-Luminosity AGNs
Proceedings of 290IAU symposium, Beijing, China, August 20-24, 2012
Constraining the Accretion Flow in Sgr A* by GR Dynamical and Radiative Modeling
Proceedings of 290IAU symposium, Beijing, China, August 20-24, 2012
Accepted by Astrophysical Journal on Jun 20, 2012
Accepted by Astrophysical Journal on Feb 6, 2012
Faraday Conversion and Rotation In Uniformly Magnetized Relativistic Plasmas
Accepted by MNRAS on Jun 8, 2011
GR Polarized Radiative Transfer: Building a Dynamics-observations Interface
Accepted by MNRAS on Aug 9, 2010
Inflow-Outflow Model with Conduction and Self-consistent Feeding for Sgr A*
Accepted by the Astrophysical Journal on Apr 26, 2010
Constraining the Accretion Flow in Sgr A* by GR Dynamical and Radiative Modeling
ASP proceedings of Galactic Center Workshop 2009, Shanghai, China, Oct 19-23, 2009
Inflow-Outflow Solution with Stellar Winds and Conduction near Sgr A*
ASP proceedings of Galactic Center Workshop 2009, Shanghai, China, Oct 19-23, 2009
Dispersion of Waves in Relativistic Plasmas with Isotropic Particle Distributions
Accepted by the Physics of Plasmas on Jan 22, 2009
Propagation Effects in Magnetized Transrelativistic Plasmas
Accepted by the Astrophysical Journal on Jul 28, 2008
Spherically Symmetric Accretion Flows: Minimal Model with MHD Turbulence
Accepted by the Astrophysical Journal on Feb 21, 2008
Dynamics of Magnetized Spherical Accretion Flows
AIP proceedings of “Astrophysics of Compact Objects”, HuangShan, China, July 1-7, 2007
Region of the Anomalous Compression under Bondi-Hoyle Accretion
Astronomy Letters, vol. 31, Issue 9, pp. 591-597, 2005
Presentations & Public talks
Feeding and Feedback in Nearby Low-Luminosity AGNs
Colloquium at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, Oct 17, 2013
A New Channel for X-ray Flashes: Tidal Disruptions of White Dwarfs by Intermediate Mass Black Holes
Colloquium at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA, Feb 7, 2013 + later talks at NCSU and UNC
Parameters and Quasi-Periodic Variability of Sgr A* Accretion Flow from GRMHD Simulations
Invited talk at “Revealing Radiative Processes near Black Holes ” workshop, Princeton, NJ, May 1-3, 2013
Prompt Emission from Tidal Disruptions of White Dwarfs by Intermediate
“Tidal Disruption events and AGN outbursts workshop” talk, Madrid, Spain, June 25-27, 2012
Feeding and Accretion in Low Luminosity AGNs
290IAU symposium talk, Beijing, China, August 20-24, 2012
Constraining the Accretion Flow in Sgr A* by GR Dynamical and Radiative Modeling
290IAU symposium poster, Beijing, China, August 20-24, 2012
Feeding and Accretion in Low Luminosity AGNs
Hubble Fellowship Symposium talk, Baltimore, MD, USA, March 5-7, 2012
Ultra-close Tidal Disruptions of White Dwarfs by IMBHs
Conference Talk, “The Physics of Astronomical Transients”, Aspen, CO, USA, January 21-27, 2012
Quiescent X-rays from Sgr A* flow & constraints from 3D GRMHD + GR polarized rad. transfer
Poster, “Accretion Processes in X-rays: from White Dwarfs to Quasars”, Boston, MA, USA, July 13-15, 2010
Self-consistent Modeling of Sgr A* Quiescent Emission
Contributed Talk, “Probing Strong Gravity near Black Holes”, Prague, Czech Republic, Feb 15-18, 2010
Unified Accretion Model for Sgr A*
Contributed Talk, 215-th AAS meeting, Washington, DC, USA, Jan 3-7, 2010
Constraining the Accretion Flow in Sgr A* by GR Dynamical and Radiative Modeling
Poster, Galactic Center Workshop 2009, Shanghai, China, Oct 19-23, 2009
Inflow-Outflow Solution with Stellar Winds and Conduction near Sgr A*
Contributed Talk, Galactic Center Workshop 2009, Shanghai, China, Oct 19-23, 2009
Large Scale Magnetic Fields and Dynamo Theory
Turbulence Discussion Group, ITC, CfA, Apr 14, 2008
Dynamics of Magnetized Spherical Accretion Flows
“Astrophysics of Compact Objects”, HuangShan, China, Jul 1-7, 2007
Magnetized Spherically Symmetric Accretion Flows
Research Exam, May 18, 2007
Magnetized Accretion. Quasi-spherical Case
Group meeting, Dec 8, 2006
Some New Semi-Analytical Approaches to Axially Symmetric Hydrodynamic Flows
“Scientific Conference”, MIPT, section of “Problems of Physics and Astrophysics”, Nov 26-27, 2005
Methods of Solution the Equations of Hydrodynamics on the Example of Bondi-Hoyle Accretion
Bachelor Thesis Presentation, Jun 24, 2005
Notes
Magnetized Spherically Symmetric Accretion Flows
Research Exam paper, August 2007
Fourier Space Solution of Burgers Equation
Applied Mathematics 201A Final paper, January 2007
The Problem of Angular Momentum for Accretion onto Sgr A*
Reaction to ”The Pattern of Accretion Flow on to Sgr A*”, MNRAS, 2006, v.370, Issue 1.,pp..219-228, February 2006
Effective Semi-Numerical Approach to Bondi-Hoyle-Littleton Accretion
Some new ideas about the subject of the first article, unpublished article, January 2006
Presentations for graduate courses at Harvard
Astronomy 202b. Cosmology , December 12, 2007
Magnetized (“real”) Accretion Flows
Astronomy 200hf. Seminar in Modern Astrophysics and Cosmology , December 5, 2007
Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Flows