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Dr. Herman Marshall
Principal Research Scientist
Research Physicist
Primary DLC
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
MIT Room:
NE83-547
(617) 253-8573
hermanm@mit.edu
Areas of Interest and Expertise
X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy of Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars Modeled with Accretion Disks Around Supermassive Black Holes
Polarization of X-Rays from Active Galaxies and Neutron Stars
Hot Neutron Star Atmospheres and X-Ray Bursts from Them
Research Summary
Dr. Marshall's research interests include high resolution X-ray spectroscopy of active galaxies and neutron stars, imaging quasar jets, and X-ray polarimetry. He is currently leading a laboratory project to develop a prototype of a soft X-ray polarimeter.
(summary updated 2/2013)
Recent Work
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