Dermer's Vita

Charles D. Dermer

email: dermer@gamma.nrl.navy.mil

Present Position: Astrophysicist, High Energy Space Environment Branch, Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory

Research Areas: High Energy Astrophysics and Gamma Ray Astronomy; Gamma-Ray Bursts; Blazars and Active Galactic Nuclei; Positron Astrophysics; Solar Flares Physics; Neutron Stars and Black Holes; Starburst Galaxies and Clusters \par

Education: 1977 - B.Sc. - Harvey Mudd College; 1984 - Ph.D. - UCSD

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PREVIOUS POSITIONS

1992-present - Supervisory Astrophysicist and Head, High Energy Astrophysics Theory Section, High Energy Space Environment Branch, Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory

1991-1992 - , Research Scientist, Department of Space Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX

1990 - Research Physicist, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory

1987-89 - Postdoctoral Research Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

1986 - Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Maryland

1984-1986 - National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

COMMITTEES

VERITAS External Oversight Committee, 2003-2006
NASA Structure and Evolution of the Universe Subcommittee, 2001-2004
Chair, Division of Astrophysics of the American Physical Society, 1999-2003
NASA South Carolina EPSCOR Review, 2003
Time Allocation Committee of the International Gamma-ray Astronomy Laboratory (INTEGRAL), 2001,2003
Program Chair for the Division of Astrophysics for the April 2001 Washington, DC APS Meeting
GLAST Interdisciplinary Scientist and member of GLAST Science Working Group, 2000-2010
High Energy Neutrino Astrophysics Panel (HENAP) of the Particle And Nuclear Astrophysics and Gravitation International Committee (PaNGIC) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), 1999-2002
GLAST Facility Science Team, 1999
NASA Astrophysics Theory Program Review: 1999
Division of Astrophysics of the American Physical Society Centennial Exhibit , 20-26 March, 1999, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Executive Committee Member-at-Large, Division of Astrophysics, American Physical Society, 1996-1998
NASA Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory Guest Investigator Program Review: 1993, 1994, 1995 (panel chair), 1998
Scientific Organizing Committee of the Workshop on the TeV Astrophysics of Extragalactic Sources, 23-24 October, 1998, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Executive Committee Member, High Energy Astrophysics Division, American Astronomical Society, 1995-1997
Scientific Organizing Committee of the Fourth Compton Symposium, Williamsburg, VA, 28-30 April 1997
Scientific Organizing Committee of the Meeting of the High Energy Astrophysics, Division of the American Astronomical Society, San Diego, CA, 29 April - 4 May 1996
NASA Astrophysics Data Program Review: 1996
NASA ASCA Guest Investigator Program Review: 1995
NASA Long Term Space Astrophysics Program Review: 1991, 1994

Rice University, PhD Dissertation Advisory
S. J. Sturner, Ph.D. 1991
H. Li, Ph.D. 1993

Conference and Journal Publications

164 "Maximum Particle Energy by Fermi Acceleration in Relativistic Flows," 2001, submitted to Astrophysical Journal Letters. astro-ph , ADS
163 "Adiabatic Losses and Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Acceleration in Gamma-Ray Burst Blast Waves," 2001, with M. Humi, submitted to The Astrophysical Journal. astro-ph , ADS
162 "Pair Production and Radiation Effects in Clouds Illuminated by Gamma Ray Sources," 2000, with M. Böttcher and E. P. Liang, in Proceedings of the Fourth INTEGRAL Workshop, Alicante, Spain, ed. A. Gimenez. astro-ph , ADS
161 "Annihilation Radiation in the Galaxy," 2000, with R. J. Murphy, in Proceedings of the Fourth INTEGRAL Workshop, Alicante, Spain, ed. A. Gimenez. astro-ph , ADS
160 "Gamma Ray Bursts, Cosmic Ray Origin, and the Unidentified EGRET Sources," 2000, shortened version to appear in the Proceedings of the Heidelberg 2000 High-Energy Gamma-Ray Workshop, ed. F. A. Aharonian and H. Völk (AIP: New York). astro-ph , ADS
159 "Beaming, Baryon-Loading, and the Synchrotron Self-Compton Component in Gamma-Ray Burst Blast Waves Energized by External Shocks," 2000, with J. Chiang and K. Mitman, The Astrophysical Journal, 537, 785-795. astro-ph , ADS
158 "Neutrino, Neutron, and Cosmic Ray Production in the External Shock Model of Gamma Ray Bursts," 2000, submitted to The Astrophysical Journal. astro-ph , ADS
157 "Spectral Energy Distributions of Gamma Ray Bursts Energized by External Shocks," 2000, with M. Böttcher and J. Chiang, The Astrophysical Journal, 537, pp. 255-260. astro-ph , ADS
156 "Proton and Electron Acceleration through Magnetic Turbulence in Relativistic Outflows," 2000, with R. Schlickeiser, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 360, 789-794. astro-ph , ADS
155 "Flash Heating of Circumstellar Clouds by Gamma-Ray Bursts," 2000, with M. Böttcher, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 534, pp. L155-L158. astro-ph , ADS
154 "Early Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows from Relativistic Blast Waves in General Radiative Regimes," 2000, with M. Böttcher, The Astrophysical Journal, 532, 281-285. astro-ph , ADS
153 "High Energy Radiation from Gamma Ray Bursts," 2000, with J. Chiang, Proc. of GeV-TeV Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Workshop: Toward a Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope, ed. B. L. Dingus (AIP, New York, 2000), 225-237 astro-ph , ADS
152 "Early GRB Afterglows from Relativistic Blast Waves in General Radiative Regimes," 1999, with M. Böttcher, in Gamma-Ray Bursts: Fifth Huntsville Symposium, ed. R. M. Kippen, R. S. Mallozzi, and G. J. Fishman (AIP, New York), 545-549, astro-ph, ADS
151 "Comparisons between Analytic and Numerical Calculations of GRB Spectra," 1999, with M. Böttcher and J. Chiang, in Gamma-Ray Bursts: Fifth Huntsville Symposium, ed. R. M. Kippen, R. S. Mallozzi, and G. J. Fishman (AIP, New York), 470-474, astro-ph, ADS
150 "External Shock Model for Gamma-Ray Bursts during the Prompt Phase," 1999, in Gamma-Ray Bursts: Fifth Huntsville Symposium, ed. R. M. Kippen, R. S. Mallozzi, and G. J. Fishman (AIP, New York), 431-440, astro-ph, ADS
149 "Model for the Redshift and Luminosity Distribution of Gamma Ray Blazars," 1999, with S. P. Davis, in The Fifth Compton Symposium, ed. M. L. McConnell and J. M. Ryan (AIP, New York, 1999), 425-429, postscript
148 "Blast-Wave Physics Model for Blazars," 1999, in The Fifth Compton Symposium, ed. M. L. McConnell and J. M. Ryan (AIP, New York, 1999), 400-404, astro-ph, ADS
147 "Time-dependent Photoionization and Fluorescence Line Emission in Gamma-ray Burst Environments," 1999, with M. Böttcher and E. P. Liang, Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, v.138, p.543-544 astro-ph , ADS
146 "Gamma-ray Burst Phenomenology Explained through the Blast Wave Model," 1999, Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, v.138, p.519-520 astro-ph , ADS
145 "Prompt and Delayed High-Energy Emission from Cosmological Gamma-ray Bursts" with M. Böttcher, Astroparticle Physics, Volume 11, Issue 1-2, p. 113-115. astro-ph , ADS
144 "Variability in Blazars," 1999, Astroparticle Physics, Volume 11, Issue 1-2, p. 1-9 astro-ph , ADS
143 "A New Approach to the Statistics of Gamma Ray Bursts," 2000, with M. Böttcher, Astrophysical Journal, 529, 635-643 astro-ph , ADS
142 "Time-Dependent Photoelectric Absorption, Photoionization and Fluorescence Line Emission in Gamma-Ray Burst Environments," 1999, with M. Böttcher, and E. P. Liang, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 138, 543-544. astro-ph , ADS
141 "The External Shock Model of Gamma-Ray Bursts: Three Predictions and a Paradox Resolved," 1999, with M. Böttcher, and J. Chiang, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 515, L49-L52. astro-ph , ADS
140 "Variability and Unification of Blazars and Gamma Ray Bursts," 1999, with J. Chiang, in High Energy Accretion Processes in Accreting Black Holes, Graftavallen, Sweden, June 29 - July 4, 1998, ed. J. Poutanen and R. Svensson, ASP Conference Proceedings, 161, 264-276. astro-ph , ADS
139 "Short Timescale Variability in the External Shock Model of Gamma Ray Bursts," 1999, with K. Mitman, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 513, L5-L8. astro-ph , ADS
138 "The Compton Mirror Model for Blazar Flares," 1999, with M. Böttcher, in Proceedings of the Third Integral Workshop, Taormina, Sicily, Sept. 14-18, 1998, in Astrophysics Letters and Communications, 39, 129-132. . astro-ph , ADS
137 "Correlated Spectral and Temporal Variability in the High Energy Emission from Blazars," 1999, with H. Li and J. Chiang, in Proceedings of the Third Integral Workshop, Taormina, Sicily, Sept. 14-18, 1998, in Astrophysics Letters and Communications, 39, 1-8. astro-ph , ADS
136 "Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows from Decelerating Material: Blast Waves and Plasmoids," 1998, with J. Chiang, Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Supplement), 69/1-3, 699-702. astro-ph , ADS
135 "Fireball Loading and the Blast Wave Model of Gamma Ray Bursts," 1999, with J. Chiang and M. Böttcher, Astrophysical Journal, 513, 656-668. astro-ph , ADS
134 "On Compton Scattering Scenarios in Blazar Flares," 1998, with M. Böttcher, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 501, L51-L54. astro-ph , ADS
133 "On Spectral and Temporal Variability in Blazars and Gamma Ray Bursts," 1998, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 501, L157-161. astro-ph , ADS
132 "Synchrotron and SSC Emission and the Blast-Wave Model of Gamma-Ray Bursts," 1999, with J. Chiang, Astrophysical Journal, 512, 699-710. astro-ph , ADS
131 "High Energy Gamma Rays from Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Protons in Gamma Ray Bursts," 1998, with M. Böttcher, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 499, L131-L134. astro-ph , ADS
130 "Electron Acceleration and Synchrotron Radiation from Decelerating Plasmoids," 1998, with J. Chiang, New Astronomy, 3, 157-173. astro-ph , ADS
129 "Multiwavelength Observations of a Flare from Mrk 501," 1997, with M. Catanese, et al., in Proceedings of the Fourth Compton Symposium, ed. C. D. Dermer, J. D. Kurfess, and M. S. Strickman (New York: AIP), 1402. astro-ph , ADS
128 "Scattered Emission and the X/Gamma Spectra of Seyfert Galaxies," 1997, with J. Chiang and J. G. Skibo, in Proceedings of the Fourth Compton Symposium, ed. C. D. Dermer, J. D. Kurfess, and M. S. Strickman (New York: AIP), 1308. astro-ph , ADS
127 "Accreting Isolated Black Holes and the Unidentified EGRET Sources," 1997, in Proceedings of the Fourth Compton Symposium, ed. C. D. Dermer, J. D. Kurfess, and M. S. Strickman (New York: AIP), 1275. astro-ph , ADS
126 "Nonthermal SNR Emission," 1997, with S. J. Sturner, J. G. Skibo, and J. R. Mattox, in Proceedings of the Fourth Compton Symposium, ed. C. D. Dermer, J. D. Kurfess, and M. S. Strickman (New York: AIP), 1152. astro-ph , ADS
125 "Positron Transport and Annihilation in Expanding Flows: A Model for the High-Latitude Annihilation Feature," 1997, with J. G. Skibo, in Proceedings of the Fourth Compton Symposium, ed. C. D. Dermer, J. D. Kurfess, and M. S. Strickman (New York: AIP), 1044. astro-ph , ADS
124 "Temporal Characteristics of Compton Reflection from Accretion Disks," 1997, with W. T. Bridgman, C. D. Dermer, and J. G. Skibo, in Proceedings of the Fourth Compton Symposium, ed. C. D. Dermer, J. D. Kurfess, and M. S. Strickman (New York: AIP), 977. astro-ph , ADS
123 "Gamma-Ray Blazars," 1997, with R. C. Hartman, W. E. Collmar, and C. von Montigny, in Proceedings of the Fourth Compton Symposium, ed. C. D. Dermer, J. D. Kurfess, and M. S. Strickman (New York: AIP), 307. astro-ph , ADS
122 "High Energy Emission from Starburst Galaxies and Clusters," 1997, with Y. Rephaeli, in Proceedings of the Fourth Compton Symposium, ed. C. D. Dermer, J. D. Kurfess, and M. S. Strickman (New York: AIP), 271. astro-ph , ADS
121 "Multiwavelength Observations of a Flare from Markarian 501," 1997, with M. Catanese, et al., Astrophysical Journal Letters, 487, L143. astro-ph , ADS
120 "Annihilation Fountain in the Galactic Center Region," 1997, with J. G. Skibo, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 487, L57-L60. astro-ph , ADS
119 "The Beaming Pattern of Doopler Boosted Thermal Annihilation Radiation: Application to MeV Blazars" with J. Skibo and R. Schlickeiser, The Astrophysical Journal, 483, pp56-61 astro-ph , ADS
118 "Nonthermal Compton and Synchrotron Processes in the Jets of Active Galactic Nuclei" with S.J. Sturner and R. Schlickeiser, Astrophysical Journal Supplement v.109, p.103 . astro-ph , ADS
117 "Temporal Evolution of Nonthermal Spectra from Supernova Remnants," 1997, with S. J. Sturner, J. G. Skibo, and J. R. Mattox, Astrophysical Journal, 490, 619-632. astro-ph , ADS
116 "Burst Locations with an Arc-Second Telescope (BLAST)," 1997, with B. F. Phlips, et al., in All Sky X-Ray Observations in the Next Decade,ed. M. Matsuoka and N. Kawai (Riken), p. 349 astro-ph , ADS
115 "OSSE Observations of the Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies Arp 220, Mrk 273, and Mrk 231," 1997, with J. Bland-Hawthorn, J. Chiang, & K. McNaron-Brown, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 484, L121-L124. astro-ph , ADS
114 "The Beaming Pattern of MeV Blazars," 1997, with J. G. Skibo and R. Schlickeiser, Astrophysical Journal, 483, 56-61. astro-ph , ADS
113 "OSSE Observations of the Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies Arp 220 and Mrk 273," 1997, with K. McNaron-Brown, L. M. Shier, S. J. Sturner, and J. Bland-Hawthorn, in Proceedings of the St. Malo INTEGRAL Workshop, ed. C. Winkler and T. Courvoisier, (Noordwijk: ESA), 447-450. astro-ph , ADS
112 "Blazar Studies with CGRO and INTEGRAL," 1997, in Proceedings of the St. Malo INTEGRAL Workshop, ed. C. Winkler and T. Courvoisier, (Noordwijk: ESA), 405-412. astro-ph , ADS
111 "Time Variability Detected in the Gamma-Ray Emission of 3C 273 by OSSE," 1997, with K. McNaron-Brown, W. N. Johnson, and J. D. Kurfess, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 484, L85-L88. astro-ph , ADS
110 "Nonthermal Compton and Synchrotron Processes in the Jets of Active Galactic Nuclei," 1997, with S. J. Sturner & R. Schlickeiser, Astrophysical Journal Supplements, 109, 103-137. astro-ph , ADS
109 "Hard X-Ray Spectroscopy and Pulsar Phase Analysis of the Bursting X-Ray Pulsar GRO J1744-28 with OSSE," 1996, with M. S. Strickman, J. E. Grove, W. N. Johnson, G. V. Jung, J. D. Kurfess, B. F. Phlips, G. H. Share, S. J. Sturner, D. C. Messina, and S. M. Matz, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 464, L131-L134. astro-ph , ADS
108 "On the Nature of the Bursting X-Ray Pulsar GRO J1744-28," 1996, with S. J. Sturner, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 465, L31-L34. astro-ph , ADS
107 "Temporal Variability of High-Energy Emission from Jet Sources," 1996, with H. Mause and R. Schlickeiser, Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement, 120, 525-528. astro-ph , ADS
106 "Statistics of Gamma-Ray Pulsars," 1996, with S. J. Sturner, in Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement, 120, 99-102. astro-ph , ADS
105 "Are Supernova Remnants Sources of >100 MeV Gamma Rays?," 1996, with S. J. Sturner and J. R. Mattox, in Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement, 120, 445-448. astro-ph , ADS
104 "Advanced Telescope for High Energy Nuclear Astrophysics," 1995, with W. N. Johnson et al., in S.P.I.E. Conference Proceedings, 2518, 74. astro-ph , ADS
103 "Simultaneous Multiwavelength Spectrum and Variability of 3C 279 from 10^9 to 10^24 Hz," 1996, with R. C. Hartman, et al., Astrophysical Journal, 461, 698-712. astro-ph , ADS
102 "Stochastic Particle Acceleration near Accreting Black Holes," 1996, with J. A. Miller and H. Li, Astrophysical Journal, 456, 106-118. astro-ph , ADS
101 "Gamma-Ray Bursts from Comet-Antimatter Comet Collisions in the Oort Cloud," 1996, in Third Huntsville Symposium on Gamma-Ray Bursts, ed. C. Kouveliotou, M. F. Briggs, and G. J. Fishman (New York: AIP), p. 744-748. astro-ph , ADS
100 "Statistical Analysis of Gamma-Ray Properties of Rotation-Powered Pulsars," 1996, with S. J. Sturner, Astrophysical Journal, 461, 872-883. astro-ph , ADS
99 "High-Energy Spectral Complexity from Thermal Gradients in Black Hole Atmospheres," 1995, with J. G. Skibo, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 455, L25-L29. astro-ph , ADS
98 "Cosmological Models of Gamma-Ray Bursts," 1995, with T. J. Weiler, Astrophysics and Space Science, 231, 377-388. astro-ph , ADS
97 "Method for Organizing the Multiwavelength Data of Radio-Loud Active Galactic Nuclei," 1995, with R. Schlickeiser, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 300, L29-L32. astro-ph , ADS
96 "Reverberation Mapping of the Central Regions of Active Galactic Nuclei Using High-Energy Gamma-Ray Observations," 1995, with M. Böttcher, in Proceedings of the XXIV Cosmic Ray Conference, 2, 579-582. astro-ph , ADS
95 "Low Energy Cosmic Ray Electrons: Acceleration by Weak Shocks?," 1995, with J. G. Skibo, in Proceedings of the XXIV Cosmic Ray Conference, 3, 82-85. astro-ph , ADS
94 "Multiwavelength Spectral Modeling of Blazars," 1995, with S. J. Sturner & R. Schlickeiser, in Proceedings of the XXIV Cosmic Ray Conference, 2, 283-286. astro-ph , ADS
93 "Multiwavelength Observations of Mkn 421 During a TeV/X-ray Flare," 1995, with D. Macomb, C. Akerlof, et al., Astrophysical Journal Letters, 449, L99-L103. astro-ph , ADS
92 "Abundance Enhancements in Black-Hole Accretion: Application to Gamma-Ray Line Observations of the Orion Complex," 1995, with J. A. Miller, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 298, L13-L16. astro-ph , ADS
91 "On the Beaming Statistics of Gamma-Ray Sources," 1995, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 446, L63-L66. astro-ph , ADS
90 "OSSE Observations of Blazars," 1995, with K. McNaron-Brown, W. N. Johnson, R. L. Kinzer, J. D. Kurfess, M. S. Strickman, G. V. Jung, D. A. Grabelsky, W. R. Purcell, M. P. Ulmer, M. Kafatos, P. A. Becker, R. Staubert, & M. Maisack, Astrophysical Journal, 451, 575-584. astro-ph , ADS
89 "OSSE Observations of Gamma-Ray Emission from Centaurus A," 1995, with R. L. Kinzer, W. N. Johnson, J. D. Kurfess, M. S. Strickman, J. E. Grove, R. A. Kroeger, D. A. Grabelsky, W. R. Purcell, M. P. Ulmer, G. V. Jung, & K. McNaron-Brown, Astrophysical Journal, 449, 105-118. astro-ph , ADS
88 "Reverberation Mapping of the Central Regions of Active Galactic Nuclei using High-Energy Gamma-Ray Observations," 1995, with M. Böttcher, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 302, 32-44. astro-ph , ADS
87 "Thermal Comptonization in Mildly Relativistic Pair Plasmas," 1995, with J. G. Skibo, R. Ramaty, and J. M. McKinley, Astrophysical Journal, 446, 86-100. astro-ph , ADS
86 "Magnetic Compton Scattering near a Hot Neutron Star Polar Cap," 1995, with S. J. Sturner, Advances in Space Research (COSPAR), 15, 77-80. astro-ph , ADS
85 "OSSE Observations of 3C 273," 1995, with W. N. Johnson, R. L. Kinzer, J. D. Kurfess, M. S. Strickman, K. McNaron-Brown, E. Jourdain, G. V. Jung, D. A. Grabelsky, W. R. Purcell, and M. P. Ulmer, Astrophysical Journal, 445, 182-188. astro-ph , ADS
84 "Two Classes of Gamma-Ray Emitting Active Galactic Nuclei," 1995, with N. Gehrels, Astrophysical Journal, 447, 103-120; erratum 1996, 456, 412. astro-ph , ADS
83 "Association of Unidentified Low Latitude EGRET Sources with Supernova Remnants," 1995, with S. J. Sturner, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 293, L17-L20. astro-ph , ADS
82 "High-Energy Radiation from Active Galactic Nuclei: Implications for AGN Unification Scenarios," 1995, in The Gamma Ray Sky with Compton GRO and SIGMA, Les Houches, France, 25 January - 4 February, 1994, ed. M. Signore, P. Salati, & G. Vedrenne, 39-53. astro-ph , ADS
81 "Particle Acceleration and Radiation in the Jets of Active Galactic Nuclei," 1995, in Proceedings of the Moriond Workshop on Particle Astrophysics, Atomic Physics, and Gravitation, Villars sur Ollon, Switzerland, January 22-29, 1994, ed. J. Tran Thanh Van, G. Fontaine, & E. Hinds, 47-54. astro-ph , ADS
80 "Magnetic Compton-Induced Pair Cascade Model for Gamma-Ray Pulsars," 1995, with S. J. Sturner and F. C. Michel, Astrophysical Journal, 445, 736-755. astro-ph , ADS
79 "Compton Scattering in Jets: A Mechanism for ~0.4 and <~0.2 MeV Line Production," 1994, with J. G. Skibo and R. Ramaty, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 431, L39-L42. astro-ph , ADS
78 "Gamma-Ray Bursts and Gamma-Ray Blazars," 1994, with R. Schlickeiser, in The Second Huntsville Workshop on Gamma-Ray Bursts, eds. G. J. Fishman, K. Hurley, and J. Brainerd, 510-514. astro-ph , ADS
77 "Effects of Scattering Atmospheres on the Pulse Profiles of Accreting X-Ray Pulsars," 1994, with S. J. Sturner, in The Evolution of X-Ray Binaries, ed. S. S. Holt & C. S. Day, 495-498. astro-ph , ADS
76 "Is the High-Energy Emission from Centaurus A Compton-Scattered Jet Radiation?" 1994, with J. G. Skibo and R. L. Kinzer, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 426, L23-L26. astro-ph , ADS
75 "Gamma-Ray Emission from Millisecond Pulsars," 1994, with S. J. Sturner, Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters, 281, L101-L104. astro-ph , ADS
74 "A Nearly-Aligned, Polar Cap Gamma-Ray Pulsar Model," 1994, with S. J. Sturner, in Proceedings of the Second Compton Symposium, eds. C. E. Fichtel, N. Gehrels, and J. Norris (AIP: New York), 106-110. astro-ph , ADS
73 "Equipartition Plasmas near Accreting Black Holes," 1994, in Proceedings of the Second Compton Symposium, eds. C. Fichtel, N. Gehrels, and J. Norris (AIP: New York), 541-545. astro-ph , ADS
72 "On the Spectra and Pulse Profiles of Gamma-Ray Pulsars," 1994, with S. J. Sturner, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 420, L79-L82. astro-ph , ADS
71 "On the Energetics and Number of Gamma-Ray Pulsars," 1994, with S. J. Sturner, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 420, L75-L78. astro-ph , ADS
70 "On the Location of the Acceleration and Emission Sites in Gamma-Ray Blazars," 1994, with R. Schlickeiser, Astrophysical Journal Supplements, 90, 945-948. astro-ph , ADS
69 "Energy-Dependent Effects of Scattering Atmospheres on X-Ray Pulsar Pulse Profiles," 1994, with S. J. Sturner, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 284, 161-173. astro-ph , ADS
68 "Particle Acceleration in Extragalactic Jets and Implications for the High-Energy Emission from Blazars," 1993, with R. Schlickeiser, in IAU Symposium 159, Active Galactic Nuclei across the Electromagnetic Spectrum, August 30-September 3, 1993, Geneva, Switzerland, ed. T.-J. Courvoisier, 29-32. astro-ph , ADS
67 "Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei with the Compton Observatory," 1993, in Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes, Venice, Italy, 2-4 March 1993, ed. M. Baldo Ceolin, 427-441. astro-ph , ADS
66 "Location of the Acceleration and Emission Sites in Gamma-Ray Blazars," 1993, with R. Schlickeiser, in Proceedings of the 23rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, July 19-30, 1993, Calgary, Canada, p. 160-163. astro-ph , ADS
65 "Photon Attenuation from Scattered Radiation in Gamma-Ray Bursts," 1993, with R. Schlickeiser, in Proceedings of the 23rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, July 19-30, 1993, Calgary, Canada, p. 156-159. astro-ph , ADS
64 "Model for the High-Energy Emission from Blazars," 1993, with R. Schlickeiser, Astrophysical Journal, 416, 458-484. astro-ph , ADS
63 "Galactic Halo Model for Gamma-Ray Bursts from High-Velocity Neutron Stars," 1993, with H. Li and E. P. Liang, in Proceedings of the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory Symposium, eds. N. Gehrels, M. Friedlander, and D. J. Macomb (AIP: New York), p. 1035-1039. astro-ph , ADS
62 "Gamma Rays from Active Galactic Nuclei," 1993, in Proceedings of the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory Symposium, eds. N. Gehrels, M. Friedlander, and D. J. Macomb (AIP: New York), p. 541-553. astro-ph , ADS
61 "Magnetic Compton Scattering in the Magnetospheres of Radio Pulsars," 1993, with S. J. Sturner and F. C. Michel, in Proceedings of the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory Symposium, eds. N. Gehrels, M. Friedlander, and D. J. Macomb (AIP: New York), p. 284-288. astro-ph , ADS
60 "Quasars, Blazars, and Gamma Rays," 1992, with R. Schlickeiser, Science, 257, 1642-1647. astro-ph , ADS
59 "Multi-Photon Excitation of Positronium," 1992, with R. H. Howell, K. P. Ziock, F. Magnotta, and R. A. Failor, in Material Science Forum, 105-110, pp. 549-552. astro-ph , ADS
58 "Gamma-Ray Bursts from High-Velocity Neutron Stars," 1992, with H. Li, Nature, 359, 514-516. astro-ph , ADS
57 "Pair-Compton Cascading in a Spatially-Varying Anisotropic Radiation Field," 1992, with R. J. Protheroe and A. Mastichiadis, Particle Astrophysics, 1, 113-127. astro-ph , ADS
56 "Pulsar Emissions," 1992, with F. C. Michel, Nature, 356, 483-484. astro-ph , ADS
55 "High-Energy Gamma Radiation from Extragalactic Radio Sources," 1992, with R. Schlickeiser and A. Mastichiadis, Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters, 256, L27-L30. astro-ph , ADS
54 "Statistics of Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts," 1992, Physical Review Letters, 68, 1799-1802. astro-ph , ADS
53 "Analysis of Gamma-Ray Burst Statistics assuming a Galactic Neutron-Star Origin for the Bursters," 1992, with H. Li, in Proceedings of the Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Workshop, ed. W. S. Paciesas and G. J. Fishman, 115-119. astro-ph , ADS
52 "Scattering Atmospheres near Gamma-Ray Burst Sources," 1992, with S. J. Sturner, in Proceedings of the Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Workshop, ed. W. S. Paciesas and G. J. Fishman, 277-281. astro-ph , ADS
51 "Gamma Rays from Extragalactic Radio Sources," 1992, with R. Schlickeiser and A. Mastichiadis, in Proceedings of the 2nd Gamma Ray Observatory Science Workshop, ed. C. R. Shrader, N. Gehrels, and B. Dennis, (NASA Technical Memorandum), 328-334. astro-ph , ADS
50 "Triplet Pair Production by Ultrarelativistic Electrons in a Soft Photon Field," 1992, with R. Schlickeiser, Proceedings of the 22nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, 11-23 August 1993, Dublin, Ireland, 560-563. astro-ph , ADS
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