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Jelle Kaastra |
Dr. Jelle S. Kaastra SRON Sorbonnelaan 2 3584 CA Utrecht Netherlands Phone (31)-88-7775870 Fax (31)-88-7775601 J.Kaastra at
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Contents:
Senior Scientist at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Zero appointment as “Universitair hoofddocent” at the astronomical institute,
Other professional
activities:
Principal Investigator
of the Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS) of XMM-Newton
Principal Investigator
of the Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (LETGS) of Chandra
Member Astro-H Science Advisory Committee
X-ray spectroscopy of:
·
Active
Galactic Nuclei
·
Clusters
of galaxies
· Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium
· Interstellar medium
· & any other intersting source ....
Modeling of
(high-resolution) X-ray spectra
Continuation of the
pioneering work of Rolf Mewe:
Mekal model in XSPEC
Our current spectral modeling
and fitting code: SPEX
Future X-ray
instruments
Astro-H
ORIGIN
Athena
Research theme: the
chemical evolution of the universe
Using high-resolution
X-ray spectroscopy, trace the metal evolution of the universe by observing
various classes of objects
List
of scientific publications
Course Active Galactic
Nuclei / High Energy Astrophysics
first semester 2008 –
taught together with Frank Verbunt
lecture notes are posted
here.