Areas of Interest
Dr. Blondin is carrying out research in the field of Circumstellar Gas-Dynamics. The numerical hydrodynamical code VH-1 is used on local supercomputers, to study a vast array of objects observed by astronomers both from ground-based observatories and from orbiting satellites. The two primary subjects under investigation are interacting binary stars - including normal stars like the Algol binary, and compact object systems like the high mass X-ray binary SMC X-1 - and supernova remnants - from very young, like SNR 1987a, to older remnants like the Cygnus Loop. Other astrophysical processes of current interest include radiatively driven winds from hot stars, the interaction of stellar winds with the interstellar medium, the stability of radiative shockwaves, the propagation of jets from young stellar objects, and the formation of globular clusters.
Recent Publications
"Transition to the Radiative Phase in Supernova Remnants,"
ApJ
500.
J.M. Blondin, E.B. Wright, K.J. Borkowski, and S.P. Reynolds.
(1998). p. 342-354.
"On the X-Ray Spectrum of Kepler's Supernova Remnant,"
ApJ
429.
K. J. Borkowski, C. L. Sarazin, & J. M. Blondin.
(1994). p. 710.
"The Shadow Wind in High Mass X-Ray Binaries,"
ApJ
435.
J. M. Blondin.
(1994). p. 756. Click here to view this publication.
"Numerical Analysis of the Dynamic Stability of Radiative Shocks,"
ApJ, submitted.
R. Strickland & J. M. Blondin.
(1994). Click here to view this publication.
"Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Supernova Remnants: Early Radiative Cooling,"
ApJ, in press
444.
R. A. Chevalier & J. M. Blondin.
(1994). Click here to view this publication.
"Wind Dynamics in SMC X-1: I. Hydrodynamic Simulation,"
ApJ, submitted
445.
J. M. Blondin, & J. W. Woo.
(1994). Click here to view this publication.
"Hydrodynamic Simulations of the Mass Transfer in Algol,"
ApJ, in press
445.
J. M. Blondin, M. T. Richards, & M. L. Malinowski.
(1995). Click here to view this publication.
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