Stephen Reynolds

Bio

Professor Reynolds received his AB degree magna cum laude from Harvard in 1971, and MA and PhD degrees from the University of California, Berkeley in 1973 and 1980, all in physics. At Harvard, he served as concertmaster and assistant conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. During his time in graduate school, he worked also as a professional violinist, performing regularly with the Oakland Symphony, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, and new-music ensembles. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Virginia until 1982, and a post-doctoral associate at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (Charlottesville, VA) from 1982 to 1985. In 1985 he joined the faculty of North Carolina State University, charged with founding a research group in astrophysics. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1990 and Full Professor in 1995.

 

 

Area(s) of Expertise

Professor Reynolds specializes in high-energy astrophysics, with primary applications to supernova remnants with and without pulsars, and the processes by which particles are accelerated to very high energies in these objects. He has also applied these ideas to active galactic nuclei and to outflows in star-forming regions. His identification and modeling of synchrotron emission from ultrarelativistic electrons in supernovaremnant shock waves has produced the most direct evidence for the sites of cosmic-ray acceleration, and is now widely used in the astrophysical community. He has supported his theoretical work with observations with radio telescopes and orbiting X-ray and infrared observatories. This research has been supported by NSF and NASA continuously since 1987. He has held appointments as a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Arcetri Observatory of the University of Florence. At NC State, Professor Reynolds has taught 18 different courses at all levels, from qualitative courses for non-scientists, through core undergraduate and graduate courses, to courses for advanced graduate students.

 

 

Publications

• A Multiwavelength Investigation of PSR J2229+6114 and its Pulsar Wind Nebula in the Radio, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Bands , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2024)
• An X-Ray Synchrotron Shell and a Pulsar: The Peculiar Supernova Remnant G32.4+0.1 , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2024)
• X-Ray Characterization of the Pulsar PSR J1849-0001 and Its Wind Nebula G32.64+0.53 Associated with TeV Sources Detected by HESS, HAWC, Tibet ASγ, and LHAASO , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2024)
• A Broadband X-Ray Study of the Rabbit Pulsar Wind Nebula Powered by PSR J1418-6058 , The Astrophysical Journal (2023)
• Rapid Expansion of the Young Type Ia Supernova Remnant 0519-69.0: More Evidence for a Circumstellar Shell , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2023)
• The High Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P): supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae, and nuclear astrophysics , FRONTIERS IN ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES (2023)
• The high energy X-ray probe (HEX-P): Galactic PeVatrons, star clusters, superbubbles, microquasar jets, and gamma-ray binaries , FRONTIERS IN ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES (2023)
• X-Ray Studies of the Pulsar PSR J1420–6048 and Its TeV Pulsar Wind Nebula in the Kookaburra Region , The Astrophysical Journal (2023)
• An X-Ray Proper-motion Study of the Large Magellanic Cloud Supernova Remnant 0509-67.5 , ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL (2022)
• Evidence for a Dense, Inhomogeneous Circumstellar Medium in the Type Ia SNR 0519-69.0 , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2022)

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