Erin Amira Kara
@ErinAstro
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Assistant Professor of Physics at MIT working on black hole astrophysics. she/her.
Cambridge, MA
Joined June 2017
For 24 years, the Chandra X-ray observatory has unraveled the mysteries of the universe from right here in Massachusetts. With Chandra poised for groundbreaking discoveries into the 2030s, I'm urging @NASA to continue Chandra's missions and enable many more years of discovery.
Mass. pols call on NASA to back off on funding cuts to Chandra X-Ray Observatory
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Three PhD positions open in the University of Bath Astrophysics group, one on nuclear physics and neutron stars with Dr David Tsang (me), one on GRB afterglow simulations with Dr Hendrik Van Eerten, and one on AGN outlfows with Dr Carolin Villforth.
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Congratulations to the #XRISM instrument teams! Resolve (the microcalorimeter) has even better energy resolution than its requirement, and look at that beautiful image from Xtend! Excited for all the AGN science to come :)
🌟 Exciting News! 🌌 First light images are now live! 🛰️ Explore the intricate details of the N132D supernova remnant and the vast expanse of galaxy cluster Abell 2319. #JAXA #NASA
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.@Dr_Eileen_Meyer and @AdiFoord from UMBC Physics have been working to get the @AXISprobe off the ground (and into space)! Read more here: https://t.co/Unqko8SFos
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UMBC physicists Eileen Meyer and Adi Foord are on the leadership team for AXIS, a proposed x-ray satellite with the potential to revolutionize our understanding of the universe's ancient past.
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I'm hiring a postdoc in my group (@MITKavli @MIT_Physics ), working on a combination of machine learning, Dark Matter, Gaia, and simulations. The due date is FRIDAY! Please forward to interested candidates!
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Searching for the elusive intermediate-mass black holes, @ArcodiaRiccardo found something quite puzzling https://t.co/2AxlE0u1mp (today). @eROSITA_SRG #blackholes
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Finding massive black holes (MBHs, $M_{BH}\approx10^4-10^7 M_{\odot}$) in the nuclei of low-mass galaxies ($M_{*}\lessapprox10^{10} M_{\odot}$) is crucial to constrain seeding and growth of black...
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Loved my time at UMD... Great department, great colleagues!
UMD astronomy is hiring! It's an open call, though we're particularly interested in observers this time. Feel free to message if you're interested and have questions, since I went through the process not that long ago. https://t.co/hRAksZv5SX
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Awesome article, @christinaeil !
JWST Spots Giant Black Holes All Over the Early Universe https://t.co/PFMilErnDW
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PhysGAAP mentoring applications are now LIVE 🧑💻 This is an opportunity to connect with a current grad student mentor to get in-depth guidance about the MIT physics graduate application process and about graduate school. Apply at https://t.co/OpPJ7I7S2M
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Join us tomorrow, Nov. 3 at 12 PM Eastern for our monthly AXIS science seminar! This month, our speakers are: Helen Russell: AGN feedback in elliptical galaxies with AXIS & Anna Trindade Falcao: Resolving AGN-host Interactions in Nearby Seyfert Galaxies
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Our recent paper on JWST's overmassive black holes at z > 4 was featured on @astrobites by MIT grad student Megan Masterson, in @ErinAstro's fantastic group! Great article! Thank you! :) https://t.co/PW9StgTjtQ
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How do distant supermassive black holes affect their host galaxies? And how were they formed? Today's paper explores these questions with a sample distant SMBHs discovered by JWST!
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It works!! #XRISM
This is NOT “first light,” and is not from a celestial source. This is the on-orbit spectrum of the onboard Fe-55 cal source illuminating the full XRISM Resolve array, showing a resolution of ~4.4 eV. First science results to come in late 2023/early 2024!
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Excited to share the first of several positions opening up in my group @GRAPPAinstitute. This one is a postdoc position on multi-messenger astrophysics with the LISA mission. Please share widely & applications from ECRs are welcome, esp. those from underrepresented gps in physics
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I am hoping to hire a postdoc to start in the summer or fall, to work on exoplanet or brown dwarf atmospheres! Details here: https://t.co/2CdPwsHCPB Join us here in beautiful Austin!
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Job! Job! Job! Boston University will be searching for a tenure-track assistant professor in Astronomy this Fall, with applications first considered starting Nov 1. Applications from all areas of astrophysics should apply!
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✨ Great news! 🛰️ Solar acquisition control - ✅, Data received at Uchinoura station - ✅, Solar array paddle deployment - ✅. XRISM is on track! 🚀 #JAXA #SpaceMission #SolarPower
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🚨 2 Postdoctoral positions 🚨 funded by @ERC_Research Starting Grant WINGS (Winds in galaxies) hosted at the @scuolanormale in Pisa, Italy. Application deadline: September 15, 2023. Do not hesitate to contact me for further information. Application form: https://t.co/Xtw9kzTjjp
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The X-ray microcalorimeter, developed by a NASA-GSFC-led team, is an amazingly sensitive device where the energy of an photon is measured by noticing the increase in temperature of the pixel caused by absorbing it! To do this, each camera pixel is cooled to 50 milliKelvin !!!
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Paper day! We examined JWST active galaxies at z=4-7 and found a high-z Mbh-M* relation that deviates at >3sigma from the local one. Black holes are 10-100x overmassive compared to their local counterparts. This fact is not due to a selection effect. https://t.co/OIzsYpmNdT
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