Tal Alexander - Publications

Affiliations: 
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 
Area:
Astronomy and Astrophysics

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2017 Genzel R, Schreiber NM, Übler H, Lang P, Naab T, Bender R, Tacconi LJ, Wisnioski E, Wuyts S, Alexander T, Beifiori A, Belli S, Brammer G, Burkert A, Carollo CM, et al. Strongly baryon-dominated disk galaxies at the peak of galaxy formation ten billion years ago. Nature. 543: 397-401. PMID 28300118 DOI: 10.1038/Nature21685  0.626
2017 Alexander T. Stellar Dynamics and Stellar Phenomena Near a Massive Black Hole Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 55: 17-57. DOI: 10.1146/Annurev-Astro-091916-055306  0.57
2017 Alexander T, Bar-Or B. A universal minimal mass scale for present-day central black holes Nature Astronomy. 1: 147. DOI: 10.1038/S41550-017-0147  0.524
2016 Bar-Or B, Alexander T. STEADY-STATE RELATIVISTIC STELLAR DYNAMICS AROUND A MASSIVE BLACK HOLE Astrophysical Journal. 820. DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/820/2/129  0.554
2014 Alexander T, Natarajan P. Rapid growth of seed black holes in the early universe by supra-exponential accretion. Science (New York, N.Y.). 345: 1330-3. PMID 25103410 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1251053  0.511
2014 Bar-Or B, Alexander T. The statistical mechanics of relativistic orbits around a massive black hole Classical and Quantum Gravity. 31. DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/31/24/244003  0.504
2014 Pfuhl O, Alexander T, Gillessen S, Martins F, Genzel R, Eisenhauer F, Fritz TK, Ott T. Massive binaries in the vicinity of sgr A Astrophysical Journal. 782. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/782/2/101  0.542
2014 Alexander T, Pfuhl O. Constraining the dark cusp in the galactic center by long-period binaries Astrophysical Journal. 780. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/780/2/148  0.566
2013 Bar-Or B, Kupi G, Alexander T. Stellar Energy Relaxation Around A Massive Black Hole The Astrophysical Journal. 764: 52. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/764/1/52  0.484
2012 Bregman M, Alexander T. The torquing of circumnuclear accretion disks by stars and the evolution of massive black holes Astrophysical Journal. 748. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/748/1/63  0.579
2011 Merritt D, Alexander T, Mikkola S, Will CM. Stellar Dynamics of Extreme-Mass-Ratio Inspirals Physical Review D. 84: 44024. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevd.84.044024  0.539
2011 Lasota JP, Alexander T, Dubus G, Barret D, Farrell SA, Gehrels N, Godet O, Webb NA. The origin of variability of the intermediate-mass black-hole ULX system HLX-1 in ESO 243-49 Astrophysical Journal. 735. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/735/2/89  0.606
2010 Merritt D, Alexander T, Mikkola S, Will CM. Testing properties of the Galactic center black hole using stellar orbits Physical Review D. 81: 62002. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevd.81.062002  0.591
2009 Bartko H, Martins F, Trippe S, Fritz TK, Genzel R, Ott T, Eisenhauer F, Gillessen S, Paumard T, Alexander T, Dodds-Eden K, Gerhard O, Levin Y, Mascetti L, Nayakshin S, et al. AN EXTREMELY TOP-HEAVY INITIAL MASS FUNCTION IN THE GALACTIC CENTER STELLAR DISKS The Astrophysical Journal. 708: 834-840. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/708/1/834  0.741
2009 Perets HB, Gualandris A, Kupi G, Merritt D, Alexander T. Dynamical evolution of the young stars in the Galactic center: N-body simulations of the S-stars The Astrophysical Journal. 702: 884-889. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/702/2/884  0.766
2009 Bregman M, Alexander T. Accretion disk warping by resonant relaxation: The case of maser disk NGC 4258 Astrophysical Journal. 700: L192-L195. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/700/2/L192  0.524
2009 Keshet U, Hopman C, Alexander T. Analytic study of mass segregation around a massive black hole Astrophysical Journal. 698. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/698/1/L64  0.762
2009 Eilon E, Kupi G, Alexander T. The efficiency of resonant relaxation around a massive black hole The Astrophysical Journal. 698: 641-647. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/698/1/641  0.484
2009 Perets HHB, Wu X, Zhao H, Famaey B, Gentile G, Alexander T. The Galactic Potential And The Asymmetric Distribution Of Hypervelocity Stars The Astrophysical Journal. 697: 2096-2101. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/697/2/2096  0.623
2009 Alexander T, Hopman C. Strong mass segregation around a massive black hole Astrophysical Journal. 697: 1861-1869. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/697/2/1861  0.788
2009 Bartko H, Martins F, Fritz TK, Genzel R, Levin Y, Perets HB, Paumard T, Nayakshin S, Gerhard O, Alexander T, Dodds-Eden K, Eisenhauer F, Gillessen S, Mascetti L, Ott T, et al. EVIDENCE FOR WARPED DISKS OF YOUNG STARS IN THE GALACTIC CENTER The Astrophysical Journal. 697: 1741-1763. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/697/2/1741  0.727
2009 Gillessen S, Eisenhauer F, Trippe S, Alexander T, Genzel R, Martins F, Ott T. Monitoring stellar orbits around the Massive Black Hole in the Galactic Center The Astrophysical Journal. 692: 1075-1109. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/692/2/1075  0.583
2008 Perets HB, Alexander T. Massive perturbers and the efficient merger of binary massive black holes The Astrophysical Journal. 677: 146-159. DOI: 10.1086/527525  0.762
2008 Alexander T. The Galactic Center as a laboratory for extreme mass ratio gravitational wave source dynamics Aip Conference Proceedings. 1053: 79-86. DOI: 10.1063/1.3009527  0.498
2007 Maness H, Martins F, Trippe S, Genzel R, Graham JR, Sheehy C, Salaris M, Gillessen S, Alexander T, Paumard T, Ott T, Abuter R, Eisenhauer F. Evidence for a Long-standing Top-heavy Initial Mass Function in the Central Parsec of the Galaxy The Astrophysical Journal. 669: 1024-1041. DOI: 10.1086/521669  0.636
2007 Perets HB, Hopman C, Alexander T. Erratum: “Massive Perturber-driven Interactions between Stars and a Massive Black Hole” (ApJ, 656, 709 [2007]) The Astrophysical Journal. 669: 661-661. DOI: 10.1086/521436  0.802
2007 Zucker S, Mazeh T, Alexander T. Beaming Binaries: A New Observational Category of Photometric Binary Stars The Astrophysical Journal. 670: 1326-1330. DOI: 10.1086/521389  0.498
2007 Zucker S, Alexander T. Spectroscopic Binary Mass Determination using Relativity The Astrophysical Journal. 654: 149-152. DOI: 10.1086/510799  0.507
2007 Perets HB, Hopman C, Alexander T. Massive perturber-driven interactions between stars and a massive black hole Astrophysical Journal. 656: 709-720. DOI: 10.1086/510377  0.834
2007 Schödel R, Eckart A, Alexander T, Merritt D, Genzel R, Sternberg A, Meyer L, Kul F, Moultaka J, Ott T, Straubmeier C. The structure of the nuclear stellar cluster of the Milky Way Astronomy and Astrophysics. 469: 125-146. DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065089  0.489
2007 Perets HB, Kupi G, Alexander T. Getting a kick out of the stellar disk(s) in the galactic center Iau Symposia. 3: 275-276. DOI: 10.1017/S1743921308015780  0.773
2006 Hopman C, Alexander T. Resonant relaxation near the massive black hole in the galactic center Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 54: 321-327. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/54/1/051  0.761
2006 Perets HB, Hopman C, Alexander T. Massive perturbers in the galactic center Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 54: 293-300. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/54/1/046  0.833
2006 Trippe S, Gillessen S, Ott T, Eisenhauer F, Paumard T, Martins F, Genzel R, Schödel R, Eckart A, Alexander T. Stellar orbits around Sgr A* Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 54: 288-292. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/54/1/045  0.432
2006 Alexander T. Stellar processes near Sgr A* Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 54: 243-251. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/54/1/039  0.521
2006 Hopman C, Alexander T. The effect of mass segregation on gravitational wave sources near massive black holes Astrophysical Journal. 645. DOI: 10.1086/506273  0.785
2006 Hopman C, Alexander T. Resonant relaxation near a massive black hole: The stellar distribution and gravitational wave sources Astrophysical Journal. 645: 1152-1163. DOI: 10.1086/504400  0.802
2006 Paumard T, Genzel R, Martins F, Nayakshin S, Beloborodov AM, Levin Y, Trippe S, Eisenhauer F, Ott T, Gillessen S, Abuter R, Cuadra J, Alexander T, Sternberg A. The two young star disks in the central parsec of the Galaxy: Properties, dynamics, and formation Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 54: 199-207. DOI: 10.1086/503273  0.646
2006 Zucker S, Alexander T, Gillessen S, Eisenhauer F, Genzel R. Probing post-newtonian physics near the galactic black hole with stellar redshift measurements The Astrophysical Journal. 639. DOI: 10.1086/501436  0.496
2005 Hopman C, Alexander T. The orbital statistics of stellar inspiral and relaxation near a massive black hole: Characterizing gravitational wave sources Astrophysical Journal. 629: 362-372. DOI: 10.1086/431475  0.786
2005 Eisenhauer F, Genzel R, Alexander T, Abuter R, Paumard T, Ott T, Gilbert A, Gillessen S, Horrobin M, Trippe S, Bonnet H, Dumas C, Hubin N, Kaufer A, Kissler-Patig M, et al. Sinfoni in the galactic center : Young stars and infrared flares in the central light-month The Astrophysical Journal. 628: 246-259. DOI: 10.1086/430667  0.626
2005 Alexander T. Stellar processes near the massive black hole in the Galactic center Physics Reports. 419: 65-142. DOI: 10.1016/J.Physrep.2005.08.002  0.602
2004 Alexander T, Livio M. Orbital capture of stars by a massive black hole via exchanges with compact remnants Astrophysical Journal. 606: L21-L24. DOI: 10.1086/421112  0.648
2004 Hopman C, Zwart SFP, Alexander T. Ultraluminous X-ray sources as intermediate-mass black holes fed by tidally captured stars Astrophysical Journal. 604. DOI: 10.1086/383616  0.766
2004 Scoot JE, Kriss GA, Lee JC, Arav N, Ogle P, Roraback K, Weaver K, Alexander T, Brotherton M, Green RF, Hutchings J, Kaiser ME, Marshall H, Oegerle W, Zheng W. Intrinsic absorption in the spectrum of markarian 279: Simultaneous Chandra, FUSE, and STIS observations Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series. 152: 1-27. DOI: 10.1086/382748  0.504
2003 Genzel R, Schödel R, Ott T, Eckart A, Alexander T, Lacombe F, Rouan D, Aschenbach B. Near-infrared flares from accreting gas around the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Centre. Nature. 425: 934-7. PMID 14586462 DOI: 10.1038/Nature02065  0.564
2003 Eisenhauer F, Schödel R, Genzel R, Ott T, Tecza M, Abuter R, Eckart A, Alexander T. A Geometric Determination of the Distance to the Galactic Center The Astrophysical Journal. 597. DOI: 10.1086/380188  0.536
2003 Schödel R, Ott T, Genzel R, Eckart A, Mouawad N, Alexander T. Stellar Dynamics in the Central Arcsecond of Our Galaxy The Astrophysical Journal. 596: 1015-1034. DOI: 10.1086/378122  0.584
2003 Genzel R, Schödel R, Ott T, Eisenhauer F, Hofmann R, Lehnert M, Eckart A, Alexander T, Sternberg A, Lenzen R, Clénet Y, Lacombe F, Rouan D, Renzini A, Tacconi-Garman LE. The Stellar Cusp around the Supermassive Black Hole in the Galactic Center The Astrophysical Journal. 594: 812-832. DOI: 10.1086/377127  0.659
2003 Alexander T, Hopman C. Orbital in-spiral into a massive black hole in a galactic center Astrophysical Journal. 590. DOI: 10.1086/376672  0.803
2003 Alexander T, Morris M. Squeezars: Tidally Powered Stars Orbiting a Massive Black Hole The Astrophysical Journal. 590. DOI: 10.1086/376671  0.603
2003 Alexander T. Tidal processes very near the black hole in the Galactic Center Astronomische Nachrichten. 324: 513-519. DOI: 10.1002/Asna.200385098  0.601
2002 Schödel R, Ott T, Genzel R, Hofmann R, Lehnert M, Eckart A, Mouawad N, Alexander T, Reid MJ, Lenzen R, Hartung M, Lacombe F, Rouan D, Gendron E, Rousset G, et al. A star in a 15.2-year orbit around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. Nature. 419: 694-6. PMID 12384690 DOI: 10.1038/Nature01121  0.636
2002 Hui L, Haiman Z, Zaldarriaga M, Alexander T. Connections between the cosmic baryon fraction, the extragalactic ionizing background, and Lyman break galaxies Astrophysical Journal. 564: 525-533. DOI: 10.1086/324401  0.399
2002 Alexander T, Kumar P. Erratum: “Tidal Spin-up of Stars in Dense Stellar Cusps around Massive Black Holes” (ApJ, 549, 948 [2001]) The Astrophysical Journal. 564: 1061-1061. DOI: 10.1086/324272  0.512
2001 Alexander T. Pinpointing the massive black hole in the galactic center with gravitationally lensed stars Astrophysical Journal. 553. DOI: 10.1086/320680  0.558
2001 Alexander T, Loeb A. Enhanced microlensing by stars around the black hole in the galactic center Astrophysical Journal. 551: 223-230. DOI: 10.1086/320087  0.54
2001 Alexander T, Kumar P. Tidal spin-up of stars in dense stellar cusps around massive black holes Astrophysical Journal. 549: 948-958. DOI: 10.1086/319436  0.497
2000 Alexander T, Lutz D, Sturm E, Genzel R, Sternberg A, Netzer H. Infrared Spectroscopy of NGC 1068: Probing the Obscured Ionizing AGN Continuum The Astrophysical Journal. 536: 710-717. DOI: 10.1086/308973  0.633
2000 Lutz D, Sturm E, Genzel R, Moorwood AFM, Alexander T, Netzer H, Sternberg A. ISO-SWS Spectroscopy of NGC 1068 The Astrophysical Journal. 536: 697-709. DOI: 10.1086/308972  0.621
2000 Lutz D, Genzel R, Sturm E, Tacconi L, Wieprecht E, Alexander T, Netzer H, Sternberg A, Moorwood AFM, Fosbury RAE, Fricke K, Wagner SJ, Quirrenbach A, Awaki H, Lo KY. A Search for Broad Infrared Recombination Lines in NGC 1068 The Astrophysical Journal. 530: 733-737. DOI: 10.1086/308416  0.62
1999 Alexander T. The Distribution of Stars near the Supermassive Black Hole in the Galactic Center The Astrophysical Journal. 527: 835-850. DOI: 10.1086/308129  0.488
1999 Alexander T, Sternberg A. Near‐Infrared Microlensing of Stars by the Supermassive Black Hole in the Galactic Center The Astrophysical Journal. 520: 137-148. DOI: 10.1086/307446  0.518
1999 Alexander T, Sturm E, Lutz D, Sternberg A, Netzer H, Genzel R. Infrared Spectroscopy of NGC 4151: Probing the Obscured Ionizing Active Galactic Nucleus Continuum The Astrophysical Journal. 512: 204-223. DOI: 10.1086/306751  0.659
1999 Sturm E, Alexander T, Lutz D, Sternberg A, Netzer H, Genzel R. Infrared Spectroscopy of NGC 4151:Infrared Space ObservatoryObservations and Narrow Emission Line Region Line Profiles The Astrophysical Journal. 512: 197-203. DOI: 10.1086/306750  0.629
1999 Sturm E, Lutz D, Genzel R, Alexander T, Sternberg A, Netzer H, Moorwood AFM. Active galaxies in the mid-infrared Astrophysics and Space Science. 266: 169-174. DOI: 10.1023/A:1002618219024  0.669
1998 Peterson BM, Wanders I, Horne K, Collier S, Alexander T, Kaspi S, Maoz D. On Uncertainties in Cross‐Correlation Lags and the Reality of Wavelength‐dependent Continuum Lags in Active Galactic Nuclei Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 110: 660-670. DOI: 10.1086/316177  0.653
1998 Collier SJ, Horne K, Kaspi S, Netzer H, Peterson BM, Wanders I, Alexander T, Bertram R, Comastri A, Gaskell CM, Malkov YF, Maoz D, Mlgnoli M, Pogge RW, Pronik VI, et al. Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. XIV. Intensive optical spectrophotometric observations of NGC 7469 Astrophysical Journal. 500: 162-172. DOI: 10.1086/305720  0.746
1998 Edelson R, Alexander T, Crenshaw DM, Kaspi S, Malkan M, Peterson B, Warwick R. Rapid continuum variability in NGC 4151 Advances in Space Research. 21: 77-81. DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00616-9  0.642
1997 Alexander T. Bloated stars as AGN broad-line clouds: the emission-line response to continuum variations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 285: 891-897. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/285.4.891  0.501
1997 Alexander T, Netzer H. Bloated stars as AGN broad-line clouds: the emission-line profiles Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 284: 967-980. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/284.4.967  0.708
1997 Wanders I, Peterson BM, Alloin D, Ayres TR, Clavel J, Crenshaw DM, Horne K, Kriss GA, Krolik JH, Malkan MA, Netzer H, O'Brien PT, Reichert GA, Rodríguez-Pascual PM, Wamsteker W, ... Alexander T, et al. Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. XI. Intensive monitoring of the ultraviolet spectrum of NGC 7469 Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series. 113: 69-88. DOI: 10.1086/313054  0.739
1997 Rodríguez-Pascual PM, Alloin D, Clavel J, Crenshaw DM, Horne K, Kriss GA, Krolik JH, Malkan MA, Netzer H, O'Brien PT, Peterson BM, Reichert GA, Wamsteker W, Alexander T, Barr P, et al. Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. IX. Ultraviolet observations of fairall Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series. 110: 9-20. DOI: 10.1086/312996  0.721
1997 Alexander T. Broad-Line Profiles and Time Lags of Bloated Stars International Astronomical Union Colloquium. 159: 207-210. DOI: 10.1017/S0252921100040057  0.532
1996 Netzer H, Heller A, Loinger F, Alexander T, Baldwin JA, Wills BJ, Han M, Frueh M, Higdon JL. Optical monitoring of luminous AGN - I. Radio-loud quasars Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 279: 429-446. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/279.2.429  0.616
1996 Edelson RA, Alexander T, Crenshaw DM, Kaspi S, Malkan MA, Peterson BM, Warwick RS, Clavel J, Filippenko AV, Horne K, Korista KT, Kriss GA, Krolik JH, Maoz D, Nandra K, et al. Multiwavelength Observations of Short-Timescale Variability in NGC 4151. IV. Analysis of Multiwavelength Continuum Variability The Astrophysical Journal. 470: 364. DOI: 10.1086/177872  0.696
1996 Kaspi S, Maoz D, Netzer H, Peterson BM, Alexander T, Barth AJ, Bertram R, Cheng F, Chuvaev KK, Edelson RA, Filippenko AV, Hemar S, Ho LC, Kovo O, Matheson T, et al. Multiwavelength Observations of Short-Timescale Variability in NGC 4151. II. Optical Observations The Astrophysical Journal. 470: 336. DOI: 10.1086/177870  0.686
1995 Alexander T. The signature of microlensing in QSO variability-redshift correlations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 274: 909-918. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/274.3.909  0.449
1994 Alexander T, Netzer H. Bloated stars as AGN broad-line clouds: the emission-line spectrum Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 270: 781-803. DOI: 10.1093/Mnras/270.4.781  0.656
1994 Alexander T, Netzer H. Bloated Stars as BLR Clouds: Numeric Results Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 159: 437-437. DOI: 10.1017/S0074180900176193  0.345
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