Dan Kasen

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Research Publications

Non-Thermal Ionization of Kilonova Ejecta: Observable Impacts

Daniel Brethauer, Daniel Kasen, Raffaella Margutti, Ryan Chornock.

2025.
2D End-to-End Modeling of Kilonovae from Binary Neutron-Star Merger Remnants

Lieke Sippens Groenewegen, Sanjana Curtis, Philipp Mösta, Daniel Kasen, Daniel Brethauer.

2025.
Neutrino heating in 1D, 2D, and 3D core-collapse supernovae: characterizing the explosion of high-compactness stars Open Access

Luca Boccioli, David Vartanyan, Evan P O’Connor, Daniel Kasen.

2025.
A 3D Simulation of a Type II-P Supernova: From Core Bounce to beyond Shock Breakout

David Vartanyan, Benny T.-H. Tsang, Daniel Kasen, Adam Burrows, Tianshu Wang, Lizzy Teryoshin.

2025.
Impact of Systematic Modeling Uncertainties on Kilonova Property Estimation

D. Brethauer, D. Kasen, R. Margutti, R. Chornock.

2024.
The Landscape of Thermal Transients from Supernovae Interacting with a Circumstellar Medium

David K. Khatami, Daniel N. Kasen.

2024.
3D Hydrodynamics of Pre-supernova Outbursts in Convective Red Supergiant Envelopes

Benny T.-H. Tsang, Daniel Kasen, Lars Bildsten.

2022.
The impact of r-process heating on the dynamics of neutron star merger accretion disc winds and their electromagnetic radiation

Hannah Klion, Alexander Tchekhovskoy, Daniel Kasen, Adithan Kathirgamaraju, Eliot Quataert, Rodrigo Fernández.

2021.
Estimating outflow masses and velocities in merger simulations: impact of r-process heating and neutrino cooling

Francois Foucart, Philipp Moesta, Teresita Ramirez, Alex James Wright, Siva Darbha, Daniel Kasen.

2021.
Electromagnetic Signatures from the Tidal Tail of a Black Hole - Neutron Star Merger

Siva Darbha, Daniel Kasen, Francois Foucart, Daniel J. Price.

2021.
The effect of jet-ejecta interaction on the viewing angle dependence of kilonova light curves

Hannah Klion, Paul C Duffell, Daniel Kasen, Eliot Quataert.

2021.
Nebular Models of Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass Type Ia Supernovae: Clues to the Origin of Ca-rich Transients

Abigail Polin, Peter Nugent, Daniel Kasen.

2021.
Inclination Dependence of Kilonova Light Curves from Globally Aspherical Geometries

Siva Darbha, Daniel Kasen.

2020.
Spitzer mid-infrared detections of neutron star merger GW170817 suggests synthesis of the heaviest elements Free

Mansi M Kasliwal, Daniel Kasen, Ryan M Lau, et. al.

2019.

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Dan Kasen

Dan Kasen

Non-Thermal Ionization of Kilonova Ejecta: Observable Impacts

2D End-to-End Modeling of Kilonovae from Binary Neutron-Star Merger Remnants

Neutrino heating in 1D, 2D, and 3D core-collapse supernovae: characterizing the explosion of high-compactness stars Open Access

A 3D Simulation of a Type II-P Supernova: From Core Bounce to beyond Shock Breakout

Impact of Systematic Modeling Uncertainties on Kilonova Property Estimation

The Landscape of Thermal Transients from Supernovae Interacting with a Circumstellar Medium

3D Hydrodynamics of Pre-supernova Outbursts in Convective Red Supergiant Envelopes

The impact of r-process heating on the dynamics of neutron star merger accretion disc winds and their electromagnetic radiation

Estimating outflow masses and velocities in merger simulations: impact of r-process heating and neutrino cooling

Electromagnetic Signatures from the Tidal Tail of a Black Hole - Neutron Star Merger

The effect of jet-ejecta interaction on the viewing angle dependence of kilonova light curves

Nebular Models of Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass Type Ia Supernovae: Clues to the Origin of Ca-rich Transients

Inclination Dependence of Kilonova Light Curves from Globally Aspherical Geometries

Spitzer mid-infrared detections of neutron star merger GW170817 suggests synthesis of the heaviest elements Free

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