Dr Zdenka Misanovic

Research Fellow PhD, Astrophysics, University of Munich (IMPRS), 2006 MSc, University of Sydney, 2001 BSc (Hons.), University of Sydney, 2000 Phone +61 (3) 9905 8057 FAX +61 (3) 9905 3637 Email:Zdenka.Misanovic@sci.monash.edu.au

RESEARCH INTERESTS

The main area of my research is the analysis of X-ray sources in our and nearby Galaxies. These sources include isolated, rotation-powered pulsars and pulsar wind nebulae, X-ray binaries, supernova remnants, ultra-luminous sources etc. I mainly use data from Chandra and XMM-Newton satellites (as well as cross-correlation with other wavelength data, in particular radio) to determine the spectral and timing properties of these objects.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Misanovic Z., Cram L. & Green A., “A search for young Galactic supernova remnants”, 2002, MNRAS, 335, 114

Pietsch W., Mochejska B.J., Misanovic Z., Haberl F., Ehle M., Trinchieri G., “The eclipsing massive X-ray binary M 33 X-7: New X-ray observations and optical identification”, 2004, A&A, 413, 879

Pietsch W., Misanovic Z., Haberl F., Hatzidimitriou D., Ehle M., Trinchieri G., “XMM-Newton survey of the Local Group galaxy M 33”, 2004, A&A, 426, 11

Misanovic Z., Pietsch W., Haberl F., Hatzidimitriou D., Ehle M., Trinchieri G., “XMM-Newton survey of the Local Group galaxy M 33: variability of the detected sources” A&A, 448, 1247

Hatzidimitriou D., Pietsch W., Misanovic Z., Reig P., Haberl F., “Spectroscopy of the brightest optical counterparts of X-ray sources in the direction of M 31 and M 33”, 2006, A&A, 451, 835

Gallo L. C., Edwards P. G., Ferrero E., Kataoka J., Lewis D. R., Ellingsen S. P., Misanovic Z., Welsh W. F., Whiting M., Boller Th., “The spectral energy distribution of PKS 2004-447: a compact steep-spectrum source and possible radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy”, 2006, MNRAS, 370, 245

Misanovic Z., Pavlov G. G., Garmire G. P., “Chandra observations of the pulsar PSR B1929+10 and its environment”, 2007, ApJ submitted, arXiv:0711.4171

Kargaltsev O., Misanovic Z., Pavlov G. G., Wong J. A., Garmire, G. P., “X-ray Observations of Parsec-Scale Tails behind Two Middle-Aged Pulsars”, 2008, ApJ, in press, arXiv:0802.2963

Conference presentations and proceedings:

Pietsch W., Ehle M., Haberl F., Misanovic Z., Trinchieri G., 2003, “Deep XMM-Newton survey of M33”, 2003, AN, 324, 85

Misanovic Z., Pietsch W., Haberl F., Hatzidimitriou D., Ehle M., Trinchieri G.,“Variability of the X-ray sources detected in the XMM-Newton survey of M33”, 2005, XMM-Newton EPIC Consortium Meeting, Ringberg, Germany

Misanovic Z., Pietsch W., Haberl F., Hatzidimitriou D., Ehle M., Trinchieri G.,“XMM-Newton M33 survey -- global properties”, 2006, Proceedings IAU Symposium No 230 -- Populations of High Energy Sources in Galaxies, Dublin, eds. Evert J.A. Meurs & Giuseppina Fabbiano

Misanovic Z., Pietsch W., Haberl F., Hatzidimitriou D., Ehle M., Trinchieri G.,“XMM-Newton M33 survey -- bright individual sources”, 2006, Proceedings IAU Symposium No 230 -- Populations of High Energy Sources in Galaxies, Dublin, eds. Evert J.A. Meurs & Giuseppina Fabbiano

Misanovic, Z., Pavlov G., Garmire G., 2006, “Chandra observations of the pulsar B1929+10 and its environment”, HEAD Meeting 9, San Francisco