R. Mark Wagner

Research Scientist
Department of Astronomy
The Ohio State University

B.S. Physics, The University of Arizona, 1977.
Ph.D. Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 1984.

Contact Information

Mailing address: Lowell Observatory, 1400 West Mars Hill Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA

Electronic mail address: rmw@lowell.edu or rmw@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

Office phone: 520-779-0106

FAX numbers: 520-779-0106 (Office); 520-774-6296 (Lowell Observatory)

Research Interests

• X-ray Binaries
• Classical Novae and Cataclysmic Variables
• Optical Identification of Gamma-Ray Bursts
• Cometary Spectroscopy
• Astronomical Instrumentation, Facilities, and Operations

Selected Recent Publications

"A Photometric and Spectroscopic Study of the Cataclysmic Variable SX Leonis Minoris in Quiescence and Superoutburst", R.M. Wagner, J.R. Thorstensen, R.K. Honeycutt, S.B. Howell, R.H. Kaitchuck, T.J. Kreidl, J.W. Robertson, E.M. Sion, and S.G. Starrfield, A. J., 115, 787, (1998).

"The Mass of the Black Hole in the Low Inclination LMXB Transient System GRO J0422+32 (Nova Persei 1992)", G. Beekman, T. Shahbaz, T. Naylor, P.A. Charles, R.M. Wagner, and P. Martini, MNRAS, 290, 303, (1997).

"The Spectrum and Spatial Distribution of Cyanogen in Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) at Large Heliocentric Distance, R.M. Wagner and D.G. Schleicher, Science, 275, 1918, (1997).

"Near Infrared Spectroscopy of V1974 Cygni (Nova Cygni 1992): New Coronal Emission Lines in Classical Novae", R.M. Wagner and D.L. DePoy, Astrophys. J., 467, 860, (1996).

"V1974 Cygni 1992: Optical and Ultraviolet Evolution and Analysis", S.J. Austin, R.M. Wagner, S. Starrfield, S.N. Shore, G. Sonneborn, and R. Bertram, A. J., 111, 869, (1996).

"Hot Subluminous Stars and Blue Objects in the Case Low-Dispersion Northern Sky Survey. II. Quasar Candidates", M.E. Everett and R.M. Wagner, Pub. Astron. Soc. Pacific, 107, 1059, (1995).

"The Early Ultraviolet, Optical, and Radio Evolution of the Soft X-ray Transient GRO J0422+32", C.R. Shrader, R.M. Wagner, R.M. Hjellming, X.H. Han, and S.G. Starrfield, Astrophys. J., 434, 698, (1994).

"Pre- and Post-Perihelion Abundances of Gas and Dust in Comet Halley", M. Womack, B.L. Lutz, and R.M. Wagner, Astrophys. J., 433, 886, (1994).

"Periodic Photometric Variability of the Black Hole Binary V404 Cygni", R.M. Wagner, T.J. Kreidl, S.B. Howell, and S.G. Starrfield, Astrophys. J. (Letters), 401, L97, (1992).

"Symmetrical Jet Action in the R Aquarii Binary System", J. M. Hollis, R. M. Wagner, and R. J. Oliversen, Astrophys. J. (Letters), 351, L17, (1990).

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R. Mark Wagner (rmw@astronomy.ohio-state.edu)

Last revised: May 20, 1998.