Dr. John Kendall Cannizzo

Astrophysics Science Division
NASA/GSFC
Code 661, Exploration of the Universe Division
Greenbelt, MD 20771

tel: 301 286 9820
fax: 301 286 0708
e-mail: cannizzo @ milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov

Present Position

2002-present--Research Scientist NASA/GSFC/UMBC/JCA

Brief Bio

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

2000-2002--High Energy Astrophysics Group Manager, LHEA, NASA/GSFC/EITI

1994-2000--Research Scientist, Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA/GSFC/USRA

1992-1994--Senior NRC Research Associate, Lab. for Astronomy and Solar Physics, GSFC

1991-1992--Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Max Planck Inst. for Astrophysics, Germany

1989-1991--visiting professor, Department of Physics, Kenyon Coll., OH

1986-1989--research associate/lecturer, Department of Physics, McMaster Univ., ONT

1984-1986--research associate, Department of Astronomy, Harvard Univ., MA

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

American Astronomical Society

Educational Background

1984 - Ph.D. Univ. of Texas at Austin
1981 - MS. Univ. of Texas at Austin
1979 - BS. Univ. of New Mexico

Research Interests

High Energy Astrophysics/Computational Fluid Hydrodynamics/Data Analysis

Current Projects

Glimm's Method for Relativistic Fluid Hydrodynamics

Huang Hilbert Transform

Selected Publications

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS (AS FIRST AUTHOR)

"A Numerical Gamma-Ray Burst Simulation Using Three-Dimensional Relativistic Hydrodynamics: The Transition from Spherical to Jet-like Expansion" Cannizzo, J. K., Gehrels, N., Vishniac, E. T. 2004, ApJ, 601, 380

"The October 1985 Long Outburst of U Geminorum: Revealing the Viscous Time Scale in Long Orbital Period Dwarf Novae" Cannizzo, J. K., Gehrels, N., Mattei, J. A. 2002, ApJ, 579, 760

"The 2001 Superoutburst of WZ Sagittae: A Clue to the Dyanmics of Accretion Disks" Cannizzo, J. K. 2001, ApJ, 561, L175

"The V-EUV Delay for Dwarf Nova Outbursts: A Case Study for VW Hydri, U Geminorum, and SS Cygni" Cannizzo, J. K. 2001, ApJ, 556, 847

"A Hot Inner Disk During the Quiescent State of Soft X-ray Transients?" Cannizzo, J. K, Chen, W. 2000, PASP, 112, 1330

"On the Role of Irradiation and Evaporation in Strongly Irradiated Accretion Disks in the Black Hole X-ray Binaries: Toward an Understanding of FREDs and Secondary Maxima", Cannizzo, J. K. 2000, ApJ, 534, L35

"A Study of the Outbursts in SS Cygni", Cannizzo, J. K., Mattei, J. A., 1998, ApJ, 505, 344

"The Accretion Disk Limit Cycle Mechanism in the Black Hole X-Ray Binaries: Toward an Understanding of the Systematic Effects", Cannizzo, J. K., 1998, ApJ, 494, 366

"On the M_V(peak) versus Orbital Period Relation for Dwarf Nova Outbursts", Cannizzo, J. K., 1998, ApJ, 493, 426

"On the Nature of the Fluctuations Preceding the Giant Bursts in the Bursting Pulsar GRO J1744-28", Cannizzo, J. K., 1997, ApJ, 482, 178

"On the Relative Rates of Decay of the Optical and Soft X-ray Fluxes in Dwarf Nova Outbursts", Cannizzo, J. K., 1996, ApJ, 473, L41

"On the Nature of the Giant Outbursts in the Bursting Pulsar GRO J1744-28", Cannizzo, J. K., 1996, ApJ, 466, L31

"The Accretion Disk Limit Cycle Mechanism in the Black Hole X-Ray Binaries", Cannizzo, J. K., Chen, W., Livio, M., 1995, ApJ, 454, 880

"On the Decay of the Outbursts in Dwarf Novae and X-ray Novae", Cannizzo, J. K., 1994, ApJ, 435, 389

"The Accretion Disk Limit Cycle Model: Toward an Understanding of the Long-Term Behavior of SS Cygni", Cannizzo, J. K., 1993, ApJ, 419, 318

"The Long-Term Behavior of SS Cygni", Cannizzo, J. K., Mattei, J. A., 1992, ApJ, 401, 642

"Cold Dissipationless Collapse of Spherical Systems: Sensitivity to the Initial Density Law", Cannizzo, J. K., Hollister, T. M., 1992, ApJ, 400, 58

"The Secondary Outburst Maximum of T Coronae Borealis: Implications for the Physics of Accretion Disks", Cannizzo, J. K., Kenyon, S. J., 1992, ApJ, 386, L17

"Accretion Disks in Active Galactic Nuclei: Vertically Explicit Models", Cannizzo, J. K., 1992, ApJ, 385, 94

"Accretion Disks in Active Galactic Nuclei: Vertically Averaged Models", Cannizzo, J. K., Reiff, C. M., 1992, ApJ, 385, 87

"A Search for Chaotic Behavior in the Light Curves of Three Long-Period Variables", Cannizzo, J. K., Goodings, D. A., Mattei, J. A., 1990, ApJ, 357, 235

"The Disk Accretion of a Tidally Disrupted Star Onto a Massive Black Hole", Cannizzo, J. K., Lee, H. M., Goodman, J., 1990, ApJ, 351, 38

"Chaos in SS Cygni?", Cannizzo, J. K., Goodings, D. A., 1988, ApJ, 334, L31

"On the Outburst Recurrence Time for the Accretion Disk Limit Cycle Mechanism in Dwarf Novae, Cannizzo, J. K., Shafter, A. W., Wheeler, J. C., 1988, ApJ, 333, 227

"On Convection-Induced Viscosity in Accretion Disks in Cataclysmic Variables", Cannizzo, J. K., Cameron, A. G. W., 1988, ApJ, 330, 327

"A New Angular Momentum Loss Mechanism for Cataclysmic Variables", Cannizzo, J. K., Pudritz, R. E., 1988, ApJ, 327, 840

"The Spectral Evolution of Dwarf Nova Outbursts", Cannizzo, J. K., Kenyon, S. J., 1987, ApJ, 320, 319

"The Accretion Disk Limit Cycle Mechanism in GK Persei", Cannizzo, J. K., Kenyon, S. J., 1986, ApJ, 309, L43

"Dwarf Nova Burst Asymmetry and the Physics of Accretion Disks", Cannizzo, J. K., Wheeler, J. C., Polidan, R. S., 1986, ApJ, 301, 634

"Accretion Disk Limit Cycle Mechanism in Twin Degenerate Interacting Binaries", Cannizzo, J. K., 1984, Nature, 311, 443

"The Vertical Structure and Stability of Alpha Model Accretion Disks", Cannizzo, J. K., Wheeler, J. C., 1984, ApJS, 55, 367

"Convective Accretion Disks and the Onset of Dwarf Nova Outbursts", Cannizzo, J. K., Ghosh, P., Wheeler, J. C., 1982, ApJ, 260, L83

OTHER SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS

"Accretion Disks in Interacting Binary Stars", Cannizzo, J. K., Kaitchuck, R. H. 1992, January, Scientific American