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Last Name

Stanimirovic

First Name

Snezana

Middle Initial

Areas of Research Expertise

* Evolution of the multi-phase medium in the Milky Way and its halo

* Fine-scale structure of the Galactic vertical gas distribution (part of GALFA project)

* HI and OH emission/absorption studies against pulsars

* The Small Magellanic Cloud

* Small-scale structure in the Magellanic Stream

* Radio astronomy techniques

Web site

Snezana Stanimirovic's University Web Page

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Current/Active Funding

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, 2008-2009, Radio Astronomy Laboratory: 50th Anniversary Conference
NSF, 2007-2010, Collaborative Research: Mapping the Galactic Arecibo Sky in the 21-cm Line
NASA, Jet Propulsion Lab, 2006-2009, A Complete Picture of the Dust in the Small Magellanic Cloud: Following up Spitzer Imaging with Spectroscopic Observations
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, 2006-2033
NSF, 2005-2010, Reu Site for Astronomy and Astrophysics UW-Madison: 2005 and Beyond

Issued Patent(s)

USPTO Published Applications

Recent Publication(s)

"Velocity spectrum for HI at high latitudes"

Chepurnov A, Lazarian A, Stanimirovic S, et al., Astrophysical Journal 714 (2): 1398-1406 May 2010. We have obtained a velocity spectral index of 3.87 +/- 0.11, an injection scale of 140 +/- 80 pc, and an Hi cold phase temperature of 52 +/- 11 K. The spectral index is steeper than the Kolmogorov index and can be interpreted as being due to shock-dominated turbulence.

"Characterizing magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the small magellanic cloud"

Burkhart B, Stanimirovic S, Lazarian A, et al., Astrophysical Journal 708 (2): 1204-1220 Jan 2010. We investigate the nature and spatial variations of turbulence in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) by applying several statistical methods on the neutral hydrogen (H I) column density image of the SMC and a database of isothermal numerical simulations

"INFRARED DARK CLOUDS IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD?"

Lee MY, Stanimirovic S, Ott J et al. Astronomical JOurnal 138(4): 1101-1115 October 2009. We have applied the unsharp-masking technique to the 24 mu m image of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope, to search for high-extinction regions.

"The disruption and fueling of M33"

Putman ME, Peek JEG, Muratov A, et al., Astrophysical Journal 703 (2): 1486-1501 Oct 2009. We present new data from the Galactic Arecibo L-Band Feed Array Hi (GALFA- H I) Survey that show the full extent and detailed spatial and kinematic structure of M33's neutral hydrogen.

Recent Artistic Works

Collaboration

University of California- Berkeley, Astronomy
University of Michigan, Astronomy
University of New S Wales, Physics

Research Tools

Arecibo L-band Feed Array

Research Facilities

National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center

E-mail Address

sstanimi@astro.wisc.edu

Phone Number

(608) 890-1458

Current University

UW - Madison

Department

Astronomy

Title

Assistant Professor

Other Appointments

Address Line 1

6520 Sterling Hall

Address Line 2

475 N Charter St

City

Madison

State

Zip Code

53706

Bachelor's Degree

BS, Belgrade University, Mathematics, 1996

Master's Degree

PhD

PhD, University of Western Sydney, 1999

Other Degrees

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