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University of Toronto: Toronto, Ontario, CA

2022-09-01 to present | Postdoctoral Fellow (Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics)
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Sean Ressler

University of California, Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara, California, US

2019-09-01 to 2022-07-31 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics)
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University of California, Berkeley: Berkeley, California, US

2013-08-01 to 2019-08-31 | PhD (Physics)
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Works (31)

A binary black hole metric approximation from inspiral to merger

arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.13308
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Combi, Luciano; Ressler, Sean M
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Sean Ressler

Black Hole--Disk Interactions in Magnetically Arrested Active Galactic Nuclei: General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations Using a Time-dependent, Binary Metric

The Astrophysical Journal
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Ressler, Sean M; Combi, Luciano; Li, Xinyu; Ripperda, Bart; Yang, Huan
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Sean Ressler

Dual Jet Interaction, Magnetically Arrested Flows, and Flares in Accreting Binary Black Holes

arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.10944
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Ressler, Sean M; Combi, Luciano; Ripperda, Bart; Most, Elias R
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The Inner 2 pc of Sagittarius A*: Simulations of the Circumnuclear Disk and Multiphase Gas Accretion in the Galactic Center

The Astrophysical Journal
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Solanki, Siddhant; Ressler, Sean M; Murchikova, Lena; Stone, James M; Morris, Mark R
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Wind-fed GRMHD simulations of Sagittarius A*: tilt and alignment of jets and accretion discs, electron thermodynamics, and multiscale modelling of the rotation measure

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Ressler, Sean M; White, Christopher J; Quataert, Eliot
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Sean Ressler

Emission Modeling in the EHT--ngEHT Age

Galaxies
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Anantua, Richard; Dúran, Joaqúın; Ngata, Nathan; Oramas, Lani; Röder, Jan; Emami, Razieh; Ricarte, Angelo; Curd, Brandon; Broderick, Avery E; Wayland, Jeremy et al.
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Sean Ressler

First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope results. I. The shadow of the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Akiyama, Kazunori; Alberdi, Antxon; Alef, Walter; Algaba, Juan Carlos; Anantua, Richard; Asada, Keiichi; Azulay, Rebecca; Bach, Uwe; Baczko, Anne-Kathrin; Ball, David et al.
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Sean Ressler

First Sagittarius A* event horizon telescope results. V. Testing astrophysical models of the galactic center black hole

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Akiyama, Kazunori; Alberdi, Antxon; Alef, Walter; Algaba, Juan Carlos; Anantua, Richard; Asada, Keiichi; Azulay, Rebecca; Bach, Uwe; Baczko, Anne-Kathrin; Ball, David et al.
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Sean Ressler

iharm3D: Hybrid MPI/OpenMP 3D HARM with vectorization

Astrophysics Source Code Library
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Prather, Ben; Wong, George; Dhruv, Vedant; Ryan, Benjamin; Dolence, Joshua; Ressler, Sean; Gammie, Charles
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Observational signatures of black hole accretion: rotating versus spherical flows with tilted magnetic fields

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Jia, He; White, Christopher J; Quataert, Eliot; Ressler, Sean M
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Sean Ressler

Remarkable Correspondence of the Sagittarius A* Submillimeter Variability with a Stellar-wind-fed Accretion Flow Model

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Murchikova, Lena; White, Christopher J; Ressler, Sean M
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Sean Ressler

3D MHD simulation of a pulsationally driven MRI decretion disc

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Ressler, Sean M
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Sean Ressler

iharm3d: Vectorized general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics

arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.10191
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Prather, Ben S; Wong, George N; Dhruv, Vedant; Ryan, Benjamin R; Dolence, Joshua C; Ressler, Sean M; Gammie, Charles F
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Magnetically modified spherical accretion in GRMHD: reconnection-driven convection and jet propagation

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Ressler, Sean M; Quataert, Eliot; White, Christopher J; Blaes, Omer
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Relative depolarization of the black hole photon ring in GRMHD models of Sgr A* and M87

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Jiménez-Rosales, A; Dexter, J; Ressler, SM; Tchekhovskoy, A; Bauböck, M; Dallilar, Y; De Zeeuw, PT; Drescher, A; Eisenhauer, F; Von Fellenberg, S et al.
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A parameter survey of Sgr A* radiative models from GRMHD simulations with self-consistent electron heating

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Dexter, J; Jiménez-Rosales, A; Ressler, SM; Tchekhovskoy, A; Bauböck, M; De Zeeuw, PT; Eisenhauer, F; Von Fellenberg, S; Gao, F; Genzel, R et al.
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Ab initio horizon-scale simulations of magnetically arrested accretion in Sagittarius A* fed by stellar winds

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Ressler, Sean M; White, Christopher J; Quataert, Eliot; Stone, James M
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Sean Ressler

On the comparison of AGN with GRMHD simulations: I. Sgr A

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Anantua, Richard; Ressler, Sean; Quataert, Eliot
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Sean Ressler

Sgr A* near-infrared flares from reconnection events in a magnetically arrested disc

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Dexter, Jason; Tchekhovskoy, A; Jiménez-Rosales, A; Ressler, SM; Bauböck, M; Dallilar, Y; De Zeeuw, PT; Eisenhauer, F; Von Fellenberg, S; Gao, F et al.
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The surprisingly small impact of magnetic fields on the inner accretion flow of Sagittarius A* fueled by stellar winds

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Ressler, Sean M; Quataert, Eliot; Stone, James M
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Sean Ressler

Accretion of magnetized stellar winds in the Galactic centre: implications for Sgr A* and PSR J1745- 2900

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Ressler, Sean M; Quataert, Eliot; Stone, James M
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Sean Ressler

Towards More Predictive Models of Galactic Center Accretion

2019 | Dissertation or Thesis
Contributors: Ressler, Sean Michael
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Sean Ressler

Hydrodynamic simulations of the inner accretion flow of Sagittarius A* fuelled by stellar winds

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Ressler, Sean M; Quataert, Eliot; Stone, James M
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Sean Ressler

Two-temperature GRRMHD Simulations of M87

The Astrophysical Journal
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Ryan, Benjamin R; Ressler, Sean M; Dolence, Joshua C; Gammie, Charles; Quataert, Eliot
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The disc-jet symbiosis emerges: modelling the emission of Sagittarius A* with electron thermodynamics

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Ressler, Sean M; Tchekhovskoy, Alexander; Quataert, Eliot; Gammie, Charles F
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The radiative efficiency and spectra of slowly accreting black holes from two-temperature GRRMHD simulations

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Ryan, Benjamin R; Ressler, Sean M; Dolence, Joshua C; Tchekhovskoy, Alexander; Gammie, Charles; Quataert, Eliot
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Thermal electrons in gamma-ray burst afterglows

The Astrophysical Journal
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Ressler, Sean M; Laskar, Tanmoy
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X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Emission from Middle-aged Supernova Remnants In cavities. I. Spherical Symmetry

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Reynolds, Stephen P; Ressler, Sean M; others
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Electron thermodynamics in GRMHD simulations of low-luminosity black hole accretion

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Ressler, Sean M; Tchekhovskoy, Alexander; Quataert, Eliot; Chandra, Mani; Gammie, Charles F
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Energy dependence of synchrotron X-ray rims in Tycho’s supernova remnant

The Astrophysical Journal
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Tran, Aaron; Williams, Brian J; Petre, Robert; Ressler, Sean M; Reynolds, Stephen P
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Magnetic field amplification in the thin X-ray rims of SN 1006

The Astrophysical Journal
2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Ressler, Sean M; Katsuda, Satoru; Reynolds, Stephen P; Long, Knox S; Petre, Robert; Williams, Brian J; Winkler, P Frank
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