Collaborators
I'm a part of the Center for Theoretical Astrophysics at Los Alamos National Laboratory. I work with Chris Fryer, Wesley Even, Joseph Smidt, Jarrett Johnson, Joshua Dolence and many others to address some of the most exciting problems in fields ranging from stellar evolution and death to formation of supermassive black holes in the early universe. Los Alamos National Laboratory has over 50 active astronomers and astrophysicists and is a world leader in radiation hydrodynamics and radiative transfer.
I'm always interested in collaborating. You can contact me at [email protected] or [email protected].
I'm always interested in collaborating. You can contact me at [email protected] or [email protected].
Papers
Supernova Light Curve Modelling |
The role of dredge-up in double white dwarf mergers
J. Staff, B. Wiggins, D. Marcello, P. M. Motl, W. Even, C. L. Fryer, C. Raskin, G. C. Clayton, J. Frank, 2018, Astrophysical Journal (accepted) arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.00337 The Supernova Analysis Application (SNAP) A. Bayless, C. Fryer, Ryan Wollaeger, B. K. Wiggins, W. Even et al. 2017, Astrophysical Journal, 846, 101 Extreme Supernova Models for the Super-Luminous Transient ASASSN-15lh E. Chatzopoulos, J. Craig Wheeler, J. Vinko, A. Nagy, B. K. Wiggins, W. P. Even. 2016, Astrophysical Journal Population III Hypernovae J. Smidt, D. Whalen, B. Wiggins, J. Johnston, C. Fryer, W. Even 2014, Astrophysical Journal, 797, 97 Finding the First Cosmic Explosions. IV. 85-140 Solar Mass Pair-Instability Supernovae J. Smidt, E. Chatzopoulus, D. Whalen, B. Wiggins, M. Stiavelli, C. Fryer, 2015, Astrophysical Journal, 805, 44 Emission from Pair-Instability Supernovae with Rotation E. Chatzopoulus, D. van Rossum, J. Wheeler, D. Whalen, J. Smidt, B. Wiggins, 2014, Astrophysical Journal, 799, 18 |
Radio Astronomy |
Assessing the Hydroxyl-Water Megamaser Connection. I. Water Emission Toward OH Megamaser Hosts
B. K. Wiggins et al. 2016, Astrophysical Journal, 816, 55 VLBA Survey of OH Masers in Star-forming Regions II: Satellite Lines Ruiz-Velasco, A. E., Felli, D., Migenes, V., B. K. Wiggins 2016, Astrophysical Journal, 802, 101 |
Black Holes |
Ab Initio Simulations of CR7 as an Active Black Hole
Joseph Smidt, B. K. Wiggins, Jarret L. Johnson 2016, Astrophysical Journal Letters (accepted) |
Outreach / Student Publications
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Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Calculations of Proto-Planetary Mergers
B. K. Wiggins, Morgan Taylor, 2018 Journal of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 94, 347 Lyman-alpha Emission from an Infant Black Hole in the Early Universe B. K. Wiggins, Joseph Smidt, Jarrett L. Johnson 2016, Journal of the Utah Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters (in review) Assessing the Observability of Pair-Instability Supernovae and Hypernovae in the Early Universe B. K. Wiggins, Joseph Smidt, Daniel Whalen, Wesley Even, Victor Migenes, Chris L. Fryer, 2015. Journal of the Utah Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters, 91, 167 |