CURRENT POSITION RESEARCH INTERESTS COURSES TAUGHT EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL HISTORY SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

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1 Masao Sako University of Pennsylvania Department of Physics and Astronomy 209 South 33rd Street Philadelphia, PA T: F: CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy (Last updated: July 2011) RESEARCH INTERESTS large-scale optical surveys observational cosmology with Type Ia supernovae physics of clusters of galaxies radiative transfer theory and spectroscopy COURSES TAUGHT ASTR392: The Life and Death of Stars (Spring 2011) PHYS151: Principles II: Electricity and Magnetism (Spring 2010) ASTR011: Introduction to Astrophysics I (Fall 2007, 2008, 2009) ASTR001: Survey of the University (Spring 2007, 2009) PHYS526: Astrophysical Radiation (Spring 2008, Fall 2010) EDUCATION 2001 Ph.D., Columbia University 2000 M. Phil., Columbia University 1999 M. A., Columbia University 1995 B. S., Columbia University PROFESSIONAL HISTORY 2006 present Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania KIPAC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University Chandra Fellow, Stanford University Chandra Fellow, California Institute of Technology Graduate Research Assistant, Columbia University SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS Spectroscopic Properties of Star-Forming Host Galaxies and Type Ia Supernova Hubble Residuals in a Nearly Unbiased Sample, D Andrea, C. B., Gupta, R. R., Sako, M., Morris, M., Nichol, R. C., Brown, P. J., Campbell, H., Olmstead, M. D., Frieman, J. A., Garnavich, P., Jha, S. W., Kessler, R., Lampeitl, H., Marriner, J., Schneider, D. P., Smith, M., The Astrophysical Journal, submitted (2011) Improved Constraints on Type Ia Supernova Host Galaxy Properties Using Multi-Wavelength Photometry and Their Correlations with Supernova Properties, Gupta, R., D Andrea, C. B., Sako, M., Conroy, C., Smith, M., Bassett, B., Frieman, J. A., Garnavich, P. M., Jha, S. W., Kessler, R., Lampeitl, H., Marriner, J., Nichol, R. C., Schneider, D. P., The Astrophysical Journal, submitted (2011) Photometric SN Ia Candidates from the Three-Year SDSS-II SN Survey Data, Sako, M., Bassett, B., Connolly, B., Dilday, B., Cambell, H., Frieman, J. A., Gladney, L., Kessler, R., Lampeitl, H., Marriner, J., Miquel, R., Nichol, R. C., Schneinder, D. P., Smith, M., Sollerman, J., The Astrophysical Journal, in press (2011)

2 Subaru Spectroscopy of SDSS-II Supernovae, Konishi, K., Yasuda, N., Tokita, K., Doi, M., Ihara, Y., Morokuma, T., Takanashi, N., Nordin, J., Marriner, J., stman, L., Richmond, M., Sako, M., Schneider, D. P., Wheeler, J. C., The Astrophysical Journal, submitted (2011) Spectral properties of type Ia supernovae up to z 0.3, Nordin, J., stman, L., Goobar, A., Amanullah, R., Nichol, R. C., Smith, M., Sollerman, J., Bassett, B. A., Frieman, J., Garnavich, P. M., Leloudas, G., Sako, M., Schneider, D. P., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 526, 119 NTT and NOT spectroscopy of SDSS-II supernovae, Ostman, L., Nordin, J., Goobar, A., Aman- ullah, R., Smith, M., Sollerman, J., Stanishev, V., Stritzinger, M. D., Bassett, B. A., Davis, T. M., Edmondson, E., Frieman, J. A., Garnavich, P. M., Lampeitl, H., Leloudas, G., Mar- riner, J., Nichol, R. C., Romer, K., Sako, M., Schneider, D. P., Zheng, C., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 526, 28 (2011) Results from the Supernova Photometric Classification Challenge, Kessler, R., Bassett, B., Belov, P., Bhatnagar, V., Campbell, H., Conley, A., Frieman, J. A., Glazov, A., Gonzlez-Gaitn, S., Hlozek, R., Jha, S., Kuhlmann, S., Kunz, M., Lampeitl, H., Mahabal, A., Newling, J., Nichol, R. C., Parkinson, D., Philip, N. S., Poznanski, D., Richards, J. W., Rodney, S. A., Sako, M., Schneider, D. P., Smith, M., Stritzinger, M., Varughese, M., Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 122, 1415 (2010) The Effect of Host Galaxies on Type Ia Supernovae in the SDSS-II Supernova Survey, Lampeitl, H., Smith, M., Nichol, R. C., Bassett, B., Cinabro, D., Dilday, B., Foley, R. J., Frieman, J. A., Garnavich, P. M., Goobar, A., Im, M., Jha, S. W., Marriner, J., Miquel, R., Nordin, J., stman, L., Riess, A. G., Sako, M., Schneider, D. P., Sollerman, J., Stritzinger, M., The Astrophysical Journal, 722, 566 (2010) The Subluminous Supernova 2007qd: A Missing Link in a Family of Low-luminosity Type Ia Supernovae, McClelland, C. M., Garnavich, P. M., Galbany, L., Miquel, R., Foley, R. J., Filippenko, A. V., Bassett, B., Wheeler, J. C., Goobar, A., Jha, S. W., Sako, M., Frieman, J. A., Sollerman, J., Vinko, J., Schneider, D. P., The Astrophysical Journal, 720, 704 (2010) A Measurement of the Rate of Type Ia Supernovae in Galaxy Clusters from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey, Dilday, B., Bassett, B., Becker, A., Bender, R., Castander, F., Cinabro, D., Frieman, J. A., Galbany, L., Garnavich, P., Goobar, A., Hopp, U., Ihara, Y., Jha, S. W., Kessler, R., Lampeitl, H., Marriner, J., Miquel, R., Moll, M., Nichol, R. C., Nordin, J., Riess, A. G., Sako, M., Schneider, D. P., Smith, M., Sollerman, J., Wheeler, J. C., stman, L., Bizyaev, D., Brewington, H., Malanushenko, E., Malanushenko, V., Oravetz, D., Pan, K., Simmons, A., Snedden, S., The Astrophysical Journal, 715, 1021 (2010) Type II-P Supernovae from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey and the Standardized Candle Method C. B. D Andrea, M. Sako, B. Dilday, J. A. Frieman, J. Holtzman, R. Kessler, K. Konishi, D. P. Schneider, J. Sollerman, J. C. Wheeler, N. Yasuda, D. Cinabro, S. Jha, R. C. Nichol, H. Lampeitl, M. Smith, D. W. Atlee, B. Bassett, F. J. Castander, A. Goobar, R. Miquel, J. Nordin, L. Ostman, J. L. Prieto, R. Quimby, A. C. Riess, M. Stritzinger, The Astrophysical Journal, 708, 661 (2010) First-Year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) Supernova Results: Constraining Dark Energy with Intermediate-Redshift Probes H. Lampeitl, H.-J. Seo, T. Giannantonio, C. Shapiro, R. C. Nichol, B. Bassett, W. J. Percival, T. M. Davis, B. Dilday, J. A. Frieman, P. Garnavich,M. Sako, M. Smith, J. Sollerman, A. C. Becker, D. Cinabro, A. V. Filippenko, R. J. Foley, C. J. Hogan, J. A. Holtzman, S. W. Jha, K. Konishi, J. Marriner, M. W. Richmond, A. G. Riess, D. P. Schneider, M. Stritzinger, K. J. van der Heyden, J. T. Vanderplas, J. C. Wheeler, C. Zheng, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Socity, 401, 2331 (2010) First-Year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) Supernova Results: Hubble Diagram and Cosmological Parameters R. Kessler, A. Becker, D. Cinabro, J. Vanderplas, J. A. Frieman, J. Marriner, T. M. Davis, B. Dilday, J. Holtzman, S. Jha, H. Lampeitl, M. Sako, M. Smith, C. Zheng, R. C. Nichol, B. Bassett, R. Bender, D. L. Depoy, M. Doi, E. Elson, A. V. Filippenko, R. J. Foley, P. M. Garnavich,U. Hopp, Y. Ihara, W. Ketzeback, W. Kollatschny, K. Konishi, J. L. Marshall, R. J. McMillan, G. Miknaitis, T. Morokuma, E. M örtsell, K. Pan, J. L. Prieto, M. W. Richmond, A. G. Riess, R. Romani, D. P. Schneider, J. Sollerman, N. Takanashi, K. Tokita, K. van der Heyden, J. C. Wheeler, N. Yasuda, D. York, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 185, 32 (2009) First-Year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) Supernova Results: Constraints on Non-Standard Cosmological Models J. Sollerman, E. M örtsell, T. M. Davis, M. Blomqvist, B. Bassett, A. C.

3 Becker, D. Cinabro, A. V. Filippenko, R. J. Foley, J. A. Frieman, P. Garnavich, H. Lampeitl, J. Marriner, R. C. Nichold, M. W. Richmond, M. Sako, D. P. Schneider, M. Smith, J. T. Vanderplas, J. C. Wheeler, The Astrophysical Journal, 703, 1374 (2009) The Carnegie Supernova Project: First Near-Infrared Hubble Diagram to z 0.7 W. L. Freedman, C. R. Burns, P. Wyatt, M. M. Phillips, S. E. Persson, B. F. Madore, C. Contreras, G. Folatelli, E. Hsiao, N. Morrell, M. Roth, L. Boldt, R. G. Carlberg, A. J. Conley, J. A. Frieman, S. Gonzales, M. Hamuy, D. A. Howell, D. D. Kelson, D. C. Murphy, K. Perrett, M. Sako, M. Sullivan, N. B. Suntzeff, M. Wood- Vasey, The Astrophysical Journal, submitted The Detection of an Ultraviolet Excess in the Spectra of SDSS High-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae R. J. Foley, A. V. Filippenko, B. Bassett, B. Dilday, J. A. Frieman, P. M. Garnavich, R. Kessler, K. Konishi, H. Lamteitl, M. Sako, J. Sollerman, C. Zheng, The Astrophysical Journal, submitted (2008) The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II: Photometry and Supernova Ia Light Curves from the 2005 Data J. A. Holtzman, J. Marriner, R. Kessler, M. Sako, B. Dilday, J. A. Frieman, D. P. Schneider, B. Bassett, A. Becker, D. Cinabro, F. DeJongh, D. L. Depoy, M. Doi, P. M. Garnavich, C. J. Hogan, S. Jha, K. Konishi, H. Lampeitl, J. L. Marshall, D. McGinnis, G. Miknaitis, R. C. Nichol, J. L. Prieto, A. G. Riess, M. W. Richmond, R. Romani, M. Smith, N. Takanashi, K. Tokita, K. van der Heyden, N. Yasuda, C. Zheng, The Astronomical Journal, 136, 2306, (2008) A Measurement of the Rate of Type Ia Supernovae at Redshift z 0.1 from the First Season of the SDSS- II Supernova Survey B. Dilday, R. Kessler, J. A. Frieman, J. Holtzman, J. Marriner, G. Miknaitis, R. C. Nichol, R. Romani, M. Sako, B. Bassett, A. Becker, D. Cinabro, F. DeJongh, D. L. Depoy, M. Doi, P. M. Garnavich, C. J. Hogan, S. Jha, K. Konishi, H. Lampeitl, J. L. Marshall, D. McGinnis, J. L. Prieto, A. G. Riess, M. W. Richmond, D. P. Schneider, M. Smith, N. Takanashi, K. Tokita, K. van der Heyden, N. Yasuda, C. Zheng, J. Barentine, H. Brewington, C. Choi, A. Crotts, J. Dembicky, M. Harvanek, M. Im, W. Ketzeback, S. J. Kleinman, J. Kresin śky, D. C. Long, E. Malanushenko, V. Malanushenko, R. J. McMillan, A. Nitta, K. Pan, G. Saurage, S. A. Snedden, S. Watters, J. C. Wheeler, D. York, The Astrophysical Journal, 682, 262, (2008) Two More Candidate AM Canum Venaticorum (am CVn) Binaries from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey S. F. Anderson, A. C. Becker, D. Haggard, J. L. Prieto, G. R. Knapp, M. Sako, K. E. Halford, S. Jha, B. Martin, J. Holtzman, J. A. Frieman, P. M. Garnavich, S. Hayward, Z. Ivez íc, A. S. Mukadam, B. Sesar, P. Szkody, V. Malanushenko, M. W. Richmond, D. P. Schneider, D. G. York, The Astronomical Journal, 135, 2108, (2008) First-Year Spectroscopy for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey C. Zheng, R. W. Romani, M. Sako, J. Marriner, B. Bassett, A. Becker, C. Choi, D. Cinabro, F. DeJongh, D. L. Depoy, B. Dilday, M. Doi, J. A. Frieman, P. M. Garnavich, C. J. Hogan, J. Holtzman, M. Im, S. Jha, R. Kessler, K. Konishi, H. Lampeitl, J. L. Marshall, D. McGinnis, G. Miknaitis, R. C. Nichol, J. L. Prieto, A. G. Riess, M. W. Richmond, D. P. Schneider, M. Smith, N. Takanashi, K. Tokita, K. van der Heyden, N. Yasuda, R. J. Assef, J. Barentine, R. Bender, R. D. Blandford, M. Bremer, H. Brewington, C. A. Collins, A. Crotts, J. Dembicky, J. Eastman, A. Edge, E. Elson, M. E. Eyler, A. V. Filippenko, R. J. Foley, S. Frank, A. Goobar, M. Harnaveck, U. Hopp, Y. Ihara, S. Kahn, W. Ketzeback, S. J. Kleinman, W. Kollatschny, J. Kresin śky, G. Leloudas, D. C. Long, J. Lucey, E. Malanushenko, V. Malanushenko, R. J. McMillan, C. W. Morgan, T. Morokuma, A. Nitta, L. Ostman, K. Pan, A. K. Romer, G. Saurage, K. Schlesinger, S. A. Snedden, J. Sollerman, M. Stritzinger, L. C. Watson, S. Watters, J. C. Wheeler, D. York, The Astronomical Journal, 135, 1766, (2008) The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey J. K. Adelman-McCarthy, et al., The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 175, 297 (2008) The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Search Algorithm and Follow-up Observations M. Sako, B. Bassett, A. Becker, D. Cinabro, F. DeJongh, D. L. Depoy, B. Dilday, M. Doi, J. A. Frieman, P. M. Garnavich, C. J. Hogan, J. Holtzman, S. Jha, R. Kessler, K. Konishi, H. Lampeitl, J. Marriner, G. Miknaitis, R. C. Nichol, J. L. Prieto, A. G. Riess, M. W. Richmond, R. Romani, D. P. Schneider, M. Smith, M. SubbaRao, N. Takanashi, K. Tokita, K. van der Heyden, N. Yasuda, C. Zheng, J. Barentine, H. Brewington, C. Choi, J. Dembicky, M. Im, W. Ketzeback, S. J. Kleinman, J. Kresin śky, D. C. Long, E. Malanushenko, V. Malanushenko, R. J. McMillan, A. Nitta, K. Pan, G. Saurage, S. A. Snedden, The Astronomical Journal, 135, 348, (2008)

4 The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Technical Summary J. A. Frieman, B. Bassett, A. Becker, C. Choi, D. Cinabro, F. DeJongh, D. L. Depoy, B. Dilday, M. Doi, P. M. Garnavich, C. J. Hogan, J. Holtzman, M. Im, S. Jha, R. Kessler, K. Konishi, H. Lampeitl, J. Marriner, J. L. Marshall, D. McGinnis, G. Miknaitis, R. C. Nichol, J. L. Prieto, A. G. Riess, M. W. Richmond, R. Romani, M. Sako, D. P. Schneider, M. Smith, N. Takanashi, K. Tokita, K. van der Heyden, N. Yasuda, C. Zheng, J. Adelman-McCarthy, J. Annis, R. J. Assef, J. Barentine, R. Bender, R. D. Blandford, W. N. Boroski, M. Bremer, H. Brewington, C. A. Collins, A. Crotts, J. Dembicky, J. Eastman, A. Edge, E. Edmondson, E. Elson, M. E. Eyler, A. V. Filippenko, R. J. Foley, S. Frank, A. Goobar, T. Gueth, J. E. Gunn, M. Harnaveck, U. Hopp, Y. Ihara, Z. Ivez íc, S. Kahn, J. Kaplan, S. Kent, W. Ketzeback, S. J. Kleinman, W. Kollatschny, R. G. Kron, J. Kresin śky, D. Lamenti, G. Leloudas, H. Lin, D. C. Long, J. Lucey, R. H. Lupton, E. Malanushenko, V. Malanushenko, R. J. McMillan, J. Mendez, C. W. Morgan, T. Morokuma, A. Nitta, L. Ostman, K. Pan, C. M. Rockosi, A. K. Romer, P. Ruiz-Lapuente, G. Saurage, K. Schlesinger, S. A. Snedden, J. Sollerman, C. Stoughton, M. Stritzinger, M. SubbaRao, D. Tucker, P. Vaisanen, L. C. Watson, S. Watters, J. C. Wheeler, B. Yanny, D. York, The Astronomical Journal, 135, 338, (2008) A Study of the Type Ia/IIn Supernova 2005gj from X-ray to the Infrared: Paper I J. L. Prieto, P. M. Garnavich, M. M. Phillips, D. L. DePoy, J. Parrent, D. Pooley, V. V. Dwarkadas, E. Baron, B. Bassett, A. Becker, D. Cinabro, F. DeJongh, B. Dilday, M. Doi, J. A. Frieman, C. J. Hogan, J. Holtzman, S. Jha, R. Kessler, K. Konishi, H. Lampeitl, J. Marriner, J. L. Marshall, G. Miknaitis, R. C. Nichol, A. G. Riess, M. W. Richmond, R. Romani, M. Sako, D. P. Schneider, M. Smith, N. Takanashi, K. Tokita, K. van der Heyden, N. Yasuda, C. Zheng, J. C. Wheeler, J. Barentine, J. Dembicky, J. Eastman, S. Frank, W. Ketzeback, R. J. McMillan, N. Morrell, G. Folatelli, C. Contreras, C. R. Burns, W. L. Freedman, S. Gonzalez, M. Hamuy, W. Krzeminski, B. F. Madore, D. Murphy, S. E. Persson, M. Roth, N. B. Suntzeff, The Astronomical Journal, submitted (2007) The Peculiar SN 2005hk: Do Some Type Ia Supernovae Explode as Deflagrations? M. M. Phillips, W. Li, J. A. Frieman, S. I. Blinnikov, D. DePoy, J. L. Prieto, P. Milne, C. Contreras, G. Folatelli, N. Morrell, M. Hamuy, N. B. Suntzeff, M. Roth, S. Gonza ĺez, W. Krzeminski, A. V. Filippenko, W. L. Freedman, R. Chornock, S Jha, B. F. Madore, S. E. Persson, C. R. Burns, P. Wyatt, D. Murphy, R. J. Foley, M. Ganeshalingam, F. J. D. Serduke, K. Krisciunas, B. Bassett, A. Becker, B. Dilday, J. Eastman, P. M Garnavich, J. Holtzman, R. Kessler, H. Lampeitl, J. Marriner, S. Frank, J. L. Marshall, G. Miknaitis, M. Sako, D. P. Schneider, K. van der Heyden, N. Yasuda, The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 119, 360 (2007) Capella Corona Revisited: A Combined View from XMM-Newton RGS and Chandra HETGS and LETGS M. F. Gu, R. Gupta, J. R. Peterson, M. Sako, & S. M. Kahn, The Astrophysical Journal, 649, 979 (2006) Tentative detection of warm intervening gas towards PKS with XMM-Newton X. Barcons, F. B. S. Paerels, F. J. Carrera, M. T. Ceballos, & M.. Sako, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 359, 1549 (2005) A Search for Discrete X-ray Spectral Features in a Sample of Bright γ-ray Burst Afterglows M. Sako, F. A. Harrison, & R. E. Rutledge, The Astrophysical Journal, 623, 973 (2005) X-Ray/Ultraviolet Observing Campaign of the Markarian 279 Active Galactic Nucleus Outflow: A Global-Fitting Analysis of the Ultraviolet Absorption J. R. Gabel, N. Arav, J. S. Kaastra, G. A. Kriss, E. Behar, E. Costantini, C. M. Gaskell, K. T. Korista, A. Laor, F. Paerels, D. Proga, J. Quijano, K. Jessica M. Sako, J. E. Scott, & K. C. Steenbrugge, The Astrophysical Journal, 623, 85 (2005) XMM-Newton observations of the heavily absorbed Seyfert 1 galaxy IC 4329A K. C. Steenbrugge, J. S. Kaastra, M. Sako, G. Branduardi-Raymont, E. Behar, F. B. S. Paerels, A. J. Blustin, & S. M. Kahn, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 432, 453 (2005) X-ray/UV campaign on the Mrk 279 outflow: Density diagnostics in Active Galactic Nuclei using O V K- shell absorption lines J. S. Kaastra, A. J. J. Raassen, R. Mewe, N. Arav, E. Behar, E. Costantini, J. R. Gabel, G. A. Kriss, D. Proga, M. Sako, & K. C. Steenbrugge, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 428, 57 (2004)

5 The sub-energetic GRB as a cosmic analogue to GRB A. M. Soderberg, S. R. Kulkarni, E. Berger, D. W. Fox, M. Sako, D. A. Frail, A. Gal-Yam, D. S. Moon, S. B. Cenki, S. A. Yost, M. M. Phillips, S. E. Persson, W. L. Freedman, P. Wyatt, R. Jayawardhana, & D. Paulson, Nature, 430, 648 (2004) The J-Band Light Curve of SN 2003lw Associated with GRB A. Gal-Yam, D.-S. Moon, D. B. Fox, A. M. Soderberg, S. R. Kulkarni, E. Berger, S. B. Cenko, S. Yost, D. A. Frail, M. Sako, W. L. Freedman, S. E. Persson, P. Wyatt, D. C. Murphy, M. M. Phillips, N. B. Suntzeff, P. A. Mazzali, & K. Nomoto, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 609, 59 (2004) Atomic Calculations and Spectral Models of X-ray Absorption and Emission Features from Astrophysical Photoionized Plasmas A. Kinkhabwala, E. Behar, M. Sako, M. F. Gu, S. M. Kahn, & F. B. S. Paerels, The Astrophysical Journal, submitted (2003) Chandra LETGS and XMM-Newton Observations of NGC 4593 K. C. Steenbrugge, J. S. Kaastra, A. J. Blustin, G. Branduardi-Raymont, M. Sako, E. Behar, S. M. Kahn, F. B. S. Paerels, & R. Walter, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 408, 921 (2003) A Long Look at NGC 3783 with the XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer E. Behar, A. P. Rasmussen, A. J. Blustin, M. Sako, S. M. Kahn, J. S. Kaastra, G. Branduardi-Raymont, & K C. Steenbrugge, The Astrophysical Journal, 598, 232 (2003) Detection of a Fully-resolved Compton Shoulder of the Iron Kα Line in the Chandra X-ray Spectrum of GX301-2 S. Watanabe, M. Sako, M. Ishida, Y. Ishisaki, S. M. Kahn, T. Kohmura, U. Morita, F. Nagase, F. Paerels, & T. Takahashi, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 597, 37 (2003) Can a Dusty Warm Absorber Model Reproduce the Soft X-ray Spectra of MCG and Mrk 766? M. Sako, S. M. Kahn, G. Branduardi-Raymont, J. S. Kaastra, A. C. Brinkman, M. J. Page, E. Behar, F. Paerels, A. Kinkhabwala, D. A. Liedahl, & J. W. den Herder, The Astrophysical Journal, 596, 114 (2003) CNO Line Radiation and the Bowen Fluorescence Mechanism in Optically-Thick, Highly-Ionized Media M. Sako, The Astrophysical Journal, 594, 1108 (2003) Multi-wavelength Study of the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 7469 with XMM-Newton A. J. Blustin, G. Branduardi-Raymont, E. Behar, J. S. Kaastra, G. A. Kriss, M. J. Page, S. M. Kahn, M. Sako, & K. C. Steenbrugge, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 403, 481 (2003) Early Optical Emission from the γ-ray burst of 4 October 2002 D. W. Fox, S. Yost, S. R. Kulkarni, K. Torii, T. Kato, H., Yamaoka, M. Sako, F. A. Harrison, R. Sari, P. A. Price, E. Berger, A. M. Soderberg, S. G., Djorgovski, A. J. Barth, S. H. Pravdo, D. A. Frail, A. Gal-Yam, Y. Lipkin, T. Mauch, C. Harrison, & H. Buttery Nature, 422, 284 (2003) Resolving the Effects of Resonant X-ray Line Scattering in Cen X-3 with Chandra P. S. Wojdowski, D. A. Liedahl, M. Sako, S. M. Kahn, & F. Paerels, The Astrophysical Journal, 582, 959 (2003) Statistical Re-examination of Reported Emission Lines in the X-ray Afterglow of GRB R. E. Rutledge & M. Sako, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 339, 600 (2003) The Soft X-ray Spectrum from NGC 1068 Observed with LETGS on Chandra A. C. Brinkman, J. S. Kaastra, R. L. J. van der Meer, A. Kinkhabwala, E. Behar, S. M. Kahn, F. B. S. Paerels, & M. Sako, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 396, 761 (2002) Multi-wavelength Study of the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 3783 with XMM-Newton A. J. Blustin, G. Branduardi-Raymont, E. Behar, J. S. Kaastra, S. M. Kahn, M. J. Page, M. Sako, & K. C. Steenbrugge, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 392, 453 (2002) XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer Observations of Discrete Soft X-ray Emission Fea- tures in NGC 1068 A. Kinkhabwala, M. Sako, E. Behar, S. M. Kahn, F. Paerels, A. C. Brinkman, J. S. Kaastra, M. F. Gu, & D. A. Liedahl, The Astrophysical Journal, 575, 732 (2002)

6 The Ionized Stellar Wind in Vela X-1 During Eclipse N. S. Schulz, C. R. Canizares, J. C. Lee, & M. Sako, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 564, L21 (2002) Soft X-Ray Absorption by Fe0+ to Fe15+ in Active Galactic Nuclei E. Behar, M. Sako, & S. M. Kahn, The Astrophysical Journal, 563, 497 (2001) High-Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy of the Accretion Disk Corona Source 4U J. Cottam, M. Sako, S. M. Kahn, F. Paerels, & D. A. Liedahl, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 557, L101 (2001) Complex Resonance Absorption Structure in the X-ray Spectrum of IRAS , M. Sako, S. M. Kahn, E. Behar, J. S. Kaastra, A. C. Brinkman, Th. Boller, E. M. Puchnarewicz, R. Starling, D. A. Liedahl, J. Clavel, & M. Santos, Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters, 365, L168 (2001) Soft X-ray Emission Lines from a Relativistic Accretion Disk in MCG and Mrk 766 G. Branduardi-Raymont, M. Sako, S. M. Kahn, A. C. Brinkman, J. S. Kaastra, & M. Page, Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters, 365, L140 (2001) XMM-Newton Observations of NGC 253: Resolving the Emission Components in the Disk and Nu- clear Area W. Pietsch, T. P. Roberts, M. Sako, M. J. Freyberg, A. M. Read, K. N. Borozdin, G. Branduardi- Raymont, M. Cappi, M. Ehle, P. Ferrando, S. M. Kahn, T. J. Ponman, A. Ptak, R. E. Shirey, & M. Ward, Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters, 365, L174 (2001) The Reflection Grating Spectrometer on board XMM-Newton J. W. den Herder, A. C. Brinkman, S. M. Kahn, G. Branduardi-Raymont, K. Thomsen, H. Aarts, M. Audard, J. V. Bixler, A. J. den Boggende, J. Cottam, T. Decker, L. Dubbeldam, C. Erd, H. Goulooze, M. Gu del, P. Guttridge, C. J. Hailey, K. Al Janabi, J. S. Kaastra, P. A. J. de Korte, B. J. van Leeuwen, C. Mauche, A. J. McCalden, R. Mewe, A. Naber, F. B. Paerels, J. R. Peterson, A. P. Rasmussen, K. Rees, I. Sakelliou, M. Sako, J. Spodek, M. Stern, T. Tamura, J. Tandy, C. P. de Vries, S. Welch, & A. Zehnder, Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters, 365, L7 (2001) The X-ray Photoionized Wind in Cen X-3/V779 Cen, P. S. Wojdowski, D. A. Liedahl, & M. Sako, The Astrophysical Journal, 547, 973 (2001) The Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Observation of an X-ray Ionization Cone in Markar- ian 3, M. Sako, S. M. Kahn, F. Paerels, & D. A. Liedahl, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 543, L115 (2000) High-Resolution Spectroscopy of the X-ray-photoionized Wind in Cygnus X-3 with the Chandra High- Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer, F. Paerels, J. Cottam, M. Sako, D. A. Liedahl, A. C. Brinkman, R. L. J. van der Meer, J. S. Kaastra, & P. Predehl, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 533, L135 (2000) The Physical Conditions of the X-ray Emission Line Regions in the Circinus Galaxy, M. Sako, S. M. Kahn, D. A. Liedahl, & F. Paerels, The Astrophysical Journal, 542, 684 (2000) The Soft X-ray Spectrum and Global Structure of the Stellar Wind in Vela X-1, M. Sako, D. A. Liedahl, S. M. Kahn, & F. Paerels, The Astrophysical Journal, 525, 921 (1999) SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS The Fall 2004 SDSS Supernova Survey M. Sako, R. Romani, J. Frieman, et al. Proc. of the 22nd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics 2004, Ed. P. Chen X-ray Line Emission from Optically-Thick Astrophysical Media M. Sako, & S. Watanabe, Proc. of the Workshop The 14th APS Topical Workshop on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, 2004, Eds. J. Cohen, D. Kilcrease, & S. Mazevet Soft X-ray Spectra of Seyfert 2 Galaxies M. Sako, A. Kinkhabwala, S. M. Kahn, E. Behar, F. Paerels, M. F. Gu, A. C. Brinkman, J. S. Kaastra, & D. A. Liedahl, Proc. of the Workshop X-ray Spectrocopy of AGN with Chandra and XMM-Newton, 2001, Eds. Th. Boller, S. Komossa, S. Kahn, & H. Kunieda

7 X-Ray Spectroscopy of Accretion Disks and Stellar Winds in X-ray Binaries D. A. Liedahl, P. S. Wojdowski, M. A. Jimenez-Garate, M. Sako, Proc. of The Challenge of High Resolution X-ray through Infrared Spectroscopy of Photoionized Plasmas, (Lexington, KY, 2000), Eds., ASP Conf. Series X-ray Line Spectroscopy of Massive X-ray Binaries, D. A. Liedahl, M. Sako, P. S. Wojdowski, F. Paerels, & S. M. Kahn, Astrophysical Plasmas: Codes, Models, and Observations, Proceed- ings of the conference held in Mexico City, October 25-29, 1999, Eds. Jane Arthur, Nancy Brickhouse, and Jos é Franco, Revista Mexicana de Astronom ía y Astrof ísica, 9, 40 (2000)