Publications

alternate spellings: Kiziltan/Kızıltan, Bulent/Bülent

  • The Neutron Star Mass Distribution; Kızıltan, Kottas & Thorsett (2010), Astrophysical Journal, arXiv: 1011.4291
  • New Constraints on Millisecond Pulsars, Kızıltan & Thorsett, Advances in Space Research (2009)
  • Quantifying Millisecond Pulsar Evolution, Kızıltan & Thorsett, Publications of American Institute of Physics (2009)
  • "Do all millisecond pulsars share a common heritage?", Kızıltan & Thorsett, Publications of American Institute of Physics (2009) (in press); arXiv: 0905.2183
  • Fermi LAT Observations of Vela Pulsar, Fermi LAT Collaboration: Kızıltan, Astrophysical Journal , 696, 1084A (2009), arXiv: 0812.2960
  • The Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope discovers the Pulsar in the Young Galactic Supernova-Remnant CTA 1, Fermi LAT Collaboration: Kızıltan, Science, 322, 1218A (2009); arXiv: 0810.3562
  • Neutron Stars in the GLAST Era, Kızıltan & Thorsett, Publications of American Institute of Physics, Volume 983, pp. 639-641 (2008)
  • Using MultiDrizzle to combine Dithered WFPC2 Images, Brammer, G.; Koekemoer, A. M.; Kiziltan, B., The 2002 HST Calibration Workshop, p.325 (2002)
  • Exploring the Central Region of SNR J0852.0-4622 and a Search for an Optical Counterpart, Kiziltan, B.; Pavlov, G. G.; Sanwal, D.; Garmire, G. P., Astronomical Society of Pacific Conference Series; eds. P.O. Slane, B. M. Gaensler, Vol. 271, 293
    (2002)

  • Reassessing the Fundamentals: New Constraints on the Evolution, Ages and Masses of Neutron Stars, Kızıltan, Astrophysics of Neutron Stars Conference, Cesme, Turkey (2010)
  • Putting Neutron Stars On A New Scale: The Underlying Mass Distribution of Pulsars from Radio Observation, Kızıltan, Kottas and Thorsett, 215th American Astronomical Meeting, #300.089 (2010)
  • Redefining Millisecond Pulsar Ages, Kızıltan & Thorsett, 214th American Astronomical Meeting, Vol. 41, p.699 (+Press conference) (2009)
  • Constraints on Millisecond Pulsar Evolution, Kızıltan & Thorsett, 213th American Astronomical Meeting, 213-L-2291 (2009)
  • Pulsar Evolution: A New Perspective, Kızıltan & Thorsett, National Society of Black Physicists/National Society of Hispanic Physicists Conference (2009)
  • “Connecting the Current with the Past: The Spin-Down Evolution of Millisecond Pulsars”, Kızıltan & Thorsett, “40 YEARS OF PULSARS: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 983, pp. 639-641 (2008)
  • Neutron Star Physics in the GLAST Era, Kızıltan & Thorsett, 40 YEARS OF PULSARS: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 983, pp. 639-641 (2008)
  • The Distribution of Ages, Magnetic Fields and Spin Period Periods of Millisecond Pulsars, Kızıltan & Thorsett, 209th American Astronomical Society Meeting, Vol. 38, p.1065 (2007)
  • Pulsar Mass Measurements, Kızıltan & Thorsett, Texas in Australia: XXIII Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics (2006)
  • Pulsar Physics with GLAST, Kızıltan & Thorsett, Texas in Australia: XXIII Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics (2006)
  • Neutron Star Physics with GLAST, Kızıltan, Thorsett, GLAST/LAT Team, 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly Meeting: Plenary Meeting, 2114 (2006)
  • The Distribution of Magnetic Fields, Ages and Spin Periods of Millisecond Pulsars, Kızıltan, Thorsett, Camilo, 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly: Plenary Meeting, 2155 (2006)
  • Pulsar Astronomy with GLAST, Kızıltan & Thorsett, Heraeus Meeting: Neutron Star, Pulsars & Supernova Remnants (2006)
  • Pulsar Mass Measurements, Kızıltan & Thorsett, Heraeus Meeting: Neutron Star, Pulsars & Supernova Remnants (2006)
  • The Distribution of Ages, Magnetic Fields and Spin Period Periods of Millisecond Pulsars,Kızıltan & Thorsett, Heraeus Meeting: Neutron Star, Pulsars & Supernova Remnants (2006)
  • Pulsar Astronomy with GLAST, Kızıltan & Thorsett, “A Life with Stars” (New Astronomy Reviews, Elsevier), eds. Kasper, Van der Klis, Wijers (2005)
  • Pulsar Mass Measurements, Kızıltan & Thorsett, “A Life with Stars” (New Astronomy Reviews, Elsevier), eds. Kasper, Van der Klis, Wijers (2005)
  • Neutron Star Physics with GLAST, Kızıltan & Thorsett, “Neutron Stars at Crossroads” meeting (2005)
  • Pulsar Mass Measurements, Kızıltan & Thorsett, “Neutron Stars at Crossroads” meeting (2005)

  • Jan 2012   Beyond the tip of the iceberg: Predicting the bulk properties of the neutron star population, Astronomy Seminar, Ohio State University, Department of Astronomy, Columbus, OH.
  • May 2011   Pulsars as Tools for Fundamental Physics, Astrophysics Seminar, Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, RI [...Link...]
  • March 2011   Millisecond Pulsar Evolution: An Incomplete Jigsaw Puzzle, Instistute for Theory and Computation (ITC) Luncheon, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA.
  • August 2010   Reassessing the fundamentals: New constraints on the evolution, masses and ages of neutron stars; Conference on astrophysics of neutron stars, Çeşme, Turkey [...Link...]
  • August 2010   Reassessing the fundamentals: New constraints on the evolution, masses and ages of neutron stars; ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo, Netherlands
  • July 2010   A population synthesis module: On the evolution of neutron stars; Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, CA
  • February 2010   New Constraints on Neutron Stars: A Compact Key to Unlock Galactic Mysteries, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL [...Link...]
  • January 2010   Putting Neutron Stars on a New Scale: The Underlying Mass Distribution of Pulsars from Radio Observations, 215th American Astronomical Society Meeting, Washington, DC [...Link...]
  • January 2010   New Constraints on Neutron Stars: A Compact Key to Unlock Galactic Mysteries, University of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV
  • December 2009   New Constraints on Neutron Stars: A Compact Key to Unlock Galactic Mysteries, Institute for Theory and Computation, Harvard University, Boston, MA [...Link...]
  • December 2009  New Constraints on Neutron Stars: A Compact Key to Unlock Galactic Mysteries, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA [...Link...]
  • October 2009   New Constraints on Neutron Stars: A Compact Key to Unlock Galactic Mysteries, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD  [...Link...]
  • August 2009   Millisecond Pulsar Ages: Implications of Binary Evolution and a Maximum Spin Frequency, University of California, Santa Cruz, Summer FLASH, Santa Cruz, CA
  • June 2009    “Redefining Millisecond Pulsar Ages”, 214th AAS meeting, Press conference presentation, Pasadena, CA
  • April 2009    Constraints on Pulsar Evolution, Neutron Star-Gamma Ray Burst Conference, Cairo/Alexandria Egypt
  • February 2009    “Do All Millisecond Pulsars Share a Common Heritage?”, NSBP/NSHP Conference, Nashville, TN
  • August 2007    “Connecting the Current with the Past: The Spin-Down Evolution of Millisecond Pulsars”, “40 Years of Pulsars” conference, Montreal, Canada
  • August 2007    “Pulsar Astronomy in GLAST era!”, “40 Years of Pulsars” conference, Montreal, Canada
  • January 2007    “The Magnetic Fields, Ages and Period Distribution of Millisecond Pulsars”, American Astronomical Society (AAS) Joint Meeting, Seattle, Washington

  • December 2006    Pulsar Mass Measurements, Texas in Australia, XXIII Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics, Melbourne, Australia
  • December 2006   Pulsar Physics with GLAST, Texas in Australia, XXIII Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics, Melbourne, Australia
  • June 2006   “Putting Pulsars on Scale”, SCIPP seminar, Department of Physics, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA
  • May 2006   Pulsar Astronomy with GLAST, Heraeus Meeting: Neutron Star, Pulsars & Supernova Remnants, Bad Honnef, Germany
  • May 2006   Pulsar Mass Measurements, Heraeus Meeting: Neutron Star, Pulsars & Supernova Remnants, Bad Honnef, Germany
  • August 2005   Pulsar Astronomy with GLAST, “A Life with Stars” meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • August 2005   Pulsar Mass Measurements, “A Life with Stars” meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • August 2005   Pulsar Mass Measurements, “Neutron Stars at Crossroads” meeting, Vancouver, Canada
  • August 2005   Neutron Star Physics with GLAST, “Neutron Stars at Crossroads” meeting, Vancouver, Canada
  • May 2005   An Update on the Compact Source in Vela Junior, Graduate Astronomy Seminar, Santa Cruz, CA
  • March 2005   Planets Around Pulsars, University of California, Santa Cruz, Seminar, Santa Cruz, CA
  • April 2001   Exploring the Central Region of SNR RX J0852.0-4622 and a Search for an Optical Counterpart, Pennsylvania State University, Astronomy Lunch Talk, University Park, PA
  • April 2001   “What is the Nature of the X-ray Point Source in SNR J0852.0-4622 ?”,
    Pennsylvania State University, Graduate Lunch meeting, University Park, PA
  • April 2001  The Relative Quantum Efficiency Changes on the ACIS chips,
    Pennsylvania State University, Graduate Lunch meeting, University Park, PA
  • March 2001   The Central X-ray Point Source in Cas A, Pennsylvania State University, Journal Club, University Park, PA
  • February 2001  IR Prospect of Exploring SNR RX J0852.0-4622,
    Pennsylvania State University, IR Group Meeting, University Park, PA
  • November 2000   Accretion Flows Onto Magnetic Compact Objects: AM/DQ Herculis Stars, X-ray Pulsars, Accretion Torques and Magnetic Propellers, Pennsylvania State University, Seminar, University Park, PA
  • October 2000   Evolutionary Paths: Black Widows and Millisecond Pulsars, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  • October 2000   Periodic Pulses and Millisecond Pulsar Searches at Arecibo,
    Pennsylvania State University, Graduate Lunch meeting, University Park, PA
  • December 1999   Pulsar searches with the PSPM (Penn State Pulsar Machine),
    Pennsylvania State University, Pulsar Group Meeting, University Park, PA
  • November 1999   Pulsar Magnetospheric Emission Mapping, Pennsylvania State University, Journal Club, University Park, PA
  • October 1999   Supernova Dynamics and Pulsar Kicks, Pennsylvania State University, Seminar, University Park, PA
  • September 1999   Drifting Sub-pulses, Pennsylvania State University, Pulsar Group Meeting, University Park, PA
  • November 1998   The Physics of Pulsar Kicks, University of Kansas, Seminar, Lawrence, KS
  • April 1998   Pulsar Kicks, Middle East Technical University, Seminar Ankara, Turkey

  • March 1998   Millisecond Pulsars: Evolution and Population, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
  • March 1998   Radio Properties of X-ray Binaries, Middle East Technical University, Seminar, Ankara, Turkey