CV - Physics@Technion

Hagai Binyamin Perets
CV and Publications
Contact details:
Updated:April 4 th 2013
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Institute for Theory and Computation
60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138
email: hperets [at] physics.technion.ac.il
Homepage: http://www.physics.technion.ac.il/~hperets
Positions 2012- Assistant Professor
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
2009-2012 CfA Prize fellow
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophsyics
Education 2005- 2009 Weizmann Institute of Science
PhD, Physics, adviser: Tal Alexander
2001-2004 Hebrew University in Jerusalem
• Physics complementary studies
• The Hebrew University “Amirim Ruah” Alumni Program for
outstanding students.
MSc, Physics, adviser: Ofer Biham
2001 Open University of Israel
• B.A., Science - Mathematics, Magna cum laude.
Teaching and
Supervising
Experience
2012- PI at the Technion; 1 post-doc, 2 PhD students and 3 Msc
students
2011 Adviser of Harvard undergraduate student projects (2 students)
2010-2011 Supervisor of Graduate student projects (Idan Ginzburg,
Dartmouth; Fabio Antonini, Rochester institute of technology)
2010 Mentor in the Smithsonian astrophysical observatory
REU summer program for outstanding undergraduate students
2010 Supervisor in Harvard “PRISE” summer program for
outstanding undergraduate students
2010 Mentoring of high-school student project
2008-2009 Supervising a high-school student (Gail Weiss) project
in astrophysics (1 st prize; Israeli national competition;
1 st prize Ort schools international competition)
2006,2007 Teaching Assistant, Graduate course Astrophysics I;
Weizmann Institute
2002-2004 Physics undergraduate Lab Instructor ;
Hebrew University in Jerusalem
Research fields Astrophysics:
• Galactic, stellar, and planetary dynamics; Planet formation ;
Solar system; Supernovae; Interstellar dust and astrochemistry
Quantum physics:
• Quantum optics; Quantum computation
Chemical physics (related to surface physics)
Biophysics (genetic networks)
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Honors,
Awards,
prizes and
Scholarships
Professional
Scientific
Service
Additional
Research
Experience
• Deloro Career Advancement Chair 2012-2014 (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
• Harvard-Smithsonian CfA Award Fellowship, 2010-2013 (Harvard University, Smithsonian astrophysical observatory)
• Rothschild Fellow, 2009-2010 (Rothschild Yad-Hanadiv Foundation)
• Fulbright Fellow, 2009-2010 (United States-Israel Educational Foundation)
• The Ilan-Ramon prize fellowship, 2009-2010 (added to Fulbright fellowship by the Israeli Commercial and Industrial Club)
• FIRST (BIKURA) Fellow, (starting 2009) (Israel Science Foundation)
• International Dan-David Scholar Prize, 2009 (Tel-Aviv University)
• Offered the following prize fellowships (2009): Caltech prize fellowship, TAC Berkeley fellowship, ITC Harvard prize
fellowship, CITA fellowship (all declined)
• The Israeli Commercial and Industrial Club award for outstanding achievements, 2007
• Weizmann Institute PhD scholarship, 2005-2009 (Weizmann Institute of Science)
• Racah award for excellence in research, 2004 (Racah institute of physics, Hebrew university in Jerusalem)
• Racah institute of Physics MSc scholarship, 2003-2004 (Hebrew University in Jerusalem)
• Amirim Scholarship for outstanding students, 2001-2004 (Hebrew University in Jerusalem)
• BA graduations, Magna cum laude, 2001 (Open University of Israel)
• Dean list and prize scholarships, 1993, 1994, 2000 (Open University of Israel)
• Outstanding Officer 2000, (IDF)
• Mathematical Research Excellence awards (IDF)
Special awards for best research projects, 2000, 2001
• Referee for ApJ, ApJ Letters, AJ, MNRAS, Astronomy & Astrophysics, New Astronomy and The Open Astronomy
Journal
• Initiator and co-founder of “The MINERVA center for life under extreme planetary conditions”, 2012
• Member of the SOC of the “Blue Stragglers” conference in Chile, 2012
• Member of NASA “Origins program” theory panel review , 2011
• Member of the ITC vpost-doc hiring committee (at the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), 2011
• Member of the ITC visitors and colloquium committee (at the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), 2010-2012
• Co-organizer of the ITC Planet formation seminar series, (at the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), Spring 2009
• Co-organizer of the ITC Supernovae seminar series, (at the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), Fall 2010
• Co-organizer of the ITC Galaxy structure and evolution seminar series, (at the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), Spring 2011
• Member of the the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA postdocs committee, 2010
• Co-organizer of the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA post-doc symposium, held in the CfA, October 2010
• Co-founder and co-organizer of the Israeli astrophysics and cosmology students conference series (AsCoS): AsCoS I
(2008, Weizmann Institute), AsCoS II (2009, Tel-Aviv university)
1995–2001 Intelligence (Army service (IDF). Rank: First Lieutenant)
• 1995-2001 – Mathematical and algorithmic research
• 1997-2001 – Head of several research teams.
Languages Hebrew, English, Arabic (reading), Russian (basic)
Programming Languages: C, C++, Python, Matlab, Fortran
Voluntary,
Outreach &
Educational
Activity
Operating systems: Unix, Linux, Windows
Science teaching and outreach:
2010 Mentor in the Smithsonian astrophysical observatory REU summer program for outstanding undergraduate students
2010 Supervisor in Harvard “PRISE” summer program for outstanding undergraduate students
2010 Mentoring of high-school student project
2010 Presentation of Astrophysics for kindergarten children (in the “Little Children Schoolhouse”, Brookline MA)
2006-2009 “Youth in Science”, Weizmann Institute
– Physics lecturer for talented youth.
– Short term physics projects instructor for outstanding young students
– Long term physics project supervisor for outstanding young student (the project won the first prize in the Israeli youth in science
national competition).
2003-2004 School for Arts and Science, Jerusalem (ASA)
Physics project instructor for talented youth
2000-2001 “Yahdav” Organization (voluntary educational help by soldiers)
Low socio-economical level students Math tutor.
1993-1995 Misgav High School
Science studies (chemistry and Mathematics) assistance for disadvantaged students
Other educational and voluntary activities:
2004-2005 “Amutat Reut” and “Meoravut Hevratit” organizations
Co-founder of the education Center for low socio-economical level high school students
2004-2005 MA’AGAL Volunteers Center in Gilo Neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Founder and head of the volunteer center in Gilo neighborhood
2003-2004 “Social Involvement (‘Meoravut Hevratit’)” Organization
Personal guide and tutor for delinquent youth
2002-2003 “Beit Hilel”, Heebrew University - Students bi-cultural meetings
Arab-Jewish students meetings and discussions
2001-2002 “Gesher” Organization (bridging over social gaps)
– Groups moderator (religious and non-religious groups)
– Seminars coordinator and organizer
1993-1995 Misgav High School
– Hebrew study assistance for new immigrants
– Participant and organizer of extra-curricular discussions on culture and Judaism
1993 United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Joint Arab-Jewish delegation to Spain
1992-1993 Children Teaching Children Project
Arab-Jewish meetings and discussions
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Talks Year Talks Conference/Place
Publication
statistics
2012 1 invited review conference talk
1 invited conference talk
1 Colloquium/seminar talks
2011 3 Conference talk
9 Colloquium/seminar talks
2010 1 Invited review conference talk
1 Invited conference talk
1 conference talks
5 Colloquium/Seminar talks
2009 2 Invited Conference talks
2 Conference talks
4 Colloquium/seminar talks
2008 3 Conference talks
7 Seminar talks
2007 1 Invited conference talk
2 Conference talks
1 Seminar talk
Blue stragglers, Santago, Chile
Binary and Planetary systems, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Catolica University (Santiago, Chile)
Evolution of compact binaries, Vina Del-Mar, Chile
AAS Boston, USA
Extreme Solar Systems II, Yellowstone, USA
McMaster (Canada), Permiter Institute (Canada), CITA (Canada), UCLA (USA), Brown
(USA), Catolica University (Chile), MIT (USA, 2), Florida University (USA)
- Extra-solar planets beyond the main sequence conference, Bamberg, Germany
- Dynamics from the Galactic Center to the Milky Way Halo, CfA Harvard, Boston MA,
USA
- AAS DDA meeting, Boston, USA
Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel-Aviv University
(geophysics & planetary science), Technion – Israel, University of California Santa-Cruz,
Northwestern University, Chicago
- Galactic Center Workshop: A Window to the Nuclear Environment of Disk Galaxies,
Shanghai,China
- Fireworks workshop, Bonn, Germany
- Stellar mergers workshop, Leiden, Netherlands
- American Astronomical Society, DDA meeting, Virginia Beach, USA
Rochester institute of Technology, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Technion (2)
- The central Kiloparsec conference, Ierapetra, Crete
- Fireworks, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Nuclear Star Clusters across the Hubble Sequence conference, Heidleberg, Germany
Berkeley (TAC), Caltech (Tapir; 2), Harvard-Smithsonian CfA (ITC, SSP), IAS Princeton,
Tel-Aviv University
- Galactic center workshop, Ringberg, Germany
- N-body dynamics in near-Keplerian potentials workshop, Leiden, Netherlands
- IPS, Rehovot, Israel
Leiden, Netherlands
2006 1 Conference talk Galactic Center Workshop, Badhonnef, Germany
2005 1 Conference talk IPS Carmiel
41 refereed/submitted journal papers, 39 published/accepted papers. 23 first authored journal papers. 4 single authored
journal papers. 1 published paper as an adviser
Total citations (using NASA ADS database; updated Aptil 4th 2012) : 1190 (h-index 18)
Total citations to first authored publications (using NASA ADS database; updated Apr 4th 2012) : 796
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Publications:
Refereed and
Submitted
Papers
(my students are
underlined)
# Status Title Authors Year Journal ref.
41 Published Wind-accretion disks in wide binaries, second generation
protoplanetary disks and accretion onto white dwarfs
40 Published Star Hoppers: Planet Instability and Capture in Evolving Binary
Systems
39 Published Failed-Detonation Supernovae: Sub-Luminous Low-Velocity Ia
Supernovae and Their Remnant-Kicked Iron-Core White Dwarfs
38 Published The triple evolution dynamical instability: Stellar collisions in the field
and the formation of exotic binaries
Perets & Kenyon 2013 ApJ, in press
ArXiv:1203.2918
Kratter & Perets 2012 ApJ, 753, 91
Jordan, Perets, Fisher & Van
Rossum
2012 ApJL,
ArXiv:1208.5069
Perets & Kratter 2012 ApJ, 760, I99
37 Published The Origins of Blue Stragglers and Binarity in Globular Clusters Leigh et al. (4th author) 2012 MNARS
36 Published Eccentric disc instability in stellar discs formed from inspiraling gas
clouds in the Galactic Centre
35 Published Secular evolution of compact binaries near massive black holes:
Gravitational wave sources and other exotica
Gualandris, Mapelli & Perets 2012 MNRAS
Antonini & Perets 2012 ApJ, 757, 27
34 Published Calcium-rich gap transients in the remote outskirts of galaxies Kasliwal et al. (8 th Author) 2012 ApJ, in press
33 Published Intermediate mass black holes in AGN disks I: Production & Growth McKernan et al. (4 th author) 2012 MNRAS, 425, 460
32 Published The properties of dynamically ejected runaway and hyper-runaway
stars
31 Published On the Origin of Planets at Very Wide Orbits from Re-capture of Free
Floating Planets
30 Published On rapid migration and accretion within disks around supermassive
black holes
29 Published Helium shell detonations on low mass white dwarfs as a possible
explanation for SN 2005E
28 Published Wind-shearing between planetesimals in gaseous protoplanetary
disks
27 Published An emerging class of bright, fast-evolving supernovae with low-mass
ejecta
Perets & Subr 2012 ApJ, 751, 133
Perets & Kouwenhoven 2012 ApJ, 750, 83
McKernan et al. (4 th author) 2011 MNRAS Letters, 417,
L103-L107
Waldman et al. (4 th author) 2011 ApJ, 738, article id. 21
Perets & Murray-Clay 2011 ApJ, 733, 56
Perets et al. 2011 ApJ, 730, 89
26 Published The old environment of the calcium-rich faint supernova SN 2005cz Perets et al. 2011 ApJL,, 728, L36
25 Published The role of binary planetesimals in planet formation Perets 2011 ApJL, 727, L3
24 Published Interaction of atomic and molecular hydrogen with tholin surfaces at
low temperatures
Li et al. (7 th author) 2010 J. Phys. Chem. A.
114 (39), 10575
23 Published Orbital Properties of Binary Minor Planets Naoz, Perets & Ragozzine 2010 ApJ, 719, 1775
22 Published Dynamical Constraints on The Origin of Young B-Stars in The
Galactic Center
21 Published A faint type of supernova from a white dwarf with helium-rich
companion
20 Published An Extremely Top-Heavy Initial Mass Function in the Galactic Center
Stellar Disks
19 Published Dynamical evolution of the young stars in the Galactic center: N-body
simulations of the S-stars
18 Published Kozai cycles, tidal friction and the dynamical evolution of binary minor
planets
17 Published Runaway and hypervelocity stars in the Galactic halo: Binary
rejuvenation and triple disruption
Perets & Gualandris 2010 ApJ, 719, 220
Perets et al. 2010 Nature, 465, 7296, pp.
322-325
Bartko et al. (6 th author) 2010 ApJ, 708, 834
Perets et al. 2009 ApJ, 702, 884
Perets & Naoz 2009 ApJL, 699, L17
Perets 2009 ApJ, 698, 1330
16 Published Classical Diffusion of a quantum particle in a noisy environment Amir, Lahini & Perets 2009 PRE, 79 (5), 050105
15 Published The Galactic potential and the asymmetric distribution of hypervelocity
stars
Perets et al. 2009 ApJ, 697, 2096
14 Published Evidence for Warped Disks of Young Stars in the Galactic Center Bartko et al. (6 th author) 2009 ApJ, 697, 1741
13 Published On the triple origin of blue stragglers Perets & Fabrycky 2009 ApJ, 697, 1048
12 Published Dynamical and evolutionary constraints on the nature and origin of
hypervelocity stars
11 Published Realization of quantum walks with negligible decoherence in
waveguide lattices
10 Published Milky Way potentials in CDM and MOND. Is the Large Magellanic
Cloud on a bound orbit?
9 Published Massive perturbers and the efficient coalescence of binary massive
black holes
8 Published Molecular Hydrogen Formation on Low Temperature Surfaces in
Temperature Programmed Desorption Experiments
7 Published Molecular Hydrogen Formation on Amorphous Silicates Under
Interstellar Conditions
6 Published Massive perturber-driven interactions between stars and a massive
black hole
Perets 2009 ApJ, 690, 795
Perets et al. 2008 PRL, 100 (17), 170506
Wu et al. (4 th author) 2008 MNRAS, 386 (4), 2199
Perets & Alexander 2008 ApJ, 677, 146
Vidali et al. (8 th author) 2008 J. Phys. Chem. A. 111,
12611
Perets et al. 2008 ApJL, 661, 163
Perets, Hopman & Alexander 2007 ApJ, 656, 709
5 Published Molecular Hydrogen Formation on Porous Dust Grains Perets & Biham 2006 MNRAS, 365, 801
4 Published Modeling Negative Feedback Gene Networks Lipshtat, Perets & Biham 2005 Gene, 347, 265
3 Published Molecular Hydrogen Formation on Ice Under Interstellar Conditions Perets et al. 2005 ApJ, 627, 850.
2 Submitted Triple Disruptions in The Galactic Centre: Captured and Ejected
Binaries, Rejuvenated Stars, and Correlated Orbits
Ginsburg and Perets. 2011 ArXiv:1109.2284
1 Submitted Second Generation Planets Perets 2010 ArXiv:1001.0581
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White papers
and
conference
proceedings
# Title Authors Year Ref.
12 Formation of Compact Binaries in Triple Systems Perets & Kratter 2011 Conference proceedings;
11 Wind-shearing in gaseous protoplanetary disks Perets & Murray-Clay 2010 Conference proceedings; IAU 276,
Torino, Italy
10 Planets in evolved binary systems Perets 2010 Conference proceedings; Planets
beyond the main sequence,
Bamberg Germany
9 Dynamics and origins of the young stars in the
Galactic center
8 The Galactic Center: A Laboratory for Fundamental
Astrophysics and Galactic Nuclei
7 Dynamical evolution of the young stars in the
Galactic center
6 Getting a kick out of the stellar disk(s) in the galactic
center
5 Deterministic and Stochastic Simulations of Simple
Genetic Circuits
4 Formation of molecular hydrogen on amorphous
silicate surfaces
Perets 2010 ArXiv:1002.0293
Ghez et al. 2009 ASTRO2010 White Paper for the
decadal survey
arXiv:0903.0383
Perets et al. 2008 Memorie della Societa Astronomica
Italiana, 79, 1100
Perets, Kupi & Alexander 2008 IAU Proceedings, 246, 275
Biham et al. 2007 Proceedings of the "Stochastic
Models in Biological Sciences
Workshop", Warsaw
Li et al. 2007 Proceeding of the Molecules in
Space and Laboratory, Workshop,
Paris, France,
3 Massive Perturbers in The Galactic Center Perets, Hopman & Alexander 2006 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 54, 293
2 Formation of molecular hydrogen on analogues of
interstellar dust grains: experiments and modeling
1 The formation of H2 and HD with the master
equation approach
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Vidali et al. 2005 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 6, 36
Biham, Lipshtat & Perets 2005 IAU Proceedings, 231, 238