Alexander(Sasha) Plavin
PhD in Astrophysics |Curriculum vitae
- 2017-2022PhD student, Physics & AstronomyAstro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow
- 2015-2017MSc, Applied Mathematics & PhysicsMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- 2011-2015BSc, Applied Mathematics & PhysicsMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Major astrophysical projects of mine are listed and illustrated below.
For the complete publication list, see NASA ADS or Google Scholar
You can also reach me viaalexander plav.in
For the complete publication list, see NASA ADS or Google Scholar
You can also reach me viaalexander plav.in
Astrophysics
active galaxies, radio, optical, neutrino astronomy, ...
Origins of high-energy neutrinos
Publications

Growing evidence for high-energy neutrinos originating in radio blazars
A. V. Plavin, Y. Y. Kovalev, Y. A. Kovalev, S. V. Troitsky2022, MNRAS submitted [arXiv]

High-energy neutrino-induced cascade from the direction of the flaring radio blazar TXS 0506+056 observed by the Baikal Gigaton Volume Detector in 2021
Collaboration, A. K. Erkenov, N. A. Kosogorov, Y. A. Kovalev, Y. Y. Kovalev, A. V. Plavin, A. V. Popkov, A. B. Pushkarev, D. V. Semikoz, Y. V. Sotnikova, S. V. Troitsky2022, submitted [arXiv]

Galactic contribution to the high-energy neutrino flux found in track-like IceCube events
Y. Y. Kovalev, A. V. Plavin, S. V. Troitsky2022, ApJL [arXiv]
Astronomer's Telegrams
The flaring radio-bright blazar PKS 0215+015 coincident with the high energy neutrino alert IceCube-220225A2022, A. V. Plavin, Y. Y. Kovalev, S. V. Troitsky, Yu. Kovalev, T. Hovatta, S. Kiehlmann, I. Liodakis, A. C. S. Readhead, A. K. Erkenov, Y. V. Sotnikova, M. Tornikoski, A. Lahteenmaki, S. G. Jorstad, A. P. Marscher, J. L. G \'o mez, M. Giroletti, N. Marchili, S. Righini, A. B. Pushkarev
The radio-bright blazar PKS 1741-03 coincident with the high energy neutrino alert IceCube-220205B2022, Y. Y. Kovalev, A. V. Plavin, S. V. Troitsky, Yu. Kovalev, T. Hovatta, S. Kiehlmann, I. Liodakis, A. C. S. Readhead, A. K. Erkenov, Y. V. Sotnikova, M. Tornikoski, A. Lahteenmaki, S. G. Jorstad, A. P. Marscher, J. L. G \'o mez, M. Giroletti, N. Marchili, S. Righini, A. B. Pushkarev
Blazar 0250-001 with bright VLBI-compact core is a probable neutrino candidate source for IceCube-211116A2021, Y. Y. Kovalev, A. V. Plavin, S. V. Troitsky, Yu. Kovalev, A. V. Popkov
Radio blazar 1801+253 is associated with IceCube-210811A and flares immediately after the neutrino event2021, S. V. Troitsky, Yu. Sotnikova, A. K. Erkenov, Yu. Kovalev, Y. Y. Kovalev, A. V. Plavin, A. V. Popkov
Blazars J0201-1132 and J0206-1150 with bright VLBI-compact cores are probable neutrino source candidates for IceCube-201130A2020, A. V. Plavin, Y. Y. Kovalev, Yu. Kovalev, S. V. Troitsky
Physics of quasars revealed by radio-optical astrometry
Synchrotron opacity in quasar jets
Other
Publications

The science case and challenges of space-borne sub-millimeter interferometry
Leonid Gurvits, Zsolt Paragi, Ricardo Amils, Ilse van Bemmel, Paul Boven, Viviana Casasola, John Conway, Jordy Davelaar, M. D \'\i ez-Gonz \'a lez, Heino Falcke, Rob Fender, S \'a ndor Frey, Christian Fromm, Juan Gallego-Puyol, Cristina Garc \'\i a-Mir \'o, Michael Garrett, Marcello Giroletti, Ciriaco Goddi, Jos \'e G \'o mez, Jeffrey Gucht, Jos \'e Guirado, Zolt \'a n Haiman, Frank Helmich, Ben Hudson, Elizabeth Humphreys, Violette Impellizzeri, Michael Janssen, Michael Johnson, Yuri Kovalev, Michael Kramer, Michael Lindqvist, Hendrik Linz, Elisabetta Liuzzo, Andrei Lobanov, Isaac L \'o pez-Fern \'a ndez, Inmaculada Malo-G \'o mez, Kunal Masania, Yosuke Mizuno, Alexander Plavin, Raj Rajan, Luciano Rezzolla, Freek Roelofs, Eduardo Ros, Kazi Rygl, Tuomas Savolainen, Karl Schuster, Tiziana Venturi, Marjolein Verkouter, Pablo de Vicente, Pieter Visser, Martina Wiedner, Maciek Wielgus, Kaj Wiik, J. Zensus2022, ActaAstro [doi] [arXiv]

RadioAstron discovers a mini-cocoon around the restarted parsec-scale jet in 3C 84
T. Savolainen, G. Giovannini, Y. Y. Kovalev, M. Perucho, J. M. Anderson, G. Bruni, P. G. Edwards, A. Fuentes, M. Giroletti, J. L. G \'o mez, K. Hada, S. S. Lee, M. M. Lisakov, A. P. Lobanov, J. L \'o pez-Miralles, M. Orienti, L. Petrov, A. V. Plavin, B. W. Sohn, K. V. Sokolovsky, P. A. Voitsik, J. A. Zensus2021, ... [arXiv]
Press Releases

FRB 121102: drastic changes in the burst polarisation contrasts with the stability of the persistent emission
2022 :EVN