Research

Publications

Work spanning deep learning for astronomy, the variability of supermassive black holes, numerical relativity for gravitational wave detection, and black hole thermodynamics.

Deep learning in astronomy

• Katebi, R., Zhou, Y., Chornock, R., & Bunescu, R. (2019). Galaxy morphology prediction using capsule networks. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486(2), 1539–1547. arXiv press

Observational astronomy

• Katebi, R., Chornock, R., Berger, E., Jones, D. O., Lunnan, R., Margutti, R., et al. (2019). PS1-13cbe: The rapid transition of a Seyfert 2 to a Seyfert 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487(3), 4057–4070. arXiv press
• Chornock, R., Katebi, R., Brown, J. S., et al. (2016). ASASSN-16ci: Discovery of a Type Ia supernova in NGC 1272. The Astronomer's Telegram, 8765.
• Chornock, R., Bhirombhakdi, K., Katebi, R., et al. (2016). Spectroscopic classification of two superluminous supernovae. The Astronomer's Telegram, 8790.

Numerical relativity & computational physics

• Chatziioannou, K., Lovelace, G., Boyle, M., et al. (2018). Measuring the properties of nearly extremal black holes with gravitational waves. arXiv
• Ossokine, S., Dietrich, T., Foley, E., et al. (2017). Assessing the energetics of spinning binary black hole systems. arXiv
• Lovelace, G., Scheel, M. A., Owen, R., et al. (2015). Nearly extremal apparent horizons in simulations of merging black holes. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 32(6), 065007. arXiv

Theoretical physics

• Corda, C., Katebi, R., & Schmidt, N. O. (2017). Interferometric detection of gravitational waves: how can a wild roam through mindless mathematical laws really be a trek towards the goal of unification? arXiv
• Corda, C., Hendi, S. H., Katebi, R., & Schmidt, N. O. (2014). Initiating the effective unification of black hole horizon area and entropy quantization with quasi-normal modes. Advances in High Energy Physics, 2014. PDF
• Corda, C., Hendi, S. H., Katebi, R., & Schmidt, N. O. (2014). Hawking radiation–quasi-normal modes correspondence and effective states for nonextremal Reissner–Nordström black holes. Advances in High Energy Physics, 2014. PDF
• Corda, C., Hendi, S. H., Katebi, R., & Schmidt, N. O. (2013). Effective state, Hawking radiation and quasi-normal modes for Kerr black holes. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013(6), 8. arXiv
• Hendi, S. H., & Katebi, R. (2012). Rotating black branes in Brans–Dicke theory with a nonlinear electromagnetic field. The European Physical Journal C, 72(11), 2235.
• Khordad, R., Tafaroji, S., Katebi, R., & Ghanbari, A. (2012). Quantum wire with triangle cross section: optical properties. Communications in Theoretical Physics, 57(6), 1076.
• Khordad, R., Tafaroji, S., Katebi, R., & Ghanbari, A. (2012). Optical and electronic properties of anisotropic parabolic quantum disks in the presence of tilted magnetic fields. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 407(3), 533–538.

Invited talks

• 233rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Seattle, WA (2019).
• Ohio University PandA GradS Alumni Industry Night (2020).
• Atlanta Deep Learning and PyData Atlanta meetups, on GANs, capsule networks, and deep learning for galaxy classification (2018).