Refereed Publications

54. "The Calan-Yale Deep Extragalactic Research (CYDER) Survey: Optical Properties and Deep Spectroscopy of Serendipitous X-ray Sources." Treister, E., Castander, F., Maccarone, T., Gawiser, E., Coppi, P., Urry, C.M., Maza, J., Herrera, D., Gonzalez, V., Montoya, C., Pineda, P., 2005. Astrophys. J., in press.   Postscript   PDF

53. "QUEST1 Variability Survey. II. Variability Determination Criteria and 200k Light Curve Catalog." Rengstorf, A. W.; Mufson, S. L.; Andrews, P.; Honeycutt, R. K.; Vivas, A. K.; Abad, C.; Adams, B.; Bailyn, C.; Baltay, C.; Bongiovanni, A.; Briceño, C.; Bruzual, G.; Coppi, P.; Della Prugna, F.; Emmet, W.; Ferrín, I.; Fuenmayor, F.; Gebhard, M.; Hernández, J.; Magris, G.; Musser, J.; Naranjo, O.; Oemler, A.; Rosenzweig, P.; Sabbey, C. N.; Sánchez, Ge.; Sánchez, Gu.; Schaefer, B.; Schenner, H.; Sinnott, J.; Snyder, J. A.; Sofia, S.; Stock, J.; van Altena, W., 2004. Astrophys. J., 617, 184. Postscript   PDF

52. "Chandra Constraints on the AGN Fraction and Star Formation Rate of Red z>2 Galaxies in the FIRES MS 1054-03 Field." Rubin, K.H.R., van Dokkum, P.G., Coppi, P.S., Johnson, O., F\"orster Schreiber, N.M., Franx, M., van der Werf, P., 2004. Astrophys. J. Lett., 613, 5. Postscript   PDF

51. "The Role of Gas in the Merging of Massive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei. I. Black Hole Merging in a Spherical Gas Cloud." Escala, A., Larson, R.B., Coppi, P.S., Mardones, D., 2004. Astrophys. J., 607, 765.   Postscript   PDF

50. "New Quasars Detected via Variability in the QUEST1 Survey." Rengstorf, A. W., Mufson, S. L., Abad, C., Adams, B., Andrews, P., Bailyn, C., Baltay, C., Bongiovanni, A., Briceño, C., Bruzual, G., Coppi, P., Della Prugna, F., Emmet, W., Ferrín, I., Fuenmayor, F., Gebhard, M., Hernández, J., Honeycutt, R. K., Magris, G., Musser, J., Naranjo, O., Oemler, A., Rosenzweig, P., Sabbey, C. N., Sánchez, Ge., Sánchez, Gu., Schaefer, B., Schenner, H., Sinnott, J., Snyder, J. A., Sofia, S., Stock, J., van Altena, W., Vivas, A. K., 2004. Astrophys. J., 606, 741. Postscript   PDF

49. "An X-Ray-selected Active Galactic Nucleus at z=4.6 Discovered by the CYDER Survey." Treister, E., Castander, F.J., Maccarone, T.J., Herrera, D., Gawiser, E., Maza, J., Coppi, P.S., 2004. Astrophys. J., 603, 36.  Postscript   PDF

48. "The QUEST RR Lyrae Survey. I. The First Catalog." Vivas, A. K.; Zinn, R.; Abad, C.; Andrews, P.; Bailyn, C.; Baltay, C.; Bongiovanni, A.; Briceño, C.; Bruzual, G.; Coppi, P.; Della Prugna, F.; Ellman, N.; Ferrín, I.; Gebhard, M.; Girard, T.; Hernandez, J.; Herrera, D.; Honeycutt, R.; Magris, G.; Mufson, S.; Musser, J.; Naranjo, O.; Rabinowitz, D.; Rengstorf, A.; Rosenzweig, P.; Sánchez, Ge.; Sánchez, Gu.; Schaefer, B.; Schenner, H.; Snyder, J. A.; Sofia, S.; Stock, J.; van Altena, W.; Vicente, B.; Vieira, K., 2004.  Astron. J., 127, 1158Postscript   PDF

47. "Multiwavelength Observations of Strong Flares from the TeV Blazar 1ES 1959+650." Krawczynski, H., Hughes, S. B., Horan, D., Aharonian, F., Aller, M. F., Aller, H., Boltwood, P., Buckley, J., Coppi, P., Fossati, G., Götting, N., Holder, J., Horns, D., Kurtanidze, O. M., Marscher, A. P., Nikolashvili, M., Remillard, R. A., Sadun, A., Schröder, M., 2004.  Astrophys. J., 601, 151.  Postscript   PDF

46. "Spectral Fits to the 1999 Aql X-1 Outburst Data." Maccarone, T.J. & Coppi, P.S., 2003.  Astron. & Astrophys., 399, 1151.  Postscript   PDF

45. "The CYDER Survey: First Results." Castander, F.J., Treister, E., Maza, J., Coppi, P., Maccarone, T., Zepf, S., Guzman , R., Ruiz, M.T., 2003. Astron. Nachrichten, 324, 40Postscript   PDF

44. "Hysteresis in the Light Curves of Soft X-ray Transients." Maccarone, T.J. & Coppi, P.S., 2003.  Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 338, 139.  Postscript   PDF

43. "High Redshift Selected Quasars:  CXOCY J125304.0-090737 Joins the Club." Castander, F.J., Treister, E., Maccarone, T.J., Coppi, P.S., Maza, J., Zepf, S.E., Guzman, R., 2003.  Astron. J., 125, 1689.  Postscript   PDF

42. "Reddening-Independent Quasar Selection from a Wide-Field Optical and Near-IR Imaging Survey." Sharp, R.G., Sabbey, C.N., Vivas, A.K., Oemler, A., McMahon, R.G., Hodgkin, S.T., Coppi, P.S., 2002.  Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 337, 1153.  Postscript   PDF

41. "Higher Order Variability Properties of Accreting Black Holes." Maccarone, T.J. & Coppi, P.S., 2002.  Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 336, 817.  Postscript   PDF

40. "Time Dependent Modeling of the Markarian 501 X-ray and TeV Gamma-Ray Data Taken During March and April, 1997." Krawczynski, H., Coppi, P.S., Aharonian, F., 2002.  Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 336, 721.  Postscript   PDF

39. "Short Timescale Correlations Between Line and Continuum Fluxes in Cygnus X-1." Maccarone, T.J. & Coppi, P.S., 2002. Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 335, 465.  Postscript   PDF

38. "A Large Area CCD Camera for the Schmidt Telescope at the Venezuelan National Observatory.'' The QUEST collaboration (including P. Coppi), 2002.  Pub. Astr. Soc. Pac., 114, 780.  Postscript   PDF

37. "The Formation of the First Stars. I. The Primordial Star Forming Cloud.'' Bromm, V., Coppi, P.S., Larson, R.B., 2002.  Astrophys. J., 564, 23.  Postscript   PDF

36. "The Fragmentation of Pre-Enriched Primordial Objects.'' Bromm, V., Ferrara, A., Coppi, P.S., Larson, R.B, 2001.  Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 328, 969.  Postscript   PDF

35. "Simultaneous X-Ray and TeV Gamma-Ray Observations of the TeV Blazar Markarian 421 during February and May 2000.'' Krawcyznski, H., Sambruna, R., Kohnle, A., Coppi, P.S., The HEGRA Collaboration, 2001. Astrophys. J., 559, 187.  Postscript   PDF

34. "Angular Momentum Transport in Thin Accretion Disks and Intermittent Accretion.'' Coppi, B. & Coppi, P.S., 2001. Phys. Rev. Lett., 87, 1101.  Postscript   PDF

33. ""The QUEST RR Lyrae Survey: Confirmation of the Clump at 50 kpc and Other Over-Densities in the Outer Halo." Vivas, A.K., Zinn, R., Andrews, P., Bailyn, C., Baltay, C., Coppi, P., Ellman, N., Girard, T., Rabinowitz, D., Schaefer, B., Shin, J., Snyder, J., Sofia, S., van Altena, W., Abad, C., Bongiovanni, A., Briceno, C., Bruzual, G., Della Prugna, F., Herrera, D., Magris, G., Mateu, J., Pacheco, R., Sanchez, Ge., Sanchez, Gu., Schenner, H., Stock, J., Vicente, B., Vieira, K., Ferrin, I., Hernandez, J., Gebhard, M., Honeycutt, R., Mufson, S., Musser, J., Rengstorf, A., 2001.  Astrophys. J. Lett.554, 33.  Postscript   PDF

32."Discovery of the Bright Trans-Neptunian Object 2000 EB173." Ferrin, I., Rabinowitz, D., Schaefer, B., Snyder, J., Ellman, N., Vicente, B., Rengstorf, A., Depoy, D., Salim, S., Andrews, P., Bailyn C., Baltay, C., Briceno, C., Coppi, P., Deng, M., Emmet, W., Oemler, A., Sabbey, C., Shin, J., Sofia, S., van Altena, W., Vivas, K., Abad, C., Bongiovanni, G., Bruzual, G., Della Prugna, F., Herrera, D., Magris, G., Mateu, J., Pacheco, R., Sanchez, Ge., Sanchez, Gu., Schenner, H., Stock, J., Vieira, K., Fuenmayor, F., Hernandez, J., Naranjo, O., Rosenzweig, P., Secco, C., Spavieri, G., Gebhard, M., Honeycutt, H., Mufson, S., Musser, J., Pravdo, S., Helin, E., Lawrence, K., 2000. Astrophys. J. Lett., 548, 243.  Postscript   PDF

31. "The Low-Redshift Quasar-Quasar Correlation Function from an Extragalactic Ha Emission-Line Survey to z=0.4." Sabbey, C.N., Oemler, A.G., Coppi, P., Baltay, C., Bongiovanni, A., Bruzual, G., Garcia, C.E., Musser, J., Rengstorf, A.W., & Snyder, J.A., 2000, Astrophys. J., 548, 585.   Postscript   PDF

30. "Complex Spectral Variability from Intensive Multiwavelength Monitoring of Mkn 421 in 1998." Takahashi, T., Kataoka, J., Madejski, G., Mattox, J., Urry, C.M., Wagner, S., Aharonian, F., Catanese, M., Chiappetti, L, Coppi, P., Degrange, B., Fossati, G., Kubo, H., Krawczynski, H., Makino, F., Marshall, H., Maraschi, L., Piron, F., Remillard, R., Takahara, F., Tashiro, M., Terasranta, H., Weekes, T., 2000. Astrophys. J. Lett, 542, 105.  Postscript   PDF

29. "Correlated Intense X-Ray and TeV Activity of Mrk 501 in 1998 June." Sambruna, R.M., The HEGRA Collaboration, Chou, L., Coppi, P.S., Rothschild, R., & Urry, C.M., 2000. Astrophys. J., 538, 127. Postscript   PDF

28. "Time Domain Analysis of Variability in Cygnus X-1." Maccarone, T., Coppi, P.S., & Poutanen, J., 2000. Astrophys. J. Lett., 537, 107.  Postscript   PDF

27. "X-Ray/TeV Gamma-Ray Observations of Several Strong Flares of Mkn 501 during 1997 and Implications." Krawczynski, H., Coppi, P.S., Maccarone, T., & Aharonian, F.A., 2000. Astron. & Astrophys., 393, 57.  Postscript   PDF

26. "Forming the First Stars in the Universe: The Fragmentation of Primordial Gas." Bromm, V., Coppi, P.S., & Larson, R.B., 1999. Astrophys. J. Lett., 527, L5.  Postscript   PDF

25. "Radiation Mechanisms and Geometry of Cyg X-1 in the Soft State." Gierlinski, M., Zdziarski, A.A., Poutanen, J., Coppi, P.S., Ebisawa, K., & Johnson, W.N., 1999. Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 309, 496.  Postscript   PDF

24. "Discovery of the Optical Transient of GRB 990308." Schaefer, B.E. et al. (including Coppi, P.S.), 1999. Astrophys. J. Lett., 524, 103.  Postscript   PDF

23. "Simultaneous X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Observations of TeV Blazars: Testing Synchro-Compton Emission Models and Probing the Infrared Extragalactic Background." Coppi, P.S., & Aharonian, F.A., 1999. Astrophys. J. Lett., 521, 33.  Postscript   PDF

22. "Understanding the Spectra of TeV Blazars: Implications for the Cosmic Infrared Background." Coppi, P.S. & Aharonian, F.A., 1999. Astropart. Phys., 11, 35.  Postscript   PDF

21. "Short Timescale Variability in Mkn 501." Maccarone, T.J., & Coppi, P.S., 1999. Astropart. Phys., 11, 193.  Postscript   PDF

20. "Gamma-Ray Bursts From High-Velocity Neutron Stars." Bulik, T., Lamb, D.Q., & Coppi, P.S., 1998. Astrophys. J., 505, 666.  Postscript   PDF

19. "Data Acquisition for a 16 CCD Drift-Scan Survey." Sabbey, C.N., Coppi, P., & Oemler, A., 1998. Pub. Astr. Soc. Pac., 110, 1067.  Postscript   PDF

18. "The Mass Distribution of Stellar Black Holes." C.D., Jain, R.K., Coppi, P., & Orosz, J.A., 1998. Astrophys. J., 499, 367.  Postscript   PDF

17. "Minimal Field Bending Modes in Hot Accretion Disks." Coppi, B. & Coppi, P.S., 1998. Phys. Lett. A., 239, 261.  Postscript   PDF

16. "Constraints on the VHE Emissivity of the Universe from the Diffuse GeV Background." Coppi, P.S, & Aharonian, F.A., 1997. Astrophys. J. Lett., 487, L9.  Postscript   PDF

15. "Cosmological Neutrino Signatures for Grand Unification Scale Physics." Sigl, G., Lee, S., Schramm, D.N., & Coppi, P.S., 1997. Phys. Lett. B., 392, 129.  Postscript   PDF

14. "Angular Momentum Transport Associated with Finite Plasma Temperature in Accreting Disks." Coppi, B. & Coppi, P.S., 1997. Phys. Lett. A, 237, 58.  Postscript   PDF

13. "Delayed Gev-TeV Photons from Gamma-Ray Bursts Producing High-Energy Cosmic Rays." Waxman, E. & Coppi, P., 1996. Astrophys. J. Lett., 464, 75.  Postscript   PDF

12. "Induced Compton Backscattering in Radio Pulsars and Radio-Loud Active Galactic Nuclei." Sincell, M.W. & Coppi, P.S., 1996. Astrophys. J., 460, 163.  Postscript   PDF

11. "Electron-Positron Pair Production and Annihilation Spectral Features from Compact Sources." Maciolek-Niedzwiecki, A., Zdziarski, A.A., & Coppi, P.S., 1995. Mon .Not. R. Astr. Soc., 276, 273.  Postscript   PDF

10. "Physical Processes in the X-/Gamma-Ray Source IC 4329A" Zdziarski, A.A, Fabian, A.C., Nandra, K., Celotti, A., Rees, M.J., Done, C., Coppi, P.S., & Madejski, G.M., 1994. Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 269, L55-60.  Postscript   PDF

9. "Very High Energy Gamma-Rays from AGN: Cascading on the Cosmic Background Radiation Fields and the Formation of Pair Halos." Aharonian, F.A., Coppi, P.S., & Völk, H.J., 1994. Astrophys. J. Lett., 423, L5.  Postscript   PDF

8. "Anisotropic Induced Compton Scattering - Constraints on Models of Active Galactic Nuclei." Coppi, P., Blandford, R.D., & Rees, M.J., 1993. Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 262, 603.  Postscript   PDF

7. "Nonthermal Electron-Positron Pairs and the Break in the Hard X-Ray Spectrum of NGC 4151." Coppi P.S., & Zdziarski, A.A., 1992. Astrophys. J. Lett., 398, L37.  Postscript   PDF

6. "Time-Dependent Models of Magnetized Pair Plasmas." Coppi, P.S., 1992. Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 258, 657.  Postscript   PDF

5. "Variable Soft X-Ray Excesses in AGNs from Nonthermal Electron-Positron Pair Cascades." Zdziarski, A.A. & Coppi, P.S., 1991. Astrophys. J., 376, 480.  Postscript   PDF

4. "Reaction Rates and Energy Distributions for Elementary Processes in Relativistic Pair Plasmas." Coppi, P.S. & Blandford, R.D., 1990. Mon.Not. R. Astr. Soc., 245, 453-469.  Postscript   PDF

3. "Physical Processes in Photon-Starved Nonthermal Pair Plasmas." Zdziarski, A.A., Coppi, P.S., & Lamb, D.Q., 1990. Astrophys. J., 357, 149-160.  Postscript   PDF

2. "MHD Intermediate Discontinuities: I. Rankine-Hugoniot Conditions." Kennel, C.F, Blandford, R.D., & Coppi, P.S., 1989. J. Plasma Phys., 42, 299-319.  Postscript   PDF

1. "Plasma Depletions in the Jovian Magnetosphere: Evidence of Transport and Solar Wind Interaction." McNutt, R.L., Coppi, P.S., Selesnick, R.S., & Coppi, B., 1987. J. Geophys. Res., 92, 4377-4398.  Postscript  PDF