About me
Hello! I’m an astrophysicist who builds models of particle acceleration. I use these models to connect theory with observations of extreme phenomena such as supernova remnants and winds launched by active galactic nuclei. I’m currently a postdoc at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and at Columbia University in New York City. Before that, I earned my PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Chicago.
My research interests include:
Cosmic rays
Acceleration and propagation
Astrophysical shocks
Supernova remnants, novae, black hole winds, and more
Multi-messenger emission
Photons from radio to gamma-rays, charged particles, and neutrinos
astroparticle instrumentation
Balloon-borne and space-based detectors
CRAFT
At the core of my PhD work was my development of CRAFT (Cosmic Ray Analytical Fast Tool), a model of particle acceleration that runs in seconds on a laptop, yet self-consistently incorporates results from state-of-the-art kinetic simulations. This movie shows the CRAFT-predicted multi-wavelength emission from a supernova remnant expanding into a dense stellar wind followed by a uniform interstellar medium.
Selected publications
THE MAXIMUM ENERGY OF SHOCK-ACCELERATED COSMIC RAYS
Rebecca Diesing
Evidence for Multiple Shocks from the Gamma-Ray Emission of RS Ophiuchi
Rebecca Diesing, Brian D. Metzger, Elias Aydi, Laura Chomiuk, Indrek Vurm, Siddhartha Gupta, and Damiano Caprioli
Steep Cosmic Ray Spectra With Revised Diffusive Shock Acceleration
Rebecca Diesing and Damiano Caprioli
Effect of Cosmic Rays on the Evolution and Momentum Deposition of Supernova Remnants
Rebecca Diesing and Damiano Caprioli
rrdiesing@ias.edu