X-RHEA

X-Ray High-Energy Astrophysics Research Group at the University of Chicago

Main Research Topics

Publications
Codes and Tools

Our Team

Group retreat, summer 2026, Michigan

Presenting group results at the 1st XRISM International conference, fall 2025, Kyoto, Japan

High-energy and plasma groups at UChicago, spring 2026, Chicago

Poster session during the ICM workshop, summer 2026, Brno, Czechia

Poster presentation at the 1st XRISM International conference, fall 2025, Kyoto, Japan

Joint Holidays dinner, winter 2024, Chicago

Current Group Members

Irina Zhuravleva
Associate Professor

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Daniele Rogantini
E. Margaret Burbidge Postdoctoral Fellow

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Annie Heinrich
Graduate Student

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Hannah McCall
Graduate Student

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Previous Group Members

Olivia Boyd

Congyao Zhang

Yunchong Zhang

Nicholas Earley

Interested in joining us?

Selected Press Coverage

XRISM Unmasks the Cosmic Stirrer: Disentangling the Forces Behind Perseus's Raging Gas

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JAXA, February 2026

Related UChicago press release

Relevant publications: Perseus, Virgo

Painting Galaxy Clusters by Numbers (and Physics)

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NASA, December 2025

Related NASA/Chandra photo album

Relevant publication

XRISM Unveils Super High-Speed Bullet-Like Winds Shooting from a Supermassive Black Hole

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JAXA, May 2025


Relevant publication

XRISM Satellite Launches to Study the Universe in Different Colors of X-rays

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UChicago, September 2023

Related NASA and JAXA release


NASA Telescopes Discover Record-Breaking Black Hole

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Chandra/NASA, November 2023

Relevant publication

Does the Gas in Galaxy Clusters Flow Like Honey?

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NASA/Chandra, June 2019

Related UChicago press release

Relevant publication

Contact Us

  • Address:
  •     William Eckhardt Research Center (ERC), room 515 
  •     5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL  60637
  • Phone:
  •     (773) 702-3688
  • Email:
  •     zhuravleva(at)uchicago.edu

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