Work Experience

2015 - Present

Postdoctoral Fellow

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2015 - Present

Postdoctoral Fellow

The Open University of Israel

Topic: GRBs and Magnetars

2018 - 2019

Research Associate

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2018 - 2019

Research Associate

Institute for Theoretical Physics, Frankfurt

Topic: EM Signatures of Binary NS Mergers

2012 - 2015

CITA Postdoctoral Fellow

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2012 - 2015

CITA Postdoctoral Fellow

Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics

Relativistic Plasmas and GRBS

Education

2012

PhD in Astrophysics

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2012

PhD in Astrophysics

University of British Columbia

Thesis: Astrophysical Plasmas Near Strongly Magnetized Compact Objects

Advisor: Prof. Jeremy Heyl

2007

BSc (Hons) in Physics and Astronomy

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2007

BSc (Hons) in Physics and Astronomy

University of British Columbia

Honors Thesis: The Birthrate of Magnetars

Advisor: Prof. Jeremy Heyl

Publications

  1. ALMA Detection of a Linearly Polarized Reverse Shock in GRB 190114C
    Laskar, T., Alexander, K. D., Gill, R. et al. 2019, ApJL, 878, L26
  2. Linear polarization in gamma-ray burst prompt emission
    Gill, R., Granot, J., & Kumar, P. 2018, Submitted to MNRAS
  3. Numerical Simulations of an Initially Top-Hat Jet and the Afterglow of GW170817/GRB170817A
    Gill, R., Granot, J., De Colle, F., & Urrutia, G. 2019, Accepted to ApJ
  4. When Did the Remnant of GW170817 Collapse to a Black Hole?
    Gill, R., Nathanail, A., & Rezzolla, L. 2019, ApJ, 876, 139
  5. Observatory science with eXTP
    eXTP Collaboration, 2019, SCPMA, 62, 42
  6. Off-Axis Emission of Short GRB Jets from Double Neutron Star Mergers and GRB 170817A
    Granot, J., Gill, R., Guetta, D., & De Colle, F. 2018, MNRAS, 481, 1597
  7. The Bright and the Slow -- GRBs 100724B & 160509A with High-energy Cutoffs at < 100 MeV
    Vianello, G., Gill, R., Granot, J., Omodei, N., Cohen-Tanugi, J., & Longo, F. 2018, ApJ, 864, 163
  8. Afterglow Imaging and Polarization of Misaligned Structured GRB Jets and Cocoons: Breaking the Degeneracy in GRB 170817A
    Gill, R. & Granot, J. 2018, MNRAS, 478, 4128
  9. The Effect of Pair Cascades on the High-Energy Spectral Cutoff in Gamma-Ray Bursts
    Gill, R. & Granot, J. 2018, MNRAS Letters, 475, 1
  10. 2D Relativistic MHD Simulations of the Kruskal-Schwarzschild Instability in a Relativistic Striped Wind
    Gill, R., Granot, J., & Lyubarsky, Y. 2018, MNRAS, 474, 3535
  11. Fermi-LAT Observations of LIGO / Virgo Event GW170817
    Ajello, M. et al. (+ Gill, R. +), 2018, ApJ, 861, 85
  12. Lessons from the short GRB170817A -- the First Gravitational Wave Detection of a Binary Neutron Star Merger
    Granot, J., Guetta, D., & Gill, R. 2017, ApJL, 850, 24
  13. X-ray and radio observations of the magnetar SGR J1935+2154 during its 2014, 2015, and 2016 outbursts
    Younes, G. et al. (+ Gill, R. +), 2017, ApJ, 847, 15
  14. Burst and Outburst Characteristics of Magnetar 4U 0142+61
    Gogus, E., Lin, L., Roberts, O. J., Chakraborty, M., Kaneko, Y., Gill, R.,  Granot, J., van der Horst, A. J., Watts, A. L., Baring, M.,  Kouveliotou, C., Huppenkothen, D., & Younes, G., 2017, ApJ, 835, 68
  15. Learning About the Magnetar Swift J1834.9-0846 from its Wind Nebula
    Granot, J., Gill, R., Younes, G., Gelfand, J., Harding, A., Kouveliotou, C., & Baring, M. G., 2017, MNRAS, 464, 4895
  16. Searching  the Gamma-ray Sky for Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources: Fermi  GBM and LAT Observations of LVT151012 and GW151226
    Fermi-Collaboration (+ Gill, R. +), 2017, ApJ, 835, 82
  17. A Unified Model for GRB Prompt Emission from Optical to Gamma-Rays; a New Type of Standard Candle
    Guiriec, S., Kouveliotou, C., Hartmann, D. H., Granot, J., Asano, K., Meszaros, P., Gill, R., Gehrels, N., & McEnery, J., 2016, ApJL, 831, 8
  18. The wind nebula around magnetar Swift J1834.9-0846
    Younes, G., Kouveliotou, C., Kargaltsev, O., Gill, R.,  Granot, J., Watts, A. L., Gelfand, J., Baring, M. G., Harding, A.,  Pavlov, G. G., van der Horst, A. J., Huppenkothen, D., Göğüş, E., Lin,  L., & Roberts, O. J., 2016, ApJ, 824, 138
  19. Pulse Structure of Hot Electromagnetic Outflows with Embedded Baryons
    Thompson, C., & Gill, R. 2014, ArXiv:1406.5239
  20. Non-thermal Gamma-ray Emission from Delayed Pair Breakdown in a Magnetized and Photon-rich Outflow
    Gill, R., & Thompson, C. 2014, ApJ, 796, 81
  21. Hot Electromagnetic Outflows. III. Displaced Fireball in a Strong Magnetic Field
    Thompson, C., & Gill, R. 2014, ApJ, 791, 30
  22. Statistical ages and the cooling rate of X-ray dim isolated neutron stars
    Gill, R., & Heyl, J. 2013, MNRAS, 435, 3243
  23. Constraining the photon-axion coupling constant with magnetic white dwarfs
    Gill, R., & Heyl, J. 2011, PRD, 84, 085001
  24. Cosmic Rays from Pulsars and Magnetars
    Heyl, J., Gill, R., & Hernquist, L. 2010, MNRAS, 406, L25
  25. On the trigger mechanisms for SGR giant flares
    Gill, R., & Heyl, J. 2010, MNRAS, 407, 1926
  26. Dispersion Relations for Bernstein Waves in a Relativistic Pair Plasma
    Gill, R., & Heyl, J. 2009, PRE, 80, 036407
  27. The Birthrate of Magnetars
    Gill, R., & Heyl, J. 2007, MNRAS, 381, 52