Publication list (October 2025):

First Author:

  1. Ressler, S. M., Combi, L., Ripperda, B., & Li, X., Black Hole Collisions With Thin Accretion Disks: OJ 287 and Small-Mass-Ratio Supermassive Black Hole Binary Candidates, ApJL 993, L22 (2025). (arXiv, ads)
  2. Ressler, S. M., Combi, L., Ripperda, B., & Most, E. R., Dual Jet Interaction, Magnetically Arrested Flows, and Flares in Accreting Binary Black Holes, ApJL 979, L24 (2025). (arXiv, ads)
  3. Ressler, S. M., Combi, L., Li, X., Ripperda, B., & Yang, H., Black Hole–Disk Interactions in Magnetically Arrested Active Galactic Nuclei: General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations Using a Time-dependent, Binary Metric, ApJ 967, 29 (2024). (arXiv, ads)
  4. Ressler, S. M., White, C. J., & Quataert, E. M., Wind-Fed GRMHD Simulations of Sagittarius A*: Tilt and Alignment of Jets and Accretion Discs, Electron Thermodynamics, and Multi-Scale Modeling of the Rotation Measure, MNRAS 521, 4277–4298 (2023). (arXiv, ads)
  5. Ressler, S. M. 3D MHD Simulation of a Pulsationally-Driven MRI Decretion Disc MNRAS 508, 4887-4901 (2021). (arXiv, ads)
  6. Ressler, S. M., Quataert, E., White, C. J., & Blaes, O. Magnetically modified spherical accretion in GRMHD: Reconnection-driven convection and jet propagation MNRAS 504, 6076–6095 (2021). (arXiv, ads)
  7. Ressler, S. M., White, C. J., Quataert, E., & Stone, J. M. Ab Initio Horizon-Scale Simulations of Magnetically Arrested Accretion in Sagittarius A* Fed by Stellar Winds ApJL 896, L6-L17 (2020). (arXiv, ads)
  8. Ressler, S. M., Quataert, E., & Stone, J. M. The Surprisingly Small Impact of Magnetic Fields On The Inner Accretion Flow of Sagittarius A* Fueled By Stellar Winds MNRAS 492, 3272-3293 (2020). (arXiv, ads)
  9. Ressler, S. M., Quataert, E., & Stone, J. M. Accretion of Magnetized Stellar Winds in the Galactic Centre: Implications for Sgr A* and PSR J1745-2900 MNRAS 482, L123-L128 (2019). (arXiv, ads)
  10. Ressler, S. M., Quataert, E., & Stone, J. M. Hydrodynamic Simulations of the Inner Accretion Flow of Sagittarius A* Fueled By Stellar Winds MNRAS 478, 3544-3563 (2018). (arXiv, ads)
  11. Ressler, S. M., Tchekhovskoy, A., Quataert, E. & Gammie, C. F. The Disc-Jet Symbiosis Emerges: Modelling The Emission of Sagittarius A* With Electron Thermodynamics. MNRAS 467, 3604–3619 (2017). (arXiv, ads)
  12. Ressler, S. M. & Laskar, T. Thermal Electrons in Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows. ApJ 845, 150 (2017). (arXiv, ads)
  13. Ressler, S. M., Tchekhovskoy, A., Quataert, E., Chandra, M. & Gammie, C.F. Electron Thermodynamics in GRMHD Simulations of Low-luminosity Black Hole Accretion. MNRAS 454, 1848–1870 (2015). (arXiv, ads)
  14. Ressler, S. M., Katsuda, S., Reynolds, S. P., Long, K. S., Petre, R., Williams, B. J., & Winkler, P. F. Magnetic Field Amplification in the Thin X-Ray Rims of SN 1006. ApJ 790, 85 (2014). (arXiv, ads)

Second Author or Significant Contribution (*=Mentored Student):

  1. *Labaj, M., Ressler, S. M., Zajaček, M., Plšek, T., Ripperda, B., & Peißker, F., L., Compact stellar systems hosting an intermediate mass black hole: magnetohydrodynamic study of inflow-outflow dynamics, A&A 702, A233 (2025). (arXiv, ads)
  2. Combi, L., & Ressler, S. M., A Binary Black Hole Metric Approximation From Inspiral To Merger, submitted (2024). (arXiv, ads)
  3. *Solanki, S., Ressler, S. M., Murchikova, L., Stone, J. M., & Morris, M. R. The Inner 2 pc of Sagittarius A*: Simulations of the Circumnuclear Disk and Multiphase Gas Accretion in the Galactic Center, ApJ 955, 22 (2023). (arXiv, ads)
  4. Murchikova, L., White, C. J., & Ressler, S. M. Remarkable Correspondence of Sagittarius A* Submillimeter Variability with a Stellar-Wind-fed Accretion Flow Model, ApJL 932, L21 (2022). (arXiv, ads)
  5. Anantua, R., Ressler, S. M., & Quataert, E. On the Comparison of AGN with GRMHD Simulations: I. Sgr A* MNRAS 493, 1404-1418 (2020). (arXiv, ads)
  6. Ryan, B. R., Ressler, S. M., Dolence, J. C., Gammie, C. F., & Quataert, E. Two-Temperature GRRMHD Simulations of M87 ApJ 864, 126 (2018). (arXiv, ads)
  7. Ryan, B. R., Ressler, S. M., Dolence, J. C., Tchekhovskoy, A., Gammie, C. F., & Quataert, E. The Radiative Efficiency and Spectra of Slowly Accreting Black Holes from Two-temperature GRRMHD Simulations. ApJL 844, L24 (2017). (arXiv, ads)
  8. Tang, Z., Reynolds, S. P. & Ressler, S. M. X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Emission from Middle-aged Supernova Remnants In Cavities. I. Spherical Symmetry. ApJS 227, 28 (2016). (arXiv, ads)

Co Author:

  1. Anantua, R., Dúran, J., Ngata, N., Oramas, L., Röder, J., Emami, R., Ricarte, A., Curd, B., Broderick, A. E., Wayland, J., & Wong, G. N., Ressler, S. M. Nigam, N., Durodola, E. Emission Modeling in the EHT–ngEHT Age, Galax 11, 4 (2022). (arXiv, ads)
  2. Jia, H., White, C. J., Quataert, E., & Ressler, S. M. Observational Signatures of Black Hole Accretion: Rotating vs. Spherical Flows with Tilted Magnetic Fields, MNRAS 515, 1392-1403 (2022). (arXiv, ads)
  3. Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (including Ressler, S. M.) First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. V. Testing Astrophysical Models of the Galactic Center Black Hole, ApJL 930, L16 (2022). (arXiv, ads)
  4. Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (including Ressler, S. M.) First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way, ApJL 930, L12 (2022). (arXiv, ads)
  5. Prather, B. S., Wong, G. N., Dhruv, V., Ryan, B. R., Dolence, J. C., Ressler, S. M., & Gammie, C. F. iharm3D: Vectorized General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics Journal of Open Source Software 6 (66), 3336 (2021). (arXiv, ads)
  6. A., Jiménez-Rosales, A., Dexter, J., Ressler, S. M., Tchekhovskoy, A., Bauböck, M., Dallilar, Y., de Zeeuw, P. T., Eisenhauer, F., von Fellenberg, S., Gao, F., Genzel, R., Gillessen, S., Habibi, M., Ott, T., Stadler, J., Straub, O., & Widmann, F. Relative depolarization of the black hole photon ring in GRMHD models of Sgr A* and M87* MNRAS 503, 4563-4575 (2021). (arXiv, ads)
  7. Dexter, J., Tchekhovskoy, A., Jiménez-Rosales, A., Ressler, S. M., Bauböck, M., Dallilar, Y., de Zeeuw, P. T., Eisenhauer, F., von Fellenberg, S., Gao, F., Genzel, R., Gillessen, S., Habibi, M., Ott, T., Stadler, J., Straub, O., & Widmann, F. Sgr A* near-infrared flares from reconnection events in a magnetically arrested disc MNRAS 497, 4999-5007 (2020). (arXiv, ads)
  8. Dexter, J., Jiménez-Rosales, A, Ressler, S. M., Tchekhovskoy, A, Bauböck, M, de Zeeuw, P. T, Eisenhauer, F, von Fellenberg, S, Gao, F, Genzel, R, Gillessen, S, Habibi, M, Ott, T, Stadler, J, Straub, O, & Widmann, F. A parameter survey of Sgr A* radiative models from GRMHD simulations with self-consistent electron heating MNRAS 494, 4168-4186 (2020). (arXiv, ads)
  9. Tran, A., Williams, B. J., Petre, R., Ressler, S. M., & Reynolds, S. P. Energy Dependence of Synchrotron X-Ray Rims in Tycho’s Supernova Remnant. ApJ 812, 101 (2015). (arXiv, ads)