Publications

Latest research (selected)

1. Getting more out of black hole superradiance: a statistically rigorous approach to ultralight boson constraints from black hole spin measurements
   Hoof, S., Marsh, D. J. E., Sisk-Reynés, J., Matthews, J. H., & Reynolds, C. (2026),Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society546, staf1564
2. Evidence of mutually exclusive outflow forms from a black hole X-ray binary
   Zhang, Z. et al. (2026)Nature Astronomy 10, 281
3. Another view into JWST-discovered X-ray weak AGNs via radiative dusty feedback
   Ishibashi, W., Fabian, A. C., Maiolino, R., Gursahani, Y., & Reynolds, C. S. (2025)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society544, 726
4. The Broadband View of the Bare Seyfert PG 1426+015: Relativistic Reflection, the Soft Excess and the Importance of Oxygen
   Walton, D. J., Madathil-Pottayil, A., Kosec, P., Jiang, J., Garcia, J., Fabian, A. C., Pinto, C., Buisson, D. J. K., Parker, M. L., Alston, W. N., & Reynolds, C. S. (2025)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 543, 2633
5. Modeling Multiple X-Ray Reflection in Super-Eddington Winds
   Zijian, Z., Thomsen, L., Dai, L., Reynolds, C. S., et al. (2024), The Astrophysical Journal, 977, 21.

Recent review articles

1. Evidence for supermassive black hole binaries
   Krause, M. G. H., Bourne, M. A., Britzen, S., Foord, A., Greene, J., Habouzit, M., Horton, M., Mayer, L., Middleton, H., Nealon, R., Sisk-Reynés, J., Reynolds, C., & Sijacki, D. (2025), Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 42, e162.
2. Observational Constraints on Black Hole Spin
   Reynolds, C. S. (2021), Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 59, 117.
3. Ionized outflows from active galactic nuclei as the essential elements of feedback
   Laha, S., Reynolds, C. S., Reeves, J., Kriss, G., Guainazzi, M., Smith, R., Veilleux, S., & Proga, D. (2021), Nature Astronomy, 5, 13.
4. Observing black holes spin
   Reynolds, C. S. (2019), Nature Astronomy, 3, 41.

AXIS-related publications

1. The Evolution of Galaxies and Clusters at High Spatial Resolution with Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)
   Russell, H. R., Lopez, L., Allen, S. W., et al. (2024), Universe, 10, 273.
2. Overview of the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)
   Reynolds, C. S., Kara, E. A., Mushotzky, R. F., et al. (2023), UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII, 12678, 126781E.
3. The high-speed X-ray camera on AXIS
   Miller, E. D., Bautz, M. W., Grant, C. E., et al. (2023), UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII, 12678, 1267816.
4. The evolution of galaxies and clusters at high spatial resolution with AXIS
   Russell, H. R., Lopez, L. A., Allen, S. W., et al. (2023), AXIS White Paper, arXiv:2311.07661.

Full bibliography

• Publications by Chris Reynolds
• Curriculum vitae

Strategy documents

1. Enduring Quests-Daring Visions (NASA Astrophysics in the Next Three Decades)
   Kouveliotou, C., Agol, E., Batalha, N., et al. (2014), NASA Astrophysics Visionary Roadmap, arXiv:1401.3741.
2. The Hot and Energetic Universe
   Nandra, K., Barret, D., Barcons, X., et al. (2013), White Paper submitted to ESA for L2/L3 mission definition, arXiv:1306.2307.
3. Galaxies Across Cosmic Time
   Urry, M., et al. (2010), Science Frontier Panel Report of the Astro2010 Decadal Survey.

Selected personal favorites

1. Fourier formalism for relativistic axion-photon conversion with astrophysical applications
   Marsh, M. C. D., Matthews, J. H., Reynolds, C., & Carenza, P. (2022), Physical Review D.
2. Whistler-regulated Magnetohydrodynamics
   Drake, J. F., Pfrommer, C., Reynolds, C. S., et al. (2021), The Astrophysical Journal, 923, 245.
3. Astrophysical Limits on Very Light Axion-like Particles from Chandra Grating Spectroscopy of NGC 1275
   Reynolds, C. S., Marsh, M. C. D., Russell, H. R., Fabian, A. C., Smith, R., Tombesi, F., & Veilleux, S. (2020), The Astrophysical Journal, 890, 59.
4. Suppression of Electron Thermal Conduction by Whistler Turbulence in a Sustained Thermal Gradient
   Roberg-Clark, G. T., Drake, J. F., Reynolds, C. S., & Swisdak, M. (2018), Physical Review Letters, 120, 035101.
5. Interplay Among Cooling, AGN Feedback, and Anisotropic Conduction in the Cool Cores of Galaxy Clusters
   Yang, H.-Y. K., & Reynolds, C. S. (2016), The Astrophysical Journal, 818, 181.
6. The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster
   Hitomi Collaboration, Aharonian, F., Akamatsu, H., et al. (2016), Nature, 535, 117.