Papers

"CHEERS: The chemical evolution RGS sample"
J. de Plaa, J. S. Kaastra, N. Werner, C. Pinto, P. Kosec, Y-Y. Zhang, F. Mernier, L. Lovisari, H. Akamatsu, G. Schellenberger, F. Hofmann, T. H. Reiprich, A. Finoguenov, J. Ahoranta, J.S. Sanders, A.C. Fabian, O. Pols, A. Simionescu, Jacco Vink, H. Boehringer
Accepted for A&A or arXiv:1707.05076

"Radial metal abundance profiles in the intra-cluster medium of cool-core galaxy clusters, groups, and ellipticals"
F. Mernier, J. de Plaa, J.S. Kaastra, Y.-Y. Zhang, H. Akamatsu, L. Gu, P. Kosec, J. Mao, C. Pinto, T.H. Reiprich, J.S. Sanders, A. Simionescu, N. Werner.
A&A, 2017, 603, A80 or arXiv:1703.01183

"Future perspectives for abundance measurements in clusters with XMM-Newton"
J. de Plaa and F. Mernier
ASNA.201713346 or arXiv:1611.03723

"Insights into the location and dynamics of the coolest X-ray emitting gas in clusters of galaxies"
C. Pinto, A. Fabian, A. Ogorzalek, I. Zhuravleva, N. Werner, J. Sanders, Y.-Y. Zhang, L. Gu, J. de Plaa, J. Ahoranta, A. Finoguenov, R. Johnstone, R. Canning.
MNRAS, 2016, 461, 2077 or arxiv:1606.04954

"Suzaku and XMM-Newton observations of the newly discovered early-stage cluster merger of 1E2216.0-0401 and 1E2215.7-0404"
H. Akamatsu, L. Gu, T. W. Shimwell, F. Mernier, J. Mao, I. Urdampilleta, J. de Plaa, H. Rottgering, J. S. Kaastra.
A&A, 2016, 592, A157 or arxiv:1608.01669

"Origin of central abundances in the hot intra-cluster medium - II. Chemical enrichment and supernova yield models"
F. Mernier, J. de Plaa, C. Pinto, J. S. Kaastra, P. Kosec, Y.-Y. Zhang, J. Mao, N. Werner, O. Pols, J. Vink.
A&A, 2016, 595, A126 or arxiv:1608.03888

"Origin of central abundances in the hot intra-cluster medium. I. Individual and average abundance ratios from XMM-Newton EPIC"
F. Mernier, J. de Plaa, C. Pinto, J. S. Kaastra, P. Kosec, Y.-Y. Zhang, J. Mao, N. Werner.
A&A, 2016, 592, A157 or arxiv:1606.01165

"Observations of asymmetric velocity fields and gas cooling in the NGC 4636 galaxy group X-ray halo"
J. Ahoranta, A. Finoguenov, C. Pinto, J. Sanders, J. Kaastra, J. de Plaa, A. Fabian.
A&A, 2016, 592, A145 or arxiv:1607.07444

"The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster"
The Hitomi collaboration, incl. J. de Plaa.
Nature 2016, 535, 117 or arxiv:1607.04487

"Structures and Components in Galaxy Clusters: Observations and Models"
A. Bykov, E. Churazov, C. Ferrari, W. Forman, J. Kaastra, U. Klein, M. Markevitch, J. de Plaa.
SSRv 2015, 188, 141 or arxiv:1512.01456

"Chemical Enrichment RGS cluster Sample (CHEERS): Constraints on turbulence"
C. Pinto, J.S. Sanders, N. Werner, J. de Plaa, A. Fabian, Y.Y. Zhang, J.S. Kaastra, A. Finoguenov, J. Ahoranta.
A&A, 2015, 575, A38 or arxiv:1501.01069

"Abundance and temperature distributions in the hot intra-cluster gas of Abell 4059"
F. Mernier, J. de Plaa, L. Lovisari, C. Pinto, Y.Y. Zhang, J. S. Kaastra, N. Werner, A. Simionescu.
A&A, 2015, 575, A37 or arxiv:1412.5369

"ASTRO-H White Paper - Clusters of Galaxies and Related Science"
T. Kitayama, M. Bautz, incl. J. de Plaa and 23 co-authors
arxiv:1412.1176

"Discovery of O VII line emitting gas in elliptical galaxies"
C. Pinto, A. Fabian, N. Werner, P. Kosec, J. Ahoranta, J. de Plaa, J. S. Kaastra, J. S. Sanders, Y.Y. Zhang, A. Finoguenov.
A&A, 2014, 572, L8 or arxiv:1411.0709

"The Hot and Energetic Universe: The astrophysics of galaxy groups and clusters"
S. Ettori, G. W. Pratt, J. de Plaa, et al.
arxiv:1306.2322

"The Hot and Energetic Universe: The evolution of galaxy groups and clusters"
E. Pointecouteau, T. H. Reiprich, et al., incl. J. de Plaa and 45 co-authors
arxiv:1306.2319

"The origin of the chemical elements in cluster cores"
J. de Plaa
AN, 2013, 334, 416 or arxiv:1210.1093

"Estimating turbulent velocities in the elliptical galaxies NGC 5044 and NGC 5813"
J. de Plaa, I. Zhuravleva, N. Werner, J. S. Kaastra, E. Churazov, R. K. Smith, A. J. J. Raassen, Y. G. Grange
A&A, 2012, 539, A34, arxiv:1201.1910 or DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118404

"Properties of the intracluster medium of Abell 3667 observed with Suzaku XIS"
H. Akamatsu, J. de Plaa, J. S. Kaastra, Y. Ishisaki, T. Ohashi, M. Kawaharada, K. Nakazawa
PASJ, 2012, accepted or arxiv:1111.5162

"The metal contents of two groups of galaxies"
Y. G. Grange, J. de Plaa, J. S. Kaastra, N. Werner, F. Verbunt, F. Paerels, C. P. de Vries
A&A, 2011, 531, A15 or arxiv:1104.0001

"Cold fronts and multi-temperature structures in the core of Abell 2052"
J. de Plaa, N. Werner, A. Simionescu, J. S. Kaastra, Y. G. Grange, Jacco Vink
A&A, 2010, 523, A81 or arxiv:1008.3109

"Fe-bias in the cluster of galaxies Abell 2052"
J. de Plaa, Y. G. Grange, J. S. Kaastra, N. Werner, A. Simionescu
AIP Conf. Proc., 1248, 289-290 (2010). Link AIP

"X-ray spectral study of the hot gas in three Clusters of Galaxies"
Y. G. Grange, E. Costantini, J. de Plaa, J. J. M. in 't Zand, F. Verbunt, J. S. Kaastra, F. Verrecchia
A&A, 2010, 513, A2 or arxiv:1001.2222

"Constraining supernova models using the hot gas in clusters of galaxies"
J. de Plaa, N. Werner, J. A. M. Bleeker, Jacco Vink, J. S. Kaastra, M. Mendez
A&A, 2007, 465, 345-355 or astro-ph/0701553 (Citations)

"XMM-Newton high-resolution spectroscopy reveals the chemical evolution of M 87"
N. Werner, H. Boehringer, J.S. Kaastra, J. de Plaa, A. Simionescu, Jacco Vink
A&A, 2006, 459, 353--360. or astro-ph/0608177

"The O VII X-ray forest toward Markarian 421: Consistency between XMM-Newton and Chandra"
J.S. Kaastra, N. Werner, J.W.A. den Herder, F.B.S. Paerels, J. de Plaa, A.P. Rasmussen, C.P. de Vries
ApJ, 2006, 652, 189--197. or astro-ph/0604519

"Chemical evolution in Sersic 159-03 observed with XMM-Newton"
J. de Plaa, N. Werner, A. M. Bykov, J. S. Kaastra, M. Mendez, J. Vink, J. A. M. Bleeker, M. Bonamente and J. R. Peterson
A&A, 2006, 452, 397--412 or astro-ph/0602582 (Citations)

"XMM-Newton spectroscopy of the cluster of galaxies 2A 0335+096"
N. Werner, J. de Plaa, J. S. Kaastra, J. Vink, J. A. M. Bleeker, T. Tamura and J. R. Peterson
A&A, 2006, 449, 475--491 or astro-ph/0512401

"The temperature structure in the core of Sersic 159-03"
J. de Plaa, J. S. Kaastra, M. Mendez, T. Tamura, J. A. M. Bleeker, J. R. Peterson, F. B. S. Paerels, M. Bonamente, R. Lieu
ASR Volume 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 601-604 or astro-ph/0504262

"XMM-Newton observation of the relaxed cluster A478: gas and dark matter distribution from 0.01 R200 to 0.5 R200"
E. Pointecouteau, M. Arnaud, J. Kaastra, J. de Plaa
A&A, 2004, 423, 33--47 or astro-ph/0403596

"XMM-Newton study of A3562 and its immediate Shapley environs"
A. Finoguenov, M. J. Henriksen, U. G. Briel, J. de Plaa, J.S. Kaastra
ApJ, 2004, 611, 811-820 or astro-ph/0405092

"X-ray spectroscopy on Abell 478 with XMM-Newton"
J. de Plaa, J. S. Kaastra, T. Tamura, E. Pointecouteau, M. Mendez, J. R. Peterson
A&A, 2004, 423, 49--56 or astro-ph/0405307

X-rays from compact objects:

"Flows of X-ray gas reveal the disruption of a star by a massive black hole"
J. Miller, J. Kaastra, et al. incl. J. de Plaa.
Nature 2015, 526, 542 or arxiv:1510.06348

"Synchronous X-ray and Radio Mode Switches: a Rapid Global Transformation of the Pulsar Magnetosphere"
W. Hermsen, J. Hessels, L. Kuiper, J. van Leeuwen, D. Mitra, de Plaa, J., and 83 co-authors.
Science, 2013, 339, 436 or arxiv: 1302.0203

"A relativistically broadened O VIII Lyalpha line in the ultra-compact X-ray binary 4U 0614+091"
O.K. Madej, P.G. Jonker, A.C. Fabian, C. Pinto, F. Verbunt, J. de Plaa
MNRAS, 2010, 407, L11 or arxiv: 1006.0004

"XMM search for X-ray emission from the black hole candidate MACHO-96-BLG-5"
A. A. Nucita, F. De Paolis, G. Ingrosso, D. Elia, J. de Plaa, J. S. Kaastra
ApJ, 2006, 651, 1092-1097 or astro-ph/0608692

"Hard X-ray Timing and Spectral Properties of PSR B0540-69"
J. de Plaa, L. Kuiper, W. Hermsen
A&A, 2003, 400,1013--1019 or astro-ph/0301195

"XMM-Newton followup of IGR J16318-4848"
J. de Plaa, P. R. den Hartog, J. S. Kaastra, J. J. M. in 't Zand, M. Mendez, W. Hermsen
ATEL 119, Feb. 21, 2003.

"INTEGRAL discovery of a bright highly obscured galactic X-ray binary source IGR J16318-4848"
R. Walter, J. Rodriguez, L. Foschini, J. de Plaa, S. Corbel, T. J.-L. Courvoisier,
P. R. den Hartog, F. Lebrun, A. N. Parmar, J. A. Tomsick, P. Ubertini
 A&A, 2003, 411, L427--L432 or astro-ph/0309536

X-ray instrumentation:

"The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)"
D. Barret, T. Trong, J. W. den Herder, L. Piro, incl. J. de Plaa, and 86 co-authors
arxiv:1608.08105

"The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) for Athena"
L. Ravera, D. Barret, J. W. den Herder, L. Piro, incl. J. de Plaa, and 34 co-authors
Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9144, id. 91442L 13 (2014)

"The ASTRO-H X-ray astronomy satellite"
T. Takahashi, K. Mitsuda, R. Kelley, incl. J. de Plaa and 244 co-authors
arxiv:1412.1356

"The Hot and Energetic Universe: A White Paper presenting the science theme motivating the Athena+ mission"
K. Nandra, D. Barret, X. Barcons, A. Fabian, J.W. den Herder, incl. J. de Plaa and 234 co-authors.
arxiv:1306.2307

"The Hot and Energetic Universe: The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) for Athena+"
D. Barret, J. W. den Herder, L. Piro, incl. J. de Plaa, and 54 co-authors
arxiv:1308.6784

"ORIGIN: Metal Creation and Evolution from the Cosmic Dawn"
J.W. den Herder, L. Piro, T. Ohashi, et al. incl. J. de Plaa
Experimental Astronomy 34, 519 arxiv:1104.2048, or DOI:10.1007/s10686-011-9224-7

"The ASTRO-H Mission"
T. Takahashi, K. Mitsuda, R. Kelley, et al., incl. J. de Plaa
Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7732, 77320Z (2010), arxiv:1010.4972, or DOI:10.1117/12.857875

Acoustics:

"Correcting bathymetry measurements for water sound speed effects using inversion theory"
J. de Plaa, M. Snellen, D.G. Simons
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123, issue 5, p. 3352 (2008). DOI: 10.1121/1.2933917


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Jelle de Plaa studied Astrophysics at Utrecht University from 1998-2002 and did his PhD at SRON from 2002-2007 (see Thesis). In the years between 2007 and 2009 he worked as a post-doc at Delft Technical University. Since 2009, he is back at SRON and currently employed as Senior Software Design Engineer in the Astrophysics programme.

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