List of publications

Sorted in reverse chronological order; refereed publications are marked with `*'.
Copies of the papers are available upon request from skomossa@mpe.mpg.de

187*

Grupe D., Komossa S., Gallo L., Longinotti A., et al.,
A remarkable long-term lightcurve and deep low-state spectroscopy: monitoring of Mrk 335 with Swift and XMM-Newton,
ApJ, to be submitted

186*

Iwasawa, K., Mazzarella, J.M., Surace, J.A., Sanders, D.B., Armus, L., Evans, A.S., Howell, J.H., Komossa, S., Petric, A., Teng, S.H., et al.,
The location of an active nucleus and the soft X-ray shadowing by a tidal tail in the ULIRG Mrk 273,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, in press, 2011

185*

Scharwaechter, J., M. Dopita, J. Zuther, S. Fischer, S. Komossa, A. Eckart,
Extended narrow-line emission in the bright Seyfert 1.5 galaxy HE2211-3903,
2011, submitted

184*

Gallo, L., Grupe, D., Schartel, N., Komossa S., Miniutti, G., Fabian, A.C.,
The Seyfert 1 galaxy PG0844+349 in an X-ray weak state,
MNRAS, 2011, in press

183*

Komossa S.,
The puzzle of SDSSJ0952+2143: unusual supernova or aftermath of stellar tidal disruption,
Proc. Italian Physical Society, F. Giovannelli, G. Mannocchi (eds), in press, 2010

182

Komossa S.,
Electromagnetic Signatures of Recoiling Black Holes,
Proc. of IAU Symp. 267 on Co-evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies, B.M. Peterson, R.S. Somerville, T. Storchi-Bergmann (eds.), 451, 2010

181

Xu, D., Komossa S.,
Low-Mass AGN at High Accretion Rates,
Proc. of IAU Symp. 267 on Co-evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies, B.M. Peterson, R.S. Somerville, T. Storchi-Bergmann (eds.), 338, 2010

180

Mazzalay, X., Rodriguez-Ardila, A., Komossa S.,
The Coronal Emission-Line Region in AGNs: A Hubble Space Telescope View,
Proc. of IAU Symp. 267 on Co-evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies, B.M. Peterson, R.S. Somerville, T. Storchi-Bergmann (eds.), 122, 2010

179*

Xu, D., Komossa S.,
New insights into active galaxies with low-mass black holes and high accretion rates: the case of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies,
Science China. Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy, 53, 216, 2010

178*

Grupe, D., Komossa S., Leighly, K., Page, K.,
The Simultaneous Optical-to-X-Ray Spectral Energy Distribution of Soft X-Ray Selected Active Galactic Nuclei Observed by Swift,
ApJS, 187, 64, 2010

177*

Mazzalay, X., Rodriguez-Ardila, A., Komossa S.,
Demystifying the coronal line region of active galactic nuclei: spatially resolved spectroscopy with the Hubble Space Telescope,
MNRAS, 405, 1315, 2010

176*

Xu, D., Komossa S.,
Narrow Double-Peaked Emission Lines of SDSS J131642.90+175332.5: Signature of a Single or a Binary AGN in a Merger, Jet-Cloud Interaction, or Unusual Narrow-Line Region Geometry,
ApJ Letters, 705, L20, 2009

175*

Komossa S., H. Zhou, A. Rau, M. Dopita, A. Gal-Yam, J. Greiner, J. Zuther, M. Salvato, D. Xu, H. Lu, R. Saxton, M. Ajello,
NTT, Spitzer and Chandra spectroscopy of SDSSJ095209.56+214313.3: the most luminous coronal-line supernova ever observed, or a stellar tidal disruption event ?,
ApJ 701, 105 (2009)

174*

Merritt D., Schnittman J., Komossa S.,
Hypercompact Stellar Systems Around Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes,
ApJ, 699, 1690, 2009

173*

Cappelluti, N., Ajello, M., Rebusco, P., Komossa S., et al.,
A candidate tidal disruption event in the Galaxy cluster Abell 3571 ,
Astron.Astrophys., 495, L9, 2009

172*

Dietrich, M., Mathur, S., Grupe, D., Komossa, S.,
Black Hole Masses of Intermediate-Redshift Quasars: Near-Infrared Spectroscopy ,
ApJ, 696, 1998, 2009

172

Strateva, I., Komossa, S.,
Multiwavelength View of the Inner Spiral of NGC 1365 ,
MN, submitted (astro-ph0903.1548)

171*

Strateva, I., Komossa, S.,
The X-Ray Point-Source Population of NGC 1365: The Puzzle of Two Highly-Variable Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources ,
ApJ, 692, 443, 2009

170*

Komossa S., Merritt D.,
Gravitational Wave Recoil Oscillations of Black Holes: Implications for Unified Models of Active Galactic Nuclei,
ApJ Letters, 689, L89, 2008

169*

Esquej, P., Saxton, R.D., Komossa, S., Read, A.M., Freyberg, M.J., Hasinger, G., et al.,
Evolution of tidal disruption candidates discovered by XMM-Newton,
A&A, 489, 543, 2008

168*

Yuan, W., Zhou, H.Y., Komossa, S., Dong, X.B., Wang, T.G., Lu, H.L., Bai, J.M. ,
A Population of Radio-Loud Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies with Blazar-Like Properties? ,
ApJ, 685, 801, 2008

167*

Komossa S., Merritt D.,
Tidal Disruption Flares from Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes,
ApJ Letters, 683, L21, 2008

166*

Komossa S., Zhou H., Lu H.,
A recoiling supermassive black hole in the quasar SDSSJ092712.65+294344.0?,
ApJ, 678, L81, 2008

165*

Komossa S., H. Zhou, T. Wang, M. Ajello, J. Ge., J. Greiner, H. Lu, M. Salvato, R. Saxton, H. Shan, D. Xu, W. Yuan,
Discovery of superstrong, fading, iron line emission and double-peaked Balmer lines of the galaxy SDSSJ0952+2143 - the light echo of a huge flare,
ApJ, 678, L13, 2008

164*

Grupe D., Leighly K., Komossa S.,
First detection of hard X-ray photons in the soft X-ray transient NLS1 galaxy WPVS007: The X-ray photon distribution observed by SWIFT,
AJ, 136, 2343, 2008

163*

Komossa S., Xu D., Zhou H., Storchi-Bergmann T., Binette, L.,
On the Nature of Seyfert Galaxies with High [OIII]5007 Blueshift,
ApJ, 680, 926, 2008

162

Komossa S.,
Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies,
Review, in: The nuclear region, host galaxy and environment of AGN, E. Benitez, I. Cruz-Gonzales, Y. Krongold (eds), RevMexAA (SC), 32, 86, 2008 (arXiv:0710.3326v1)

161

Xu S., Komossa S., Zhou
The density of the NLR of type 1 AGN,
in: The nuclear region, host galaxy and environment of AGN, E. Benitez, I. Cruz-Gonzales, Y. Krongold (eds), RevMexAA (SC), 32, 93, 2008

160*

Grupe D., Komossa S., Gallo L., Fabian A., Larsson J., Pradhan A., Xu D., Miniutti G.,
XMM-Newton observations of the Seyfert galaxy Mrk 335 in an historical low X-ray flux state,
ApJ, 681, 982, (2008)

159*

Ramirez J., Komossa S., Burwitz V., Mathur S.,
Chandra LETGS spectroscopy of the Quasar MR2251-178 and its warm absorber,
ApJ, 681, 965, (2008)

158*

Komossa S., Xu D.,
Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies and the M-sigma Relation,
ApJ Letters, 667, L33, (2007)

157*

Grupe D., Komossa S., Gallo L.,
Discovery of the NLS1 galaxy Mkn 335 in an historical low X-ray flux state,
ApJ Letters, 668, L111, (2007)

156*

Xu D., Komossa S., Wei J., Zhou H., Wang T.,
The Narrow-Line Region of Narrow-line and Broad-line type 1 AGN. I: A zone of avoidance in density,
ApJ, 670, 60, (2007) (arXiv:0706.2574 at astro-ph)

155

Komossa S.,
Radio-loud Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies,
in: The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei, L. Ho and J. Wang (eds), San Francisco: ASP Conf. Ser. 373, 719, (2007)

154

Xu D., Komossa S., Zhou H., Wang T., Wei, J.,
Probing the NLR in Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies,
in: The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei, L. Ho and J. Wang (eds), San Francisco: ASP Conf. Ser. 373, 557, (2007)

153

Strateva I., Brandt W.N., Eracleous M., Garmire G., Komossa S.,
The Spectral Energy Distributions of AGN with Double-peaked Balmer Lines ,
in: The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei, L. Ho and J. Wang (eds), San Francisco: ASP Conf. Ser. 373, 399, (2007)

152

Bennert N., Jungwiert B., Komossa S., Haas M., Chini R.,
Properties of the Narrow-line Region in Seyfert Galaxies ,
in: The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei, L. Ho and J. Wang (eds), San Francisco: ASP Conf. Ser. 373, 521, (2007)

151*

Grupe D., Schady P., Leighly K., Komossa S., O'Brien P., Nousek J.,
An Update on the X-ray transient Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy WPVS 007: Swift observations of UV variability and persistence of X-ray faintness,
AJ, 133, 1988, (2007)

150

Xu D., Komossa S.,
The relation between the properties of the NLR in NLS1 galaxies and accretion rate,
in: Black Holes Across the Range of Masses - From Stars to Galaxies, Proceedings of IAU Symposium 238, V. Karas and G. Matt (eds), 2007, 473

149*

Zhou H., Wang T., Yuan W., Shan H., Komossa S., Lu H., Xu D., Bai J., Jiang D.,
A Narrow-line Seyfert 1 - Blazar composite nucleus in 2MASXJ0324+3410,
ApJ Letters, 658, L13, (2007)

148*

Komossa S., Voges W., Xu D., Mathur S., Adorf H.-M., Lemson G., Duschl W., Grupe D.,
Radio-loud Narrow-Line Type 1 quasars,
AJ, 132, 531, (2006)

147*

Bennert N., Jungwiert B., Komossa S., Haas M., Chini R.,
Size and properties of the narrow-line region in Seyfert-1 galaxies from spatially-resolved optical spectroscopy,
A&A, 459, 55 (2006)

146*

Bennert N., Jungwiert B., Komossa S., Haas M., Chini R.,
Size and properties of the narrow-line region in Seyfert 2 galaxies from spatially resolved optical spectroscopy,
A&A, 456, 953 (2006)

145*

Komossa S., Voges W., Adorf H.-M., Xu D., Mathur S., Anderson S.F.,
The radio loud narrow-line quasar SDSSJ172206.03+565451.6,
ApJ, 639, 710, (2006)

144*

Grupe D., Leighly K., Komossa S., Schady P., O'Brien P.T., Burrows D., Nousek J.,
Swift Observations of the highly X-ray variable Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxy RXJ0148.3-2758,
AJ, 132, 1189 (2006)

143

Komossa S.,
Observational Evidence for Binary Black Holes and Active Double Nuclei,
Review, in: AGN and Galaxy Evolution, Mem. Soc. Astron. It., 77, 733, (2006)

142

Bennert N., Jungwiert B., Komossa S., Haas M., Chini R.,
Studying Size and Physical Properties of the Narrow-Line Region in Active Galaxies,
New Astronomy Reviews 50, 708 (2006)

141*

Bennert N., Jungwiert B., Komossa S., Haas M., Chini R.,
Size and Properties of the NLR in the Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 1386,
A&A, 446, 919 (2006)

140*

Komossa S.,
X-ray and Gamma-ray properties of AGN: results from XMM-Newton, Chandra and INTEGRAL,
Review, in: 35th COSPAR Assembly, Advances in Space Research 38, 1382 (2006)

139*

Yuan W., Osborne J., Watson M., Komossa S.,
A systematic search of highly variable X-ray sources with the XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey,
in: 35th COSPAR Assembly, Advances in Space Research 38, 1421 (2006)

138*

Fields, D.S., Mathur M., Pogge R.W., Nicastro F., Komossa S., Krongold Y.,
Super-solar Metallicity in the NLS1 Galaxy Markarian 1044,
ApJ, 634, 928 (2005)

137

Komossa S.,
Growing black holes: Observational evidence for binary black hole mergers and stellar tidal disruptions by massive black holes,
Review, in: Formation and Co-evolution of Black Holes and Galaxies, W. Duschl, N. Arimoto & S. Mineshige (eds), published online at http://jgs05.ita.uni-heidelberg.de, (2005)

136

Bennert N., Jungwiert B., Komossa S., Haas M., Chini R.,
Size and Properties of AGN Narrow-Line Regions from Emission-Line Diagnostics,
Astronomische Nachrichten 326, 7/2005, 537 (2005)

135*

Fields D., Mathur M., Pogge R.W., Nicastro F., Komossa S.,
Supersolar N/C in the Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Markarian 1044,
ApJ, 620, 183, (2005)

134

Collmar W., Boettcher M., Burwitz V., Courvoisier T., Komossa S., Kretschmar P., Nieppola E., Nilsson K., et al.,
Multifrequency Observations of the Gamma-Ray Blazar 3C 279 in Low-State during Integral AO-1,
in: Proc. of the 5th INTEGRAL Workshop, ESA SP-552, V. Schönfelder, G. Lichti & C. Winkler, (eds), p. 555, (2005)

133*

Xu D., Komossa S., Wei J.
Searching for the physical driver of the correlations in an X-ray selected AGN sample,
in: Fifth Microquasar Workshop: Microquasars and Related Astrophysics, Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 5 Supplement, Zhang N.S. et al. (eds), p. 294-298, (2005)

132

Komossa S.,
Growing Black Holes: Observational Evidence for Stellar Tidal Disruption Events,
in: Proceedings of Growing Black Holes. Accretion in a Cosmological Context, ESO Astrophysics Symposia, A. Merloni, S. Nayakshin, R. Sunyaev (eds), Springer, p. 159-163, (2005)

131

Komossa S.,
The Binary Black Hole in NGC 6240 and Related Objects: Their Status, Genesis and Evolution,
Review, in: X. Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, Gravitation and Quantum Field Theories, Part B, M. Novello, S. Perez-Bergliaffa and R. Ruffini (eds), World Scientific, Singapore, 2005, 969

130*

Komossa S., Halpern J., Schartel S., Hasinger G., Santos-Lleo M., Predehl P.,
A Huge Drop in X-ray Luminosity of the Non-Active Galaxy RXJ1242.6-1119A, and First Post-Flare Spectrum - Testing the Tidal Disruption Scenario,
ApJ, 603, L17, (2004)

129*

Halpern J., Gezari S., Komossa S.,
Follow-Up Chandra Observations of Three Candidate Tidal Disruption Events,
ApJ, 604, 572, (2004)

128*

Yuan W., Komossa S., Xu D., Osborne J.P., Watson M.G., McMahon R.G.,
Discovery of high-amplitude X-ray variability in the Seyfert-LINER transition galaxy NGC7589,
MNRAS 353, L29, (2004)

127*

Grupe D., Mathur S., Komossa S.,
Mkn 1239: A highly polarized NLS1 with a steep X-ray spectrum and strong NeIX emission,
AJ, 127, 316 (2004)

126

Komossa S.,
The extremes of (X-ray) variability among galaxies: flares from stars tidally disrupted by supermassive black holes,
in: The Interplay among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei, Th. Storchi Bergmann, L.C. Ho, H.R. Schmitt (eds), Proceedings of the IAU, 222, 45-48, (2004)

125

Komossa S.,
Blick in die Forschung: Röntgenflares aus nahen Galaxien,
Sterne und Weltraum 4/2004, 14

124

Komossa S., Hasinger G., Schulz H.,
Winds and Outflows in Starburst Galaxies and AGN,
in: Recycling intergalactic and interstellar matter, IAU Symp. Series 217, P.-A. Duc, J. Braine, E. Brinks (eds), San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 338, (2004)

123

Xu D., Komossa S., Burwitz V., Predehl P.,
Absorption Components in the Nucleus of NGC 3227,
in: Recycling intergalactic and interstellar matter, IAU Symp. Series 217, P.-A. Duc, J. Braine, E. Brinks (eds), San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 362, (2004)

122

Komossa S.,
Observational Evidence for Supermassive Black Hole Binaries,
review, in: The Astrophysics of Gravitational Wave Sources, J. Centrella et al. (eds)
AIP Conf. Proc. 686, 161, (2003)

121

Komossa S., Hasinger G.,
Entdeckung eines Paares Schwarzer Löcher im Zentrum der Galaxie NGC 6240,
in: Max-Planck Jahrbuch 2003, MPG Muenchen, 794

120*

Komossa S.,
X-ray imaging and spectroscopy of (radio-quiet) AGN: highlights from Chandra and XMM-Newton,
review, in: The multi-wavelength view on AGN, J. Wei, S. Komossa, F. Cheng, G. Hasinger (eds),
Publications of the Yunnan Observatory, p. 56-68, (2003)

119*

Xu D.W., Komossa S., Wei J.Y., Qian Y., Zheng X.Z.
A spectral analysis of 155 Seyfert 1 galaxies,
in: The multi-wavelength view on AGN, J. Wei, S. Komossa, F. Cheng, G. Hasinger (eds),
Publications of the Yunnan Observatory, p. 42-45, (2003)

118*

Gezari S., Halpern J., Komossa S., Grupe D., and Leighly K.,
Follow-Up HST/STIS Spectroscopy of Three Candidate Tidal Disruption Events,
ApJ, 592, 42, (2003)

117*

Xu D.W., Komossa S., Wei J.Y., Qian Y., Zheng X.Z.
An AGN Sample with High X-ray-to-optical Flux Ratio from RASS. II. Optical Emission Line Properties of Seyfert 1 Type AGN,
ApJ, 590, 73, (2003)

116

Komossa S.,
Das Xinglong Observatorium in Chinas Yan-Bergen,
Sterne und Weltraum, 6/2003, 34

115

Komossa S., Xu D., Wei J.,
A new X-ray probe for supermassive black holes in non-active galaxies,
in: ESO-CERN-ESA Symposium on Astronomy, Cosmology and Fundamental Physics, P.A. Shaver et al. (eds), ESO Astrophysics Symposia, Springer-Verlag, 463, (2003)

114

Komossa S., Hasinger G.,
The X-ray evolving Universe: (Ionized) absorption and dust, from nearby Seyfert galaxies to high redshift quasars,
in XEUS - studying the evolution of the hot universe, G. Hasinger et al. (eds), MPE Report 281, 285, (2003)

113

Gezari S., J. Halpern, S. Komossa, D. Grupe, and K. Leighly,
Follow-Up STIS Spectroscopy of Three Candidate Tidal Disruption Events ,
in Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 1: Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies, L. C. Ho (ed; Pasadena: Carnegie Observatories), (2003);
published at http://www.ociw.edu/ociw/symposia/series/symposium1/proceedings.html

112

Komossa, S.,
A new X-ray probe of supermassive black holes in (inactive) galaxies ,
in Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 1: Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies, L. C. Ho (ed; Pasadena: Carnegie Observatories), (2003);
published at http://www.ociw.edu/ociw/symposia/series/symposium1/proceedings.html

111

Xu D.W., Komossa S., Wei J.Y., Y.Qian, X.Z. Zheng,
Emission-line properties of Seyfert 1 type AGN from the ROSAT all-sky survey,
in High Energy Processes and Phenomena in Astrophysics, X. Li, Z. Wang, V. Trimble (eds), IAU Symposium Vol. 214, 273, (2003)

110

Komossa S., Yuan W., Xu D.W.,
Giant-amplitude X-ray flares as probes of the black hole region of nearby galaxies,
in High Energy Processes and Phenomena in Astrophysics, X. Li, Z. Wang, V. Trimble (eds), IAU Symposium Vol. 214, 243, (2003)

109

Komossa S.,
AGN and Starburst Components of the ULIRG NGC 6240: The Chandra High-resolution View,
in Galaxy Evolution: Theory and Observations, RevMexAA 17, 85, (2003)

108

Komossa S., Dahlem M.,
X-ray outbursts from nearby `normal' and active galaxies: a review, new radio observations, and an X-ray search for further `tidal disruption flares',
in MAXI Workshop on AGN Variability, N. Kawai, H. Negoro, A. Yoshida, T. Mihara (eds), Seiyo Printing Co., Japan, p.175-180, (2003)

107

Komossa S., et al.,
NGC 6240, local key representative and pathfinder to the high-redshift universe of ULIRGs,
Astronomische Nachrichten 324 (Suppl. Issue 2), 33, (2003)

106*

Komossa S., Burwitz V., Hasinger G., Predehl P., Kaastra J., Ikebe Y.,
Discovery of a binary AGN in the ultraluminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240 using Chandra,
ApJ 582, L15, (2003)

105

Komossa S.
X-ray Evidence for Supermassive Black Holes at the Centers of Nearby Non-Active Galaxies,
Ludwig-Biermann Award Lecture, in Reviews in Modern Astronomy 15, R. Schielicke (ed), Wiley-VCH, 27-56 (2002)

104*

Hasinger G., Schartel N., Komossa S.,
Discovery of an ionized Fe-K edge in the z=3.91 Broad Absorption Line Quasar APM 08279+5255 with XMM-Newton,
ApJ 573, L77, (2002)

103

Komossa S.,
X-ray studies of the environment of supermassive black holes in galaxies,
contribution to 8th German-American Frontiers of Science Symposium, (Irvine, June 2002)

102

Komossa S., Yuan W.,
Prospects for studying a new phenomenon with next generation X-ray telescopes: Giant-amplitude X-ray flares as probes of the black hole region of nearby galaxies ,
contribution to XEUS workshop (MPE Garching, March 2002)

101

Komossa S.,
X-ray spectroscopy of NGC 3227: ROSAT and Chandra results,
in X-ray Spectroscopy of AGN with Chandra and XMM-Newton, T. Boller, S. Komossa, S. Kahn, H. Kunieda (eds), MPE Report 279, 113, (2002)

100

Yuan W., McMahon R.G., Komossa S., Watson M.G.
A Search for Extragalactic Transient X-ray Sources with XMM,
in New Visions of the X-ray Universe in the XMM-Newton and Chandra Era, ESA SP 488, F. Jansen et al. (eds), in press (2002)

98

Komossa S.
X-ray Evidence for Supermassive Black Holes in Non-Active Galaxies,
in Lighthouses of the Universe. The Most Luminous Celestial Objects and their Use for Cosmology, ESO Astrophysics Symposia, M. Gilfanov, R. Sunyaev and E. Churazov (eds), 436, (2002)

97

Komossa S.,
X-rays from the Environment of Supermassive Black Holes in AGN,
Invited Review, in: IX. Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, Gravitation and Quantum Field Theories, V. Gurzadyan, R.T. Jantzen and R. Ruffini (eds), World Scientific, Singapore, Vol. C, 2229 (2002)
extended (10 pages) version of 97 appeared in the online proceedings at http://www.icra.it/MG/mg9/mg9.htm

96*

Komossa S., Gliozzi M., Papadakis I.,
The warm absorber of MR2251-178,
Astron. & Astrophys. Transactions 20, 329 (2001)

95

Komossa S., et al.
Multi-wavelength spectroscopy of NGC 3227 and the properties of dust in Seyfert galaxies,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 18, 14, (2001)

94

Komossa S., Ikebe, Y.
AGN and Starburst Components in the Exceptionally X-ray Luminous ULIRG NGC 6240,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 18, 222, (2001)

93

Komossa S., Voges W.,
Transient X-ray emission from the nuclei of normal galaxies,
in 6th Sino-German workshop on High Energy Astrophysics, (Schloss Ringberg, July 2001); published electronically at http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/english/greenreports.html

92

Komossa S., Burwitz V., Predehl P., Kaastra J.,
The central kiloparsec of NGC 3227: the X-ray view,
in The central kpc of starbursts and AGN: the La Palma connection, J.H. Knapen, J.E. Beckman, I. Shlosman and T.J. Mahoney (eds), ASP conf. series 249, 411 (2001)

91

Komossa S.,
A search for X-ray flares from nearby `normal' and active galaxies: comparison of ROSAT all-sky survey data with deep PSPC fields,
in Deep Fields, ESO Astrophysics Symposia, S. Cristiani, A. Renzini, R.E. Williams (eds), Springer Verlag, 300, (2001)

90*

Komossa S.,
The peculiar X-ray properties of the low-redshift quasar MRC 2251-178: some surprises,
in New Century of X-ray Astronomy, ASP conf. series 251, H. Inoue and H. Kunieda (eds), 374, (2001)

89*

Komossa S., Mathur S.,
Supersolar Metal Abundances and the Broad Line Region of Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies,
A&A 374, 914, (2001)

88*

Komossa S.
A two-phase model for the Narrow Line Region of NGC 4151,
A&A 371, 507, (2001)

87*

Komossa S.,
The X-ray view of the quasar MR2251-178 and its host cluster: variability, absorption, and intracluster gas emission,
A&A 367, 801, (2001)

86

Böhringer H., Schuecker P., Komossa S., Retzlaff J., Reiprich T., Voges W.,
Searching for X-ray Clusters in the Zone of Avoidance,
in Mapping the hidden universe, R. Kraan-Korteweg et al. (eds),
ASP conf. series 218, 93, (2000)

85

Komossa S., Schartel N.,
The ROSAT view of the quasar MR2251-178,
in X-ray Astronomy 2000, ASP Conf. Series 234, CD-Rom, R. Giacconi, S. Serio, L. Stella (eds), (2001)

84

Komossa S., Greiner J.,
A giant, ultra-soft and luminous X-ray flare from the optically inactive galaxy pair RXJ1242.6-1119,
in Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation (ESO 1999),
ESO Astrophysics Symposia, Springer-Verlag, L. Kaper, E.P.J. van den Heuvel, P.A. Woudt (eds), 172, (2001)

83

Komossa S.
The giant X-ray flare of NGC 5905 - a tidal disruption event ?,
in Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation (ESO 1999),
ESO Astrophysics Symposia, Springer-Verlag, L. Kaper, E.P.J. van den Heuvel, P.A. Woudt (eds), 170, (2001)

82*

Komossa S., Grupe D., Janek M.,
An optical and X-ray study of the peculiar narrow-line quasar QSO 0117-2837,
in X-ray Astronomy '999: Stellar endpoints, AGN and the Diffuse Background,
N. White, G. Malaguti, G. Palumbo (eds), AIP Conf. Proc. 599, 686, (2001)

81*

Kaastra J., Mewe R., Liedahl D.A., Komossa S., Brinkman A.C.,
X-ray absorption lines in the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 discovered with Chandra-LETGS,
A&A 354, L83, (2000)

80

Komossa S., Mathur S.,
Supersolar metal abundances in the narrow-line quasar PG1404+226 ?,
in BAAS: High Energy Astrophysics Division meeting of the American Astronomical Society, BAAS 32 (3), #04.07, (2000)

79

Komossa S.,
The complex X-ray spectrum of the quasar MR2251-178,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 17, 80, (2000)

78

Komossa S., Mathur S.,
Consequences of super-solar metallicity in a narrow-line quasar: PG1404+226,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 17, 81, (2000)

77

Komossa S.,
Giant X-ray flares from optically inactive galaxies and the AGN-starburst connection,
in Advanced Lectures on the Starburst-AGN connection, R. Mujica et al. (eds), published electronically at http://www.inaoep.mx/~agn00/posters.html, (2001)

76

Ikebe Y., Leighly K., Tanaka Y., Nakagawa T., Terashima Y., Komossa S.,
RXTE observations of NGC 6240,
in ASCA/ROSAT workshop on AGN and the X-ray background,
T. Takahashi, H. Inoue (eds), ISAS Report, 161, (2000)

75

Komossa S.,
Warm absorbers in AGN - a review,
in ASCA/ROSAT workshop on AGN and the X-ray background,
T. Takahashi, H. Inoue (eds), ISAS Report, 149, (2000)

74

Komossa S.,
The giant X-ray outbursts from nearby, non-active galaxies: tidal disruption flares ?,
in ASCA/ROSAT workshop on AGN and the X-ray background,
T. Takahashi, H. Inoue (eds), ISAS Report, 180, (2000)

73

Komossa S.,
Warm absorbers in Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies,
New Astronomy Reviews 44 (7-9), 483, (2000)

72

Komossa S., Grupe D., Janek M.,
1E 0117.2-2837 and the NLR of Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies,
New Astronomy Reviews 44 (7-9), 1004, (2000)

71*

Böhringer H., Voges W., Huchra J.P., McLean B., Giacconi R.C., Rosati P., Burg R., Mader J., Schuecker P., Simic D., Komossa S., Reiprich T.H., Retzlaff J., Truemper J.,
The Northern ROSAT All-Sky (NORAS) Galaxy Cluster Survey I: X-ray Properties of Clusters Detected as Extended X-ray Sources,
ApJS 129, 435, (2000)

70

Komossa S., Greiner J.,
A giant, ultra-soft and luminous X-ray outburst from the optically inactive galaxy pair RXJ1242.6-1119: flare of a tidally disrupted star ?,
in Cosmic Explosions, S. Holt, W.W.Zhang (eds), AIP 522, 325, (2000)

69

Komossa S., Böhringer H., Huchra J., Breitschwerdt D.,
An X-ray spectral, spatial and temporal study of a sample of nearby LINER galaxies,
in Large Scale Structure in the X-ray Universe, M. Plionis, I. Georgantopoulos (eds), Atlantisciences (2000), 385

68*

Ikebe Y., Leighly K., Tanaka Y., Nakagawa T., Terashima Y., Komossa S.,
RXTE observations of NGC 6240: a search for the obscured active nucleus,
MNRAS 316, 433, (2000)

67

Breitschwerdt D., Komossa S.,
Galactic Fountains and Galactic Winds ,
in Astrophysical Dynamics, D. Berry et al. (eds),
Ap&SS 272, 3, (2000)

66

Komossa S., Breitschwerdt D., Böhringer H., Janek M.,
X-ray emission mechanisms of LINERs,
in Astrophysical Dynamics, D. Berry et al. (eds),
Ap&SS 272, 295, (2000)

65

Komossa S., Breitschwerdt D.,
Dusty warm absorbers: The case of IRAS 13349+2438,
in Astrophysical Dynamics, D. Berry et al. (eds),
Ap&SS 272, 299, (2000)

64

Komossa S., Breitschwerdt D., Greiner J., Janek M.,
The exceptional X-ray properties of the NLSy1 galaxy RX J0134.3-4258,
in Astrophysical Dynamics, D. Berry et al. (eds),
Ap&SS 272, 303, (2000)

63*

Komossa S., Schulz H.,
The nature of the luminous X-ray emission of NGC 6240,
in Ultraluminous Galaxies: Monsters or Babies, D. Lutz and L. Tacconi (eds),
Ap&SS 266, 61, (1999)

62*

Komossa S., Meerschweinchen J.,
X-ray emission/absorption mechanisms of 4 NLSy1-like AGN and a radio quasar:
QSO 0117-2837, RX J0134.3-4258, NGC 4051, Mrk 1298, 4C +74.26,
A&A 354, 411, (2000)

61*

Siebert J., Komossa S., Brinkmann W.
The warm absorber in IRAS 13349+2438: dusty or not ?,
A&A 351, 893, (1999)

60*

Ulrich M.-H., Comastri A., Komossa S., Crane P.,
The steep spectrum quasar PG1404+226 observed with ASCA, HST, and ROSAT,
A&A 350, 816, (1999)

59*

Komossa S., Böhringer H., Huchra J.,
X-ray properties of LINERs,
A&A 349, 88, (1999)

58*

Komossa S., Greiner J.
Discovery of a giant and luminous X-ray outburst from the optically inactive galaxy pair RXJ1242.6-1119,
A&A 349, L45, (1999)

57

Komossa S., Böhringer H., Breitschwerdt D., Huchra J.,
High Energy Emission of LINER galaxies,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 15, (1999), 125

56

Janek M., Komossa S.,
The X-ray spectrum of the extreme Narrow-line Quasar QSO 0117-2837,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 15, (1999), 126

55

Komossa S., Greiner J.,
A giant, ultra-soft, and luminous X-ray outburst from the galaxy pair RXJ1242-11: tidal disruption of a star by a supermassive black hole ? ,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 15, (1999), 126

54

Komossa S., Böhringer H.,
The central radio source in the NGC 383 group: jet - IGM interaction ?,
in Diffuse Thermal and Relativistic Plasma in Galaxy Clusters, H. Böhringer et al. (eds); MPE Report 271, 167, (1999)

53*

Komossa S., Janek M.,
Testing NLSy1 scenarios with photoionization models,
in Heating and Acceleration in the Universe, H.Inoue, T.Ohashi, and T.Takahashi (eds),
Astron. Nachr. 320, 310, (1999)

52*

Komossa S., Böhringer H., Huchra J.,
Soft X-ray properties of LINERs,
in Heating and Acceleration in the Universe, H.Inoue, T.Ohashi, and T.Takahashi (eds),
Astron. Nachr. 320, 301, (1999)

51*

Schulz H., Komossa S.,
Formation of massive black holes in early mergers ?,
in Astrophysics and Cosmology: A collection of critical thoughts, W. Kundt and C. van de Bruck (eds), Lecture Notes in Physics, (1999), in press

50*

Greiner J., Tovmassian G., Komossa S., Rosado M., Arrieta A.,
The WC6 Wolf-Rayet star MLA1159 in M31 and its ionization nebula BA1-64,
A&A 347, 556, (1999)

49*

Schulz H., Komossa S., Schmitz C., Muecke A.,
Clues on the obscured active nucleus of NGC 1365,
A&A 346, 764, (1999)

48*

Komossa S., Böhringer H.,
X-ray study of the NGC 383 group of galaxies and the source 1E0104+3153,
A&A 344, 755, (1999)

47*

Komossa S., Bade N.,
The giant X-ray outbursts in NGC 5905 and IC 3599: Follow-up observations and outburst scenarios,
A&A 343, 775, (1999)

46

Tovmassian G., Greiner J., Komossa S., Rosado M., Arrieta A.,
The M31-WC6 star MLA1159 and its ionization nebula BA1-64,
in IAU Symp. 193: Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and Starburst Galaxies, K.A. van der Hucht, G. Koenigsberger and P.R.J. Eenens (eds), ASP IAU ser., 501, (1999)

45

Komossa S., Greiner J.,
Warm absorbers in Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies,
in High Energy Processes in Accreting Black Holes, J. Poutanen & R. Svensson (eds),
ASP conf. ser. 161, (1999), 228

44

Komossa S., Bade N.,
The giant X-ray outburst in NGC 5905 - a tidal disruption event ?,
in High Energy Processes in Accreting Black Holes, J. Poutanen & R. Svensson (eds),
ASP conf. ser. 161, (1999), 234

43

Schulz H., Komossa S., Greiner, J.
The ultraluminous IR galaxy NGC 6240: Luminous extended X-ray emission and evidence for an AGN,
in Highlights in X-ray Astronomy, B. Aschenbach & M.J. Freyberg (eds), MPE Report 272, 139, (1999)

42

Komossa S., Fink H.,
Properties of warm absorbers in active galaxies,
in Highlights in X-ray Astronomy, B. Aschenbach & M.J. Freyberg (eds), MPE Report 272, 147, (1999)

41

Komossa S., Schulz H.,
The ROSAT view of NGC 1365: core emission, the highly-variable source NGC1365-X1, and alignments of surrounding X-ray sources,
in Highlights in X-ray Astronomy, B. Aschenbach & M.J. Freyberg (eds), MPE Report 272, 158, (1999)

40

Komossa S., Bade N.,
The giant-amplitude X-ray outburst in NGC 5905 - a tidal disruption event ?
in Highlights in X-ray Astronomy, B. Aschenbach & M.J. Freyberg (eds), MPE Report 272, 143, (1999)

39

Komossa S.,
Properties of dusty and dust-free warm absorbers,
in Structure and Kinematics of Quasar Broad Line Regions, C.M. Gaskell et al. (eds), ASP conf. ser. 175, 365, (1999)

38*

Komossa S., Schulz H.
The ROSAT view of NGC 1365 and the luminous, highly variable, off-nuclear X-ray source NGC1365-X1,
A&A 339, 345, (1998)

37

Komossa S.,
The complex X-ray spectra of active galaxies with warm absorbers,
in The First XMM Workshop on Science with XMM, M. Dahlem (ed.), http://astro.estec.esa.nl/XMM/news/ws1/ws1_papers.html, (1998)

36

Komossa S., Böhringer H.,
The NGC 383 group of galaxies,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 14, 145, (1998)

35

Komossa S., Schulz H.,
X-ray emission from NGC 1365 and the highly variable off-nuclear source NGC1365-X1,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 14, 145, (1998)

34

Komossa S.,
Warm absorbers in Narrow-Line Seyfert1 galaxies: IRAS17020+4544, IRAS13349+2438, PG1404+226 and RXJ0134-4258,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 14, 144, (1998)

33*

Komossa S., Schulz H., Greiner J.,
ROSAT HRI discovery of luminous extended X-ray emission in NGC 6240,
A&A 334, 110, (1998)

32*

Komossa S., Bade N.,
Properties of dusty warm absorbers and the case of IRAS 17020+4544,
A&A 331, L49, (1998)

31*

Schulz H., Komossa S., Berghöfer T., Boer B.,
ROSAT evidence for AGN and superwind activity in NGC 6240 and NGC 2782,
A&A 330, 823, (1998)

30

Schulz H., Komossa S.,
Doch ein AGN in NGC 6240 ?,
Sterne und Weltraum, März 1998, 218

29*

Komossa S.,
ROSAT Beobachtungen warmer Absorber in Aktiven Galaxien,
Dissertation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, (1997)

28*

Rafanelli P., Roi S., Tegon A., Schulz H., di Serego Alighieri S., Komossa S., Richter G., Vennik J.,
The knotty structure of the HII dwarf galaxy F348,
Astron. Nachr. 318, 319, (1997)

27*

Rafanelli P., Schulz H., Barbieri C., Komossa S., Mebold U., Baruffulo A., Radovich M.,
Subarcsec structures in the double nucleus of NGC 6240 disclosed with HST at 370, 430 and 500 nm,
A&A 327, 901, (1997)

26*

Komossa S., Fink H.,
The soft X-ray properties of the Seyfert 1.8 galaxy NGC 3786,
A&A 327, 555, (1997)

25*

Komossa S., Fink H.,
Evidence for a dusty warm absorber in NGC 3227,
A&A 327, 483, (1997)

24

Schulz H., Komossa S.,
X-ray evidence for an AGN and superwind in the ultraluminous IR galaxy NGC 6240,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 13, 245, (1997)

23

Komossa S., Bade N., Greiner J., Tovmassian G.,
Simultaneous and follow-up optical observations of the X-ray outburst in NGC 5905: Constraints on outburst scenarios,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 13, 246, (1997)

22

Komossa S., Fink H.,
Dusty warm absorbers in active galaxies: The case of NGC 3786,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 13, 247, (1997)

21*

Komossa S., Schulz H.,
Interpretation of the emission line spectra of Seyfert 2 galaxies by multi-component photoionization models,
A&A 323, 31, (1997)

20*

Komossa S., Fink H.,
A ROSAT observation of the warm-absorbed soft X-ray spectrum of NGC 4051,
A&A 322, 719, (1997)

19*

Schartel N., Komossa S., Brinkmann W., Fink H.H., Trümper J., Wamsteker W.,
PKS 2351-154: A High-Redshift Quasar with Variable X-ray Absorption,
A&A 320, 421, (1997)

18

Komossa S., Fink H.,
ROSAT observations of warm absorbers in AGN,
in Accretion Disks - New Aspects, E. Meyer-Hofmeister, H. Spruit (eds),
Lecture Notes in Physics 487, 250, (1997)

17

Komossa S., Fink H.,
Properties of warm absorbers and constraints from their optical and UV line emission,
in Emission Lines in Active Galaxies: New Methods and Techniques, B.M. Peterson, F.-Z. Cheng, and A.S. Wilson (eds), ASP conf. ser. 113, 246, (1997)

16

Komossa S., Fink H.,
ROSAT observations of warm absorbers in active galaxies,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Ser. 12, 228, (1996)

15

Komossa S., Fink H.,
Long- and short-term X-ray variability of NGC 4051,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Ser. 12, 227, (1996)

14*

Greiner J., Danner R., Bade N., Richter G.A., Kroll P., Komossa S.,
Four new active galaxies with steep soft X-ray spectra,
A&A 310, 384, (1996)

13*

Bade N., Komossa S., Dahlem M.,
Detection of an extremely soft X-ray outburst in the HII-like nucleus of NGC 5905,
A&A 309, L 35, (1996)

12

Komossa S., Fink H.,
A ROSAT observation of the warm absorber in NGC 4051,
in Röntgenstrahlung from the Universe, MPE Report 263, H.U. Zimmermann, J. Trümper, H. Yorke (eds), 463, (1996)

11

Komossa S., Greiner J.,
Testing Narrow-Line-Seyfert-1 scenarios with photoionization models,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Ser. 11, 217, (1995)

10

Komossa S., Fink H.,
Emission and Absorption Features of Warm Absorbers in AGN,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Ser. 11, 72, (1995)

9

Barbieri C., Rafanelli P., Schulz H., Komossa S., Baruffolo A.,
A subarcsecond high-excitation knot in the southern nucleus of NGC 6240 - indicator of a hidden AGN?,
in 17th Texas Symp. on Relativistic Astrophys. and Cosmology, W. Voges, G. Wiedenmann, G.E. Morfill, J. Trümper (eds), MPE Report 261, (1994)

8

Barbieri C., Rafanelli P., Schulz H., Komossa S., FOC Investigation Definition Team,
Excitation structure in the center of NGC 6240,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Ser. 10, 217, (1994)

7

Komossa S., Schulz H.,
Can relations between Seyfert line ratios be explained by a systematic contribution of matter-bounded clouds ?,
in The Analysis of Emission Lines (STScI Symp. contributed papers), R.E. Williams, M. Livio (eds), 30, (1994)

6*

Komossa S.,
Der Einfluss von Inhomogenitäten des interstellaren Mediums auf die Emissionslinienspektren von aktiven galaktischen Kernen,
Diplomarbeit, Universität Bochum, (1994)

5

Komossa S.,
Composite Models for Narrow Line Regions,
in AGN across the electromagnetic spectrum, IAU-Symp. 159, T.J.-L. Courvoisier & A. Blecha (eds), 449, (1994)

4

Komossa S.,
Towards understanding Seyfert 2 emission-line ratios,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 9, 60, (1993)

3*

Schulz H., Komossa S.,
The evidence for anisotropy of the ionizing continuum of NGC 4151,
A&A 278, 29, (1993)

2

Schulz H., Fritsch C., Komossa S., Muecke A.,
Photoionization in an inhomogeneous environment: Pitfalls for emission-line diagnostics in Starburst and Seyfert galaxies,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 8, 74, (1993)

1

Schulz H., Komossa S.,
Radiation cone models for NGC 4151,
Astron. Ges. Abstr. Series 7, 171, (1992)