SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PAPERS

  BLACK HOLE PHYSICS

• Natarajan, P., et al., 2019, Disentangling nature from nurture: tracing the origin of seed black holes, White paper submitted to Astro2020 Decadal Survey, NAS White Paper Repository 2019arXiv109409326N.
• Ricarte, A. & Natarajan, P., 2018, The observational signatures of supermassive black hole seeds, MNRAS, Vol. 481, 3278.
• Natarajan, P. et al., 2017, Unveiling the First Black Holes With JWST: Multi-wavelength Spectral Predictions, ApJ, Vol. 838, 117.
• Alexander, T. & Natarajan, P., 2014, Rapid growth of seed black holes in the early universe by supra-exponential accretion, Science, Vol. 345,
• Natarajan, P. & Treister, E., 2009, Is there an upper limit to black hole masses?, MNRAS, Vol. 393, 838.
• Lodato, G. & Natarajan, P., 2006, The mass function of high redshift seed black holes, MNRAS, Vol. 377, 64.
• Lodato, G. & Natarajan, P., 2006, Supermassive black hole formation in pre-galactic disks, MNRAS Vol. 371, 1813.
• Armitage, P. & Natarajan, P., 2002, Accretion during the Merger of Supermassive Black Holes, ApJL, Vol. 567, 9.
• Natarajan, P. & Pringle, J., 1998, The Alignment of Disk and Black Hole Spins in Active Galactic Nuclei, ApJ, Vol. 506, L97.
• Natarajan, P. & Sigurdsson, S., 1998, Sunyaev-Zeldovich decrements with no clusters?, MNRAS, Vol. 302, 228.
• Natarajan, P., Sigurdsson, S. & Silk, J., 1998, Quasar outflows and the formation of dwarf galaxies, MNRAS, Vol. 298, 577.
• Haehnelt, M., Natarajan, P. & Rees, M. J., 1998, High-redshift galaxies, their active nuclei and central black holes, MNRAS, Vol. 300, 817.

 GRAVITATIONAL LENSING

• Meneghetti, M; Davoli, G; Bergamini, P; Rosati, P; Natarajan, P. et al. 2020,
  An excess of small-scale gravitational lenses observed in galaxy clusters Science, Vol. 369, Issue 6509, 1347-1353.
• Natarajan, Priyamvada; Chadayammuri, Urmila; Jauzac, Mathilde et al., 2017,
  Mapping substructure in the HST Frontier Fields cluster lenses and in cosmological simulations MNRAS, 468, 1962.
• Meneghetti, Massimo; Natarajan, Priyamvada; et al., 2017,  The Frontier Fields lens modelling comparison project, MNRAS, 472, 3177.
• Natarajan, Priyamvada, et al., 2009, The survival of dark matter halos in the cluster Cl 0024+16,  ApJ, 693, 970.
• Jullo, Eric; Natarajan, Priyamvada; et al., 2010, Cosmological constraints from strong gravitational lensing in clusters of galaxies, Science, 329, 924.
• Comerford, Julia & Natarajan, Priyamvada, 2007,  The observed concentration-mass relation for galaxy clusters, MNRAS, 379, 190.
• Natarajan, Priyamvada; De Lucia, Gabriella & Springel, Volker, 2007,  Substructure in lensing clusters and simulations, MNRAS, 376, 180.
• Natarajan, Priyamvada; Loeb, Abraham; Kneib, Jean-Paul &
  Smail, Ian, 2002, Constraints on the collisional nature of the dark matter from gravitational lensing in the cluster A2218 , ApJ, 580, L17.
• Natarajan, Priyamvada; Kneib, Jean-Paul & Smail, Ian, 2002, Evidence for tidal stripping of dark matter halos in massive cluster lenses, ApJ, 580, L11.
• Crittenden, Robert; Natarajan, Priyamvada; Pen, Ue-Li &
  Theuns, Tom, 2001,  Spin-induced Galaxy Alignments and Their Implications for Weak-Lensing Measurements, ApJ, 559, 552.
• Natarajan, Priyamvada; Kneib, Jean-Paul; Smail, Ian &
  Ellis, Richard, 1998,  The Mass-to-Light Ratio of Early-Type Galaxies: Constraints from Gravitational Lensing in the Rich Cluster AC 114  ApJ, 499, 600.
• Natarajan, Priyamvada & Kneib, Jean-Paul, 1997
  Lensing by galaxy halos in clusters of galaxies MNRAS, 287, 833.
• Natarajan, Priyamvada & Kneib, Jean-Paul, 1996,  Probing the dynamics of cluster-lenses, MNRAS, 283, 1031.