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  • 2010 - Hellman Fellow

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Adam J. Burgasser is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with extensive publications contributing to this domain.

Their research spans several subfields, including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Atmospheric Science

Main topics addressed in their work encompass:

  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications

Notable recent papers include:

  • The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra (2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series)
  • The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar, and APOGEE-2 Data (2022, Repository of the Academy's Library [Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences])
  • Refining the Transit-timing and Photometric Analysis of TRAPPIST-1: Masses, Radii, Densities, Dynamics, and Ephemerides (2021, The Planetary Science Journal)
  • UNCOVER Spectroscopy Confirms the Surprising Ubiquity of Active Galactic Nuclei in Red Sources at z > 5 (2024, The Astrophysical Journal)
  • SN 2023ixf in Messier 101: Photo-ionization of Dense, Close-in Circumstellar Material in a Nearby Type II Supernova (2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Adam J. Burgasser include:

  • Christopher A. Theissen
  • Roman Gerasimov
  • Christian Aganze
  • Jacqueline K. Faherty
  • J. Davy Kirkpatrick

In terms of publication venues, they often contribute to:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Research Notes of the AAS

Adam J. Burgasser has authored books published by Princeton University Press, including "Stellar Spectral Classification" (2021).

The researcher received the Hellman Fellowship in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Seven temperate terrestrial planets around the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1

    Michaël Gillon;Amaury H. M. J. Triaud;Brice-Olivier Demory;Emmanuël Jehin

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies and the Distant Universe

    Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti;Franco D. Albareti

  • The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

    Bela Abolfathi;D. S. Aguado;Gabriela Aguilar;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

    Bela Abolfathi;D. S. Aguado;Gabriela Aguilar;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe

    Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti

  • LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

    Paul A. Abell;Julius Allison;Scott F. Anderson

  • Astrometry and Photometry for Cool Dwarfs and Brown Dwarfs

    C. C. Dahn;H. C. Harris;F. J. Vrba;H. H. Guetter

  • Sixty-seven Additional L Dwarfs Discovered by the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)

    J. Davy Kirkpatrick;I. Neill Reid;James Liebert;John E. Gizis

  • 67 Additional L Dwarfs Discovered by the Two Micron All Sky Survey

    J. Davy Kirkpatrick;I. Neill Reid;James Liebert;John E. Gizis

  • Astrometry and photometry for cool dwarfs and brown dwarfs

    Conard C. Dahn;Hugh C. Harris;Frederick J. Vrba;Harry H. Guetter

  • Temperate Earth-sized planets transiting a nearby ultracool dwarf star

    Michaël Gillon;Emmanuël Jehin;Susan M. Lederer;Laetitia Delrez

  • The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra

    Romina Ahumada;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andrés Almeida;Friedrich Anders;Friedrich Anders

  • Preliminary Parallaxes of 40 L and T Dwarfs from the U.S. Naval Observatory Infrared Astrometry Program

    F. J. Vrba;A. A. Henden;C. B. Luginbuhl;H. H. Guetter

  • Binarity in Brown Dwarfs: T Dwarf Binaries Discovered with the Hubble Space Telescope WPFC2

    Adam J. Burgasser;J. Davy Kirkpatrick;I. Neill Reid;Michael E. Brown

  • The First Hundred Brown Dwarfs Discovered by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)

    J. Davy Kirkpatrick;Michael C. Cushing;Christopher R. Gelino;Roger L. Griffith

  • The Sixteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra

    Romina Ahumada;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andres Almeida;Friedrich Anders

  • A Unified Near-Infrared Spectral Classification Scheme for T Dwarfs

    Adam J. Burgasser;T. R. Geballe;S. K. Leggett;J. Davy Kirkpatrick

  • The Fifteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release of MaNGA Derived Quantities, Data Visualization Tools and Stellar Library

    D. S. Aguado;Romina Ahumada;Andres Almeida;Scott F. Anderson

  • The spectra of t dwarfs I: near-infrared data and spectral classification

    Adam J. Burgasser;J. Davy Kirkpatrick;Michael E. Brown;I. Neill Reid

  • The Brown Dwarf Kinematics Project (BDKP) I. Proper Motions and Tangential Velocities for a Large Sample of Late-type M, L and T Dwarfs

    Jacqueline K. Faherty;Adam J. Burgasser;Kelle L. Cruz;Michael M. Shara

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Davy Kirkpatrick
J. Davy Kirkpatrick California Institute of Technology
Kelle L. Cruz
Kelle L. Cruz Hunter College
John E. Gizis
John E. Gizis University of Delaware
Daniel Apai
Daniel Apai University of Arizona
Mark S. Marley
Mark S. Marley University of Arizona
John J. Bochanski
John J. Bochanski Rider University
Michael C. Cushing
Michael C. Cushing University of Toledo
James Liebert
James Liebert University of Arizona
I. Neill Reid
I. Neill Reid Space Telescope Science Institute
Michaël Gillon
Michaël Gillon University of Liège

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