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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Andy Lawrence is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Aerospace Engineering, Instrumentation, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics including Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

Andy Lawrence has contributed to a number of research publications in respected venues. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (13 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (8 publications)
  • Science (4 publications)
  • Manchester University Press eBooks (4 publications)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics (3 publications)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Andy Lawrence include:

  • The case for space environmentalism, 2022, Nature Astronomy
  • An outflow powers the optical rise of the nearby, fast-evolving tidal disruption event AT2019qiz, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • A detailed spectroscopic study of tidal disruption events, 2022, Research Portal (King's College London)
  • The tidal disruption event AT2018hyz - I. Double-peaked emission lines and a flat Balmer decrement, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Quasi-periodic X-ray eruptions years after a nearby tidal disruption event, 2024, Nature

Among their frequent co-authors are:

  • M. Nicholl (17 collaborations)
  • D. R. Young (13 collaborations)
  • G. Leloudas (12 collaborations)
  • M. Gromadzki (12 collaborations)
  • T. Wevers (11 collaborations)

Andy Lawrence has published at least one book with Winchester University Press titled Empirical art, scheduled for publication in 2025.

Recognition of their professional standing includes being awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1997.

Best Publications

  • The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS)

    Andy Lawrence;S. J. Warren;Omar Almaini;A. C. Edge

  • High-redshift star formation in the Hubble Deep Field revealed by a submillimetre-wavelength survey

    David H. Hughes;Stephen Serjeant;James Dunlop;Michael Rowan-Robinson

  • A luminous quasar at a redshift of z = 7.085

    Daniel J. Mortlock;Stephen J. Warren;Bram P. Venemans;Mitesh Patel

  • Unveiling Dust-enshrouded Star Formation in the Early Universe: a Sub-mm Survey of the Hubble Deep Field

    David Hughes;Steve Serjeant;James Dunlop;Michael Rowan-Robinson

  • Algae acquire vitamin B12 through a symbiotic relationship with bacteria.

    Martin T. Croft;Andrew D. Lawrence;Evelyne Raux-Deery;Martin J. Warren

  • The SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey. Paper I: Introduction and Description

    Nigel Hambly;Harvey MacGillivray;Mike Read;Sue Tritton

  • A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source

    S. J. Smartt;T.-W. Chen;A. Jerkstrand;M. Coughlin

  • The Universe as Seen by ISO

    M. Rowan-Robinson;S. Oliver;A. Efstathiou;C. Gruppioni

  • The WFCAM Science Archive

    N. C. Hambly;R. S. Collins;N. J. G. Cross;R. G. Mann

  • The SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey – I. Introduction and description

    Nigel Hambly;H. T. MacGillivray;Mike Read;S. B. Tritton

  • The Herschel ATLAS

    Stephen Anthony Eales;L. Dunne;D. Clements;A. Cooray

  • The relative frequency of broad-lined and narrow-lined active galactic nuclei: implications for unified schemes

    A. Lawrence

  • The 60-μ and far-infrared luminosity functions of IRAS galaxies

    W. Saunders;M. Rowan-Robinson;A. Lawrence;G. Efstathiou

  • The UKIDSS galactic plane survey

    P.~W. Lucas;M.~G. Hoare;A. Longmore;A.~C. Schröder

  • Obscuration and the various kinds of Seyfert galaxies

    A. Lawrence;M. Elvis

  • The WFCAM Science Archive

    Nigel Hambly;Ross Collins;Nicholas Cross;Robert Mann

  • The SCUBA 8-mJy survey - I. Submillimetre maps, sources and number counts

    S. E. Scott;M. J. Fox;J. S. Dunlop;S. Serjeant;S. Serjeant

  • An ultraviolet-optical flare from the tidal disruption of a helium-rich stellar core

    S. Gezari;Ryan T. Chornock;A. Rest;M. E. Huber

  • The SCUBA 8-mJy survey - I: Sub-millimetre maps, sources and number counts

    S. Scott;M. Fox;J. Dunlop;S. Serjeant;S. Serjeant

  • The density field of the local universe

    Will Saunders;Will Saunders;Carlos Frenk;Michael Rowan-Robinson;George Efstathiou

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert G. Mann
Robert G. Mann University of Edinburgh
Richard G. McMahon
Richard G. McMahon University of Cambridge
Omar Almaini
Omar Almaini University of Nottingham
Michael Rowan-Robinson
Michael Rowan-Robinson Imperial College London
Martin J. Warren
Martin J. Warren University of Kent
Seb Oliver
Seb Oliver University of Sussex
Stephen Serjeant
Stephen Serjeant The Open University
Rob Ivison
Rob Ivison European Southern Observatory
James S. Dunlop
James S. Dunlop University of Edinburgh
Martin Ward
Martin Ward Durham University

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