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Anna Frebel

Anna Frebel

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Anna Frebel is a researcher affiliated with MIT in the United States, specializing in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work primarily focuses on Astronomy and Astrophysics, with notable engagement in subfields such as Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and General Health Professions.

Frebel's research covers several main topics, including Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; Astronomy and Astrophysical Research; Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies; Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae; Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena; Astro and Planetary Science; and Astronomical and nuclear sciences.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Bright metal-poor stars from the Hamburg/ESO survey I: selection and follow-up observations from 329 fields (2024), published in Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
  • The dark matter profile of the Milky Way inferred from its circular velocity curve (2024), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • An extended halo around an ancient dwarf galaxy (2021), published in Nature Astronomy
  • r-Process elements from magnetorotational hypernovae (2021), published in Nature
  • The R-process Alliance: A Nearly Complete R-process Abundance Template Derived from Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of the R-process-enhanced Metal-poor Star HD 222925* (2024), published in OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include:

  • Alexander P. Ji
  • Ian U. Roederer
  • Rana Ezzeddine
  • Vinicius M. Placco
  • Erika M. Holmbeck

The scientist often publishes in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astronomical Journal
  • Nature Astronomy

Best Publications

  • Nucleosynthetic signatures of the first stars

    Anna Frebel;Wako Aoki;Norbert Christlieb;Hiroyasu Ando

  • Uncovering Extremely Metal-Poor Stars in the Milky Way's Ultra-Faint Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite Galaxies

    Evan N. Kirby;Joshua D. Simon;Marla Geha;Puragra Guhathakurta

  • Near-Field Cosmology with Extremely Metal-Poor Stars

    Anna Frebel;John E. Norris

  • Near-Field Cosmology with Metal-Poor Stars

    Anna Frebel;John E. Norris

  • R-process enrichment from a single event in an ancient dwarf galaxy

    Alexander P. Ji;Alexander P. Ji;Anna Frebel;Anna Frebel;Anirudh Chiti;Joshua D. Simon

  • A single low-energy, iron-poor supernova as the source of metals in the star SMSS J031300.36−670839.3

    Stefan C. Keller;M. S. Bessell;Anna L. Frebel;Andrew R. Casey

  • Uncovering Extremely Metal-Poor Stars in the Milky Way’s Ultrafaint Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite Galaxies*

    Evan N. Kirby;Joshua D. Simon;Marla Geha;Puragra Guhathakurta

  • CARBON-ENHANCED METAL-POOR STAR FREQUENCIES IN THE GALAXY: CORRECTIONS FOR THE EFFECT OF EVOLUTIONARY STATUS ON CARBON ABUNDANCES

    Vinicius M. Placco;Anna Frebel;Timothy C. Beers;Richard J. Stancliffe

  • THE MOST METAL-POOR STARS. II. CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES OF 190 METAL-POOR STARS INCLUDING 10 NEW STARS WITH [Fe/H] ⩽ –3.5*, **, ** *

    David Yong;John Norris;Michael Bessell;N Christlieb

  • High-Resolution Spectroscopy Of Extremely Metal-Poor Stars In The Least Evolved Galaxies: Ursa Major II And Coma Berenices

    Anna Frebel;Anna Frebel;Joshua D. Simon;Marla Geha;Beth Willman

  • Discovery of HE 1523–0901, a Strongly r-Process-enhanced Metal-poor Star with Detected Uranium*

    Anna Frebel;Anna Frebel;Norbert Christlieb;Norbert Christlieb;John E. Norris;Christopher Thom;Christopher Thom

  • He 1327-2326, an unevolved star with [Fe/H] < -5.0. I. A comprehensive abundance analysis

    Wako Aoki;Anna Frebel;Norbert Christlieb;John Norris

  • The stellar content of the Hamburg/ESO survey. IV. Selection of candidate metal-poor stars

    N. Christlieb;N. Christlieb;T. Schoerck;A. Frebel;T.C. Beers

  • Chemical Enrichment in the Faintest Galaxies: the Carbon and Iron Abundance Spreads in the Bo"otes I Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy and the Segue 1 System

    John E. Norris;Rosemary F. G. Wyse;Gerard Gilmore;David Yong

  • HE 1327-2326, an unevolved star with [Fe/H]<-5.0. II. New 3D-1D corrected abundances from a VLT/UVES spectrum

    Anna Frebel;Kjell Eriksson;Remo Collet;Norbert Christlieb

  • Segue 1: An Unevolved Fossil Galaxy from the Early Universe

    Anna Frebel;Joshua D. Simon;Evan N. Kirby

  • The Most Metal-poor Stars. IV. The Two Populations with [Fe/H] ?3.0

    John Norris;David Yong;Michael Bessell;Norbert Christlieb

  • Probing the formation of the first low‐mass stars with stellar archaeology

    Anna Frebel;Jarrett L. Johnson;Volker Bromm

  • The stellar content of the Hamburg/ESO survey. V. The metallicity distribution function of the Galactic halo

    Torben Schorck;Norbert Christlieb;Norbert Christlieb;Judy G. Cohen;Timothy C. Beers

  • COMPLETE ELEMENT ABUNDANCES OF NINE STARS IN THE r-PROCESS GALAXY RETICULUM II

    Alexander P. Ji;Alexander P. Ji;Anna Frebel;Anna Frebel;Joshua D. Simon;Anirudh Chiti

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy C. Beers
Timothy C. Beers University of Notre Dame
John E. Norris
John E. Norris Australian National University
Norbert Christlieb
Norbert Christlieb Heidelberg University
Martin Asplund
Martin Asplund Australian National University
Christopher Sneden
Christopher Sneden The University of Texas at Austin
Michael S. Bessell
Michael S. Bessell Australian National University
Joshua D. Simon
Joshua D. Simon Carnegie Institution for Science
John J. Cowan
John J. Cowan University of Oklahoma
David Yong
David Yong Australian National University
Sean G. Ryan
Sean G. Ryan University of Hertfordshire

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