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Overview

Arif Babul is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada and works primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research contributions encompass a wide range of topics within astronomy and astrophysics, with a total of 125 publications in related domains.

The main areas of study associated with their work include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Epidemiology
  • Emergency Medicine

Babul's primary research topics cover diverse aspects of cosmic phenomena and astrophysical processes, such as:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

The scientist has authored numerous papers published in respected venues, illustrating an active engagement with the academic community. Frequent publication venues include:

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

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Babul include:

  • Simulating Groups and the IntraGroup Medium: The Surprisingly Complex and Rich Middle Ground between Clusters and Galaxies, 2021, Universe
  • Rapid early coeval star formation and assembly of the most-massive galaxies in the Universe, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Fountains and storms: the effects of AGN feedback and mergers on the evolution of the intracluster medium in the romulusc simulation, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Is there enough star formation in simulated protoclusters?, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Massive central galaxies of galaxy groups in the Romulus simulations: an overview of galaxy properties at z = 0, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Babul collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Douglas Rennehan
  • Thomas Quinn
  • S. I. Loubser
  • Michael Tremmel
  • Vida Saeedzadeh

Best Publications

  • The remnants of galaxy formation from a panoramic survey of the region around M31

    Alan W. McConnachie;Michael J. Irwin;Rodrigo A. Ibata;John Dubinski

  • On dwarf elliptical galaxies and the faint blue counts

    Arif Babul;Martin J. Rees

  • The role of black holes in galaxy formation and evolution

    A. Cattaneo;S. M. Faber;J. Binney;A. Dekel

  • The Canadian Cluster Comparison Project: detailed study of systematics and updated weak lensing masses

    Henk Hoekstra;Ricardo Herbonnet;Adam Muzzin;Arif Babul

  • Joint Analysis of Cluster Observations: II. Chandra/XMM-Newton X-ray and Weak Lensing Scaling Relations for a Sample of 50 Rich Clusters of Galaxies

    A. Mahdavi;H. Hoekstra;A. Babul;C. Bildfell

  • The nature and space density of fossil groups of galaxies

    L. R. Jones;T. J. Ponman;A. Horton;A. Babul

  • The large-scale structure of the halo of the Andromeda Galaxy Part I: global stellar density, morphology and metallicity properties

    Rodrigo A. Ibata;Geraint F. Lewis;Alan W. McConnachie;Nicolas F. Martin

  • The impact of mergers on relaxed X-ray clusters – I. Dynamical evolution and emergent transient structures

    Gregory B. Poole;Mark A. Fardal;Arif Babul;Ian G. McCarthy

  • Reionization in a cold dark matter universe: The feedback of galaxy formation on the intergalactic medium

    Paul R. Shapiro;Mark L. Giroux;Mark L. Giroux;Arif Babul

  • Galaxy-Induced Transformation of Dark Matter Halos

    Mario G. Abadi;Julio F. Navarro;Mark Fardal;Arif Babul

  • The Large-scale Structure of the Halo of the Andromeda Galaxy. I. Global Stellar Density, Morphology and Metallicity Properties

    Rodrigo A. Ibata;Geraint F. Lewis;Alan W. McConnachie;Nicolas F. Martin;Nicolas F. Martin

  • Gravitational Lensing in Clusters of Galaxies: New Clues Regarding the Dynamics of Intracluster Gas

    Jordi Miralda-Escude;Arif Babul

  • LoCuSS: THE SLOW QUENCHING OF STAR FORMATION IN CLUSTER GALAXIES AND THE NEED FOR PRE-PROCESSING

    C. P. Haines;C. P. Haines;C. P. Haines;M. J. Pereira;G. P. Smith;E. Egami

  • Joint Analysis of Cluster Observations: II. Chandra/XMM-Newton X-ray and Weak Lensing Scaling Relations for a Sample of 50 Rich Clusters of Galaxies

    Andisheh Mahdavi;Henk Hoekstra;Arif Babul;Chris Bildfell

  • LoCuSS: A COMPARISON OF CLUSTER MASS MEASUREMENTS FROM XMM-NEWTON AND SUBARU—TESTING DEVIATION FROM HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM AND NON-THERMAL PRESSURE SUPPORT

    Yu Ying Zhang;Nobuhiro Okabe;Nobuhiro Okabe;Alexis Finoguenov;Graham P. Smith

  • The Dynamics of Sinking Satellites around Disk Galaxies: A Poor Man’s Alternative to High-Resolution Numerical Simulations

    James E. Taylor;Arif Babul

  • Investigating the Andromeda stream – III. A young shell system in M31

    M. A. Fardal;P. Guhathakurta;A. Babul;A. W. McConnachie

  • A Dark Core in Abell 520

    Andisheh Mahdavi;Henk Hoekstra;Arif Babul;David D. Balam

  • Investigating the Andromeda stream — I. Simple analytic bulge—disc—halo model for M31

    J. J. Geehan;M. A. Fardal;M. A. Fardal;A. Babul;P. Guhathakurta

  • Galaxy-induced transformation of dark matter haloes

    Mario G. Abadi;Julio F. Navarro;Mark Fardal;Arif Babul

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott Chapman
Scott Chapman Dalhousie University
Ian G. McCarthy
Ian G. McCarthy Liverpool John Moores University
Henk Hoekstra
Henk Hoekstra Leiden University
Geraint F. Lewis
Geraint F. Lewis University of Sydney
Alexis Finoguenov
Alexis Finoguenov University of Helsinki
Annette M. N. Ferguson
Annette M. N. Ferguson University of Edinburgh
Rodrigo A. Ibata
Rodrigo A. Ibata University of Strasbourg
Graham P. Smith
Graham P. Smith University of Birmingham
Julio F. Navarro
Julio F. Navarro University of Victoria
Richard G. Bower
Richard G. Bower Durham University

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