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C. Ledoux is affiliated with the European Southern Observatory in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Ledoux's contributions also extend to related subfields such as Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Atmospheric Science, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Their scholarly work covers varied topics within astrophysics and galactic studies. Notable main research topics include:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Stellar, Planetary, and Galactic Studies
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae
  • Adaptive Optics and Wavefront Sensing

C. Ledoux has published extensively, with frequent venues for their research including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Ledoux include:

  • "Dust depletion of metals from local to distant galaxies," 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "Telltale signs of metal recycling in the circumgalactic medium of a z ∼ 0.77 galaxy," 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Dust depletion of metals from local to distant galaxies," 2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "A 30 kpc Spatially Extended Clumpy and Asymmetric Galactic Outflow at z ∼ 1.7," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "New Generation Stellar Spectral Libraries in the Optical and Near-infrared. I. The Recalibrated UVES-POP Library for Stellar Population Synthesis*," 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Frequent collaborators in Ledoux's research include:

  • J.-K. Krogager
  • P. Noterdaeme
  • A. De
  • Sebastián López
  • L. Felipe Barrientos

Best Publications

  • An optical supernova associated with the X-ray flash XRF 060218.

    E. Pian;E. Pian;P. A. Mazzali;N. Masetti;P. Ferrero

  • Low-Resolution Spectroscopy of Gamma-ray Burst Optical Afterglows: Biases in the Swift Sample and Characterization of the Absorbers

    J. P. U. Fynbo;P. Jakobsson;J. X. Prochaska;D. Malesani

  • Low-resolution Spectroscopy of Gamma-ray Burst Optical Afterglows: Biases in the Swift Sample and Characterization of the Absorbers

    J. P. U. Fynbo;J. P. U. Fynbo;P. Jakobsson;J. X. Prochaska;D. Malesani

  • The VLT-UVES survey for molecular hydrogen in high-redshift damped Lyman-$lpha$ systems

    Cédric Ledoux;Patrick Petitjean;R. Srianand

  • The Very Large Telescope Ultraviolet and Visible Echelle Spectrograph survey for molecular hydrogen in high‐redshift damped Lyman α systems

    Cédric Ledoux;Patrick Petitjean;R. Srianand

  • Velocity-Metallicity Correlation for high-z DLA Galaxies: Evidence for a Mass-Metallicity Relation?

    C. Ledoux;P. Petitjean;J. P. U. Fynbo;P. Moller

  • Evolution of the cosmological mass density of neutral gas from Sloan Digital Sky Survey II - Data Release 7

    P. Noterdaeme;P. Noterdaeme;P. Petitjean;C. Ledoux;R. Srianand

  • Molecular hydrogen in high-redshift Damped Lyman-alpha systems: The VLT/UVES database

    P. Noterdaeme;C. Ledoux;P. Petitjean;R. Srianand

  • The host of GRB 030323 at z=3.372: A very high column density DLA system with a low metallicity

    P.M. Vreeswijk;S.L. Ellison;S.L. Ellison;C. Ledoux;R.A.M.J. Wijers

  • The VLT-UVES survey for molecular hydrogen in high-redshift damped Lyman-alpha systems: Physical conditions in the neutral gas

    Raghunathan Srianand;Patrick Petitjean;Cedric Ledoux;Gary Ferland

  • Velocity-metallicity correlation for high-z DLA galaxies: evidence of a mass-metallicity relation?

    C. Ledoux;P. Petitjean;J. P. U. Fynbo;P. Møller

  • Molecular hydrogen in high-redshift damped Lyman-α systems : the VLT/UVES database

    P. Noterdaeme;P. Noterdaeme;C. Ledoux;P. Petitjean;R. Srianand

  • The cosmic microwave background radiation temperature at a redshift of 2.34

    R. Srianand;P. Petitjean;P. Petitjean;C. Ledoux

  • Rapid-Response Mode VLT/UVES spectroscopy of GRB060418: Conclusive evidence for UV pumping from the time evolution of FeII and NiII excited- and metastable-level populations

    P.M. Vreeswijk;C. Ledoux;A. Smette;S.L. Ellison

  • Probing Cosmic Chemical Evolution with Gamma-Ray Bursts: GRB060206 at z=4.048

    J. P. U. Fynbo;R. L. C. Starling;C. Ledoux;K. Wiersema

  • Probing cosmic chemical evolution with gamma-ray bursts: GRB 060206 at z = 4.048

    J.P.U. Fynbo;R.L.C. Starling;C. Ledoux;K. Wiersema

  • On the Ly-alpha emission from gamma-ray burst host galaxies: evidence for low metallicities

    J. P. U. Fynbo;P. Jakobsson;P. Moller;J. Hjorth

  • Dust Extinction in High-z Galaxies with GRB Afterglow Spectroscopy - The 2175{\AA} Feature at z=2.45

    Á. Elíasdóttir;J. P. U. Fynbo;J. Hjorth;C. Ledoux

  • A Lyman-α blob in the GOODS South field: evidence for cold accretion onto a dark matter halo ⋆

    Kim Nilsson;Kim Nilsson;Johan P. U. Fynbo;Palle Moller;Jesper Sommer-Larsen

  • On the Lyalpha emission from gamma-ray burst host galaxies: Evidence for low metallicities

    J. P. U. Fynbo;J. P. U. Fynbo;P. Jakobsson;P. Møller;J. Hjorth

Frequent Co-Authors

Raghunathan Srianand
Raghunathan Srianand Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Pasquier Noterdaeme
Pasquier Noterdaeme University of Chile
Patrick Petitjean
Patrick Petitjean Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Johan P. U. Fynbo
Johan P. U. Fynbo University of Copenhagen
Pall Jakobsson
Pall Jakobsson University of Iceland
Darach Watson
Darach Watson University of Copenhagen
Lex Kaper
Lex Kaper University of Amsterdam
Jesper Sollerman
Jesper Sollerman Stockholm University
Ralph A. M. J. Wijers
Ralph A. M. J. Wijers University of Amsterdam
Patricia Schady
Patricia Schady University of Bath

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