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Chris J. Willott is affiliated with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the United States. Their research spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, focusing particularly on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. They have contributed extensively to various subfields including Computational Mechanics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The primary topics addressed in their work include:

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

Willott has been a frequent contributor to key publication venues in astronomy and astrophysics. The most common venues include:

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

Their recent scholarly articles exemplify involvement in major developments using space telescope instrumentation and early universe observations. Recent publications include:

  • "The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope", published in 2022 in Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning", published in 2023 in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • "Spectroscopic confirmation of four metal-poor galaxies at z = 10.3-13.2", published in 2023 in Nature Astronomy
  • "JADES NIRSpec Spectroscopy of GN-z11: Lyman-α emission and possible enhanced nitrogen abundance in a z = 10.60 luminous galaxy", published in 2023 in Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "A small and vigorous black hole in the early Universe", published in 2024 in Nature

They have collaborated extensively with several prominent researchers over the course of their career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Andrew J. Bunker
  • R. Maiolino
  • Stefano Carniani
  • S. Charlot
  • Brant Robertson

Best Publications

  • The emission line—radio correlation for radio sources using the 7C Redshift Survey

    Chris J. Willott;Steve Rawlings;Katherine M. Blundell;Mark Lacy

  • The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) -- II. Submillimetre maps, catalogue and number counts

    K. Coppin;E.L. Chapin;A.M.J. Mortier;S.E. Scott

  • THE CANADA-FRANCE HIGH-z QUASAR SURVEY: NINE NEW QUASARS AND THE LUMINOSITY FUNCTION AT REDSHIFT 6

    Chris J. Willott;Philippe Delorme;Céline Reylé;Loic Albert

  • Star formation and dust obscuration at z~2: galaxies at the dawn of downsizing

    M. Pannella;C.L. Carilli;E. Daddi;H.J. Mc Cracken

  • The SCUBA Half-Degree Extragalactic Survey – II. Submillimetre maps, catalogue and number counts

    K. Coppin;E. L. Chapin;E. L. Chapin;A. M. J. Mortier;S. E. Scott

  • Deep radio imaging of the SCUBA 8-mJy survey fields: sub-mm source identifications and redshift distribution

    Rob Ivison;Thomas Greve;Ian Smail;James Dunlop

  • Deep radio imaging of the SCUBA 8-mJy survey fields: submillimetre source identifications and redshift distribution

    Rob Ivison;Thomas Greve;Ian Smail;James Dunlop

  • Star formation and dust obscuration at z≈2: galaxies at the dawn of downsizing

    M. Pannella;C. L. Carilli;E. Daddi;H. J. McCracken

  • The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) - III. Identification of radio and mid-infrared counterparts to submillimetre galaxies

    R. J. Ivison;T. R. Greve;J. S. Dunlop;J. A. Peacock

  • The Nature and Evolution of Classical Double Radio Sources from Complete Samples

    Katherine M. Blundell;Steve Rawlings;Chris J. Willott

  • The radio luminosity function from the low-frequency 3CRR, 6CE and 7CRS complete samples

    Chris J. Willott;Steve Rawlings;Katherine M. Blundell;Mark Lacy;Mark Lacy

  • A 3 × 109 M☉ Black Hole in the Quasar SDSS J1148+5251 at z = 6.41

    Chris J. Willott;Ross J. McLure;Matt J. Jarvis

  • A 3 x 10 solar mass black hole in the quasar SDSS J1148+5251 at z=6.41

    C.J. Willott;R.J. McLure;M.J. Jarvis

  • The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey - III. Identification of radio and mid-infrared counterparts to submillimetre galaxies

    R. J. Ivison;R. J. Ivison;T. R. Greve;James Dunlop;John Peacock

  • The radio luminosity function from the low-frequency 3CRR, 6CE & 7CRS complete samples

    Chris J. Willott;Steve Rawlings;Katherine M. Blundell;Mark Lacy

  • The COSMOS-WIRCam near-infrared imaging survey: I: BzK selected passive and star forming galaxy candidates at z>1.4

    H. J. McCracken;P. Capak;M. Salvato;H. Aussel

  • Four Quasars above Redshift 6 Discovered by the Canada-France High-z Quasar Survey

    Chris J. Willott;Philippe Delorme;Alain Omont;Jacqueline Bergeron

  • Eddington-limited Accretion and the Black Hole Mass Function at Redshift 6

    Chris J. Willott;Loic Albert;Doris Arzoumanian;Jacqueline Bergeron

  • The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: 850 μm maps, catalogues and number counts

    J.E. Geach;J.S. Dunlop;M. Halpern;Ian Smail

  • Near-infrared imaging and the K—z relation for radio galaxies in the 7C Redshift Survey

    Chris J. Willott;Steve Rawlings;Matt J. Jarvis;Katherine M. Blundell

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve Rawlings
Steve Rawlings University of Oxford
James S. Dunlop
James S. Dunlop University of Edinburgh
Omar Almaini
Omar Almaini University of Nottingham
Matt J. Jarvis
Matt J. Jarvis University of Oxford
Stephen Serjeant
Stephen Serjeant The Open University
Mark Lacy
Mark Lacy National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Rob Ivison
Rob Ivison European Southern Observatory
Seb Oliver
Seb Oliver University of Sussex
Ross J. McLure
Ross J. McLure University of Edinburgh
Alain Omont
Alain Omont Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris

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