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E. Athanassoula is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy through a substantial body of research. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The primary focus of Athanassoula's research involves numerous interconnected topics in astronomy and astrophysics. These include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
  • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

The scientist has published regularly in prominent scientific venues. The most frequent publication platforms are:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
  • The Astrophysical Journal

Some recent representative papers authored or co-authored by Athanassoula include:

  • Fundamental physics with the Square Kilometre Array, 2020, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
  • A JWST investigation into the bar fraction at redshifts 1 ≤ z ≤ 3, 2024, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • On the origin of the Galactic thin and thick discs, their abundance gradients and the diagnostic potential of their abundance ratios, 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Tidally induced warps of spiral galaxies in IllustrisTNG, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Disc galaxies formed from major mergers in Illustris, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Athanassoula has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers in the field. The main co-authors include:

  • A. Bosma
  • A. Sorgho
  • L. Verdes-Montenegro
  • G. I. G. Józsa
  • W. J. G. de Blok

Best Publications

  • The spitzer survey of stellar structure in galaxies (s^4g)

    Kartik Sheth;Kartik Sheth;Michael Regan;Joannah L. Hinz;Armando Gil de Paz

  • On the nature of bulges in general and of box/peanut bulges in particular: input from N-body simulations

    Evangelista Athanassoula

  • What determines the strength and the slowdown rate of bars

    E. Athanassoula

  • An expanded M_bh-sigma diagram, and a new calibration of active galactic nuclei masses

    Alister W. Graham;Christopher A. Onken;E. Athanassoula;Francoise Combes

  • An expanded Mbh–σ diagram, and a new calibration of active galactic nuclei masses

    Alister W. Graham;Christopher A. Onken;E. Athanassoula;F. Combes

  • Evolution of the Bar Fraction in COSMOS: Quantifying the Assembly of the Hubble Sequence

    Kartik Sheth;Debra Meloy Elmegreen;Bruce G. Elmegreen;Peter Capak

  • Bar-Halo Interaction and Bar Growth

    E. Athanassoula

  • Internal kinematics and dynamics of galaxies

    E. Athanassoula

  • Bar formation and evolution in disc galaxies with gas and a triaxial halo: morphology, bar strength and halo properties

    E. Athanassoula;Rubens E. G. Machado;Rubens E. G. Machado;S. A. Rodionov;S. A. Rodionov

  • ARGOS - III. Stellar populations in the Galactic bulge of the Milky Way

    M. Ness;K. Freeman;E. Athanassoula;E. Wylie-de-Boer

  • Reconstructing the stellar mass distributions of galaxies using S4G IRAC 3.6 and 4.5 micron images: II. The conversion from light to mass

    Sharon E. Meidt;Eva Schinnerer;Glenn van de Ven;Dennis Zaritsky

  • A Classical Morphological Analysis of Galaxies in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G)

    R. Buta;K. Sheth;E. Athanassoula;A. Bosma

  • RECONSTRUCTING THE STELLAR MASS DISTRIBUTIONS OF GALAXIES USING S4G IRAC 3.6 AND 4.5 μm IMAGES. I. CORRECTING FOR CONTAMINATION BY POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, HOT DUST, AND INTERMEDIATE-AGE STARS

    Sharon E. Meidt;Eva Schinnerer;Johan H. Knapen;Johan H. Knapen;Albert Bosma

  • The spitzer survey of stellar structure in galaxies (S^4G): multi-component decomposition strategies and data release

    Heikki Salo;Eija Laurikainen;Eija Laurikainen;Jarkko Laine;Sébastien Comerón;Sébastien Comerón

  • The Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S$^4$G): Precise Stellar Mass Distributions from Automated Dust Correction at 3.6 microns

    M. Querejeta;S. E. Meidt;E. Schinnerer;M. Cisternas

  • Fundamental physics with the Square Kilometre Array

    A. Weltman;P. Bull;S. Camera;K. Kelley

  • Star cluster disruption by giant molecular clouds

    M. Gieles;M. Gieles;S. F. Portegies Zwart;H. Baumgardt;E. Athanassoula

  • Reconstructing the stellar mass distributions of galaxies using S4G IRAC 3.6 and 4.5 μm images. II. The conversion from light to mass.

    Sharon Meidt;Eva Schinnerer;Glenn van de Ven;Dennis Zaritsky

  • Orbital dynamics of three-dimensional bars: I. The backbone of 3D bars. A fiducial case

    Ch. Skokos;P.A. Patsis;E. Athanassoula

  • Bar Diagnostics in Edge-On Spiral Galaxies. III. N-Body Simulations of Disks

    Martin Bureau;E. Athanassoula

Frequent Co-Authors

Heikki Salo
Heikki Salo University of Oulu
Kartik Sheth
Kartik Sheth National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Luis C. Ho
Luis C. Ho Peking University
Mark Seibert
Mark Seibert Carnegie Institution for Science
Dennis Zaritsky
Dennis Zaritsky University of Arizona
Bruce G. Elmegreen
Bruce G. Elmegreen IBM (United States)
Martin Bureau
Martin Bureau University of Oxford
Eva Schinnerer
Eva Schinnerer Max Planck Society
Barry F. Madore
Barry F. Madore Carnegie Institution for Science
Manuel Romero-Gómez
Manuel Romero-Gómez University of Seville

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