Francoise Combes

Research.com Recognitions

• 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
• 2020 - CNRS Gold Medal, French National Centre for Scientific Research Astrophysics
• 2012 - Three Physicists Prize (Prix des trois physiciens), École Normale Supérieure (ENS)
• 2009 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Best Publications

• A Study of the Gas-Star Formation Relation over Cosmic Time

  R.Genzel;L.J.Tacconi;J.Gracia-Carpio;A.Sternberg

  1415
  Citations

• PHIBSS: molecular gas content and scaling relations in z~1-3 normal star forming galaxies

  L. J. Tacconi;R. Neri;R. Genzel;F. Combes

  1394
  Citations

• High molecular gas fractions in normal massive star-forming galaxies in the young Universe

  L. J. Tacconi;R. Genzel;R. Neri;P. Cox

  1153
  Citations

• A study of the gas–star formation relation over cosmic time

  R. Genzel;L. J. Tacconi;J. Gracia-Carpio;A. Sternberg

  1083
  Citations

• PHIBSS: MOLECULAR GAS CONTENT AND SCALING RELATIONS IN z ∼ 1-3 MASSIVE, MAIN-SEQUENCE STAR-FORMING GALAXIES*

  L. J. Tacconi;R. Neri;R. Genzel;F. Combes

  1048
  Citations

• FORMATION AND PROPERTIES OF PERSISTING STELLAR BARS

  F Combes;Robert Sanders

  805
  Citations

• Combined CO & Dust Scaling Relations of Depletion Time and Molecular Gas Fractions with Cosmic Time, Specific Star Formation Rate and Stellar Mass

  R. Genzel;L.J. Tacconi;D. Lutz;A. Saintonge

  804
  Citations

• Box and peanut shapes generated by stellar bars

  F. Combes;F. Debbasch;D. Friedli;D. Pfenniger

  789
  Citations

• 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

  659
  Citations

• PHIBSS: Unified Scaling Relations of Gas Depletion Time and Molecular Gas Fractions

  L. J. Tacconi;R. Genzel;A. Saintonge;F. Combes

  658
  Citations

• COMBINED CO AND DUST SCALING RELATIONS OF DEPLETION TIME AND MOLECULAR GAS FRACTIONS WITH COSMIC TIME, SPECIFIC STAR-FORMATION RATE, AND STELLAR MASS

  R. Genzel;L. J. Tacconi;D. Lutz;A. Saintonge

  655
  Citations

• Molecular line emission in NGC1068 imaged with ALMA. I An AGN-driven outflow in the dense molecular gas

  S. Garcia-Burillo;F. Combes;A. Usero;S. Aalto

  616
  Citations

• Spiral structure of molecular clouds in response to bar forcing: a particle simulation

  F. Combes;M. Gerin

  553
  Citations

• Star formation efficiency in galaxy interactions and mergers: a statistical study

  P. Di Matteo;F. Combes;A.-L. Melchior;B. Semelin

  523
  Citations

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

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

  483
  Citations

• Galaxy mergers with various mass ratios: properties of remnants

  Frederic Bournaud;C.J. Jog;F. Combes

  409
  Citations

• Molecular line emission in NGC 1068 imaged with ALMA: I. An AGN-driven outflow in the dense molecular gas

  S. García-Burillo;F. Combes;A. Usero;Susanne Aalto

  402
  Citations

• The ATLAS3D project – IV. The molecular gas content of early-type galaxies

  Lisa M. Young;Martin Bureau;Timothy A. Davis;Francoise Combes

  398
  Citations

• Gas accretion on spiral galaxies: Bar formation and renewal

  F. Bournaud;F. Combes

  395
  Citations

• On the frequency, intensity, and duration of starburst episodes triggered by galaxy interactions and mergers

  P. Di Matteo;F. Bournaud;M. Martig;F. Combes

  386
  Citations