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Gary J. Ferland is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Within this broad field, their work extensively covers Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Instrumentation, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research topics include:

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

Gary J. Ferland has published extensively, with 252 publications identified in their areas of study. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Research Notes of the AAS
  • Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica

Some of the recent papers that feature their contributions or are significant within their field are:

  • "THE 2023 RELEASE OF Cloudy," 2023, Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica
  • "Intensive disc-reverberation mapping of Fairall 9: first year of Swift and LCO monitoring," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Evidence of a Tidal-disruption Event in GSN 069 from the Abnormal Carbon and Nitrogen Abundance Ratio," 2021, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • "State-of-the-art AGN SEDs for photoionization models: BLR predictions confront the observations," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Improved Fe ii Emission-line Models for AGNs Using New Atomic Data Sets," 2021, The Astrophysical Journal

Gary J. Ferland frequently collaborates with a number of researchers. Their frequent coauthors include Marios Chatzikos, K. Horne, Aaron J. Barth, M. R. Goad, and Maryam Dehghanian.

Best Publications

  • Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei

    Donald E Osterbrock;Gary J Ferland

  • CLOUDY 90: Numerical Simulation of Plasmas and Their Spectra

    G. J. Ferland;K. T. Korista;D. A. Verner;J. W. Ferguson

  • Atomic data for astrophysics. II. New analytic fits for photoionization cross sections of atoms and ions

    D. A. Verner;Gary J. Ferland;K. T. Korista;D. G. Yakovlev

  • THE 2013 RELEASE OF CLOUDY

    Gary J Ferland;R.L Porter;P.A.M. van Hoof;R.J.R Williams

  • Hazy, A Brief Introduction to Cloudy 96

    G. J. Ferland

  • Are there any Shock-Heated Galaxies?

    Gary J. Ferland;Hagai Netzer

  • The 2017 release of CLOUDY

    G. J. Ferland;M. Chatzikos;F. Guzmán;M. L. Lykins

  • What Heats the Hot Phase in Active Nuclei

    William G. Mathews;Gary J. Ferland

  • Elemental Abundances in QSOs: Star Formation and Galactic Nuclear Evolution at High Redshifts

    Fred Hamann;Gary Ferland

  • Elemental Abundances in Quasistellar Objects: Star Formation and Galactic Nuclear Evolution at High Redshifts

    Fred Hamann;Gary Ferland

  • Atomic data for astrophysics. I. Radiative recombination rates for H-like, He-like, Li-like, and Na-like ions over a broad range of temperature

    D. A. Verner;Gary J. Ferland

  • Physical conditions in the Orion Nebula and an assessment of its helium abundance

    Jack A. Baldwin;Gary J. Ferland;P. G. Martin;Michael R. Corbin

  • The Chemical Evolution of QSOs and the Implications for Cosmology and Galaxy Formation

    Fred Hamann;Gary J. Ferland

  • Locally Optimally Emitting Clouds and the Origin of Quasar Emission Lines

    Jack Baldwin;Gary J. Ferland;Kirk Korista;Dima Verner

  • A PDR-Code comparison study

    M. Rollig;N. P. Abel;T. Bell;F. Bensch

  • Atomic Data for Permitted Resonance Lines of Atoms and Ions from H to Si, and S, Ar, Ca, and Fe

    D.A. Verner;E.M. Verner;G.J. Ferland

  • Hazy, A Brief Introduction to Cloudy 84

    G. J. Ferland

  • ANISOTROPIC LINE EMISSION AND THE GEOMETRY OF THE BROAD-LINE REGION IN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI

    G. J. Ferland;B. M. Peterson;K. Horne;W. F. Welsh

  • A photon dominated region code comparison study

    M. Röllig;M. Röllig;Nicholas Paul Abel;T. Bell;T. Bell;F. Bensch

  • Cloudy: Numerical simulation of plasmas and their spectra

    Gary Ferland;Peter van Hoof;Dima Verner;Katya Verner

Frequent Co-Authors

Kirk T. Korista
Kirk T. Korista Western Michigan University
Hagai Netzer
Hagai Netzer Tel Aviv University
Marianne Vestergaard
Marianne Vestergaard University of Copenhagen
Jelle Kaastra
Jelle Kaastra Leiden University
A. C. Fabian
A. C. Fabian University of Cambridge
Keith Horne
Keith Horne University of St Andrews
Aaron J. Barth
Aaron J. Barth University of California, Irvine
Misty C. Bentz
Misty C. Bentz Georgia State University
Peter G. Martin
Peter G. Martin University of Toronto
Francoise Combes
Francoise Combes Collège de France

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