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Overview

George Helou is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research contributions are primarily situated within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's work encompasses multiple topics, notably Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astro and Planetary Science, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

George Helou has published extensively in several prominent venues, with a significant number of publications in arXiv (Cornell University), The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Nature.

Recent papers include:

  • Candidate Electromagnetic Counterpart to the Binary Black Hole Merger Gravitational-Wave Event S190521g (2020) in Physical Review Letters
  • Planck Intermediate Results (2020) in Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Zwicky Transient Facility Bright Transient Survey. I. Spectroscopic Classification and the Redshift Completeness of Local Galaxy Catalogs (2020) in The Astrophysical Journal
  • A Systematic Search of Zwicky Transient Facility Data for Ultracompact Binary LISA-detectable Gravitational-wave Sources (2020) in The Astrophysical Journal
  • A Highly Magnetized and Rapidly Rotating White Dwarf as Small as the Moon (2021) in Nature

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated on multiple publications with George Helou include A. Mahabal, Eric C. Bellm, M. J. Graham, A. J. Drake, and Frank J. Masci. The distribution of collaborations indicates a pattern of sustained partnerships in related research areas.

Best Publications

  • Planck 2015 results. XIII. Cosmological parameters

    P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. Arnaud

  • Planck 2015 results - XIII. Cosmological parameters

    Peter A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. Arnaud;M. Ashdown

  • Planck 2018 results. XII. Galactic astrophysics using polarized dust emission

    N. Aghanim;Y. Akrami;Y. Akrami;Y. Akrami;M. I. R. Alves;M. I. R. Alves;M. I. R. Alves

  • The Spitzer Space Telescope mission

    M. W. Werner;T. L. Roellig;F. J. Low;G. H. Rieke

  • Planck 2013 results. I. Overview of products and scientific results

    P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. I. R. Alves

  • The Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance and First Results

    N. M. Law;S. R. Kulkarni;R. G. Dekany;E. O. Ofek

  • Planck 2018 results. I. Overview and the cosmological legacy of Planck

    Y. Akrami;F. Arroja;M. Ashdown

  • The zwicky transient facility: System overview, performance, and first results

    Eric C. Bellm;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Matthew J. Graham;Richard Dekany

  • SINGS: The SIRTF Nearby Galaxies Survey

    Robert C. Kennicutt;Lee Armus;George Bendo;Daniela Calzetti

  • The Palomar Transient Factory: system overview, performance and first results

    Nicholas M. Law;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Richard G. Dekany;Eran O. Ofek

  • Thermal infrared and nonthermal radio: remarkable correlation in disks of galaxies

    G. Helou;B. T. Soifer;M. Rowan-Robinson

  • The Mid-Infrared Spectrum of Star-Forming Galaxies: Global Properties of PAH Emission

    J. D. T. Smith;B. T. Draine;D. A. Dale;J. Moustakas

  • Planck 2015 results. XI. CMB power spectra, likelihoods, and robustness of parameters

    N. Aghanim;M. Arnaud;M. Ashdown

  • Dust Masses, PAH Abundances, and Starlight Intensities in the SINGS Galaxy Sample

    B. T. Draine;D. A. Dale;G. Bendo;K. D. Gordon

  • The Infrared Spectral Energy Distribution of Normal Star-forming Galaxies: Calibration at Far-Infrared and Submillimeter Wavelengths

    Daniel A. Dale;George Helou

  • Joint Analysis of BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck Data

    P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;Z. Ahmed;R. W. Aikin

  • The Calibration of Mid-Infrared Star Formation Rate Indicators

    D. Calzetti;D. Calzetti;R. C. Kennicutt;C. W. Engelbracht;C. Leitherer

  • The mid-infrared spectrum of star-forming galaxies: Global properties of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission

    J. D.T. Smith;Bruce T. Draine;D. A. Dale;J. Moustakas

  • Planck 2015 results. I. Overview of products and scientific results

    R. Adam;P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim

  • Planck 2015 results. II. Low Frequency Instrument data processing

    P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;C. Armitage-Caplan

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee Armus
Lee Armus California Institute of Technology
Daniel A. Dale
Daniel A. Dale University of Wyoming
G. de Zotti
G. de Zotti National Institute for Astrophysics
Jose Alberto Rubino-Martin
Jose Alberto Rubino-Martin University of La Laguna
Charles R. Lawrence
Charles R. Lawrence Jet Propulsion Lab
P. de Bernardis
P. de Bernardis Sapienza University of Rome
Krzysztof M. Gorski
Krzysztof M. Gorski Jet Propulsion Lab
Sabino Matarrese
Sabino Matarrese University of Padua
Anthony Lasenby
Anthony Lasenby University of Cambridge
J. R. Bond
J. R. Bond University of Toronto

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