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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2004 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Gerard Gilmore is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research falls primarily within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Molecular Biology, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics mainly centered on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Scientific Research and Discoveries, Astro and Planetary Science, as well as Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

Notable recent publications by Gerard Gilmore include:

  • Gaia Early Data Release 3, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Gaia Data Release 3, 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey: Implementation, data products, open cluster survey, science, and legacy, 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Gaia Data Release 3, 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Gaia Early Data Release 3, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gerard Gilmore include:

  • S. Randich
  • R. Smiljanić
  • S. Zaggia
  • L. Magrini
  • C. C. Worley

The scientist has published extensively in several venues with the most common including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Journal of Instrumentation
  • Contemporary Physics

Gerard Gilmore has been recognized by various institutions, earning awards such as:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2017
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 2013
  • Member of Academia Europaea in 2004

Best Publications

  • Gaia Data Release 2. Summary of the contents and survey properties

    A. G. A. Brown;A. Vallenari;T. Prusti

  • Gaia Data Release 1 Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties

    A. G. A. Brown;A. Vallenari;T. Prusti

  • The distribution of low-mass stars in the Galactic disc

    Pavel Kroupa;Christopher A. Tout;Gerard Gilmore

  • A dwarf satellite galaxy in Sagittarius

    R. A. Ibata;G. Gilmore;M. J. Irwin

  • GAIA: Composition, formation and evolution of the Galaxy

    M. A. C. Perryman;K. S. de Boer;G. Gilmore;E. Høg

  • Gaia Data Release 2: Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams

    C. Babusiaux;F. van Leeuwen;M.A. Barstow

  • A Universal Mass Profile for Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies

    Matthew G. Walker;Mario Mateo;Edward W. Olszewski;Jorge Peñarrubia

  • The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): Fourth Data Release

    Andrea Kunder;Georges Kordopatis;Matthias Steinmetz;Tomaž Zwitter

  • The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): Fifth Data Release

    Andrea Kunder;Georges Kordopatis;Matthias Steinmetz;Tomaz Zwitter

  • The RAVE survey: constraining the local Galactic escape speed

    Martin C. Smith;Gregory R. Ruchti;Amina Helmi;Rosemary F G Wyse

  • The Observed properties of Dark Matter on small spatial scales

    Gerard Gilmore;Mark I. Wilkinson;Rosemary F.G. Wyse;Jan T. Kleyna

  • Gaia Data Release 2. Kinematics of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way

    A Helmi;F van Leeuwen;PJ McMillan;D Massari

  • Gaia Data Release 2 - Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams

    C. Babusiaux;F. van Leeuwen;M. A. Barstow

  • The mass distribution in the galactic disc -II. Determination of the surface mass density of the galactic disc near the Sun.

    Konrad Kuijken;Gerard Gilmore

  • The Observed Properties of Dark Matter on Small Spatial Scales

    Gerard Gilmore;Mark I. Wilkinson;Mark I. Wilkinson;Rosemary F. G. Wyse;Jan T. Kleyna

  • Gaia Early Data Release 3 - Photometric content and validation

    M. Riello;F. De Angeli;D. W. Evans;P. Montegriffo

  • Sagittarius: the nearest dwarf galaxy

    Rodrigo A. Ibata;Gerard F. Gilmore;Michael J. Irwin

  • Kinematics, Chemistry, and Structure of the Galaxy

    Gerard Gilmore;Rosemary F. G. Wyse;Konrad Kuijken

  • The mass distribution in the galactic disc – I. A technique to determine the integral surface mass density of the disc near the Sun

    Konrad Kuijken;Gerard Gilmore

  • The Luminosity Function of the Milky Way Satellites

    S. Koposov;S. Koposov;V. Belokurov;N. W. Evans;P. C. Hewett

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosemary F. G. Wyse
Rosemary F. G. Wyse Johns Hopkins University
Quentin A. Parker
Quentin A. Parker University of Hong Kong
Eva K. Grebel
Eva K. Grebel Heidelberg University
Brad K. Gibson
Brad K. Gibson University of Hull
Matthias Steinmetz
Matthias Steinmetz Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
Julio F. Navarro
Julio F. Navarro University of Victoria
Joss Bland-Hawthorn
Joss Bland-Hawthorn University of Sydney
Sofia Randich
Sofia Randich National Institute for Astrophysics
Kenneth C. Freeman
Kenneth C. Freeman Australian National University
Amina Helmi
Amina Helmi University of Groningen

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