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Overview

Holger Baumgardt is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and specializes in research within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a concentrated focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their body of work includes extensive study on stellar and galactic phenomena, encompassing key topics such as:

  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation

Baumgardt's recent papers illustrate their engagement with galactic globular clusters and stellar dynamics, featuring publications such as:

  • "Accurate distances to Galactic globular clusters through a combination of Gaia EDR3, HST, and literature data," 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Absolute -band magnitudes and mass-to-light ratios of Galactic globular clusters," 2020, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

Other prominent papers in the broader field where Baumgardt has contributed or is associated include:

  • "Gaia EDR3 view on galactic globular clusters," 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Fast-moving stars around an intermediate-mass black hole in ω Centauri," 2024, Nature
  • "Three-component Kinematics of Multiple Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters with Gaia and VLT," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal

Baumgardt collaborates frequently with several scientists in their field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Mark Gieles
  • V. Hénault-Brunet
  • M. Hilker
  • A. Sollima
  • Chengyuan Li

Their research has been consistently published in a set of key scientific venues known for their focus on astronomical and astrophysical topics. These include:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Baumgardt's work spans multiple subfields of study, reflecting diverse technical expertise in:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Biomedical Engineering

Best Publications

  • Dynamical evolution of star clusters in tidal fields

    Holger Baumgardt;Junichiro Makino

  • Formation of massive black holes through runaway collisions in dense young star clusters.

    Simon F. Portegies Zwart;Holger Baumgardt;Piet Hut;Junichiro Makino

  • A comprehensive set of simulations studying the influence of gas expulsion on star cluster evolution

    Holger Baumgardt;Pavel Kroupa

  • A catalogue of masses, structural parameters, and velocity dispersion profiles of 112 Milky Way globular clusters

    H. Baumgardt;M. Hilker

  • Dynamical Formation of Close Binary Systems in Globular Clusters

    D. Pooley;W. H. G. Lewin;S. F. Anderson;H. Baumgardt

  • An analytical description of the disruption of star clusters in tidal fields with an application to Galactic open clusters

    Henny Lamers;Mark Gieles;Nate Bastian;Holger Baumgardt

  • Dynamical Formation of Close Binary Systems in Globular Clusters

    David Pooley;Walter H. G. Lewin;Scott F. Anderson;Holger Baumgardt

  • Mean proper motions, space orbits, and velocity dispersion profiles of Galactic globular clusters derived from Gaia DR2 data

    H Baumgardt;M Hilker;A Sollima;A Bellini

  • Stellar-mass black holes in star clusters: implications for gravitational wave radiation

    Sambaran Banerjee;Holger Baumgardt;Pavel Kroupa

  • An analytical description of the disruption of star clusters in tidal fields with an application to Galactic open clusters

    H. J. G. L. M. Lamers;M. Gieles;N. Bastian;H. Baumgardt

  • Shock waves and mach cones in fast nucleus-nucleus collisions

    H. G. Baumgardt;J. U. Schott;Y. Sakamoto;E. Schopper

  • Gaia EDR3 view on galactic globular clusters

    Eugene Vasiliev;Eugene Vasiliev;Holger Baumgardt

  • Star cluster disruption by giant molecular clouds

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

  • A supermassive black hole in an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy

    Anil C. Seth;Remco van den Bosch;Steffen Mieske;Holger Baumgardt

  • N-body modelling of globular clusters: masses, mass-to-light ratios and intermediate-mass black holes

    Holger Baumgardt

  • Scaling of N-body calculations

    H. Baumgardt

  • Tidal Tails of Star Clusters

    A. H. W. Kuepper;P. Kroupa;H. Baumgardt;D. C. Heggie

  • The influence of residual gas expulsion on the evolution of the Galactic globular cluster system and the origin of the Population II halo

    H. Baumgardt;P. Kroupa;G. Parmentier

  • An intermediate-mass black hole in the centre of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae

    Bülent Kızıltan;Holger Baumgardt;Abraham Loeb

  • Accurate distances to Galactic globular clusters through a combination of Gaia EDR3, HST, and literature data

    H Baumgardt;E Vasiliev;E Vasiliev

Frequent Co-Authors

Pavel Kroupa
Pavel Kroupa University of Bonn
Michael Hilker
Michael Hilker European Southern Observatory
Mark Gieles
Mark Gieles University of Barcelona
Junichiro Makino
Junichiro Makino Kobe University
Karl Gebhardt
Karl Gebhardt The University of Texas at Austin
P. T. de Zeeuw
P. T. de Zeeuw Leiden University
Aaron J. Romanowsky
Aaron J. Romanowsky San Jose State University
Eva K. Grebel
Eva K. Grebel Heidelberg University
Jean P. Brodie
Jean P. Brodie University of California, Santa Cruz
Patrick Côté
Patrick Côté National Research Council Canada

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