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Ignacio Trujillo

Ignacio Trujillo

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D-Index
79
Citations
18448
World Ranking
3113
National Ranking
60

Overview

Ignacio Trujillo is affiliated with the University of La Laguna in Spain and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research encompasses various subfields, with a strong focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Computational Mechanics.

Their work spans major topics including Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, and Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, Planetary, and Galactic Studies, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Adaptive Optics and Wavefront Sensing, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories.

Ignacio Trujillo's notable recent publications include:

  • A new empirical model for the structural analysis of early-type galaxies, and a critical review of the Nuker model (2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University))
  • Galactic cirri in deep optical imaging (2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics)
  • A physically motivated definition for the size of galaxies in an era of ultradeep imaging (2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
  • Implications for galaxy formation models from observations of globular clusters around ultradiffuse galaxies (2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
  • The number of globular clusters around the iconic UDG DF44 is as expected for dwarf galaxies (2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ignacio Trujillo include:

  • Mireia Montes
  • Javier Román
  • Giulia Golini
  • Raúl Infante-Sáinz
  • Nushkia Chamba

Their research has been published in venues such as:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Research Notes of the AAS
  • The Astrophysical Journal

Best Publications

  • Strong size evolution of the most massive galaxies since z~2

    Ignacio Trujillo;C. J. Conselice;Kevin Bundy;M. C. Cooper

  • The size evolution of galaxies since z~3: combining SDSS, GEMS, and FIRES

    Ignacio Trujillo;Ignacio Trujillo;Natascha M. Förster Schreiber;Gregory Rudnick;Marco Barden

  • Size Evolution of the Most Massive Galaxies at 1.7 < z < 3 from GOODS NICMOS Survey Imaging

    Fernando Buitrago;Ignacio Trujillo;Christopher J. Conselice;Rychard J. Bouwens

  • IRAC Mid-Infrared Imaging of the Hubble Deep Field South: Star Formation Histories and Stellar Masses of Red Galaxies at z>2

    I. Labbe;J. Huang;M. Franx;G. Rudnick

  • A correlation between galaxy light concentration and supermassive black hole mass

    Alister W. Graham;Alister W. Graham;Peter Erwin;Nicola Caon;Ignacio Trujillo

  • The structure of galactic disks - Studying late-type spiral galaxies using SDSS

    Michael Pohlen;Michael Pohlen;I. Trujillo;I. Trujillo

  • IRAC Mid-Infrared Imaging of the Hubble Deep Field-South: Star Formation Histories and Stellar Masses of Red Galaxies at z > 2*

    Ivo Labbé;Jiasheng Huang;Marijn Franx;Gregory Rudnick

  • Stellar Tidal Streams in Spiral Galaxies of the Local Volume: A Pilot Survey with Modest Aperture Telescopes

    David Martínez-Delgado;David Martínez-Delgado;R. Jay Gabany;Ken Crawford;Stefano Zibetti

  • The Rest-Frame Optical Luminosity Density, Color, and Stellar Mass Density of the Universe from z = 0 to z = 3

    Gregory Rudnick;Hans Walter Rix;Marijn Franx;Ivo Labbé

  • Proceedings of the SPIE

    Gavin Dalton;Scott Trager;Don Carlos Abrams;David Carter

  • Extremely compact massive galaxies at z ~ 1.4

    I. Trujillo;G. Feulner;Y. Goranova;U. Hopp

  • A New Empirical Model for the Structural Analysis of Early-Type Galaxies, and A Critical Review of the Nuker Model*

    Alister W. Graham;Peter Erwin;Ignacio Trujillo;Andres Asensio Ramos

  • Evidence for a New Elliptical-Galaxy Paradigm: Sérsic and Core Galaxies

    Ignacio Trujillo;Peter Erwin;A. Asensio Ramos;Alister W. Graham

  • Dissecting the size evolution of elliptical galaxies since z~1: puffing up vs minor merging scenarios

    Ignacio Trujillo;Ignacio Ferreras;Ignacio G. de la Rosa

  • Ultra-diffuse galaxies outside clusters: clues to their formation and evolution

    Javier Román;Ignacio Trujillo

  • NICMOS Imaging of DRGs in the HDF-S: A Relation between Star Formation and Size at z ~ 2.5

    Andrew W. Zirm;Andrew W. Zirm;A. van der Wel;M. Franx;I. Labbé

  • The effects of seeing on Sérsic profiles – II. The Moffat PSF

    I. Trujillo;J.A.L. Aguerri;J. Cepa;C.M. Gutiérrez

  • The effects of seeing on Sersic profiles. II. The Moffat PSF

    I. Trujillo;A. Aguerri;J. Cepa;C.M. Gutierrez

  • THE LUMINOSITY-SIZE AND MASS-SIZE RELATIONS OF GALAXIES OUT TO z ~ 3

    Ignacio Trujillo;Gregory Rudnick;Hans-Walter Rix;Ivo Labbé

  • SUPERDENSE MASSIVE GALAXIES IN THE NEARBY UNIVERSE

    Ignacio Trujillo;A. Javier Cenarro;Adriana de Lorenzo-Cáceres;Alexandre Vazdekis

Frequent Co-Authors

Pablo G. Pérez-González
Pablo G. Pérez-González Spanish National Research Council
Alister W. Graham
Alister W. Graham Swinburne University of Technology
Christopher J. Conselice
Christopher J. Conselice University of Manchester
Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez
Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez Complutense University of Madrid
Ivo Labbe
Ivo Labbe Swinburne University of Technology
Jesús Falcón-Barroso
Jesús Falcón-Barroso University of La Laguna
Emanuele Daddi
Emanuele Daddi University of Paris-Saclay
Huub Röttgering
Huub Röttgering Leiden University
Pieter G. van Dokkum
Pieter G. van Dokkum Yale University
Hans-Walter Rix
Hans-Walter Rix Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

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