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Joshua D. Simon is affiliated with the Carnegie Institution for Science in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the multidisciplinary field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant emphasis on Astronomy and Astrophysics. They have contributed extensively across several specialized subfields including Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work covers a broad range of topics within astrophysics and related sciences. These main topics include:

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

Joshua D. Simon has a notable record of recent publications in prestigious venues. Highlights of this work include:

  • Milky Way Satellite Census. II. Galaxy-Halo Connection Constraints Including the Impact of the Large Magellanic Cloud, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Final Targeting Strategy for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 North Survey, 2021, The Astronomical Journal
  • Final Targeting Strategy for the SDSS-IV APOGEE-2S Survey, 2021, The Astronomical Journal
  • Kinematics of Antlia 2 and Crater 2 from the Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey (S 5), 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
  • S 5: The Orbital and Chemical Properties of One Dozen Stellar Streams, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Alexander P. Ji
  • Ting S. Li
  • Andrew B. Pace
  • A. Drlica-Wagner
  • Marla Geha

Joshua D. Simon's publications appear predominantly in specific venues, reflecting their area of expertise:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astronomical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Open Journal of Astrophysics

The body of work reflects a sustained contribution to the understanding of galaxy formation and evolution, stellar dynamics, and instrumentation critical for astrophysical observations. Their involvement in large survey projects and studies of stellar streams connects observational data with theoretical frameworks in contemporary astrophysics.

Best Publications

  • The Kinematics of the Ultra-faint Milky Way Satellites: Solving the Missing Satellite Problem

    Joshua D. Simon;Marla Geha;Marla Geha

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies and the Distant Universe

    Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti;Franco D. Albareti

  • The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

    Bela Abolfathi;D. S. Aguado;Gabriela Aguilar;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

    Bela Abolfathi;D. S. Aguado;Gabriela Aguilar;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe

    Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti

  • LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

    Paul A. Abell;Julius Allison;Scott F. Anderson

  • A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese

  • Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the optical counterpart to a gravitational wave source

    D. A. Coulter;R. J. Foley;C. D. Kilpatrick;M. R. Drout

  • Accurate masses for dispersion-supported galaxies

    Joe Wolf;Gregory D. Martinez;James S. Bullock;Manoj Kaplinghat

  • Eight New Milky Way Companions Discovered in First-Year Dark Energy Survey Data

    K. Bechtol;A. Drlica-Wagner;E. Balbinot

  • Light curves of the neutron star merger GW170817/SSS17a: Implications for r-process nucleosynthesis

    M. R. Drout;A. L. Piro;B. J. Shappee;C. D. Kilpatrick

  • The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra

    Romina Ahumada;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andrés Almeida;Friedrich Anders;Friedrich Anders

  • Eight Ultra-faint Galaxy Candidates Discovered in Year Two of the Dark Energy Survey

    A. Drlica-Wagner;K. Bechtol;E. S. Rykoff

  • An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova

    A. M. Soderberg;A. M. Soderberg;E. Berger;E. Berger;K. L. Page;P. Schady

  • A common mass scale for satellite galaxies of the Milky Way

    Louis E. Strigari;James S. Bullock;Manoj Kaplinghat;Joshua D. Simon

  • Eight Ultra-faint Galaxy Candidates Discovered in Year Two of the Dark Energy Survey

    A. Drlica-Wagner;K. Bechtol;E. S. Rykoff;E. S. Rykoff;E. Luque

  • The Sixteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra

    Romina Ahumada;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andres Almeida;Friedrich Anders

  • Eight new Milky Way companions discovered in first-year Dark Energy Survey data

    K. Bechtol;A. Drlica-Wagner;E. Balbinot;A. Pieres

  • The Faintest Dwarf Galaxies

    Joshua D. Simon

  • Uncovering Extremely Metal-Poor Stars in the Milky Way's Ultra-Faint Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite Galaxies

    Evan N. Kirby;Joshua D. Simon;Marla Geha;Puragra Guhathakurta

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto D. Bolatto
Alberto D. Bolatto University of Maryland, College Park
Puragra Guhathakurta
Puragra Guhathakurta University of California, Santa Cruz
Avishay Gal-Yam
Avishay Gal-Yam Weizmann Institute of Science
James S. Bullock
James S. Bullock University of California, Irvine
Jeffrey A. Newman
Jeffrey A. Newman University of Pittsburgh
Carlos Allende Prieto
Carlos Allende Prieto University of La Laguna
Judith G. Cohen
Judith G. Cohen California Institute of Technology
Timothy C. Beers
Timothy C. Beers University of Notre Dame
Ian B. Thompson
Ian B. Thompson Carnegie Institution for Science

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