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Overview

Laura Pentericci is affiliated with the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research primarily focuses on Astronomy and Astrophysics, with significant work also spanning Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Computational Mechanics.

The main topics of their work include:

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

Pentericci's publication record shows frequent contributions in several respected venues, including:

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

Some recent notable papers involving or associated with their research are:

  • CEERS Key Paper. I. An Early Look into the First 500 Myr of Galaxy Formation with JWST, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: A Candidate z ∼ 12 Galaxy in Early JWST CEERS Imaging, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Early Results from GLASS-JWST. III. Galaxy Candidates at z ∼9-15*, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • The GLASS-JWST Early Release Science Program. I. Survey Design and Release Plans, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • CEERS Epoch 1 NIRCam Imaging: Reduction Methods and Simulations Enabling Early JWST Science Results, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • M. Castellano
  • Antonello Calabrò
  • A. Fontana
  • R. Amorín
  • Anton M. Koekemoer

Best Publications

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey - The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products and Mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

    Norman A. Grogin;Dale D. Kocevski;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson

  • Candels: The cosmic assembly near-infrared deep extragalactic legacy survey - The hubble space telescope observations, imaging data products, and mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • A Survey of z>5.8 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey I: Discovery of Three New Quasars and the Spatial Density of Luminous Quasars at z~6

    Xiaohui Fan;Vijay K. Narayanan;Robert H. Lupton;Michael A. Strauss

  • A Survey of z > 5.7 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. II. Discovery of Three Additional Quasars at z > 6

    Xiaohui Fan;Xiaohui Fan;Michael A. Strauss;Donald P. Schneider;Robert H. Becker;Robert H. Becker

  • A Survey of z > 5.8 quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey I: Discovery of three new quasars and the spatial density of luminous quasars at z ~ 6

    Xiaohui Fan;Vijay K. Narayanan;Robert H. Lupton;Michael Abram Strauss

  • A Survey of z>5.7 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II: Discovery of Three Additional Quasars at z>6

    Xiaohui Fan;Michael A. Strauss;Donald P. Schneider;Robert H. Becker

  • AMAZE - I. The evolution of the mass–metallicity relation at z $>$ 3

    R. Maiolino;T. Nagao;A. Grazian;F. Cocchia

  • Evolution of the ionizing background and the epoch of reionization from the spectra of z ∼ 6 quasars

    Xiaohui Fan;Vijay K. Narayanan;Michael A. Strauss;Richard L. White

  • The Galaxy Mass Function up to z=4 in the GOODS-MUSIC sample: into the epoch of formation of massive galaxies ⋆

    A. Fontana;S. Salimbeni;A. Grazian;E. Giallongo

  • Spectroscopic confirmation of z~7 LBGs: probing the earliest galaxies and the epoch of reionization

    L. Pentericci;A. Fontana;E. Vanzella;M. Castellano

  • Unusual broad absorption line quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Patrick B. Hall;Patrick B. Hall;Scott F. Anderson;Michael A. Strauss;Donald G. York

  • Protoclusters associated with z > 2 radio galaxies - I. Characteristics of high redshift protoclusters

    B. P. Venemans;H. J. A. Röttgering;G. K. Miley;W. J. M. Van Breugel;W. J. M. Van Breugel

  • The VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey: ~10,000 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts to study galaxy assembly at early epochs 2<z<~6

    O. Le Fevre;L.A.M. Tasca;P. Cassata;B. Garilli

  • Star formation and mass assembly in high-redshift galaxies

    P. Santini;P. Santini;A. Fontana;A. Grazian;S. Salimbeni;S. Salimbeni

  • CANDELS Multiwavelength catalogs: Source Identification and Photometry in the CANDELS UKIDSS Ultra-Deep Survey Field

    Audrey Galametz;Andrea Grazian;Adriano Fontana;Henry C. Ferguson

  • Faint AGNs at z > 4 in the CANDELS GOODS-S field: looking for contributors to the reionization of the Universe

    E. Giallongo;A. Grazian;F. Fiore;A. Fontana

  • The VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey: ~10 000 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts to study galaxy assembly at early epochs 2 < z ≃ 6

    O. Le Fevre;L.A.M. Tasca;P. Cassata;B. Garilli

  • Planck 2018 results

    Joao Alves;Thierry Forveille;Laura Pentericci;Steve Shore

  • NICMOS measurements of the near-infrared background

    R. Thompson;D. Eisenstein;X. Fan;M. Rieke

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriano Fontana
Adriano Fontana National Institute for Astrophysics
Nimish P. Hathi
Nimish P. Hathi Space Telescope Science Institute
Daniel Schaerer
Daniel Schaerer University of Geneva
Andrea Grazian
Andrea Grazian National Institute for Astrophysics
G. Zamorani
G. Zamorani National Institute for Astrophysics
Eros Vanzella
Eros Vanzella National Institute for Astrophysics
Anton M. Koekemoer
Anton M. Koekemoer Space Telescope Science Institute
O. Le Fevre
O. Le Fevre Aix-Marseille University
S. Bardelli
S. Bardelli National Institute for Astrophysics
Ross J. McLure
Ross J. McLure University of Edinburgh

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