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Marcelle Soares-Santos

Marcelle Soares-Santos

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Physics

D-Index
105
Citations
45747
World Ranking
1372
National Ranking
717

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Marcelle Soares-Santos is affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States and has made significant contributions primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong emphasis on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research portfolio includes a wide range of topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena; Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae; Astronomy and Astrophysical Research; Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research; Cosmology and Gravitation Theories; and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena.

They have published extensively in several scientific journals, notably including:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (53 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (24 publications)
  • The Astrophysical Journal (11 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (10 publications)
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D. (5 publications)

Among the recent research papers featuring Soares-Santos are:

  • Constraints on Dark Matter Properties from Observations of Milky Way Satellite Galaxies, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • STRIDES: a 3.9 per cent measurement of the Hubble constant from the strong lens system DES J0408−5354, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Milky Way Satellite Census. II. Galaxy-Halo Connection Constraints Including the Impact of the Large Magellanic Cloud, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Dark energy survey year 3 results: weak lensing shape catalogue, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: redshift calibration of the weak lensing source galaxies, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Their frequent collaborators include a core group of researchers, with the most recurrent co-authors being J. García-Bellido, E. Sánchez, M. Smith, A. A. Plazas, and E. Suchyta.

Marcelle Soares-Santos's work spans several subfields such as Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Oceanography, indicating a broad interdisciplinary engagement within physical sciences and astronomy.

The scientist received recognition in the form of awards, notably being named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: Cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and weak lensing

    T. M. C. Abbott;F. B. Abdalla;A. Alarcon;J. Aleksić

  • THE DARK ENERGY CAMERA

    B. Flaugher;H. T. Diehl;K. Honscheid;T. M. C. Abbott

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

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

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-infrared Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

    P. S. Cowperthwaite;E. Berger;V. A. Villar;B. D. Metzger

  • The Dark Energy Camera

    B. Flaugher;H. T. Diehl;K. Honscheid;T. M. C. Abbott

  • The Dark Energy Survey: more than dark energy - an overview

    T. Abbott;F. B. Abdalla;J. Aleksić

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-IR Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

    P. S. Cowperthwaite;E. Berger;V. A. Villar;B. D. Metzger

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

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

  • Dark Energy Survey Year 1 results: cosmological constraints from cosmic shear

    M. A. Troxel;N. MacCrann;N. MacCrann;J. Zuntz;T. F. Eifler

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

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

  • The dark energy survey data release 1

    T. M. C. Abbott;F. B. Abdalla;F. B. Abdalla;S. Allam;A. Amara

  • 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 Dark Energy Survey Data Release 1

    T. M. C. Abbott;F. B. Abdalla;S. Allam;A. Amara

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

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

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. I. Dark Energy Camera Discovery of the Optical Counterpart

    M. Soares-Santos;D. E. Holz;J. Annis;R. Chornock

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. I. Discovery of the Optical Counterpart Using the Dark Energy Camera

    M. Soares-Santos;M. Soares-Santos;D. E. Holz;J. Annis;R. Chornock

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. IV. Detection of Near-infrared Signatures of r-process Nucleosynthesis with Gemini-South

    R. Chornock;E. Berger;D. Kasen;P. S. Cowperthwaite

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. VI. Radio Constraints on a Relativistic Jet and Predictions for Late-time Emission from the Kilonova Ejecta

    K. D. Alexander;E. Berger;Wen-fai Fong;P. K.G. Williams

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. V. Rising X-ray Emission from an Off-Axis Jet

    Raffaella Margutti;E. Berger;W. Fong;C. Guidorzi

  • Searching for dark matter annihilation in recently discovered Milky Way Satellites with Fermi-LAT

    A. Albert;Brandon Anderson;K. Bechtol;A. Drlica-Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Gruendl
Robert A. Gruendl University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joshua A. Frieman
Joshua A. Frieman University of Chicago
K. Honscheid
K. Honscheid The Ohio State University
B. Flaugher
B. Flaugher Fermilab
Felipe Menanteau
Felipe Menanteau University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
D. W. Gerdes
D. W. Gerdes University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Juan Garcia-Bellido
Juan Garcia-Bellido Autonomous University of Madrid
Enrique Gaztanaga
Enrique Gaztanaga Spanish National Research Council
D. L. Burke
D. L. Burke Stanford University
A. Roodman
A. Roodman Stanford University

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