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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society
  • 2012 - Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal, Institute of Physics (IOP) for his outstanding contributions to relativistic astrophysics and cosmology
  • 2007 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2005 - UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal
  • 2002 - Oskar Klein Medal, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • 1998 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 1998 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1989 - International Balzan Prize
  • 1984 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society
  • 1982 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1975 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Martin J. Rees is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of physics and astronomy, with notable focus on subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, history and philosophy of science, atomic and molecular physics and optics, anthropology, and economics and econometrics.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics such as space exploration and regulation, history and developments in astronomy, space science and extraterrestrial life, relativity and gravitational theory, cold atom physics and Bose-Einstein condensates, history of science and natural history, and gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

Selected publications from recent years include:

  • Spectral wall in collisions of excited Abelian Higgs vortices (2024), Physical Review. D/Physical Review. D.
  • Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics: A 50-Year Perspective on Personalities, Progress, and Prospects (2022), Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence across a century (2024), Journal of Physics Conference Series
  • Bicentenary: Turning 200 (2020), Astronomy & Geophysics
  • COVID-19 shows UK-EU collaborations are irreplaceable (2020), Nature

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Mitchell C. Begelman
  • Donald Goldsmith
  • A. Alonso-Izquierdo
  • A. Wereszczyński

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as Astronomy & Geophysics, Physical Review. D/Physical Review. D., Nature, Physics World, and Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Rees has authored books published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Princeton University Press. Notable titles include "The End of Astronauts" (2022), "Gravity's Fatal Attraction" (2020), and "On the Future" (2021).

The scientist's awards and honors include the Lilienfeld Prize from the American Physical Society (2017), the Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal for contributions to relativistic astrophysics and cosmology (2012), fellowship of The World Academy of Sciences (2007), UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal (2005), Oskar Klein Medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2002), membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1998), Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute (1998), the International Balzan Prize (1989), Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics from the American Astronomical Society (1984), membership of the National Academy of Sciences (1982), and fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1975).

Best Publications

  • Core condensation in heavy halos: a two-stage theory for galaxy formation and clustering

    Simon D. M. White;M.J. Rees

  • The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

    N. Gehrels;G. Chincarini;G. Chincarini;P. Giommi;K. O. Mason

  • Theory of extragalactic radio sources

    Mitchell C. Begelman;Roger D. Blandford;Martin J. Rees

  • Formation of galaxies and large-scale structure with cold dark matter

    George R. Blumenthal;S. M. Faber;Joel R. Primack;Joel R. Primack;Martin J. Rees;Martin J. Rees

  • Massive black hole binaries in active galactic nuclei

    M. C. Begelman;R. D. Blandford;M. J. Rees

  • BLACK HOLE MODELS FOR ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI

    Martin J. Rees

  • X-ray fluorescence from the inner disc in Cygnus X-1

    A. C. Fabian;M. J. Rees;L. Stella;L. Stella;N. E. White

  • Unsteady outflow models for cosmological gamma-ray bursts

    M. J. Rees;P. Meszaros

  • Comptonization of Diffuse Ambient Radiation by a Relativistic Jet: The Source of Gamma Rays from Blazars?

    Marek Sikora;Mitchell C. Begelman;Martin J. Rees

  • Tidal disruption of stars by black holes of 10 6 –10 8 solar masses in nearby galaxies

    Martin J. Rees

  • Optical and long wavelength afterglow from gamma-ray bursts

    P. Mészáros;M. J. Rees

  • Cooling, dynamics and fragmentation of massive gas clouds: clues to the masses and radii of galaxies and clusters

    M. J. Rees;J. P. Ostriker

  • A ‘Twin-Exhaust’ Model for Double Radio Sources

    R. D. Blandford;M. J. Rees

  • Relativistic fireballs: energy conversion and time-scales

    M. J. Rees;P. Meszaros

  • How small were the first cosmological objects

    Max Tegmark;Joseph Silk;Martin J. Rees;Alain Blanchard

  • Massive Black Holes as Population III Remnants

    Piero Madau;Martin J. Rees

  • Ion-supported tori and the origin of radio jets

    M. J. Rees;M. C. Begelman;M. C. Begelman;R. D. Blandford;E. S. Phinney

  • Dynamical effects of the cosmological constant.

    Ofer Lahav;Per B. Lilje;Joel R. Primack;Martin J. Rees

  • Formation of Supermassive Black Holes by Direct Collapse in Pregalactic Halos

    Mitchell C. Begelman;Marta Volonteri;Martin J. Rees

  • The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

    N. Gehrels;G Chincarini;P. Giommi;K. O. Mason

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Mészáros
Peter Mészáros Pennsylvania State University
Mitchell C. Begelman
Mitchell C. Begelman University of Colorado Boulder
A. C. Fabian
A. C. Fabian University of Cambridge
Piero Madau
Piero Madau University of California, Santa Cruz
Annalisa Celotti
Annalisa Celotti International School for Advanced Studies
Roger Blandford
Roger Blandford Stanford University
Martin G. Haehnelt
Martin G. Haehnelt University of Cambridge
Zoltan Haiman
Zoltan Haiman Columbia University
Jordi Miralda-Escudé
Jordi Miralda-Escudé University of Barcelona
Davide Lazzati
Davide Lazzati Oregon State University

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