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  • 1998 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Matthias Steinmetz is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Steinmetz has contributed extensively to subfields such as Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's publications cover a range of main topics within astrophysics, including stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; astronomy and astrophysical research; galaxies in terms of formation, evolution, and phenomena; astrophysics and star formation studies; gamma-ray bursts and supernovae; astro and planetary science; and astrophysics and cosmic phenomena.

Matthias Steinmetz has authored numerous papers, with recent significant publications including:

  • The eROSITA X-ray telescope on SRG, 2021, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
  • Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia EDR3 stars brighter than G = 18.5, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: I. Survey description and preliminary data release, 2024, University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology)
  • The HETDEX Instrumentation: Hobby-Eberly Telescope Wide-field Upgrade and VIRUS, 2021, The Astronomical Journal
  • The hestia project: simulations of the Local Group, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers including Ivan Minchev, Sergey Khoperskov, Noam I. Libeskind, A. B. A. Queiroz, and C. Chiappini.

Matthias Steinmetz's research outputs have been published regularly in prominent venues, such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • The Astrophysical Journal

From a recognition standpoint, Steinmetz was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1998.

Best Publications

  • The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Kevork N. Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-Mccarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam

  • LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray

    M. P. van Haarlem;M. W. Wise;M. W. Wise;A. W. Gunst;George Heald

  • The Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

    Shadab Alam;Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;F. Anders

  • The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • SDSS-III: Massive Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

  • SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

  • LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray

    M. P. van Haarlem;M. W. Wise;A. W. Gunst;G. Heald

  • The Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Data from SDSS-III

    Hiroaki Aihara;Carlos Allende Prieto;Deokkeun An

  • The eleventh and twelfth data releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: final data from SDSS-III

    Shadab Alam;Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;F. Anders

  • The Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Data from SDSS-III

    Hiroaki Aihara;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;Deokkeun An;Scott F. Anderson

  • The Tenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

    Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto;Friedrich Anders

  • The ninth data release of the sloan digital sky survey: First spectroscopic data from the sdss-iii baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey

    Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto;Scott F. Anderson

  • 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 Ninth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey

    Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;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

  • The radial velocity experiment (RAVE): First data release

    M Steinmetz;A Siebert;H Enke;C Boeche

  • 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

  • SEGUE: A SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF 240,000 STARS WITH g = 14-20

    Brian Yanny;Constance Rockosi;Heidi Jo Newberg;Gillian R. Knapp

  • Overview of the SDSS-IV MaNGA Survey: Mapping nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory

    Kevin Bundy;Matthew A. Bershady;David R. Law;Renbin Yan

Frequent Co-Authors

Julio F. Navarro
Julio F. Navarro University of Victoria
Quentin A. Parker
Quentin A. Parker University of Hong Kong
Eva K. Grebel
Eva K. Grebel Heidelberg University
Brad K. Gibson
Brad K. Gibson University of Hull
Joss Bland-Hawthorn
Joss Bland-Hawthorn University of Sydney
Kenneth C. Freeman
Kenneth C. Freeman Australian National University
Amina Helmi
Amina Helmi University of Groningen
Ulisse Munari
Ulisse Munari National Institute for Astrophysics
Gerard Gilmore
Gerard Gilmore University of Cambridge
Heino Falcke
Heino Falcke Radboud University

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