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Michael R. Blanton

Michael R. Blanton

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Physics

D-Index
155
Citations
163631
World Ranking
238
National Ranking
140

Overview

Michael R. Blanton is affiliated with New York University in the United States and primarily conducts research in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas within astronomy and astrophysical studies. These include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

Michael R. Blanton has contributed to numerous publications, with a notable presence in several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) - 19 publications
  • The Astrophysical Journal - 9 publications
  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series - 6 publications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 5 publications
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - 2 publications

Their recent papers include:

  • "The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • "Completed SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Cosmological implications from two decades of spectroscopic surveys at the Apache Point Observatory," 2021, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • "The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar, and APOGEE-2 Data," 2022, Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
  • "The Eighteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Targeting and First Spectra from SDSS-V," 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project: Key Results," 2024, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Michael R. Blanton frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Dmitry Bizyaev (18 joint publications)
  • Joel R. Brownstein (16 joint publications)
  • Kátia Cunha (15 joint publications)
  • Johan Comparat (13 joint publications)
  • Kevin R. Covey (12 joint publications)

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

  • Cosmological parameters from SDSS and WMAP

    Max Tegmark;Max Tegmark;Michael Abram Strauss;Michael R. Blanton;Kevork Abazajian

  • Detection of the baryon acoustic peak in the large-scale correlation function of SDSS luminous red galaxies

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Idit Zehavi;David W. Hogg;Roman Scoccimarro

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

    C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton

  • Stellar Masses and Star Formation Histories for 10^5 Galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Simon D.M. White;Stephane Charlot

  • 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

  • Sloan digital sky survey: Early data release

    Chris Stoughton;Robert H. Lupton;Mariangela Bernardi;Michael R. Blanton;Michael R. Blanton

  • 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

  • The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

  • 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

  • The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

  • Stellar masses and star formation histories for 105 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Simon D. M. White;Stéphane Charlot;Stéphane Charlot

  • 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

  • The clustering of galaxies in the sdss-iii baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey: Baryon acoustic oscillations in the data release 9 spectroscopic galaxy sample

    Lauren Anderson;Élric Aubourg;Stephen Bailey;Florian Beutler

  • THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL POWER SPECTRUM OF GALAXIES FROM THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY

    Max Tegmark;Michael R. Blanton;Michael A. Strauss;Fiona Hoyle

  • The 3D power spectrum of galaxies from the SDSS

    M Tegmark;M Blanton;M Strauss;F Hoyle

  • Spectroscopic Target Selection in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Main Galaxy Sample

    Michael A. Strauss;David H. Weinberg;Robert H. Lupton;Vijay K. Narayanan

  • 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

  • K-corrections and filter transformations in the ultraviolet, optical, and near infrared

    Michael R. Blanton;Sam Roweis

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Eisenstein
Daniel J. Eisenstein Harvard University
Donald P. Schneider
Donald P. Schneider Pennsylvania State University
David W. Hogg
David W. Hogg Max Planck Society
David J. Schlegel
David J. Schlegel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
David H. Weinberg
David H. Weinberg The Ohio State University
James E. Gunn
James E. Gunn Princeton University
Idit Zehavi
Idit Zehavi Case Western Reserve University
Michael A. Strauss
Michael A. Strauss University of Oklahoma
Dmitry Bizyaev
Dmitry Bizyaev New Mexico State University
Robert C. Nichol
Robert C. Nichol University of Surrey

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