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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1991 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

R. Michael Rich is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a total of 403 publications dedicated to this area. Within this broad field, their work extensively covers the subfields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The main topics addressed in their research include stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astronomy and astrophysical research, galaxies focusing on formation, evolution, and related phenomena, astrophysics and star formation studies, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, astrophysical phenomena and observations, as well as broader astro and planetary science.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Rich include Anton M. Koekemoer, Andreas L. Faisst, Daizhong Liu, Francesco Valentino, and G. Magdis. The scientist has contributed numerous articles to prominent scientific publication venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Rich include:

  • COSMOS-Web: Intrinsically Luminous z ≳ 10 Galaxy Candidates Test Early Stellar Mass Assembly (2024, The Astrophysical Journal)
  • Two Massive, Compact, and Dust-obscured Candidate z ≃ 8 Galaxies Discovered by JWST (2023, The Astrophysical Journal)
  • The luminous red nova AT 2018bwo in NGC 45 and its binary yellow supergiant progenitor (2021, Radboud Repository [Radboud University])
  • The Hubble Space Telescope Survey of M31 Satellite Galaxies. I. RR Lyrae-based Distances and Refined 3D Geometric Structure (2022, The Astrophysical Journal)
  • Final Moments. II. Observational Properties and Physical Modeling of Circumstellar-material-interacting Type II Supernovae (2024, The Astrophysical Journal)

Rich's academic record includes recognition from awards such as being a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1991 and membership in the Association of American Physicians. This highlights the scientist's involvement and standing within the scientific and medical research communities.

Best Publications

  • The Galaxy Evolution Explorer: A Space Ultraviolet Survey Mission

    D. Christopher Martin;James Fanson;David Schiminovich;Patrick Morrissey

  • The Galaxy Evolution Explorer: A Space Ultraviolet Survey Mission

    D. Christopher Martin;James Fanson;David Schiminovich;Patrick Morrissey

  • Star Formation in AEGIS Field Galaxies since z = 1.1: The Dominance of Gradually Declining Star Formation, and the Main Sequence of Star-forming Galaxies

    K. G. Noeske;B. J. Weiner;S. M. Faber;Casey J. Papovich

  • The calibration and data products of GALEX

    Patrick Morrissey;Tim Conrow;Tom A. Barlow;Todd Small

  • The GALEX Ultraviolet Atlas of Nearby Galaxies

    A. Gil de Paz;S. Boissier;B. F. Madore;M. Seibert

  • The GALEX Ultraviolet Atlas of Nearby Galaxies

    Armando Gil De Paz;Armando Gil De Paz;Samuel Boissier;Barry F. Madore;Barry F. Madore;Mark Seibert

  • The First Detailed Abundance Analysis of Galactic Bulge K Giants in Baade's Window

    Andrew McWilliam;R. Michael Rich

  • The remnants of galaxy formation from a panoramic survey of the region around M31

    Alan W. McConnachie;Michael J. Irwin;Rodrigo A. Ibata;John Dubinski

  • A vast, thin plane of corotating dwarf galaxies orbiting the Andromeda galaxy

    Rodrigo A. Ibata;Geraint F. Lewis;Anthony R. Conn;Michael J. Irwin

  • HST/NICMOS Observations of Massive Stellar Clusters Near the Galactic Center

    Donald F. Figer;Sungsoo S. Kim;Mark Morris;Eugene Serabyn

  • Age and Metallicity Distribution of the Galactic Bulge from Extensive Optical and Near-IR Stellar Photometry

    Manuela Zoccali;Alvio Renzini;Sergio Ortolani;Laura Greggio

  • The On-Orbit Performance of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer

    P. Morrissey;D. Schiminovich;T. A. Barlow;D. C. Martin

  • Dust attenuation in the nearby Universe: comparison between galaxies selected in the ultraviolet or in the infrared

    V. Buat;J. Iglesias-Paramo;M. Seibert;D. Burgarella

  • HST color-magnitude diagrams of 74 galactic globular clusters in the HST F439W and F555W bands ⋆

    G. Piotto;I. R. King;S. G. Djorgovski;C. Sosin

  • UV-optical colours as probes of early-type galaxy evolution

    S. Kaviraj;K. Schawinski;J. E. G. Devriendt;I. Ferreras

  • The UV-Optical Galaxy Color-Magnitude Diagram. I. Basic Properties

    Ted K. Wyder;D. Christopher Martin;David Schiminovich;Mark Seibert

  • Hubble Space Telescope/NICMOS Observations of Massive Stellar Clusters near the Galactic Center

    Donald F. Figer;Donald F. Figer;Sungsoo S. Kim;Sungsoo S. Kim;Mark Morris;Eugene Serabyn

  • HST color-magnitude diagrams of 74 galactic globular clusters in the HST F439W and F555W bands

    G. Piotto;I. R. King;S. G. Djorgovski;C. Sosin

  • GALEX UV Color-Magnitude Relations and Evidence for Recent Star Formation in Early-type Galaxies

    S Yi;SJ Yoon;S Kaviraj;JM Deharveng

  • BVRI Light Curves for 29 Type Ia Supernovae

    M Hamuy;MM Phillips;NB Suntzeff;RA Schommer

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry F. Madore
Barry F. Madore Carnegie Institution for Science
David Schiminovich
David Schiminovich Columbia University
D. Christopher Martin
D. Christopher Martin California Institute of Technology
Young-Wook Lee
Young-Wook Lee Yonsei University
Timothy M. Heckman
Timothy M. Heckman Johns Hopkins University
Luciana Bianchi
Luciana Bianchi Johns Hopkins University
Mark Seibert
Mark Seibert Carnegie Institution for Science
Tom A. Barlow
Tom A. Barlow California Institute of Technology
Alexander S. Szalay
Alexander S. Szalay Johns Hopkins University
Todd Small
Todd Small California Institute of Technology

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