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Ric Davies is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and focuses primarily on research within Physics and Astronomy. Their extensive publication record includes 410 contributions to this broad field.

Their main subfields of study are:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Computational Mechanics

Davies's research spans significant topics within astronomy and astrophysics, including:

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

Frequent publication venues for Davies's work include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Davies include:

  • Mass distribution in the Galactic Center based on interferometric astrometry of multiple stellar orbits, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Improved GRAVITY astrometric accuracy from modeling optical aberrations, 2021, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
  • Ionized outflows in local luminous AGN: what are the real densities and outflow rates?, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Galaxy Activity, Torus, and Outflow Survey (GATOS), 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Molecular outflows in local galaxies: Method comparison and a role of intermittent AGN driving, 2020, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

Davies has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Thomas Shimizu
  • D. Lutz
  • N. M. Förster Schreiber
  • R. Genzel
  • S. Lacour

Best Publications

  • THE SINS SURVEY: SINFONI INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY OF z ∼ 2 STAR-FORMING GALAXIES*

    N. M. Förster Schreiber;R. Genzel;N. Bouché;G. Cresci

  • Massive molecular outflows and evidence for AGN feedback from CO observations

    C. Cicone;R. Maiolino;E. Sturm;J. Gracia-Carpio

  • From Rings to Bulges: Evidence for Rapid Secular Galaxy Evolution at z ~ 2 from Integral Field Spectroscopy in the SINS Survey

    R. Genzel;A. Burkert;N. Bouché;G. Cresci

  • THE IMPACT OF COLD GAS ACCRETION ABOVE A MASS FLOOR ON GALAXY SCALING RELATIONS

    N. Bouché;A. Dekel;R. Genzel;S. Genel

  • THE SINS SURVEY OF z ∼ 2 GALAXY KINEMATICS: PROPERTIES OF THE GIANT STAR-FORMING CLUMPS*

    R. Genzel;S. Newman;T. Jones;N. M. Förster Schreiber

  • The KMOS3D survey: design, first results, and the evolution of galaxy kinematics from 0.7 ≤ z ≤ 2.7

    E. Wisnioski;N. M. Förster Schreiber;S. Wuyts;E. Wuyts

  • The rapid formation of a large rotating disk galaxy three billion years after the Big Bang.

    R. Genzel;L. J. Tacconi;F. Eisenhauer;N. M. Förster Schreiber

  • MASSIVE MOLECULAR OUTFLOWS AND NEGATIVE FEEDBACK IN ULIRGs OBSERVED BY HERSCHEL-PACS*

    E. Sturm;E. González-Alfonso;S. Veilleux;J. Fischer

  • SINFONI Integral Field Spectroscopy of z ~ 2 UV-selected Galaxies: Rotation Curves and Dynamical Evolution*

    N. M. Förster Schreiber;R. Genzel;M. D. Lehnert;N. Bouché

  • A Close Look at Star Formation around Active Galactic Nuclei

    R. I. Davies;F. Mueller Sánchez;R. Genzel;L. J. Tacconi

  • Outflows from AGN: Kinematics of the Narrow-Line and Coronal-Line Regions in Seyfert Galaxies

    F. Müller-Sánchez;F. Müller-Sánchez;A. Prieto;A. Prieto;E. K. S. Hicks;H. Vives-Arias

  • FAST MOLECULAR OUTFLOWS IN LUMINOUS GALAXY MERGERS: EVIDENCE FOR QUASAR FEEDBACK FROM HERSCHEL

    S. Veilleux;M. Meléndez;E. Sturm;J. Gracia-Carpio

  • A diversity of dusty AGN tori - Data release for the VLTI/MIDI AGN Large Program and first results for 23 galaxies

    L. Burtscher;K. Meisenheimer;K. R. W. Tristram;W. Jaffe

  • MOST SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES ARE MAJOR MERGERS

    H. Engel;L. J. Tacconi;R. I. Davies;R. Neri

  • The Star-forming Torus and Stellar Dynamical Black Hole Mass in the Seyfert 1 Nucleus of NGC 3227*

    R. I. Davies;J. Thomas;R. Genzel;F. Mueller Sanchez

  • Far-Infrared Line Deficits in Galaxies with Extreme Lfir/MH2 Ratios

    J. Graciá-Carpio;E. Sturm;S. Hailey-Dunsheath;J. Fischer

  • Evidence for Wide-Spread AGN Driven Outflows in the Most Massive z~1-2 Star Forming Galaxies

    R. Genzel;N. M. Förster Schreiber;D. Rosario;P. Lang

  • Strongly baryon-dominated disk galaxies at the peak of galaxy formation ten billion years ago

    R. Genzel;N. M. Förster Schreiber;H. Übler;P. Lang

  • THE SINS SURVEY: MODELING THE DYNAMICS OF z ∼ 2 GALAXIES AND THE HIGH-z TULLY-FISHER RELATION*

    G. Cresci;E. K. S. Hicks;R. Genzel;N. M. Förster Schreiber

  • Dynamical Properties of z ~ 2 Star-forming Galaxies and a Universal Star Formation Relation*

    N. Bouché;G. Cresci;R. Davies;F. Eisenhauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Dieter Lutz
Dieter Lutz Max Planck Society
Linda J. Tacconi
Linda J. Tacconi Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Reinhard Genzel
Reinhard Genzel Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Amiel Sternberg
Amiel Sternberg Tel Aviv University
Frank Eisenhauer
Frank Eisenhauer Max Planck Society
Eckhard Sturm
Eckhard Sturm Max Planck Society
Giovanni Cresci
Giovanni Cresci National Institute for Astrophysics
Stefan Gillessen
Stefan Gillessen Max Planck Society
Alvio Renzini
Alvio Renzini National Institute for Astrophysics
Andreas Burkert
Andreas Burkert Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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