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Roberto Abraham

Roberto Abraham

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Physics

D-Index
85
Citations
25335
World Ranking
2603
National Ranking
57

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Roberto Abraham is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has a research focus primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans various subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Computational Mechanics and General Health Professions.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Galaxies such as their formation, evolution, and related phenomena. Other key topics include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, Planetary, and Galactic Studies, Adaptive Optics and Wavefront Sensing, Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation.

Roberto Abraham has published in multiple prominent venues. Frequent publication platforms include arXiv (Cornell University), The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Roberto Abraham include:

  • The James Webb Space Telescope Mission (2023), Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • The Near-infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope. II. Wide Field Slitless Spectroscopy (2022), Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • A trail of dark-matter-free galaxies from a bullet-dwarf collision (2022), Nature
  • The Sparkler: Evolved High-redshift Globular Cluster Candidates Captured by JWST (2022), The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • The Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope. I. Instrument Overview and In-flight Performance (2023), Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Roberto Abraham include Pieter van Dokkum, Marcin Sawicki, Maruša Bradač, Chris J. Willott, and Gaël Noirot.

In recognition of their contributions, Roberto Abraham was awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2015 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Galaxy cluster virial masses and Omega

    R. G. Carlberg;H. K. C. Yee;E. Ellingson;R. Abraham

  • Galaxy morphology to I = 25 mag in the Hubble Deep Field

    R. G. Abraham;N. R. Tanvir;B. X. Santiago;R. S. Ellis

  • The Gemini Deep Deep Survey. VII. The Redshift Evolution of the Mass-Metallicity Relation* **

    S. Savaglio;K. Glazebrook;D. Le Borgne;S. Juneau

  • COSMOS: Hubble Space Telescope Observations

    N. Scoville;N. Scoville;R. G. Abraham;H. Aussel;J. E. Barnes

  • FORTY-SEVEN MILKY WAY-SIZED, EXTREMELY DIFFUSE GALAXIES IN THE COMA CLUSTER

    Pieter G. van Dokkum;Roberto Abraham;Allison Merritt;Jielai Zhang

  • A Catalog of Detailed Visual Morphological Classifications for 14034 Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Preethi B. Nair;Roberto G. Abraham

  • A New Approach to Galaxy Morphology. I. Analysis of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Early Data Release

    Roberto G. Abraham;Sidney van den Bergh;Preethi Nair

  • Cosmic Star Formation History and its Dependence on Galaxy Stellar Mass

    S. Juneau;K. Glazebrook;D. Crampton;P. J. McCarthy

  • Cosmic Star Formation History and Its Dependence on Galaxy Stellar Mass

    Stéphanie Juneau;Stéphanie Juneau;Karl Glazebrook;David Crampton;Patrick J. McCarthy

  • Evolution of the Bar Fraction in COSMOS: Quantifying the Assembly of the Hubble Sequence

    Kartik Sheth;Debra Meloy Elmegreen;Bruce G. Elmegreen;Peter Capak

  • A high abundance of massive galaxies 3–6 billion years after the Big Bang

    Karl Glazebrook;Roberto G. Abraham;Patrick J. McCarthy;Sandra Savaglio

  • The Morphologies of Distant Galaxies. I. an Automated Classification System

    Roberto G. Abraham;Francisco Valdes;H. K. C. Yee;Sidney van den Bergh

  • A morphological catalog of galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field

    Sidney van den Bergh;Roberto G. Abraham;Richard S. Ellis;Nial R. Tanvir

  • A Morphological Catalog of Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field

    Sidney van den Bergh;Roberto Abraham;Richard Ellis Nial Tanvir;Basilio Santiago

  • The morphologies of distant galaxies. II. Classifications from the Hubble Space Telescope medium deep survey

    Roberto G. Abraham;Sidney van den Bergh;Karl Glazebrook;Richard S. Ellis

  • Hubble Space Telescope imaging of the CFRS and LDSS redshift surveys—IV. Influence of mergers in the evolution of faint field galaxies from z∼1

    O. Le Fèvre;R. Abraham;S. J. Lilly;R. S. Ellis

  • A CATALOG OF DETAILED VISUAL MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATIONS FOR 14,034 GALAXIES IN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY

    Preethi B. Nair;Roberto G. Abraham

  • Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of the CFRS and LDSS Redshift Surveys. II. Structural Parameters and the Evolution of Disk Galaxies to Z approximately 1

    Simon J. Lilly;Simon J. Lilly;David J. Schade;David J. Schade;Richard S. Ellis;Olivier Le Fevre

  • RED NUGGETS AT z ∼ 1.5: COMPACT PASSIVE GALAXIES AND THE FORMATION OF THE KORMENDY RELATION

    Ivana Damjanov;Patrick J. McCarthy;Roberto G. Abraham;Karl Glazebrook

  • The Gemini Deep Deep Survey. I. Introduction to the Survey, Catalogs, and Composite Spectra

    Roberto G. Abraham;Karl Glazebrook;Patrick J. McCarthy;David Crampton

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Glazebrook
Karl Glazebrook Swinburne University of Technology
Aaron J. Romanowsky
Aaron J. Romanowsky San Jose State University
Raymond G. Carlberg
Raymond G. Carlberg University of Toronto
Hongzheng Chen
Hongzheng Chen Zhejiang University
Charlie Conroy
Charlie Conroy Harvard University
Richard S. Ellis
Richard S. Ellis University College London
Sandra Savaglio
Sandra Savaglio University of Calabria
Jean P. Brodie
Jean P. Brodie University of California, Santa Cruz
Simon L. Morris
Simon L. Morris Durham University
J. B. Hutchings
J. B. Hutchings National Research Council Canada

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