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Ross J. McLure is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and specializes in research within the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work primarily focuses on areas such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Computational Mechanics, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

The scientist's research spans several main topics including:

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

The publication record of Ross J. McLure includes numerous contributions to journals and preprint servers. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Nature

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Ross J. McLure include:

  • The evolution of the galaxy UV luminosity function at redshifts z ≃ 8 - 15 from deep JWST and ground-based near-infrared imaging, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • A lack of evolution in the very bright end of the galaxy luminosity function from z ≃ 8 to 10, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Confirmation and refutation of very luminous galaxies in the early Universe, 2023, Nature
  • A massive quiescent galaxy at redshift 4.658, 2023, Nature
  • A surprising abundance of massive quiescent galaxies at 3 <z< 5 in the first data from JWST CEERS, 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Ross J. McLure has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers in the field. Notable co-authors include:

  • J. S. Dunlop
  • Fergus Cullen
  • Adam C. Carnall
  • R. J. McLure
  • Callum T. Donnan

Best Publications

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey - The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products and Mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

    Norman A. Grogin;Dale D. Kocevski;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson

  • Euclid Definition Study Report

    R. Laureijs;J. Amiaux;S. Arduini;J.-L. Auguères

  • Candels: The cosmic assembly near-infrared deep extragalactic legacy survey - The hubble space telescope observations, imaging data products, and mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • The Evolution of the Galaxy Rest-Frame Ultraviolet Luminosity Function Over the First Two Billion Years

    Steven Lyle Finkelstein;Russell E. Ryan;Casey Papovich;Mark Dickinson

  • On the black hole- bulge mass relation in active and inactive galaxies

    Ross J. McLure;J.S. Dunlop

  • The Abundance of Star-Forming Galaxies in the Redshift Range 8.5 to 12: New Results from the 2012 Hubble Ultra Deep Field Campaign

    Richard S Ellis;Ross J McLure;James S Dunlop;Brant E Robertson

  • Quasars, their host galaxies and their central black holes

    James Dunlop;Ross McLure;Marek Kukula;Stefi Baum

  • Measuring the black hole masses of high-redshift quasars

    Ross J. McLure;M.J. Jarvis

  • The cosmological evolution of quasar black hole masses

    Ross J. McLure;James S. Dunlop

  • New Constraints on Cosmic Reionization from the 2012 Hubble Ultra Deep Field Campaign

    Brant E. Robertson;Steven R. Furlanetto;Evan Schneider;Stephane Charlot

  • THE CANADA-FRANCE HIGH-z QUASAR SURVEY: NINE NEW QUASARS AND THE LUMINOSITY FUNCTION AT REDSHIFT 6

    Chris J. Willott;Philippe Delorme;Céline Reylé;Loic Albert

  • Improved constraints on the expansion rate of the Universe up to z ∼ 1.1 from the spectroscopic evolution of cosmic chronometers

    M. Moresco;A. Cimatti;R. Jimenez;L. Pozzetti

  • The Abundance of Star-forming Galaxies in the Redshift Range 8.5-12: New Results from the 2012 Hubble Ultra Deep Field Campaign

    Richard S. Ellis;Ross J. McLure;James S. Dunlop;Brant E. Robertson

  • Inferring the star formation histories of massive quiescent galaxies with BAGPIPES: evidence for multiple quenching mechanisms

    A. C. Carnall;R. J. McLure;J. S. Dunlop;R. Davé

  • A new multifield determination of the galaxy luminosity function at z = 7-9 incorporating the 2012 Hubble Ultra-Deep Field imaging

    R. J. McLure;J. S. Dunlop;R. A. A. Bowler;E. Curtis-Lake

  • A COMPARATIVE HST IMAGING STUDY OF THE HOST GALAXIES OF RADIO-QUIET QUASARS, RADIO-LOUD QUASARS AND RADIO GALAXIES - I

    R. J. McLure;M. J. Kukula;M. J. Kukula;James Dunlop;S. A. Baum

  • KECK SPECTROSCOPY OF 3 < z < 7 FAINT LYMAN BREAK GALAXIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF NEBULAR EMISSION IN UNDERSTANDING THE SPECIFIC STAR FORMATION RATE AND STELLAR MASS DENSITY

    Daniel P. Stark;Matthew A. Schenker;Richard Ellis;Brant Robertson

  • A comparative HST imaging study of the host galaxies of radio-quiet quasars, radio-loud quasars and radio galaxies: Paper I

    R. J. McLure;J. S. Dunlop;M. J. Kukula;S. A. Baum

  • The black hole - bulge mass relation in active and inactive galaxies

    R.J. McLure;J.S. Dunlop

Frequent Co-Authors

James S. Dunlop
James S. Dunlop University of Edinburgh
Michele Cirasuolo
Michele Cirasuolo European Southern Observatory
Matt J. Jarvis
Matt J. Jarvis University of Oxford
Omar Almaini
Omar Almaini University of Nottingham
Anton M. Koekemoer
Anton M. Koekemoer Space Telescope Science Institute
Nimish P. Hathi
Nimish P. Hathi Space Telescope Science Institute
Adriano Fontana
Adriano Fontana National Institute for Astrophysics
Chris Simpson
Chris Simpson Liverpool John Moores University
Laura Pentericci
Laura Pentericci National Institute for Astrophysics
Richard S. Ellis
Richard S. Ellis University College London

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