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Overview

Sandra M. Faber is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research is situated primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and Plant Science as subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include:

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

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sandra M. Faber span a range of subjects within astrophysics and galaxy research:

  • "A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: A Candidate z ∼ 12 Galaxy in Early JWST CEERS Imaging," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • "The Art of Measuring Physical Parameters in Galaxies: A Critical Assessment of Spectral Energy Distribution Fitting Techniques," 2023, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Fast, Slow, Early, Late: Quenching Massive Galaxies at z ∼ 0.8," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Quenching as a Contest between Galaxy Halos and Their Central Black Holes," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "The evolution of star formation histories of quiescent galaxies," 2024, Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh)

Sandra M. Faber has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

  • David C. Koo
  • Joel R. Primack
  • Guillermo Barro
  • Yicheng Guo
  • Henry C. Ferguson

The most common publication venues for Sandra M. Faber's work include:

  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh)

Best Publications

  • The Demography of massive dark objects in galaxy centers

    John Magorrian;Scott Tremaine;Scott Tremaine;Douglas Richstone;Ralf Bender

  • A Relationship between Nuclear Black Hole Mass and Galaxy Velocity Dispersion

    Karl Gebhardt;Ralf Bender;Gary Bower;Alan Dressler

  • THE SLOPE OF THE BLACK HOLE MASS VERSUS VELOCITY DISPERSION CORRELATION

    Scott Tremaine;Karl Gebhardt;Ralf Bender;Gary Bower

  • 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

  • Formation of galaxies and large-scale structure with cold dark matter

    George R. Blumenthal;S. M. Faber;Joel R. Primack;Joel R. Primack;Martin J. Rees;Martin J. Rees

  • The M-σ and M-L Relations in Galactic Bulges, and Determinations of Their Intrinsic Scatter

    Kayhan Gültekin;Douglas D.O. Richstone;Karl Gebhardt;Tod Lauer

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Spectroscopy and photometry of elliptical galaxies. I: a new distance estimator

    Alan Dressler;Donald Lynden-Bell;David Burstein;Roger L. Davies

  • Galaxy Luminosity Functions to z~1: DEEP2 vs. COMBO-17 and Implications for Red Galaxy Formation

    S. M. Faber;C. N. A. Willmer;C. Wolf;D. C. Koo

  • Contraction of Dark Matter Galactic Halos Due to Baryonic Infall

    G. R. Blumenthal;S. M. Faber;R. Flores;J. R. Primack

  • Galaxy luminosity functions to z∼ 1 from DEEP2 and COMBO-17: Implications for red galaxy formation

    S. M. Faber;C. N. A. Willmer;C. Wolf;D. C. Koo

  • Dynamically hot galaxies. I - Structural properties

    Ralf Bender;David Burstein;S. M. Faber

  • The centers of early-type galaxies with HST. IV. Central parameter relations

    S. M. Faber;Scott Tremaine;Edward A. Ajhar;Yong Ik Byun;Yong Ik Byun

  • Extragalactic background light inferred from AEGIS galaxy-SED-type fractions

    A. Domínguez;A. Domínguez;J. R. Primack;D. J. Rosario;F. Prada

  • 3D-HST+CANDELS: THE EVOLUTION OF THE GALAXY SIZE–MASS DISTRIBUTION SINCE z = 3

    A. van der Wel;M. Franx;P.G. van Dokkum;R.E. Skelton

  • Spectroscopy and photometry of elliptical galaxies. V - Galaxy streaming toward the new supergalactic center

    D. Lynden-Bell;S. M. Faber;David Burstein;Roger L. Davies

  • The nature of high-redshift galaxies

    Rachel S. Somerville;Rachel S. Somerville;Joel R. Primack;S. M. Faber

  • The DEIMOS spectrograph for the Keck II Telescope: integration and testing

    Sandra M. Faber;Andrew C. Phillips;Robert I. Kibrick;Barry Alcott

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Koo
David C. Koo University of California, Santa Cruz
Jeffrey A. Newman
Jeffrey A. Newman University of Pittsburgh
Anton M. Koekemoer
Anton M. Koekemoer Space Telescope Science Institute
Benjamin J. Weiner
Benjamin J. Weiner University of Arizona
Dale D. Kocevski
Dale D. Kocevski Colby College
Avishai Dekel
Avishai Dekel Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Alison L. Coil
Alison L. Coil University of California, San Diego
Michael C. Cooper
Michael C. Cooper University of California, Irvine
Joel R. Primack
Joel R. Primack University of California, Santa Cruz
Christopher J. Conselice
Christopher J. Conselice University of Manchester

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