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Overview

Shy Genel is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has a significant body of research in physics and astronomy, particularly focusing on galaxy formation, evolution, and astrophysical phenomena. Their scholarly output includes over two hundred publications primarily in the fields of astronomy and astrophysics.

The scientist's research encompasses various subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, artificial intelligence, nuclear and high energy physics, and computer vision and pattern recognition. Their work often intersects with topics involving galaxies' formation, evolution, and phenomena, as well as broader aspects of cosmology and gravitation theories. Other thematic areas include stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, computational physics with Python applications, and star formation studies.

Frequent publication venues for Genel's work are diverse but largely concentrated in well-regarded journals such as arXiv (Cornell University) with 41 publications, The Astrophysical Journal (34 publications), and the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (16 publications). Additional research appears in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Genel demonstrate a focus on black hole astrophysics and galactic evolution. Notable articles include:

  • The relationship between black hole mass and galaxy properties: examining the black hole feedback model in IllustrisTNG, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Quenched fractions in the IllustrisTNG simulations: the roles of AGN feedback, environment, and pre-processing, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Supermassive black holes in cosmological simulations I: MBH − M⋆ relation and black hole mass function, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The diversity and variability of star formation histories in models of galaxy evolution, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Supermassive black holes in cosmological simulations - II: the AGN population and predictions for upcoming X-ray missions, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

General collaborates extensively, with frequent co-authors including Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro, Daniel Anglés-Alcázar, Lars Hernquist, Mark Vogelsberger, and Rachel S. Somerville. These collaborations reflect a network deeply engaged in computational and theoretical astrophysics.

Best Publications

  • Introducing the Illustris Project: simulating the coevolution of dark and visible matter in the Universe

    Mark Vogelsberger;Shy Genel;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Paul Torrey

  • Simulating galaxy formation with the IllustrisTNG model

    Annalisa Pillepich;Annalisa Pillepich;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Dylan Nelson;Shy Genel;Shy Genel

  • First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: matter and galaxy clustering

    Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Rüdiger Pakmor;Annalisa Pillepich;Rainer Weinberger

  • First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: the stellar mass content of groups and clusters of galaxies

    Annalisa Pillepich;Annalisa Pillepich;Dylan Nelson;Lars Hernquist;Volker Springel;Volker Springel

  • Properties of galaxies reproduced by a hydrodynamic simulation

    Mark Vogelsberger;Shy Genel;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Paul Torrey

  • First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: the galaxy colour bimodality

    Dylan Nelson;Annalisa Pillepich;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Rainer Weinberger

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

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

  • Submillimeter Galaxies at z~2: Evidence for Major Mergers & Constraints on Lifetimes, IMF and CO-H2 Conversion Factor

    L.J. Tacconi;R. Genzel;I. Smail;R. Neri

  • Introducing the Illustris Project: the evolution of galaxy populations across cosmic time

    Shy Genel;Mark Vogelsberger;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Debora Sijacki

  • The IllustrisTNG simulations: public data release

    Dylan Nelson;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Annalisa Pillepich;Vicente Rodriguez-Gomez

  • First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: a tale of two elements - chemical evolution of magnesium and europium

    Jill P. Naiman;Annalisa Pillepich;Volker Springel;Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

  • Simulating galaxy formation with black hole driven thermal and kinetic feedback

    Rainer Weinberger;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Lars Hernquist;Annalisa Pillepich;Annalisa Pillepich

  • First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: radio haloes and magnetic fields

    Federico Marinacci;Mark Vogelsberger;Rüdiger Pakmor;Paul Torrey

  • A model for cosmological simulations of galaxy formation physics

    Mark Vogelsberger;Shy Genel;Debora Sijacki;Paul Torrey

  • Submillimeter Galaxies at z ~ 2: Evidence for Major Mergers and Constraints on Lifetimes, IMF, and CO-H2 Conversion Factor*

    L. J. Tacconi;R. Genzel;I. Smail;R. Neri

  • 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

  • First results from the TNG50 simulation: galactic outflows driven by supernovae and black hole feedback

    Dylan Nelson;Annalisa Pillepich;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Volker Springel;Rüdiger Pakmor;Rüdiger Pakmor

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

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

  • The merger rate of galaxies in the Illustris simulation: a comparison with observations and semi-empirical models

    Vicente Rodríguez-Gómez;Shy Genel;Shy Genel;Mark Vogelsberger;Debora Sijacki

  • A model for cosmological simulations of galaxy formation physics: multi-epoch validation

    Paul Torrey;Mark Vogelsberger;Shy Genel;Debora Sijacki

Frequent Co-Authors

Volker Springel
Volker Springel Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Lars Hernquist
Lars Hernquist Harvard University
Reinhard Genzel
Reinhard Genzel Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Dieter Lutz
Dieter Lutz Max Planck Society
Giovanni Cresci
Giovanni Cresci National Institute for Astrophysics
Linda J. Tacconi
Linda J. Tacconi Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Andreas Burkert
Andreas Burkert Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ric Davies
Ric Davies Max Planck Society
Alvio Renzini
Alvio Renzini National Institute for Astrophysics

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