What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Astronomy
- Astrophysics
- Optics
Astrophysics, Astronomy, Galactic Center, Galaxy and Stars are his primary areas of study.
His research on Astrophysics frequently connects to adjacent areas such as Infrared.
His studies in Astronomy integrate themes in fields like High Energy Stereoscopic System and Particle acceleration.
His research integrates issues of Main sequence, Event Horizon Telescope, Stellar mass loss, Binary black hole and Stellar dynamics in his study of Galactic Center.
His research in Galaxy tackles topics such as Spectral index which are related to areas like Cherenkov radiation.
When carried out as part of a general Stars research project, his work on Stellar collision and K-type main-sequence star is frequently linked to work in Eccentricity and Coordinate system, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study.
His most cited work include:
- Monitoring stellar orbits around the Massive Black Hole in the Galactic Center (1431 citations)
- THE SINS SURVEY: SINFONI INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY OF z ∼ 2 STAR-FORMING GALAXIES* (1018 citations)
- The galactic center massive black hole and nuclear star cluster (824 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Stefan Gillessen mainly investigates Astrophysics, Astronomy, Galactic Center, Stars and Galaxy.
Stefan Gillessen combines topics linked to Interferometry with his work on Astrophysics.
His Interferometry study combines topics in areas such as Astrometry, Gravity and Very Large Telescope.
His study focuses on the intersection of Astronomy and fields such as Gamma ray with connections in the field of Pulsar.
His work carried out in the field of Galactic Center brings together such families of science as Redshift and Event horizon.
His work on Infrared expands to the thematically related Galaxy.
He most often published in these fields:
- Astrophysics (76.78%)
- Astronomy (41.16%)
- Galactic Center (32.72%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Astrophysics (76.78%)
- Interferometry (17.15%)
- Black hole (20.58%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Stefan Gillessen mainly investigates Astrophysics, Interferometry, Black hole, Galactic Center and Stars.
His Accretion, Very Large Telescope, Galaxy, Young stellar object and Planet study are his primary interests in Astrophysics.
His Galaxy research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Gravitation and Observatory.
The Interferometry study combines topics in areas such as Overtone, Gravity and Telescope.
Within one scientific family, Stefan Gillessen focuses on topics pertaining to Sigma under Black hole, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Orbital eccentricity.
His Galactic Center study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Supermassive black hole, Light curve and Redshift.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Detection of the gravitational redshift in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole (414 citations)
- Detection of the gravitational redshift in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole (389 citations)
- A geometric distance measurement to the Galactic Center black hole with 0.3% uncertainty (233 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Astronomy
- Optics
- Astrophysics
Astrophysics, Black hole, Galaxy, Very Large Telescope and Galactic Center are his primary areas of study.
His Astrophysics study focuses mostly on Schwarzschild radius, Stars, Planet, Astrometry and Accretion.
Stefan Gillessen combines subjects such as Closure phase and Terrestrial planet with his study of Stars.
The concepts of his Black hole study are interwoven with issues in Gravitational redshift, Orbit and Radial velocity.
His research brings together the fields of Observatory and Galaxy.
Stefan Gillessen has included themes like Event horizon, Redshift and Sigma in his Galactic Center study.
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