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2026

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107
Citations
66483
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1274
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2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in South Africa Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Thomas H. Jarrett is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy, particularly within Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics related to galaxy surveys, stellar mass functions, and photometric redshift catalogs. Notable papers include:

  • The CatWISE2020 Catalog, 2021, published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Data Release 4 and the z < 0.1 total and z < 0.08 morphological galaxy stellar mass functions, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Two Micron All Sky Survey Photometric Redshift Catalog: a comprehensive three-dimensional census of the whole sky, 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • The 6df galaxy survey: The near-infrared fundamental plane of early-type galaxies, 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • A blind ATCA HI survey of the Fornax galaxy cluster, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including M. E. Cluver, B. Koribalski, Andrew Hopkins, L. Marchetti, and M. D. Filipović.

Their publications are commonly found in the following venues:

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

Research areas of focus for this scientist include:

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

The subfields of study emphasized in their work are:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Thomas H. Jarrett has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

  • The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)

    M. F. Skrutskie;M. F. Skrutskie;R. M. Cutri;R. Stiening;M. D. Weinberg

  • THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER (WISE): MISSION DESCRIPTION AND INITIAL ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE

    Edward L. Wright;Peter R. M. Eisenhardt;Amy K. Mainzer;Michael E. Ressler

  • SINGS: The SIRTF Nearby Galaxies Survey

    Robert C. Kennicutt;Lee Armus;George Bendo;Daniela Calzetti

  • VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)

    R. M. Cutri;M. F. Skrutskie;S. van Dyk;C. A. Beichman

  • The 2MASS Large Galaxy Atlas

    T. H. Jarrett;T. Chester;R. Cutri;S. E. Schneider

  • 2MASS Extended Source Catalog: Overview and Algorithms

    T. H. Jarrett;T. Chester;R. Cutri;S. Schneider

  • The 6dF Galaxy Survey: final redshift release (DR3) and southern large-scale structures

    D. Heath Jones;Mike A. Read;Will Saunders;Matthew Colless

  • The Calibration of Mid-Infrared Star Formation Rate Indicators

    D. Calzetti;D. Calzetti;R. C. Kennicutt;C. W. Engelbracht;C. Leitherer

  • 2MASS All Sky Catalog of point sources.

    R. M. Cutri;M. F. Skrutskie;S. van Dyk;C. A. Beichman

  • SWIRE: The SIRTF Wide-area InfraRed Extragalactic Survey

    Carol J. Lonsdale;Harding E. Smith;Michael Rowan-Robinson;Jason Surace

  • Mid-Infrared Selection of AGN with the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer. I. Characterizing WISE-Selected AGN in COSMOS

    Daniel Stern;Roberto J. Assef;Dominic J. Benford;Andrew Blain

  • SWIRE: The SIRTF Wide‐Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey

    Carol J. Lonsdale;Harding E. Smith;Michael Rowan-Robinson;Jason Surace

  • MID-INFRARED SELECTION OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI WITH THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER. I. CHARACTERIZING WISE-SELECTED ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI IN COSMOS

    Daniel Stern;Roberto J. Assef;Dominic J. Benford;Andrew Blain

  • The spitzer survey of stellar structure in galaxies (s^4g)

    Kartik Sheth;Kartik Sheth;Michael Regan;Joannah L. Hinz;Armando Gil de Paz

  • PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM NEOWISE: AN ENHANCEMENT TO THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER FOR SOLAR SYSTEM SCIENCE

    A. Mainzer;J. Bauer;T. Grav;J. Masiero

  • The 2MASS Redshift Survey: description and data release

    John P. Huchra;Lucas M. Macri;Karen L. Masters;Karen L. Masters;Thomas H. Jarrett

  • The Spitzer-WISE Survey of the Ecliptic Poles

    T. H. Jarrett;M. Cohen;F. Masci;E. Wright

  • The 6dF Galaxy Survey: Samples, Observational Techniques and the First Data Release

    D. Heath Jones;Will Saunders;Matthew Colless;Mike A. Read

  • The 6dF Galaxy Survey: Samples, observational techniques and the first data release

    D. Heath Jones;Will J. Saunders;Matthew Colless;Michael A. Read

  • The K-Band Galaxy Luminosity Function

    C. S. Kochanek;M. A. Pahre;E. E. Falco;J. P. Huchra

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward L. Wright
Edward L. Wright University of California, Los Angeles
Roc M. Cutri
Roc M. Cutri California Institute of Technology
Peter Eisenhardt
Peter Eisenhardt Jet Propulsion Lab
Lee Armus
Lee Armus California Institute of Technology
George Helou
George Helou California Institute of Technology
Daniel A. Dale
Daniel A. Dale University of Wyoming
Carol J. Lonsdale
Carol J. Lonsdale National Radio Astronomy Observatory
George J. Bendo
George J. Bendo University of Manchester
John P. Huchra
John P. Huchra Harvard University
Robert C. Kennicutt
Robert C. Kennicutt University of Cambridge

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