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  • 1984 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Timothy M. Heckman is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Physics and Astronomy, with over 260 publications in this field. Within this broad category, their work covers Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics involving Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Stellar, Planetary, and Galactic Studies, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae, and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena.

Key venues for their publications include The Astrophysical Journal, arXiv (Cornell University), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Xinfeng Xu, Alaina Henry, Matthew Hayes, Anne E. Jaskot, and John Chisholm.

Recent papers by this scientist include the following:

  • The Low-redshift Lyman Continuum Survey. I. New, Diverse Local Lyman Continuum Emitters, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • The Low-redshift Lyman Continuum Survey. II. New Insights into LyC Diagnostics, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • The far-ultraviolet continuum slope as a Lyman Continuum escape estimator at high redshift, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The COS Legacy Archive Spectroscopy Survey (CLASSY) Treasury Atlas*, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • The Low-Redshift Lyman Continuum Survey, 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Throughout their career, the scientist has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2016
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1984

Best Publications

  • The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

    D. G. York

  • The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Kevork N. Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-Mccarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam

  • Starburst99: Synthesis Models for Galaxies with Active Star Formation

    Claus Leitherer;Daniel Schaerer;Jeffrey D. Goldader;Rosa M. González Delgado

  • The host galaxies of active galactic nuclei

    Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Christy Tremonti;Jarle Brinchmann

  • The Origin of the Mass-Metallicity Relation: Insights from 53,000 Star-forming Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Christy A. Tremonti;Christy A. Tremonti;Timothy M. Heckman;Guinevere Kauffmann;Jarle Brinchmann

  • The physical properties of star-forming galaxies in the low-redshift universe

    J. Brinchmann;S. Charlot;S. Charlot;S. D. M. White;C. Tremonti;C. Tremonti

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

    C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton

  • The Galaxy Evolution Explorer: A Space Ultraviolet Survey Mission

    D. Christopher Martin;James Fanson;David Schiminovich;Patrick Morrissey

  • The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • Stellar masses and star formation histories for 105 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Simon D. M. White;Stéphane Charlot;Stéphane Charlot

  • The host galaxies and classification of active galactic nuclei

    Lisa J. Kewley;Brent Groves;Guinevere Kauffmann;Tim Heckman

  • UV Star Formation Rates in the Local Universe

    Samir Salim;R. Michael Rich;Stéphane Charlot;Jarle Brinchmann

  • On the nature and implications of starburst-driven galactic superwinds

    Timothy M. Heckman;Lee Armus;George K. Miley

  • The dependence of star formation history and internal structure on stellar mass for 105 low‐redshift galaxies

    Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Simon D. M. White;Stéphane Charlot

  • The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Kevork Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam

  • The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys

    K. C. Chambers;E. A. Magnier;N. Metcalfe;H. A. Flewelling

  • Bevformer: learning bird's-eye-view representation from lidar-camera via spatiotemporal transformers

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  • An optical and radio survey of the nuclei of bright galaxies. Activity in normal galactic nuclei.

    T. M. Heckman

  • Dust Absorption and the Ultraviolet Luminosity Density at z ≈ 3 as Calibrated by Local Starburst Galaxies*

    Gerhardt R. Meurer;Timothy M. Heckman;Daniela Calzetti

  • The environmental dependence of the relations between stellar mass, structure, star formation and nuclear activity in galaxies

    Guinevere Kauffmann;Simon D. M. White;Timothy M. Heckman;Brice Ménard

Frequent Co-Authors

David Schiminovich
David Schiminovich Columbia University
Barry F. Madore
Barry F. Madore Carnegie Institution for Science
Alexander S. Szalay
Alexander S. Szalay Johns Hopkins University
Mark Seibert
Mark Seibert Carnegie Institution for Science
Luciana Bianchi
Luciana Bianchi Johns Hopkins University
Young-Wook Lee
Young-Wook Lee Yonsei University
Tom A. Barlow
Tom A. Barlow California Institute of Technology
R. Michael Rich
R. Michael Rich University of California, Los Angeles
Todd Small
Todd Small California Institute of Technology
D. Christopher Martin
D. Christopher Martin California Institute of Technology

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