Massimo Ricotti

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Massimo Ricotti

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I am a professor at the department of Astronomy at the University of Maryland, College Park since 2005. My main scientific interests are in cosmology, theoretical and computational astrophysics. My research focuses on the cosmic epoch when galaxies, stars and black holes first appeared in the Universe. Prior to coming to Maryland I spent time at the IoA in Cambridge, UK (for a postdoc: 2002-2004), the University of Colorado in Boulder (for my PhD: 1997-2002), and Arcetri in Florence (my hometown), Italy where I obtained my Laurea in Physics (BS/MS).
Research Areas:
High-energy astrophysics
Star Formation & The Interstellar Medium
Galaxies
Cosmology & structure formation
Computation and Simulation
Research Centers & Collaborations: Center for Theory & Computation Joint Space-Science Institute
Facilities:
Supercomputing

Latest Papers

PEARLS: Two Distinct Populations of AGN Hosts Moving Between Star Formation and Quiescence

| arXiv e-prints
Author(s): Bowling, Gibson B., Ortiz, Rafael, III, Willner, S. P., et. al
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

Probing the IMF in the Early Universe -- Direct measurements in the Boötes I UFD with JWST/NIRCam

| arXiv e-prints
Author(s): Ding, Keyi, Gennaro, Mario, Avila, Roberto J., et. al
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

How Bursty is Star Formation at z > 5?

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Massimo Stiavelli, Massimo Ricotti
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

JWST's PEARLS: A clumpy ring galaxy at $z = 4.0148$

| arXiv e-prints
Author(s): Vizgan, David, Zhuang, Ming-Yang, Smail, Ian, et. al
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

Population III star formation in an X-ray background: IV. On-the-fly calculation of radiation backgrounds and their impact on the intergalactic medium

| arXiv e-prints
Author(s): Park, Jongwon, Ricotti, Massimo
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

Population III star formation in an X-ray background: V. Environmental dependence and halo occupation probability

| arXiv e-prints
Author(s): Park, Jongwon, Ricotti, Massimo
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

Unveiling the Ionized and Neutral ISM at z > 10: The Origin of [O iii] /[C ii] Ratios from a Subparsec Resolution Radiative Transfer Simulation

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Yurina Nakazato, Kazuyuki Sugimura, Akio K. Inoue, et. al
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

Highly magnified individual stars at cosmological distances: nine massive stars detected as transient events in the Warhol galaxy at z = 0.94

| American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
Author(s): Williams, Hayley, Kelly, Patrick, Windhorst, Rogier, et. al
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

VENUS: Strong-lensing model of MACS J1931.8-2635 -- revealing the farthest multiply imaged supernova

| arXiv e-prints
Author(s): Allingham, Joseph F. V., Zitrin, Adi, Kokorev, Vasily, et. al
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

A spectroscopically confirmed, strongly lensed, metal-poor Type II supernova at z = 5.13

| arXiv e-prints
Author(s): Coulter, David A., Larison, Conor, Pierel, Justin D. R., et. al
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti