Portrait of Massimo Ricotti

Massimo Ricotti

Professor

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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

Formation of large circumstellar discs in multiscale, ideal-MHD simulations of magnetically critical, massive pre-stellar cores

| Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Author(s): Chong-Chong He, Massimo Ricotti
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

Anatomy of a z=6 Lyman-α emitter down to parsec scales: Extreme UV slopes, metal-poor regions, and possibly leaking star clusters

| Astronomy & Astrophysics
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

PEARLS: Globular Clusters and Ultracompact Dwarfs in the El Gordo Galaxies at z=0.87

| Astrophysical Journal
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

Seeding Cores: A Pathway for Nuclear Star Clusters from Bound Star Clusters in the First Billion Years

| arXiv
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

Self-consistent JWST Census of Star Formation and AGN Activity at z=5.5-13.5

| Astrophysical Journal
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

Unveiling the Cosmic Gems Arc at z ∼ 10 with JWST NIRCam

| Astrophysical Journal
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

Kindling the First Stars. I. Dependence of Detectability of the First Stars with JWST on the Population III Stellar Masses

| Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Mia Sauda Bovill, Massimo Stiavelli, Alessa Ibrahim Wiggins, et. al
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

JWST NIRSpec spectroscopy of the triply-lensedz= 10.17galaxy MACS0647–JD

| arXiv
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

Unveiling the Cosmic Gems Arc at z ∼ 10.2 with JWST

| arXiv
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti

Explanations for the two-component spectral energy distributions of gravitationally lensed stars at high redshifts

| arXiv
UMD Author(s): Massimo Ricotti