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Galactic Dust Attenuation

Galactic Dust Attenuation is a physical process in astrophysics whereby interstellar dust grains within the Milky Way preferentially absorb and scatter shorter-wavelength electromagnetic radiation, thereby diminishing the observed flux and reddening the spectral energy distribution of background astronomical sources.

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UV Star Formation Rates in the Local Universe

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2007 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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DUST-CORRECTED STAR FORMATION RATES OF GALAXIES. II. COMBINATIONS OF ULTRAVIOLET AND INFRARED TRACERS

Cai-Na Hao, Robert C. Kennicutt, Benjamin D. Johnson et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2011 · 622 citations · Full text

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Dust Attenuation Curves in the Local Universe: Demographics and New Laws for Star-forming Galaxies and High-redshift Analogs

The Astrophysical Journal · 2018 · 534 citations · Full text

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Deriving Physical Properties from Broadband Photometry with Prospector: Description of the Model and a Demonstration of its Accuracy Using 129 Galaxies in the Local Universe

The Astrophysical Journal · 2017 · 478 citations · Full text

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The optical morphologies of galaxies in the IllustrisTNG simulation: a comparison to Pan-STARRS observations

Vicente Rodríguez-Gómez, Gregory F. Snyder, Jennifer M. Lotz et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2018 · 445 citations · Full text

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  1. VB
    V. Buat

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    10 publications · 821 citations

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  2. BD
    Benjamin D. Johnson

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    9 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. ST
    Sandro Tacchella

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 953 citations

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  4. SP
    Simon P. Driver

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    8 publications · 613 citations

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  5. JI
    J. Iglésias-Páramo

    Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain

    7 publications · 565 citations

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342

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    31 h-index

    79 publications

    7.6K citations

  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    27 h-index

    92 publications

    19.5K citations

  3. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    22 h-index

    64 publications

    5.2K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    18 h-index

    43 publications

    3.2K citations

  5. Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille

    Marseille, France

    17 h-index

    44 publications

    8K citations

  6. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    16 h-index

    26 publications

    2K citations

  7. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    16 h-index

    38 publications

    6.2K citations

  8. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    16 h-index

    48 publications

    3.1K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 56 publications · 6.8K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    59 publications · 4.2K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    14 publications · 906 citations

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    6 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    5 publications · 581 citations

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