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Laura Ferrarese

429

Works

22,535

Citations

69

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155

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Research Topics

Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Affiliations

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey2000–2005

Leiden University1994–1994

California Institute of Technology1998–2000

Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics2005–2025

Space Telescope Science Institute1993–1997

Top Works

A Fundamental Relation between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies

Laura Ferrarese,David Merritt

20004,135 citations

Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation

Central Masses and Broad‐Line Region Sizes of Active Galactic Nuclei. II. A Homogeneous Analysis of a Large Reverberation‐Mapping Database

B. M. Peterson,Laura Ferrarese,et al.

20041,725 citations

Supermassive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei: Past, Present and Future Research

Laura Ferrarese,H. C. Ford

2005789 citations

The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XIII. SBF Distance Catalog and the Three‐dimensional Structure of the Virgo Cluster

S. Mei,John P. Blakeslee,et al.

2007686 citations

Supermassive Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei. II. Calibration of the Black Hole Mass–Velocity Dispersion Relationship for Active Galactic Nuclei

Christopher A. Onken,Laura Ferrarese,et al.

2004597 citations

The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. VI. Isophotal Analysis and the Structure of Early‐Type Galaxies

Laura Ferrarese,Patrick Côté,et al.

2006555 citations

The Hubble Space Telescope Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project. 1: The discovery of Cepheids and a new distance to M81

Wendy L. Freedman,Shaun M. G. Hughes,et al.

1994519 citations

The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. VIII. The Nuclei of Early‐Type Galaxies

Patrick Côté,Slawomir Piatek,et al.

2006514 citations

The<i>M</i><sub>•</sub>‐σ Relation for Supermassive Black Holes

David Merritt,Laura Ferrarese

2001458 citations