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David Merritt

Rochester Institute of Technology ORCID

367

Works

23,216

Citations

71

h-index

144

i10-index

Research Topics

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

Affiliations

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey1990–2006

California Institute of Technology2005–2005

Brigham and Women's Hospital2005–2005

Harvard University2005–2005

Rochester Institute of Technology1993–2021

Top Works

A Fundamental Relation between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies

Laura Ferrarese,David Merritt

20004,135 citations

Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

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

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

Patrick Côté,Slawomir Piatek,et al.

2006514 citations

Maximum Gravitational Recoil

Manuela Campanelli,C. O. Loustó,et al.

2007479 citations

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

David Merritt,Laura Ferrarese

2001458 citations

The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. IX. The Color Distributions of Globular Cluster Systems in Early‐Type Galaxies

Eric W. Peng,Andrés Jordán,et al.

2006419 citations