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Robert J. Thacker | Researchclopedia

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Robert J. Thacker

Glenn Research Center ORCID

59

Works

6,234

Citations

21

h-index

24

i10-index

Research Topics

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

Affiliations

Western University2000–2000

University of Alberta1998–2000

Universitat de València2016–2016

Queen's University2005–2008

Aix-Marseille Université2016–2016

Top Works

Simulations of the formation, evolution and clustering of galaxies and quasars

Volker Springel,Simon D. M. White,et al.

20054,727 citations

Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

Metallicity gradients in disks

K. Pilkington,C. G. Few,et al.

2012208 citations

Implementing Feedback in Simulations of Galaxy Formation: A Survey of Methods

Robert J. Thacker,H. M. P. Couchman

2000194 citations

Metallicity Gradients in Disks: Do Galaxies Form Inside-Out?

K. Pilkington,C. G. Few,et al.

2012118 citations

nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations – I. Dark matter and non-radiative models

Federico Sembolini,Gustavo Yepes,et al.

201680 citations

Re-engineering the eastern Lake Erie littoral food web: The trophic function of non-indigenous Ponto-Caspian species

Linda M. Campbell,Robert J. Thacker,et al.

200979 citations

The distribution of metals in cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of dwarf disc galaxies

K. Pilkington,B. K. Gibson,et al.

201275 citations

A comparative study of AGN feedback algorithms

James Wurster,Robert J. Thacker

201370 citations

Quasars: What Turns Them Off?

Robert J. Thacker,Evan Scannapieco,et al.

200669 citations