Piero Madau

University of California, Santa Cruz — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena(218), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research(163), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies(92), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae(73), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena(60)

Publications396 total

Black holes in the shadows: The missing high-ionization lines in the earliest JWST active galactic nuclei
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2026Open Access
Dynamical Dark Energy Imprints in the Lyman-Alpha Forest
ArXiv.org·2026Open Access
Dynamical Dark Energy Imprints in the Lyman-Alpha Forest
arXiv (Cornell University)·2026Open Access
Central Massive Black Holes Are Not Ubiquitous in Local Low-mass Galaxies
The Astrophysical Journal·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Central Massive Black Holes Are Not Ubiquitous in Local Low-Mass Galaxies
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Exploring the fate of primordial discs in Milky Way-sized galaxies with the GigaEris simulation
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Chasing the Light: Shadowing, Collimation, and the Super-Eddington Growth of Infant Black Holes in JWST BLAGNs
ArXiv.org·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
X-Ray Weak Active Galactic Nuclei from Super-Eddington Accretion onto Infant Black Holes
The Astrophysical Journal Letters·2024· 41 citedOpen Access
X-Ray Weak AGNs from Super-Eddington Accretion onto Infant Black Holes
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Cosmic Reionization in the JWST Era: Back to AGNs?
The Astrophysical Journal·2024· 47 citedOpen Access
Cosmic Reionization in the JWST Era: Back to AGNs?
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
A new measurement of the mean transmitted flux in the Ly α and Ly β forest
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Exploring the fate of primordial discs in Milky Way-sized galaxies with the GigaEris simulation
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
Stellar cluster formation in a Milky Way-sized galaxy at <i>z</i> &amp;gt; 4 – II. A hybrid formation scenario for the nuclear star cluster and its connection to the nuclear stellar ring
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Searching for Intermediate-mass Black Holes in Globular Clusters through Tidal Disruption Events
The Astrophysical Journal·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
The origin of cold gas in the circumgalactic medium
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2024· 13 citedOpen Access
Searching for Intermediate Mass Black Holes in Globular Clusters Through Tidal Disruption Events
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
High resolution modelling of [CII], [CI], [OIII], and CO line emission from the interstellar medium and circumgalactic medium of a star-forming galaxy at <i>z</i> ∼ 6.5
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2023· 23 citedOpen Access
JWST Constraints on the UV Luminosity Density at Cosmic Dawn: Implications for 21 cm Cosmology
The Astrophysical Journal Letters·2023· 14 citedOpen Access
Beyond the Drake Equation: A Time-dependent Inventory of Habitable Planets and Life-bearing Worlds in the Solar Neighborhood
The Astrophysical Journal·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Francesco Haardt(7), Lucio Mayer(7), Henry C. Ferguson(6), Mauro Giavalisco(6), Joel R. Primack(6), Mark Dickinson(5), Ben Moore(5), Anton M. Koekemoer(4), Adam G. Riess(4), Stefano Casertano(4), Christopher J. Conselice(4), T. Dahlén(4), Jennifer M. Lotz(4), Bahram Mobasher(4), M. J. Rees(4), Marcel Zemp(4), Joachim Stadel(4), M. Kuhlen(4), Norman A. Grogin(3), D. M. Alexander(3)