Alejandro Benítez-Llambay

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Alejandro Benítez-Llambay is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Benítez-Llambay has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 23 papers in Instrumentation and 5 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Benítez-Llambay's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (32 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (23 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (15 papers). Alejandro Benítez-Llambay is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (32 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (23 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (15 papers). Alejandro Benítez-Llambay collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Italy. Alejandro Benítez-Llambay's co-authors include Carlos S. Frenk, Julio F. Navarro, Kyle A. Oman, Azadeh Fattahi, Aaron D. Ludlow, Joop Schaye, Shaun Cole, Tom Theuns, Yehuda Hoffman and M. G. Abadi and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Benítez-Llambay

37 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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The milky way total mass profile as inferred from Gaia DR2

2020 225 citations Alejandro Benítez-Llambay, Carlos S. Frenk et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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Alejandro Benítez-Llambay

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N. C. Amorisco United Kingdom

G. I. G. Józsa Germany

Kristine Spekkens Canada

Xuejian Shen United States

A.M.C Le Brun France

M. Rossetti Italy

M. Béthermin France

Giulia Despali Germany

R. Piffaretti Italy

Robert P. C. Wiersma Netherlands

N. C. Amorisco United Kingdom

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Benítez-Llambay

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Fumagalli, Michele, Matteo Fossati, Fabrizio Arrigoni Battaia, et al.. (2025). The MUSE Ultra Deep Field: A 5 Mpc Stretch of the z ≈ 4 Cosmic Web Revealed in Emission. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 980(2). L43–L43. 1 indexed citations

Anand, Gagandeep S., Alejandro Benítez-Llambay, Rachael L. Beaton, et al.. (2025). The First RELHIC? Cloud-9 is a Starless Gas Cloud ^*. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 993(2). L55–L55. 1 indexed citations

Fumagalli, Michele, Matteo Fossati, Alejandro Benítez-Llambay, et al.. (2025). High-definition imaging of a filamentary connection between a close quasar pair at z = 3. Nature Astronomy. 9(4). 577–588. 2 indexed citations

Trayford, James W., Joop Schaye, Camila A. Correa, et al.. (2025). Modelling the evolution and influence of dust in cosmological simulations that include the cold phase of the interstellar medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 545(4). 1 indexed citations

Chan, T K, Alejandro Benítez-Llambay, Tom Theuns, Carlos S. Frenk, & R. G. Bower. (2024). The impact and response of mini-haloes and the interhalo medium on cosmic reionization. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(2). 1296–1326. 8 indexed citations

Benítez-Llambay, Alejandro, Rajeshwari Dutta, Michele Fumagalli, & Julio F. Navarro. (2024). Examining the Nature of the Starless Dark Matter Halo Candidate Cloud-9 with Very Large Array Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 973(1). 61–61. 2 indexed citations

Oman, Kyle A., et al.. (2023). The diversity of rotation curves of simulated galaxies with cusps and cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521(1). 1316–1336. 26 indexed citations

Benítez-Llambay, Alejandro & Julio F. Navarro. (2023). Is a Recently Discovered H i Cloud near M94 a Starless Dark Matter Halo?. The Astrophysical Journal. 956(1). 1–1. 3 indexed citations

Chaikin, Evgenii, Joop Schaye, Matthieu Schaller, et al.. (2023). A thermal–kinetic subgrid model for supernova feedback in simulations of galaxy formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 523(3). 3709–3731. 19 indexed citations

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Benítez-Llambay, Alejandro, et al.. (2022). Baryon-driven decontraction in Milky Way-mass haloes. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 9 indexed citations

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Navarro, Julio F., et al.. (2022). The cosmic UV background and the beginning and end of star formation in simulated field dwarf galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(1). 1425–1436. 17 indexed citations

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Benítez-Llambay, Alejandro, et al.. (2022). The present-day gas content of simulated field dwarf galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(4). 6305–6317. 13 indexed citations

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Santos-Santos, Isabel, Julio F. Navarro, Andrew Robertson, et al.. (2020). Baryonic clues to the puzzling diversity of dwarf galaxy rotation curves. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 495(1). 58–77. 75 indexed citations

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Benítez-Llambay, Alejandro, Carlos S. Frenk, Aaron D. Ludlow, & Julio F. Navarro. (2019). Baryon-induced dark matter cores in the eagle simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 488(2). 2387–2404. 85 indexed citations

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Frenk, Carlos S., Alejandro Benítez-Llambay, Shaun Cole, et al.. (2019). The distinct stellar metallicity populations of simulated Local Group dwarfs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 488(2). 2312–2331. 20 indexed citations

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Ludlow, Aaron D., Alejandro Benítez-Llambay, Matthieu Schaller, et al.. (2017). Mass-Discrepancy Acceleration Relation: A Natural Outcome of Galaxy Formation in Cold Dark Matter Halos. Physical Review Letters. 118(16). 161103–161103. 75 indexed citations

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Navarro, Julio F., Alejandro Benítez-Llambay, Azadeh Fattahi, et al.. (2017). The origin of the mass discrepancy–acceleration relation in ΛCDM. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 471(2). 1841–1848. 61 indexed citations

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Ludlow, Aaron D., Alejandro Benítez-Llambay, Matthieu Schaller, et al.. (2016). The Mass-Discrepancy Acceleration Relation: a Natural Outcome of Galaxy Formation in CDM halos. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Ahumada, A. V., et al.. (2014). Reddening and age of six poorly studied star clusters of the Large Magellanic Cloud derived from integrated spectra. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 565. A49–A49. 3 indexed citations

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Ahumada, A. V., Alejandro Benítez-Llambay, J. F. C. Santos, et al.. (2011). EFOSC2/NTT INTEGRATED SPECTROSCOPY OF TEN MAGELLANIC CLOUDS' STELLAR CLUSTERS. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 40. 264–264. 1 indexed citations

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