Colin T. Slater

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 699 citations indexed

About

Colin T. Slater is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin T. Slater has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 699 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 papers in Instrumentation and 1 paper in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Colin T. Slater's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (24 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (18 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (13 papers). Colin T. Slater is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (24 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (18 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (13 papers). Colin T. Slater collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Colin T. Slater's co-authors include Eric F. Bell, Keith Hawkins, Julio F. Navarro, Chervin F. P. Laporte, David Hendel, Nitya Kallivayalil, Cecilia Mateu, Denis Erkal, S. E. Koposov and Carl J. Grillmair and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astronomical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Colin T. Slater

22 papers receiving 638 citations

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The total mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud from its perturbation on the Orphan stream

2019 217 citations Denis Erkal, Vasily Belokurov et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colin T. Slater United States	13	678	325	40	27	12	25	699
B. Pichardo Mexico	18	883 1.3×	255 0.8×	18 0.5×	29 1.1×	9 0.8×	46	906
Vasily Kokorev Denmark	15	595 0.9×	310 1.0×	81 2.0×	15 0.6×	6 0.5×	40	649
Fiorenzo Vincenzo United Kingdom	18	906 1.3×	385 1.2×	60 1.5×	21 0.8×	5 0.4×	34	956
Christina Magoulas Australia	9	529 0.8×	198 0.6×	117 2.9×	19 0.7×	12 1.0×	15	560
James Trussler United Kingdom	12	651 1.0×	379 1.2×	68 1.7×	28 1.0×	13 1.1×	23	685
R. Andrae Germany	12	784 1.2×	386 1.2×	47 1.2×	21 0.8×	13 1.1×	26	822
Christian Nıtschelm Chile	18	920 1.4×	377 1.2×	40 1.0×	12 0.4×	9 0.8×	55	959
Jinliang Hou China	13	581 0.9×	282 0.9×	56 1.4×	17 0.6×	9 0.8×	37	603
A. Khalatyan Germany	11	683 1.0×	343 1.1×	105 2.6×	31 1.1×	16 1.3×	14	706
Shannon G. Patel United States	14	496 0.7×	270 0.8×	33 0.8×	12 0.4×	14 1.2×	20	499

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin T. Slater

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Choi, Yumi, Knut Olsen, Jeffrey L. Carlin, et al.. (2025). 47 Tuc in Rubin Data Preview 1. Exploring Early LSST Data and Science Potential. The Astrophysical Journal. 992(1). 47–47.

Bell, Eric F., Adam Smercina, P. A. Price, et al.. (2024). A Timeline of the M81 Group: Properties of the Extended Structures of M82 and NGC 3077. The Astrophysical Journal. 974(2). 189–189. 1 indexed citations

Smercina, Adam, Eric F. Bell, P. A. Price, et al.. (2023). Origins of the Evil Eye: M64's Stellar Halo Reveals the Recent Accretion of an SMC-mass Satellite. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 949(2). L37–L37. 4 indexed citations

Bell, Eric F., Adam Smercina, P. A. Price, et al.. (2023). Saying Hallo to M94's Stellar Halo: Investigating the Accretion History of the Largest Pseudobulge Host in the Local Universe. The Astrophysical Journal. 947(1). 21–21. 5 indexed citations

Pan, Jiaming, Eric F. Bell, Adam Smercina, et al.. (2022). New globular cluster candidates in the M81 group. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 515(1). 48–70. 4 indexed citations

Bell, Eric F., Adam Smercina, P. A. Price, et al.. (2022). Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxy Candidates in the M81 Group: Signatures of Group Accretion. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 937(1). L3–L3. 10 indexed citations

Koposov, S. E., Vasily Belokurov, T S Li, et al.. (2019). Piercing the Milky Way: an all-sky view of the Orphan Stream. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 485(4). 4726–4742. 71 indexed citations

Erkal, Denis, Vasily Belokurov, Chervin F. P. Laporte, et al.. (2019). The total mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud from its perturbation on the Orphan stream. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 487(2). 2685–2700. 217 indexed citations breakdown →

Smercina, Adam, Eric F. Bell, Colin T. Slater, et al.. (2017). D1005+68: A New Faint Dwarf Galaxy in the M81 Group. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 843(1). L6–L6. 19 indexed citations

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Jones, Lynne, Colin T. Slater, Shadab Alam, et al.. (2017). The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope as a Near-Earth Object discovery machine. Icarus. 303. 181–202. 52 indexed citations

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Slater, Colin T., David L. Nidever, Jeffrey A. Munn, Eric F. Bell, & Steven R. Majewski. (2016). THE STELLAR DENSITY PROFILE OF THE DISTANT GALACTIC HALO. The Astrophysical Journal. 832(2). 206–206. 13 indexed citations

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Slater, Colin T., et al.. (2015). A DEEP STUDY OF THE DWARF SATELLITES ANDROMEDA XXVIII AND ANDROMEDA XXIX. The Astrophysical Journal. 806(2). 230–230. 10 indexed citations

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Bernard, Edouard J., A. M. N. Ferguson, Edward F. Schlafly, et al.. (2014). Galactic globular and open cluster fiducial sequences in the Pan-STARRS1 photometric system. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 442(4). 2999–3009. 17 indexed citations

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Nidever, David L., Trisha Ashley, Colin T. Slater, et al.. (2013). EVIDENCE FOR AN INTERACTION IN THE NEAREST STARBURSTING DWARF IRREGULAR GALAXY IC 10. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 779(2). L15–L15. 22 indexed citations

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Martin, Nicolas F., Colin T. Slater, Edward F. Schlafly, et al.. (2013). LACERTA I AND CASSIOPEIA III. TWO LUMINOUS AND DISTANT ANDROMEDA SATELLITE DWARF GALAXIES FOUND IN THE 3π PAN-STARRS1 SURVEY. The Astrophysical Journal. 772(1). 15–15. 62 indexed citations

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Slater, Colin T. & Eric F. Bell. (2013). CONFRONTING MODELS OF DWARF GALAXY QUENCHING WITH OBSERVATIONS OF THE LOCAL GROUP. The Astrophysical Journal. 773(1). 17–17. 12 indexed citations

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Bailey, John I., et al.. (2012). An adjustable slit mechanism for a fiber-fed multi-object spectrograph. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8446. 84465G–84465G. 3 indexed citations

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Slater, Colin T., Eric F. Bell, Edward F. Schlafly, et al.. (2012). A Pan-STARRS1 VIEW OF THE BIFURCATED SAGITTARIUS STREAM. The Astrophysical Journal. 762(1). 6–6. 26 indexed citations

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Slater, Colin T., M. S. Oey, Aigen Li, et al.. (2011). DUST EMISSION FROM EVOLVED AND UNEVOLVED H II REGIONS IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD. The Astrophysical Journal. 732(2). 98–98. 3 indexed citations

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Bell, Eric F., Colin T. Slater, & Nicolas F. Martin. (2011). ANDROMEDA XXIX: A NEW DWARF SPHEROIDAL GALAXY 200 kpc FROM ANDROMEDA. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 742(1). L15–L15. 30 indexed citations

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