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Roman R. Rafikov

Researcher at University of Cambridge

Publications -  204
Citations -  12305

Roman R. Rafikov is an academic researcher from University of Cambridge. The author has contributed to research in topics: Planet & Accretion (astrophysics). The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 194 publications receiving 11337 citations. Previous affiliations of Roman R. Rafikov include University of Toronto & Princeton University.

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The first data release of the sloan digital sky survey

Kevork N. Abazajian, +201 more
TL;DR: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release as discussed by the authors, which consists of 2099 deg2 of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of galaxies, quasars, stars and calibrating blank sky patches selected over 1360 deg 2 of this area.
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Discovery and spectroscopy of the young Jovian planet 51 Eri b with the Gemini Planet Imager

Bruce Macintosh, +94 more
- 02 Oct 2015 - 
TL;DR: Using the Gemini Planet Imager, a Jupiter-like planet is discovered orbiting the ~20-million-year-old star 51 Eridani at a projected separation of 13 astronomical units and has a methane signature and is probably the smallest exoplanet that has been directly imaged.
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Solar System Objects Observed in the SDSS Commissioning Data

TL;DR: In this article, the properties of about 10,000 asteroids detected in 500 deg2 of sky in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) commissioning data were discussed.
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Can Giant Planets Form by Direct Gravitational Instability

TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that to form planets directly, it is not enough for protoplanetary disks to be gravitationally unstable, but they must also be able to cool efficiently (on a timescale comparable to the local disk orbital period) to allow the formation of the bound clumps by fragmentation.