ML-accelerated scientific discovery in action!
— Miles Cranmer (@MilesCranmer) October 12, 2023
This new paper in ApJ Letters uses PySR to discover a new relation between supermassive black hole mass and properties of its host spiral galaxy:
Extremely cool work!!https://t.co/JhPOY93iCv pic.twitter.com/LgRGUXmFOD
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ML-accelerated scientific discovery in action!
— Miles Cranmer (@MilesCranmer) October 12, 2023
This new paper in ApJ Letters uses PySR to discover a new relation between supermassive black hole mass and properties of its host spiral galaxy:
Extremely cool work!!https://t.co/JhPOY93iCv pic.twitter.com/LgRGUXmFOD
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Shields et al. (2022)
Our paper was featured on the main page of the Galaxies website in November 2022.
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Graham et al. (2021a)
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Great to see that our latest black hole scaling relations provide very precise black hole mass estimates, consistent with new measurements using @ALMANRAO observations https://t.co/4gL3FA1BbD pic.twitter.com/aLO0sWQNUx
— Nandini Sahu (@SahuNandini27) April 13, 2021
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In Our Midst – Fast Forward
Clipping from the Galena Sentinel-Times , Wednesday, January 13, 2021 edition.
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The mass of central black hole is closely linked to the type of galaxy and the bulge mass.
— Rashmi Sheoran 🔭🚀 (@astro_roxy) October 1, 2020
How did we find this, what are the possibile explanations and does this means both entities co evolve together?@SahuNandini27 is gonna be live, so excited! 💫#scicomm #cosmology pic.twitter.com/B5Og5PmmFY
My first youtube live! 🤩🤗 While reading about the co evolution black hole and their host galaxy and going through the...
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The mass of central black hole is closely linked to the type of galaxy and the bulge mass. How did we find this, what...
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My work on the latest black hole scaling relations is a part of this year's Royal Astronomical Society's poster exhibition!!!👩💻
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Visit https://t.co/F0MzKCNpTy for the posters by early-career researchers worldwide showcasing their exciting work.#RASposter2020 pic.twitter.com/srOmbJKrWZ
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2020 Masonic Lodge Golf Tournament (August 22, 2020)
Clipping from the Galena Sentinel-Times , Wednesday, September 2, 2020 edition.
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I was the invited speaker for the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra's "Beethoven Gala Dinner," October 10, 2019, at the Sofitel Melbourne On Collins.
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Following the September 8, 2019 concert at the Betty Day Centre. From left to right: Ben Davis, Ron Jontof-Hutter, Roman Salyutov, Liv Migdal, Lev Gordin, and Alex Chapman.
Following the September 1, 2019 concert at Temple Beth Israel. From left to right: Lev Gordin, Liv Migdal, Alon Trigger, Roman Salyutov, Ron Jontof-Hutter, Ben Davis, a representative from the German Embassy Australia, and Alex Chapman.
Concert Program (for both concerts)
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Miller et al. (2019)
AAS 234 Press Conference: Spiral Galaxies Near & Far (featuring Miller et al. 2019)
AAS Nova — Press Conference: Spiral Galaxies Near and Far (by Susanna Kohler)
University of Arkansas News — Research on Disk Galaxies Sheds Light on Movement of Stars
Science Bulletin — Research on disk galaxies sheds light on movement of stars
Knowridge Science Report — Why disk galaxies have spiral arms
Phys.org — Research on disk galaxies sheds light on movement of stars
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Davis et al. (2017)
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Pour-Imani et al. (2016)
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Gods Amongst the Trees (April 5, 2016)
From left to right: Ryan Cockerham, Katy Henriksen, Jennine Wager, Miroslava Panayotova, Lia Uribe, Er-Gene Kahng, and Ben Davis.
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"KUAF 91.3 FM NPR - Of Note for Friday, August 28, 2015: Worker's Union Ensemble to Play at Nightbird Books"
From left to right: Ben Davis, Ryan Cockerham, Er-Gene Kahng, and Larry Rubin.
Workers, Unite @ Nightbird Books
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The Galena Sentinel Times: "Out of this World" by David Nelson (2015)
Pictured here with my doctoral advisor, Dr. Julia Kennefick.
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The Galena Sentinel Times: "Davis Receives His Doctorate of Philosophy" by David Nelson (2015)
Apollo 13 astronauts (Fred Haise & Jim Lovell) and flight director (Gene Kranz), 45 years and 6 days after splashdown of the Odyssey. From left to right: Gene Kranz, Fred Haise, Ben Davis, and Jim Lovell (April 23, 2015). For a group photo, including Space Center faculty and students, click here.
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The Seven Last Words of Christ (Good Friday, April 3, 2015)
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KUAF 91.3 FM NPR - Of Note with Katy Henriksen: "Four Violins, Two Violas and Two Cellos Inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio" (April 30, 2014)
From the left, moving clockwise: Andrew Chu, Catalina Barraza, Andrew Thompson, Patrick Bellah, Ronald Juzeler, Ben Davis, Brice Smith, and Baron Lyle.
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University of Arkansas News: "Physicists Awarded Telescope Time at Kitt Peak National Observatory" (2013)
Top: Kitt Peak National Observatory. Middle: Ben Davis, Julia Kennefick, Amanda Schilling, and Scott Barrows in front of the WIYN 3.5m telescope. Bottom: WIYN 3.5m control room.
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University of Arkansas News: "Winners Announced for From Abstract to Contract: Graduate Student Research Competition" (2012)
From left to right: Chancellor Gearhart, Ben Davis, Jim Rankin, and Provost Gaber.
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