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Anna Frebel

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
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Area of research
Astronomy and Astrophysics · Instrumentation
Research interest
Research interests include Physics, Astrophysics, Stars, Metallicity, Galaxy, and Dwarf galaxy.
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5,538
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60
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Recent publications

Discovery of an [Fe/H] ∼ −4.8 Star in Gaia XP Spectra<sup>*</sup>
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2025cited by 11position: middledoi
Early <i>r</i>-process Enrichment and Hierarchical Assembly Across the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy*
The Astronomical Journal 2025cited by 7position: middledoi
The dark matter profile of the Milky Way inferred from its circular velocity curve
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2024cited by 101position: lastdoi
The black hole low-mass X-ray binary V404 Cygni is part of a wide triple
Nature 2024cited by 24position: middledoi
Enrichment by extragalactic first stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Nature Astronomy 2024cited by 21position: middledoi
The <i>R</i>-Process Alliance: detailed chemical composition of an <i>r</i>-process enhanced star with UV and optical spectroscopy
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2024cited by 15position: middledoi
Signatures of Tidal Disruption of the Hercules Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxy*
The Astrophysical Journal 2024cited by 12position: middledoi
Element abundance patterns in stars indicate fission of nuclei heavier than uranium
Science 2023cited by 40position: middledoi
Metal Mixing in the r-process Enhanced Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxy Reticulum II*
The Astronomical Journal 2023cited by 35position: middledoi
Detailed Chemical Abundances of Stars in the Outskirts of the Tucana II Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxy*
The Astronomical Journal 2023cited by 33position: middledoi
Timing the r-process Enrichment of the Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy Reticulum II
The Astrophysical Journal 2023cited by 30position: middledoi
The Atari Disk, a Metal-poor Stellar Population in the Disk System of the Milky Way
The Astrophysical Journal 2022cited by 49position: middledoi
Horizons: nuclear astrophysics in the 2020s and beyond
Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics 2022cited by 47position: middledoi
The chemical abundance pattern of the extremely metal-poor thin disc star 2MASS J1808−5104 and its origins
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2022cited by 30position: middledoi
Magellan/IMACS spectroscopy of Grus I: A low metallicity ultra-faint dwarf galaxy
arXiv (Cornell University) 2022cited by 24position: middledoi
Possibilities and Limitations of Kinematically Identifying Stars from Accreted Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies
The Astrophysical Journal 2022cited by 21position: middledoi
An extended halo around an ancient dwarf galaxy
Nature Astronomy 2021cited by 81position: middledoi
r-Process elements from magnetorotational hypernovae
Nature 2021cited by 76position: middledoi
Exploring the Galaxy’s halo and very metal-weak thick disc with <i>SkyMapper</i> and <i>Gaia</i> DR2
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2020cited by 54position: middledoi
Chemical Abundances in the Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies Grus I and Triangulum II: Neutron-capture Elements as a Defining Feature of the Faintest Dwarfs*
The Astrophysical Journal 2019cited by 108position: middledoi
The lowest detected stellar Fe abundance: the halo star SMSS J160540.18−144323.1
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters 2019cited by 79position: middledoi
Evidence for an Aspherical Population III Supernova Explosion Inferred from the Hyper-metal-poor Star HE 1327–2326<sup>∗</sup>
The Astrophysical Journal 2019cited by 74position: middledoi
The SkyMapper DR1.1 search for extremely metal-poor stars
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2019cited by 67position: middledoi
From Nuclei to the Cosmos: Tracing Heavy-Element Production with the Oldest Stars
Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science 2018cited by 181position: firstdoi
The R-Process Alliance: First Release from the Northern Search for r-process-enhanced Metal-poor Stars in the Galactic Halo
The Astrophysical Journal 2018cited by 142position: middledoi
The R-Process Alliance: A Comprehensive Abundance Analysis of HD 222925, a Metal-poor Star with an Extreme R-process Enhancement of [Eu/H] = −0.14*
The Astrophysical Journal 2018cited by 92position: middledoi
Chemical Abundances of New Member Stars in the Tucana II Dwarf Galaxy<sup>∗</sup>
The Astrophysical Journal 2018cited by 62position: middledoi
The predicted luminous satellite populations around SMC- and LMC-mass galaxies – a missing satellite problem around the LMC?
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2017cited by 83position: middledoi
Predicting the locations of possible long-lived low-mass first stars: importance of satellite dwarf galaxies
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2017cited by 72position: middledoi
BRIGHT METAL-POOR STARS FROM THE HAMBURG/ESO SURVEY. II. A CHEMODYNAMICAL ANALYSIS
The Astrophysical Journal 2017cited by 65position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

John E. Norris · Australian National University17 papers (2012–2023)Timothy C. Beers · University of Notre Dame16 papers (2012–2024)Alexander P. Ji · University of Chicago16 papers (2015–2025)Vinicius M. Placco · University of Notre Dame13 papers (2014–2025)Anirudh Chiti · University of Chicago13 papers (2016–2025)M. Asplund · Australian National University12 papers (2012–2021)M. S. Bessell · Australian National University12 papers (2012–2021)David Yong · Australian National University12 papers (2012–2021)Joshua D. Simon · California Institute of Technology11 papers (2014–2024)Ian U. Roederer · North Carolina State University10 papers (2012–2024)Terese T. Hansen · Stockholm University8 papers (2014–2024)Andrew R. Casey · Massachusetts Institute of Technology8 papers (2014–2021)Mohammad K. Mardini · Massachusetts Institute of Technology8 papers (2022–2025)Rana Ezzeddine · Massachusetts Institute of Technology7 papers (2016–2024)K. Lind · Medical University of Graz7 papers (2014–2021)G. S. Da Costa · Australian National University7 papers (2014–2021)A. F. Marino · University of Padua6 papers (2015–2021)B. Schmidt · Mount Stromlo Observatory6 papers (2014–2021)Xiaowei Ou · Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 papers (2022–2025) · 5 papers (2012–2023)
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