Michael Cooper

semi-pro bike rider and part-time Professor of Physics & Astronomy, UC Irvine

[Condensed Matter Theory Center @condensed_the]

It is now time to do the unpleasant: deconstruct the non-experimental parts of the Korean room temp SC claims. This is relevant because the theoretical/background SC discussions in these papers are so naïve that if it were an undergraduate project at Maryland we would give an F

[Flatland Astronomer, PhD @AlexNeedsSpace]

To add to this, I collected ~50 of the RV points that went into this paper across ~20 nights of observing. Numbers are similar for many other ECRs I work with. I was not offered coauthorship and Geoffrey Marcy was. ⬇️

[Seven Rasmussen @toomanyspectra]

“Who would publish with exoplanet’s most notorious sexual harasser?” oh, look, it’s these people ⬇️⬇️⬇️

[Jack Lubin @LubysLemmas]

Turns out I collected 52 RVs used in this paper, also not offered coauthorship but he was. I don’t want to be a coauthor with him in any scenario. I spent 18.3 hours of my life staying up late collecting data to unknowingly help prop him up.

[Shelley Wright @ikashell]

I’m totally excited to share that our new department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at UC San Diego was officially approved today! This was years in the making with an incredible team effort! More news to follow soon… @ucsdastro @karinsandstrom @coolstarlab @QuinnKono et al.

[JWST Resolved Stellar Populations @JWST_stars]

The survey overview for our #JWST resolved stellar populations ERS program by Weisz, McQuinn, Savino, et al. is out today! In it, you can read about the science motivation & observing strategy and see the color-magnitude diagrams for M92, Draco II, & WLM. https://t.co/lxEvAVSfv8

[Till Sawala [email protected] @TillSawala]

While it's a great relief that the case is over, it was frustrating to see what attitudes some people in power still have towards harassment.

We must change a system that appears to worry more about people calling out harassment than about harassment itself.

7/8

[JWST CEERS Collaboration @ceers_jwst]

We are very excited to announce CEERS Data Release 0.5, our first CEERS release of real JWST imaging!! Check out our data release page for more information: https://t.co/OvPB9zQ8qV

[Sownak Bose @Swnk16]

Today's an exciting day as we are able to finally present the MillenniumTNG (MTNG) project, a collaboration between MPA, Harvard, & Durham that has been a long time in the making. One of our goals has been to combine volume & resolution to enable impressive dynamic range, [1/9]

[Dr. Rebecca Larson @SaturnsWings]

I have been waiting so long to share this, and it is finally time! Do you want to see THE BIGGEST IMAGE #JWST has taken of galaxies so far?! Our color mosaic image from @ceers_jwst is ready, and there are SO MANY GALAXIES in it! Download it here & ZOOM IN https://t.co/DJcBu8DMFl

[Tae Baxter @sentientbaryons]

🚨Today is paper day!!! (and also my b-day 🥳)🚨 https://t.co/nhelILAtjI

This paper is about constraining the timescale required to halt star formation in satellite galaxies of massive clusters at z~1.

Why do we care & what does this tell us about satellite quenching at z~1?

[Steve Finkelstein 🪐 @astrosteven]

The @ceers_jwst team is excited to announce the submission of our first paper! You can access it on our website:
https://t.co/d2XpUK2ar9

[Michael Cooper @cooperUCI]

@briansiana @jbprime I used to know someone at UCI that could have helped you out. Not sure if they still work there though...

[Michael Cooper @cooperUCI]

@DanielWhiteson @jbprime @DanielWhiteson, it would seem that you have forgotten the first rule of the faculty club...

[Tae Baxter @sentientbaryons]

Today is my very first paper day!! 😎

https://t.co/XiRu8QFOPK

In this paper, we couple supervised machine learning with a statistical background subtraction technique to measure the quenched fraction of low-mass satellite galaxies in group environments.

Why is this important?

[Michael Cooper @cooperUCI]

Be sure to follow Tae (@sentientbaryons), as he has more interesting results in preparation! https://t.co/5JYoWZZErc

[Michael Cooper @cooperUCI]

Excited for the recent work by Tae Baxter (@sentientbaryons) to hit the arXiv - https://t.co/efLNC2syoI. Tae is using neural networks and large photometric surveys to lead a statistical study of low-mass satellite galaxies. @UCIPhysAstro @UCIPhysSci

[Michael Cooper @cooperUCI]

Tae finds an increase in the satellite quenched fraction at low masses in nearby groups, likely driven by an increasing efficiency of ram-pressure stripping.

[Tufts University @TuftsUniversity]

Astronomers discovered a supersized galaxy—six times as big as the Milky Way—from the very early universe, and it’s changing their way of thinking about how such structures form. @keckobservatory

https://t.co/zUsHktZE7Q