Skip to main content
Home
Department Of Physics text logo
  • Research
    • Our research
    • Our research groups
    • Our research in action
    • Research funding support
    • Summer internships for undergraduates
  • Study
    • Undergraduates
    • Postgraduates
  • Engage
    • For alumni
    • For business
    • For schools
    • For the public
Menu
Black Hole

Lensing of space time around a black hole. At Oxford we study black holes observationally and theoretically on all size and time scales - it is some of our core work.

Credit: ALAIN RIAZUELO, IAP/UPMC/CNRS. CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE IMAGES.

Dr Becky Smethurst

Royal Astronomical Society Research Fellow

Research theme

  • Astronomy and astrophysics

Sub department

  • Astrophysics

Research groups

  • Galaxy formation and evolution
  • Hintze Centre for Astrophysical Surveys
rebecca.smethurst@physics.ox.ac.uk
Personal website (with contact email address for non-academic queries)
  • About
  • Research
  • Prizes, awards and recognition
  • Science Communication
  • Publications

Galaxy Zoo JWST: Up to 75% of discs are featureless at 3 < z < 7

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2025) staf506

Authors:

RJ Smethurst, BD Simmons, T Géron, H Dickinson, L Fortson, IL Garland, S Kruk, SM Jewell, CJ Lintott, JS Makechemu, KB Mantha, KL Masters, D O’Ryan, H Roberts, MR Thorne, M Walmsley, M Calabrò, B Holwerda, JS Kartaltepe, AM Koekemoer, Y Lyu, R Lucas, F Pacucci, M Tarrasse
More details from the publisher
More details

Galaxy Zoo JWST: Up to 75% of discs are featureless at $3

(2025)

Authors:

RJ Smethurst, BD Simmons, T Géron, H Dickinson, L Fortson, IL Garland, S Kruk, SM Jewell, CJ Lintott, JS Makechemu, KB Mantha, KL Masters, D O'Ryan, H Roberts, MR Thorne, M Walmsley, M Calabrò, B Holwerda, JS Kartaltepe, AM Koekemoer, Y Lyu, R Lucas, F Pacucci, M Tarrasse
More details from the publisher
Details from ArXiV

Structural decomposition of merger-free galaxies hosting luminous AGNs

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) (2025) staf239

Authors:

Matthew J Fahey, Izzy L Garland, Brooke D Simmons, William C Keel, Jesse Shanahan, Alison Coil, Eilat Glikman, Chris J Lintott, Karen L Masters, Ed Moran, Rebecca J Smethurst, Tobias Géron, Matthew R Thorne
More details from the publisher
More details

The Effects of Bar Strength and Kinematics on Galaxy Evolution: Slow Strong Bars Affect Their Hosts the Most

The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 973:2 (2024) 129

Authors:

Tobias Géron, RJ Smethurst, Chris Lintott, Karen L Masters, IL Garland, Petra Mengistu, David O’Ryan, BD Simmons
More details from the publisher
More details

Galaxy Zoo DESI: large-scale bars as a secular mechanism for triggering AGNs

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 532:2 (2024) 2320-2330

Authors:

Izzy L Garland, Mike Walmsley, Maddie S Silcock, Leah M Potts, Josh Smith, Brooke D Simmons, Chris J Lintott, Rebecca J Smethurst, James M Dawson, William C Keel, Sandor Kruk, Kameswara Bharadwaj Mantha, Karen L Masters, David O’Ryan, Jürgen J Popp, Matthew R Thorne
More details from the publisher
More details

Pagination

  • First page First
  • Previous page Prev
  • Page 1
  • Current page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • Page 6
  • Page 7
  • Page 8
  • Page 9
  • …
  • Next page Next
  • Last page Last

Footer Menu

  • Contact us
  • Giving to the Dept of Physics
  • Work with us
  • Media

User account menu

  • Log in

Follow us

FIND US

Clarendon Laboratory,

Parks Road,

Oxford,

OX1 3PU

CONTACT US

Tel: +44(0)1865272200

University of Oxfrod logo Department Of Physics text logo
IOP Juno Champion logo Athena Swan Silver Award logo

© University of Oxford - Department of Physics

Cookies | Privacy policy | Accessibility statement

Built by: Versantus

  • Home
  • Research
  • Study
  • Engage
  • Our people
  • News & Comment
  • Events
  • Our facilities & services
  • About us
  • Current students
  • Staff intranet