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Bret Lehmer

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Associate Professor

Also affiliated: Planetary Science Institute (2026); University of Arkansas System (2026)

1 h-index 33 pubs 78 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Bret Lehmer's research focuses on the study of active galactic nuclei and the evolution of X-ray emission from galaxies across cosmic history. His work has involved analyzing large astronomical survey data, including extensive observations from the Chandra Deep Field-South. Lehmer has published on source catalogs from these surveys, investigating the properties of active galaxies, and examining the correlation between X-ray binary emission, star formation rates, and stellar mass in luminous infrared galaxies.

His research also explores energy feedback mechanisms from X-ray binaries in the early universe and constrains the evolution of normal galaxy X-ray emission through cosmic time. Lehmer has co-authored publications with collaborators Zachary Wilson, Emerson Gehr, and Izabela Pavel, all from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. His h-index is 1, with 33 total publications and 78 citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 1
  • Publications: 33
  • Citations: 78

Positions

  • Associate Professor 2015–present
    University of Arkansas Department of Physics ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Spectral Model Library for X-ray Binary Populations in Galaxies (2026)
  • Spectral Model Library for X-ray Binary Populations in Galaxies (2026)
  • Surveying the Whirlpool at Arcseconds with NOEMA (SWAN) (2026)
  • X-ray stellar feedback in low-metallicity starbursts (2026)
    Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) DOI OpenAlex
  • X-ray stellar feedback in low-metallicity starbursts: Insights from the template starburst galaxy ESO 338-IG04 and its halo (2026)
    arXiv (Cornell University) DOI OpenAlex
  • X-ray stellar feedback in low-metallicity starbursts (2026)
    Astronomy and Astrophysics DOI OpenAlex
  • lightning.py: Python SED Fitting Code (2025)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Emission-line Diagnostics for IMBHs in Dwarf Galaxies: Accounting for Black Hole Seeding and Ultraluminous X-Ray Source Excitation (2025)
    The Astrophysical Journal 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Negative gas-phase metallicity gradients in the narrow-line region and galactic disc of local galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei (2025)
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • XMM-Newton Conclusively Identifies an Active Galactic Nucleus in a Green Pea Galaxy* (2025)
    The Astrophysical Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • ADF22-WEB: A giant barred spiral starburst galaxy in the z = 3.1 SSA22 protocluster core (2025)
    Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The high energy X-ray probe (HEX-P): science overview (2024)
    Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A NuSTAR Census of the X-Ray Binary Population of the M31 Disk (2024)
  • Gas-phase metallicity for the Seyfert galaxy NGC 7130 (2024)
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Fast supermassive black hole growth in the SPT2349–56 protocluster at z = 4.3 (2024)
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 citations DOI OpenAlex

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