Rafael T. Eufrasio Data-verified

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Research Associate

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

postdoc

13 h-index 77 pubs 705 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Rafael T. Eufrasio's research investigates the properties of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and star formation in protoclusters and distant galaxies. His work utilizes observational data, including observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, to study the relationship between AGN activity, star formation rates, and galactic environments. Eufrasio has published on topics such as the metallicity dependence of high-mass X-ray binary luminosity functions and the implications for early universe conditions. He has also explored the impact of inclination-dependent attenuation on derived star formation histories in disk galaxies and the nature of AGN and star formation enhancement in dense cosmic structures like the SSA22 protocluster.

His research also encompasses the development of tools for astrophysical data analysis, as seen in his work on the Lightning code for fitting galaxy spectral energy distributions. Eufrasio's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 13 and over 690 citations from his 77 publications. He collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Lacey A. West and Woodrow Gilbertson.

Metrics

  • h-index: 13
  • Publications: 77
  • Citations: 705

Selected Publications

  • lightning.py: Python SED Fitting Code (2025)
  • lightning.py: Python SED Fitting Code (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • M81 post-processed results from Lightning SED fitting (2023)
  • M81 post-processed results from Lightning SED fitting (2023)
  • Revisiting the Properties of X-Ray Active Galactic Nuclei in the SSA22 Protocluster: Normal Supermassive Black Hole and Host-galaxy Growth for AGNs in a z = 3.09 Overdensity (2023)
    16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Lightning: An X-Ray to Submillimeter Galaxy SED-fitting Code with Physically Motivated Stellar, Dust, and AGN Models (2023)
    10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Large Deficit of HMXB Emission from Luminous Infrared Galaxies: The Case of the Circumnuclear Starburst Ring in NGC 7552 (2023)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Elevated Hot Gas and High-mass X-Ray Binary Emission in Low-metallicity Galaxies: Implications for Nebular Ionization and Intergalactic Medium Heating in the Early Universe (2022)
    29 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Impact of Inclination-dependent Attenuation on Ultraviolet Star Formation Rate Tracers (2022)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Evidence in favour of density wave theory through age gradients observed in star formation history maps and spatially resolved stellar clusters (2022)
    15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Stellar-age Dependence of X-Ray Emission from Normal Star-forming Galaxies in the GOODS Fields (2022)
    17 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • On the Impact of Inclination-dependent Attenuation on Derived Star Formation Histories: Results from Disk Galaxies in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey Fields (2021)
    13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • On the Nature of AGN and Star Formation Enhancement in the z = 3.1 SSA22 Protocluster: The HST WFC3 IR View (2021)
    21 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Local Analogs to High-redshift Galaxies. I. Characterization of Dust Emission and Star Formation History (2021)
  • The Metallicity Dependence of the High-mass X-Ray Binary Luminosity Function (2021)
    88 citations DOI OpenAlex

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