Staff profile

2005-present Department of Physics, University of Durham, UK
2002-2005 Department of Physics, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1999-2002 Departamento de Astronomia y Astrofisica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile
1998-1999 Department of Physics, University of Durham, UK

• Galaxy formation and evolution
• Galaxy clusters
• Early-type galaxies
• Multi-wavelength astronomy
• Stellar and dark-matter content of galaxies
• Gravitational lensing

• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy

• All publications (from ADS)

Journal Article

• Smith, Russell J (2022). Probing cool giants in unresolved galaxies using fluctuation eigenspectra: A demonstration using high-resolution MUSE observations of NGC 5128. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 509(4): 5737-5746.
• Smith, Russell J & Collett, Thomas E (2021). A fully-spectroscopic triple-source-plane lens: the Jackpot completed. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 505(2): 2136-2140.
• Collett, Thomas E. & Smith, Russell J. (2020). A Triple Rollover: A third multiply-imaged source at z~6 behind the Jackpot gravitational lens. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 497(2): 1654-1660.
• Lucey, John R, Smith, Russell J & Collier, William P (2020). MNELLS: The MUSE Nearby Early-Type Galaxy Lens Locator Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 494(1): 271-292.
• Smith, Russell J (2020). Discovering novae in early-type galaxies with MUSE: A chance find in NGC 1404, and 12 more candidates from an archival search. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 494(1): L1-L5.
• Smith, Russell J, Collier, William P, Ozaki, Shinobu & Lucey, John R (2020). Subaru FOCAS IFU observations of two z=0.12 strong-lensing elliptical galaxies from SDSS MaNGA. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 493(1): L33-L38.
• Smith, Russell J. (2020). Evidence for Initial Mass Function Variation in Massive Early-Type Galaxies. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 58: 577-615.
• Smith, Russell J, Lucey, John R & Collier, William P (2018). "Upper-limit lensing": constraining galaxy stellar masses with singly imaged background sources. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 481(2): 2115-2124.
• Lucey, John R., Smith, Russell J., Schechter, Paul L., Bosh, Amanda S. & Levine, Stephen E. (2018). A New Quadruple-image Gravitational Lens in an Edge-on Disk Galaxy at z = 0.0956. Research Notes of the AAS 2(2): 62.
• Collett, Thomas E., Oldham, Lindsay J., Smith, Russell J., Auger, Matthew W., Westfall, Kyle B., Bacon, David, Nichol, Robert C., Masters, Karen L., Koyama, Kazuya & van den Bosch, Remco (2018). A precise extragalactic test of General Relativity. Science 360(6395): 1342-1346.
• Alton, P. D., Smith, R. J. & Lucey, J. R. (2018). KINETyS II: Constraints on spatial variations of the stellar initial mass function from K-band spectroscopy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 478(4): 4464-4486.
• Collier, William P., Smith, Russell J. & Lucey, John R. (2018). A new strong-lensing galaxy at z=0.066: Another elliptical galaxy with a lightweight IMF. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 478(2): 1595-1600.
• Lucey, John R., Schechter, Paul L., Smith, Russell J. & Anguita, T. (2018). Serendipitous discovery of quadruply imaged quasars: two diamonds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 476(1): 927-932.
• Collier, William P., Smith, Russell J. & Lucey, John R. (2018). Improved mass constraints for two nearby strong-lensing elliptical galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope Imaging. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 473(1): 1103-1107.
• Beifiori, Alessandra, Mendel, J. Trevor, Chan, Jeffrey C. C., Saglia, Roberto P., Bender, Ralf, Cappellari, Michele, Davies, Roger L., Galametz, Audrey, Houghton, Ryan C. W., Prichard, Laura J., Smith, Russell, Stott, John P., Wilman, David J., Lewis, Ian J., Sharples, Ray & Wegner, Michael (2017). The KMOS Cluster Survey (KCS). I. The Fundamental Plane and the Formation Ages of Cluster Galaxies at Redshift 1.4 < Z < 1.6. The Astrophysical Journal 846(2): 120.
• Newman, A.B. Smith, R.J. Conroy, C., Villaume, A. & van Dokkum, P. (2017). The Initial Mass Function in the Nearest Strong Lenses from SNELLS: Assessing the Consistency of Lensing, Dynamical, and Spectroscopic Constraints. The Astrophysical Journal 845(2): 157.
• Smith, Russell J. & Edge, Alastair C. (2017). An extended cold gas absorber in a central cluster galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 471(1): L66-L70.
• Smith, Russell J., Lucey, John R. & Edge, Alastair C. (2017). Stellar dynamics in the strong-lensing central galaxy of Abell 1201: a low stellar mass-to-light ratio, a large central compact mass and a standard dark matter halo. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 471(1): 383-393.
• Alton, Padraig D., Smith, Russell J. & Lucey, John R. (2017). KINETyS: Constraining spatial variations of the stellar initial mass function in early-type galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 468(2): 1594-1615.
• Smith, Russell J., Lucey, John R. & Edge, Alastair C. (2017). A counter-image to the gravitational arc in Abell 1201: Evidence for IMF variations, or a 10^10 M⊙ black hole? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 467(1): 836-848.
• Smith, Russell J. (2017). A strong-lensing elliptical galaxy in the MaNGA survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 464(1): L46-L50.
• Smith, Russell J., Alton, Padraig D., Lucey, John R., Conroy, C. & Carter, D. (2015). The IMF-sensitive 1.14-μm Na i doublet in early-type galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 454(1): L71-L75.
• Smith, R.J., Lucey, J.R. & Conroy, C. (2015). The SINFONI Nearby Elliptical Lens Locator Survey: discovery of two new low-redshift strong lenses and implications for the initial mass function in giant early-type galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 449(4): 3441-3457.
• Smith, Russell J. (2014). Variations in the initial mass function in early-type galaxies: a critical comparison between dynamical and spectroscopic results. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 443(1): L69-L73.
• Taranu, Dan S., Hudson, Michael J., Balogh, Michael L., Smith, Russell J., Power, Chris, Oman, Kyle A. & Krane, Brad (2014). Quenching star formation in cluster galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 440(3): 1934-1949.
• Head, J.T.C.G., Lucey, J.R., Hudson, M.J. & Smith, R.J. (2014). Dissecting the red sequence: the bulge and disc colours of early-type galaxies in the Coma cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 440(2): 1690-1711.
• Lansbury, G.B., Lucey, J.R. & Smith, R.J. (2014). Barred S0 galaxies in the Coma cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 439(2): 1749-1764.
• Hickinbottom, S., Simpson, C. J., James, P. A., Ibar, E., Carter, D., Boselli, A., Collins, C. A., Davies, J. I., Dunne, L., Eales, S., Fuller, C., Mobasher, B., Peletier, R. F., Phillipps, S., Smith, D. J. B., Smith, R. J. & Valentijn, E. A. (2014). A surprising consistency between the far-infrared galaxy luminosity functions of the field and Coma. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 442(2): 1286-1293.
• Smith, R.J. & Lucey, J.R. (2013). A giant elliptical galaxy with a lightweight initial mass function. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 434(3): 1964-1977.
• Rawle, Tim D., Lucey, John R., Smith, Russell. J. & Head, J.T.C.G. (2013). S0 galaxies in the Coma cluster environmental dependence of the S0 offset from the Tully-Fisher relation. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 433(3): 2667-2692
• Smith, Russell J., Lucey, John R., Price, James, Hudson, Michael J. & Phillipps, Steven (2012). Environmental quenching and hierarchical cluster assembly: evidence from spectroscopic ages of red-sequence galaxies in Coma. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 419(4): 3167-3180.
• Smith, Russell J, Lucey, John R & Carter, D (2012). The stellar initial mass function in red-sequence galaxies: 1-μm spectroscopy of Coma cluster galaxies with Subaru/FMOS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 426(4): 2994-3007.
• Merluzzi, P., Busarello, G., Dopita, M. A., Haines, C. P., Steinhauser, D., Mercurio, A., Rifatto, A., Smith, R. J. & Schindler, S. (2012). ACCESS – V. Dissecting ram-pressure stripping through integral-field spectroscopy and multiband imaging. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 429(2): 1747.
• Smith, Russell J, Lucey, John R & Carter, D (2012). What drives the ultraviolet colours of passive galaxies? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 421(4): 2982-2997.
• Hammer, D. M., Hornschemeier, A. E., Salim, S., Smith, R., Jenkins, L., Mobasher, B., Miller, N. & Ferguson, H. (2012). Deep ultraviolet luminosity functions ar the infall region of the Coma Cluster. The Astrophysical Journal 745(2): 177.
• Peng, E.W., Ferguson, H.C., Goudfrooij, P., Hammer, D., Lucey, J.R., Marzke, R.O., Puzia, T.H., Carter, D., Balcells, M., Bridges, T., Chiboucas, K., del Burgo, C., Graham, A.W., Guzmán, R., Hudson, M.J., Matkovic, A., Merritt, D., Miller, B.W., Mouhcine, M., Phillipps, S., Sharples, R., Smith, R.J., Tully, B. & Verdoes Kleijn, G. (2011). The HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey. IV. Intergalactic Globular Clusters and the Massive Globular Cluster System at the Core of the Coma Galaxy Cluster. The Astrophysical Journal 730(1): 23.
• Haines, C. P., Merluzzi, P., Busarello, G., Dopita, M. A., Smith, G. P., La Barbera, F., Gargiulo, A., Raychaudhury, S. & Smith, R. J. (2011). ACCESS - IV. The quenching of star formation in a cluster population of dusty S0s. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 417(4): 2831.
• Carter, David, Pass, Sally, Kennedy, Joseph, Karick, Arna M. & Smith, Russell J. (2011). The spatial distribution and origin of the FUV excess in early-type galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 414(4): 3410.
• Smith, Russell J., Lucey, John R., Hammer, Derek, Hornschemeier, Ann E., Carter, David, Hudson, Michael J., Marzke, Ronald O., Mouhcine, Mustapha, Eftekharzadeh, Sareh, James, Phil, Khosroshahi, Habib, Kourkchi, Ehsan & Karick, Arna (2010). Ultraviolet tails and trails in cluster galaxies: a sample of candidate gaseous stripping events in Coma. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 408(3): 1417-1432.
• Rawle, T. D., Smith, Russell J. & Lucey, J. R. (2010). Stellar population gradients in early-type cluster galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 401(2): 852-866.
• Haines, C. P., Busarello, G., Merluzzi, P., Smith, R. J., Raychaudhury, S., Mercurio, A. & Smith, G. P. (2010). ACCESS - II. A complete census of star formation in the Shapley supercluster - UV and IR luminosity functions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 412(1): 127.
• Haines, C. P., Busarello, G., Merluzzi, P., Smith, R. J., Raychaudhury, S., Mercurio, A. & Smith, G. P. (2010). ACCESS - III. The nature of star formation in the Shapley supercluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 412(1): 145.
• Hammer, D, Kleijn, GV, Hoyos, C, den Brok, M, Balcells, M, Ferguson, HC, Goudfrooij, P, Carter, D, Guzman, R, Peletier, RF, Smith, RJ, Graham, AW, Trentham, N, Peng, E, Puzia, TH, Lucey, JR, Jogee, S, Aguerri, AL, Batcheldor, D, Bridges, TJ, Chiboucas, K, Davies, JI, del Burgo, C, Erwin, P, Hornschemeier, A, Hudson, MJ, Huxor, A, Jenkins, L, Karick, A, Khosroshahi, H, Kourkchi, E, Komiyama, Y, Lotz, J, Marzke, RO, Marinova, I, Matkovic, A, Merritt, D, Miller, BW, Miller, NA, Mobasher, B, Mouhcine, M, Okamura, S, Percival, S, Phillipps, S, Poggianti, BM, Price, J, Sharples, RM, Tully, RB & Valentijn, E (2010). THE HST/ACS COMA CLUSTER SURVEY. II. DATA DESCRIPTION AND SOURCE CATALOGS. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 191(1): 143-159.
• Price, J., Phillipps, S., Huxor, A., Smith, R. J. & Lucey, J. R. (2010). The stellar populations of bright coma cluster galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 411(4): 2558-2585.
• Merluzzi, P., Mercurio, A., Haines, C. P., Smith, R. J., Busarello, G. & Lucey, J. R. (2010). ACCESS: NIR luminosity function and stellar mass function of galaxies in the Shapley supercluster environment. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 402(2): 753-766.
• Hammer, D., Hornschemeier, A. E., Mobasher, B., Miller, N., Smith, R., Arnouts, S., Milliard, B. & Jenkins, L. (2010). Deep GALEX observations of the Coma Cluster: source catalog and galaxy counts. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 190(1): 43.
• Hudson, Michael J., Stevenson, Jeffrey B., Smith, Russell J., Wegner, Gary A., Lucey, John R. & Simard, Luc (2010). Colours of bulges and discs within galaxy clusters and the signature of disc fading on infall. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 409(1): 405-420.
• Haines, C. P., Smith, G. P., Egami, E., Ellis, R. S., Moran, S. M., Sanderson, A. J. R., Merluzzi, P., Busarello, G. & Smith, R. J. (2009). LOCUSS: The mid-infrared Butcher-Oemler effect. The Astrophysical Journal 704(1): 126.
• Smith, Russell J., Lucey, John R. & Hudson, Michael J. (2009). Ages and metallicities for quiescent galaxies in the Shapley supercluster: driving parameters of the stellar populations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 400(4): 1690-1705.
• Smith, Russell J., Lucey, John R., Hudson, Michael J., Allanson, Steven P., Bridges, Terry J., Hornschemeier, Ann E., Marzke, Ronald O. & Miller, Neal A. (2009). A spectroscopic survey of dwarf galaxies in the Coma cluster: stellar populations, environment and downsizing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 392(4): 1265-1294.
• Price, J., Phillipps, S., Huxor, A., Trentham, N., Ferguson, H. C., Marzke, R. O., Hornschemeier, A., Goudfrooij, P., Hammer, D., Tully, R. B., Chiboucas, K., Smith, R. J., Carter, D., Merritt, D., Balcells, M., Erwin, P. & Puzia, T. H. (2009). TheHST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey - V. Compact stellar systems in the Coma Cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 397(4): 1816.
• Smith, Russell J., Lucey, John R., Hudson, Michael J. & Bridges, Terry J. (2009). Abundance ratios in red-sequence galaxies over a wide mass range: the `X-planes' for magnesium, calcium, carbon and nitrogen. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 398(1): 119-132.
• Miller, Neal A., Hornschemeier, Ann E., Mobasher, Bahram, Bridges, Terry J., Hudson, Michael J., Marzke, Ronald O. & Smith, Russell J. (2009). The radio luminosity function and galaxy evolution in the Coma Cluster. The Astronomical Journal 137(5): 4450.
• Allanson, Steven P., Hudson, Michael J., Smith, Russell J. & Lucey, John R. (2009). The Star Formation Histories of Red-Sequence Galaxies, Mass-to-Light Ratios and the Fundamental Plane. The Astrophysical Journal 702(2): 1275-1296.
• Gargiulo, A., Haines, C. P., Merluzzi, P., Smith, R. J., Barbera, F. La, Busarello, G., Lucey, J. R., Mercurio, A. & Capaccioli, M. (2009). On the origin of the scatter around the Fundamental Plane: correlations with stellar population parameters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 397(1): 75-89.
• Smith, Russell J., Marzke, Ronald O., Hornschemeier, Ann E., Bridges, Terry J., Hudson, Michael J., Miller, Neal A., Lucey, John R., Vázquez, Gerardo A. & Carter, David (2008). A large population of recently quenched red-sequence dwarf galaxies in the outskirts of the Coma cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 386(1): L96-L100.
• Carter, D, Goudfrooij, P, Mobasher, B, Ferguson, HC, Puzia, TH, Aguerri, AL, Balcells, M, Batcheldor, D, Bridges, TJ, Davies, JI, Erwin, P, Graham, AW, Guzman, R, Hammer, D, Hornschemeier, A, Hoyos, C, Hudson, MJ, Huxor, A, Jogee, S, Komiyama, Y, Lotz, J, Lucey, JR, Marzke, RO, Merritt, D, Miller, BW, Miller, NA, Mouhcine, M, Okamura, S, Peletier, RF, Phillipps, S, Poggianti, BM, Sharples, RM, Smith, RJ, Trentham, N, Tully, RB, Valentijn, E & Kleijn, GV (2008). The Hubble Space Telescope advanced camera for surveys coma cluster survey. I. Survey objectives and design. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 176(2): 424-437.
• Rawle, T. D., Smith, Russell J., Lucey, J. R. & Swinbank, A. M. (2008). Stellar population gradients in early-type cluster galaxies with VIMOS IFU. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 389(4): 1891-1904.
• Rawle, T.D., Smith, R.J., Lucey, J.R., Hudson, M.J. & Wegner, G.A. (2008). Near ultraviolet-infrared colours of red-sequence galaxies in local cluster. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 385(4): 2097-2106.
• Edwards, L. O. V., Hudson, M. J., Balogh, M. L. & Smith, R. J. (2007). Line emission in the brightest cluster galaxies of the NOAO Fundamental Plane and Sloan Digital Sky Surveys. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 379(1): 100.
• Smith, R. J. Lucey, J. R. & Hudson, M. J. (2007). A deep AAOmega survey of low-luminosity galaxies in the Shapley supercluster: stellar population trends. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 381(3): 1035-1052.
• Smith, R.J., Hudson, M.J., Lucey, J.R., Nelan, J.E. and & Wegner, G.A. (2006). The NOAO Fundamental Plane Survey - III. Variations in the stellar populations of red-sequence galaxies from the cluster core to the virial radius. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 369: 1419-1436.
• Smith, Russell J., Blakeslee, John P., Lucey, John R. & Tonry, John (2005). Discovery of Strong Lensing by an Elliptical Galaxy at z=0.0345. The Astrophysical Journal 625(2): L103-L106.
• Smith, Russell J. (2005). Synthesis of Hα absorption in old stellar systems: formation of the cluster red sequence by ‘downsizing’. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 359(3): 975.
• Nelan, J. E., Smith R. J., Hudson M. J., Wegner G. A., Lucey J. R., Moore S. A. W., Quinney S. J. & Suntzeff N. B. (2005). NOAO fundamental plane survey II: Age and metallicity along the red sequence from line-strength data. Astrophysical Journal 632(1): 137-156.
• : Smith, R. J. Hudson, M. J., Nelan, J. E. Moore, S. A. W., Quinney, S. J., Wegner, G. A., Lucey, J. R., Davies, R. L. Malecki, J. J. Schade, D. & Suntzeff, N. B. (2004). NOAO fundamental plane survey. I. Survey design, redshifts, and velocity dispersion data. Astronomical Journal 128(4): 1558-1569.
• Hudson, M. J., Smith, R. J., Lucey, J. R. & Branchini, E. (2004). Streaming motions of galaxy clusters within 12 000 km/s - V. The peculiar velocity field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 352(1): 61-75.
• Smith, Russell J. (2003). X-ray emission properties of galaxies in Abell 3128. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 344(2): L17.
• Kuntschner, Harald, Smith, Russell J., Colless, Matthew, Davies, Roger L., Kaldare, Raven & Vazdekis, Alexandre (2002). Early-type galaxies in low-density environments. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 337(1): 172.
• Kuntschner, H. Lucey, J. R., Smith, R. J., Hudson, M. J. & Davies, R. L. (2001). On the dependence of spectroscopic indices of early-type galaxies on age, metallicity and velocity dispersion. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 323(3): 615-629.
• Hudson, Michael J., Lucey, John R., Smith, Russell J. Schlegel, David J. & Davies, Roger L. (2001). Streaming motions of galaxy clusters within 12 000 km/s - III. A standardized catalogue of Fundamental Plane data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 327: 265-295.
• Smith, Russell J., Lucey, J.R., Schlegel, D.J., Hudson, Michael J., Baggley, Glenn & Davies, Roger L. (2001). Streaming motions of galaxy clusters within 12 000 km/s - II. New photometric data for the Fundamental Plane. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 327(1): 249.
• Smith, Russell J., Lucey, John R., Hudson, Michael J. Schlegel, David J. & Davies, Roger L. (2000). Streaming motions of galaxy clusters within 12000 km/s - I. New spectroscopic data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 313: 469-490.
• Hudson, Michael J., Smith, Russell J., Lucey, John R., & Schlegel, David J. and Davies, Roger L. (1999). A Large-scale Bulk Flow of Galaxy Clusters. Astrophysical Journal 512(2): L79-L82.
• Hudson, M. J., Lucey, J. R., Smith, R. J. & Steel, J. (1997). Galaxy clusters in the Perseus-Pisces region -- II. The peculiar velocity field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 291(3): 488.
• Smith, R. J., Lucey, J. R., Hudson, M. J. & Steel, J. (1997). Galaxy clusters in the Perseus-Pisces region -- I. Spectroscopic and photometric data for early-type galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 291(3): 461.