Sergio Martin-Alvarez

First-authored papers

  1. [2506.03245] The Pandora project. II: how non-thermal physics drives bursty star formation and temperate mass-loaded outflows in dwarf galaxies (Jun 3, 2025)
    Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Debora Sijacki, Martin G. Haehnelt, Alice Concas, Yuxuan Yuan, Roberto Maiolino, Risa H. Wechsler, Francisco Rodríguez Montero, Marion Farcy, Mahsa Sanati, Yohan Dubois, Joki Rosdahl, Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez, Susan E. Clark

  2. [2407.18349] Stirring the cosmic pot: how black hole feedback shapes the matter power spectrum in the Fable simulations (Jul 25, 2024)
    Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Vid Iršič, Sophie Koudmani, Martin Bourne, Leah Bigwood, Debora Sijacki

  3. [2311.06356] Extragalactic Magnetism with SOFIA (SALSA Legacy Program). VII. A Tomographic View of Far-infrared and Radio Polarimetric Observations through MHD Simulations of Galaxies (Nov 10, 2023)
    Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez, Tara Dacunha, Susan E. Clark, Alejandro S. Borlaff, Rainer Beck, Francisco Rodríguez Montero, S. Lyla Jung, Julien Devriendt, Adrianne Slyz, Julia Roman-Duval, Evangelia Ntormousi, Mehrnoosh Tahani, Kandaswamy Subramanian, Daniel A. Dale, Pamela M. Marcum, Konstantinos Tassis, Ignacio del Moral-Castro, Le Ngoc Tram, Matt J. Jarvis

  4. [2211.09139] The Pandora project. I: the impact of radiation and cosmic rays on baryonic and dark matter properties of dwarf galaxies (Nov 16, 2022)
    Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Debora Sijacki, Martin G. Haehnelt, Marion Farcy, Yohan Dubois, Vasily Belokurov, Joakim Rosdahl, Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez

  5. [2111.06901] Towards convergence of turbulent dynamo amplification in cosmological simulations of galaxies (Nov 12, 2021)
    Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Julien Devriendt, Adrianne Slyz, Debora Sijacki, Mark L. A. Richardson, Harley Katz

  6. [2011.11648] Unraveling the origin of magnetic fields in galaxies (Nov 23, 2020)
    Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Harley Katz, Debora Sijacki, Julien Devriendt, Adrianne Slyz

  7. [2005.10269] How primordial magnetic fields shrink galaxies (May 20, 2020)
    Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Adrianne Slyz, Julien Devriendt, Carlos Gómez-Guijarro

  8. [1806.06866] A three-phase amplification of the cosmic magnetic field in galaxies (Jun 18, 2018)
    Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Julien Devriendt, Adrianne Slyz, Romain Teyssier

Co-authored papers

  1. [2510.25909] On the Universality of the Relation Between Magnetic Fields and Star Formation in Galaxies (Oct 29, 2025)
    Davide Belfiori, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez, Rosita Paladino

  2. [2510.24591] ReplicationBench: Can AI Agents Replicate Astrophysics Research Papers? (Oct 28, 2025)
    Christine Ye, Sihan Yuan, Suchetha Cooray, Steven Dillmann, Ian L. V. Roque, Dalya Baron, Philipp Frank, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Nolan Koblischke, Frank J Qu, Diyi Yang, Risa Wechsler, Ioana Ciuca

  3. [2510.05667] MEGATRON: the impact of non-equilibrium effects and local radiation fields on the circumgalactic medium at cosmic noon (Oct 7, 2025)
    Corentin Cadiou, Harley Katz, Martin P. Rey, Oscar Agertz, Jeremy Blaizot, Alex J. Cameron, Nicholas Choustikov, Julien Devriendt, Uliana Hauk, Gareth C. Jones, Taysun Kimm, Isaac Laseter, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Kosei Matsumoto, Camilla T. Nyhagen, Autumn Pearce, Francisco Rodríguez Montero, Joki Rosdahl, Víctor Rufo Pastor, Mahsa Sanati, Aayush Saxena, Adrianne Slyz, Richard Stiskalek, Anatole Storck, Wonjae Yee

  4. [2510.05232] MEGATRON: how the first stars create an iron metallicity plateau in the smallest dwarf galaxies (Oct 6, 2025)
    Martin P. Rey, Harley Katz, Corentin Cadiou, Mahsa Sanati, Oscar Agertz, Jeremy Blaizot, Alex J. Cameron, Nicholas Choustikov, Julien Devriendt, Uliana Hauk, Alexander P. Ji, Gareth C. Jones, Taysun Kimm, Isaac Laseter, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Kosei Matsumoto, Autumn Pearce, Yves Revaz, Francisco Rodriguez Montero, Joki Rosdahl, Aayush Saxena, Adrianne Slyz, Richard Stiskalek, Anatole Storck, Oscar Veenema, Wonjae Yee

  5. [2510.05201] MEGATRON: Reproducing the Diversity of High-Redshift Galaxy Spectra with Cosmological Radiation Hydrodynamics Simulations (Oct 6, 2025)
    Harley Katz, Martin P. Rey, Corentin Cadiou, Oscar Agertz, Jeremy Blaizot, Alex J. Cameron, Nicholas Choustikov, Julien Devriendt, Uliana Hauk, Gareth C. Jones, Taysun Kimm, Isaac Laseter, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Kosei Matsumoto, Autumn Pearce, Francisco Rodríguez Montero, Joki Rosdahl, Mahsa Sanati, Aayush Saxena, Adrianne Slyz, Richard Stiskalek, Anatole Storck, Oscar Veenema, Wonjae Yee

  6. [2509.02533] PRIMA Vista: far-infrared polarimetry to unveil small-scale magnetohydrodynamics in extragalactic observations (Sep 2, 2025)
    Diego Maglione, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez, Susan E. Clark, Kaitlyn Karpovich

  7. [2507.23004] The Emergence and Ionizing Feedback of Pop III.1 Stars as Progenitors for Supermassive Black Holes (Jul 30, 2025)
    Mahsa Sanati, Jonathan C. Tan, Julien Devriendt, Adrianne Slyz, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Matteo la Torre, Benjamin Keller, Maya A. Petkova, Pierluigi Monaco, Vieri Cammelli, Jasbir Singh, Matthew Hayes

  8. [2507.03127] Jellyfish Galaxies in Magnetic Fields: Insights from Numerical Simulations (Jul 3, 2025)
    Jaehyun Lee, Taysun Kimm, Jérémy Blaizot, Julien Devriendt, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Jinsu Rhee, Maxime Rey, Adrianne Slyz

  9. [2501.17239] The impact of cosmic ray feedback during the epoch of reionisation (Jan 28, 2025)
    Marion Farcy, Joakim Rosdahl, Yohan Dubois, Jérémy Blaizot, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Martin Haehnelt, Taysun Kimm, Romain Teyssier

  10. [2501.06299] Constraints on Primordial Magnetic Fields from the Lyman-α forest (Jan 10, 2025)
    Mak Pavičević, Vid Iršič, Matteo Viel, James Bolton, Martin G. Haehnelt, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Ewald Puchwein, Pranjal Ralegankar

  11. [2412.07970] Extended red wings and the visibility of reionization-epoch Lyman-$α$ emitters (Dec 10, 2024)
    Yuxuan Yuan, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Martin G. Haehnelt, Thibault Garel, Laura Keating, Joris Witstok, Debora Sijacki

  12. [2410.00113] Increased Burstiness at High Redshift in Multi-Physics Models Combining Supernova Feedback, Radiative Transfer and Cosmic Rays (Sep 30, 2024)
    Tibor Dome, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Sandro Tacchella, Yuxuan Yuan, Debora Sijacki

  13. [2409.08437] The fallibility of equipartition magnetic field strengths from synchrotron emission using synthetically observed galaxies (Sep 13, 2024)
    Tara Dacunha, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Susan E. Clark, Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez

  14. [2403.05672] Dwarf galaxies as a probe of a primordially magnetized Universe (Mar 8, 2024)
    Mahsa Sanati, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Jennifer Schober, Yves Revaz, Adrianne Slyz, Julien Devriendt

  15. [2401.02572] Ly$α$ emission as a sensitive probe of feedback-regulated LyC escape from dwarf galaxies (Jan 4, 2024)
    Yuxuan Yuan, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Martin G. Haehnelt, Thibault Garel, Debora Sijacki

  16. [2307.13733] The impact of cosmic rays on the interstellar medium and galactic outflows of Milky Way analogues (Jul 25, 2023)
    Francisco Rodríguez Montero, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Adrianne Slyz, Julien Devriendt, Yohan Dubois, Debora Sijacki

  17. [2303.16225] Deciphering Lyman-$α$ Emission Deep into the Epoch of Reionisation (Mar 28, 2023)
    Callum Witten, Nicolas Laporte, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Debora Sijacki, Yuxuan Yuan, Martin G. Haehnelt, William M. Baker, James S. Dunlop, Richard S. Ellis, Norman A. Grogin, Garth Illingworth, Harley Katz, Anton M. Koekemoer, Daniel Magee, Roberto Maiolino, William McClymont, Pablo G. Pérez-González, David Puskás, Guido Roberts-Borsani, Paola Santini, Charlotte Simmonds

  18. [2303.13586] Extragalactic magnetism with SOFIA (SALSA Legacy Program) -- V: First results on the magnetic field orientation of galaxies (Mar 23, 2023)
    Alejandro S. Borlaff, Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez, Rainer Beck, Susan E. Clark, Evangelia Ntormousi, Konstantinos Tassis, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Mehrnoosh Tahani, Daniel A. Dale, Ignacio del Moral Castro, Julia Roman-Duval, Pamela M. Marcum, John E. Beckman, Kandaswamy Subramanian, Sarah Eftekharzadeh, Leslie Proudfit

  19. [2211.00012] Extragalactic magnetism with SOFIA (SALSA Legacy Program). VI. The magnetic fields in the multi-phase interstellar medium of the Antennae galaxies (Oct 31, 2022)
    Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez, Alejandro S. Borlaff, Rainer Beck, William T. Reach, Sui Ann Mao, Evangelia Ntormousi, Konstantinos Tassis, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Susan E. Clark, Daniel A. Dale, Ignacio del Moral-Castro

  20. [2205.01105] Extragalactic magnetism with SOFIA (SALSA Legacy Program) -- IV: Program overview and first results on the polarization fraction (May 2, 2022)
    Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez, Sui Ann Mao, Rainer Beck, Alejandro S. Borlaff, Evangelia Ntormousi, Konstantinos Tassis, Daniel A. Dale, Julia Roman-Duval, Kandaswamy Subramanian, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Pamela M. Marcum, Susan E. Clark, William T. Reach, Doyal A. Harper, Ellen G. Zweibel

  21. [2204.13611] Extragalactic magnetism with SOFIA (SALSA Legacy Program) -- III: First data release and on-the-fly polarization mapping characterization (Apr 28, 2022)
    Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez, Melanie Clarke, Sachin Shenoy, William Vacca, Simon Coude, Ryan Arneson, Peter Ashton, Sarah Eftekharzadeh, Rainer Beck, John E. Beckman, Alejandro S. Borlaff, Susan E. Clark, Daniel A. Dale, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Evangelia Ntormousi, William T. Reach, Julia Roman-Duval, Konstantinos Tassis, Doyal A. Harper, Pamela M. Marcum

  22. [2202.01245] Radiation-MagnetoHydrodynamics simulations of cosmic ray feedback in disc galaxies (Feb 2, 2022)
    Marion Farcy, Joakim Rosdahl, Yohan Dubois, Jérémy Blaizot, Sergio Martin-Alvarez

  23. [2110.09862] Momentum deposition of supernovae with cosmic rays (Oct 19, 2021)
    Francisco Rodríguez Montero, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Debora Sijacki, Adrianne Slyz, Julien Devriendt, Yohan Dubois

  24. [2108.01074] The Nature of High ${\rm [OIII]}_{\rm 88μm}$/${\rm [CII]}_{\rm 158μm}$ Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization: Low Carbon Abundance and a Top-Heavy IMF? (Aug 2, 2021)
    Harley Katz, Joakim Rosdahl, Taysun Kimm, Thibault Garel, Jérémy Blaizot, Martin G. Haehnelt, Léo Michel-Dansac, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Julien Devriendt, Adrianne Slyz, Romain Teyssier, Pierre Ocvirk, Nicolas Laporte, Richard Ellis

  25. [2102.09535] Cosmological Magnetogenesis: The Biermann Battery during the Epoch of Reionization (Feb 18, 2021)
    Mara Attia, Romain Teyssier, Harley Katz, Taysun Kimm, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Pierre Ocvirk, Joakim Rosdahl

  26. [2101.11624] Introducing SPHINX-MHD: The Impact of Primordial Magnetic Fields on the First Galaxies, Reionization, and the Global 21cm Signal (Jan 27, 2021)
    Harley Katz, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Joakim Rosdahl, Taysun Kimm, Jérémy Blaizot, Martin G. Haehnelt, Léo Michel-Dansac, Thibault Garel, Jose Oñorbe, Julien Devriendt, Adrianne Slyz, Omar Attia, Romain Teyssier

  27. [1905.06082] Modelling baryonic feedback for survey cosmology (May 15, 2019)
    Nora Elisa Chisari, Alexander J. Mead, Shahab Joudaki, Pedro Ferreira, Aurel Schneider, Joseph Mohr, Tilman Tröster, David Alonso, Ian G. McCarthy, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Julien Devriendt, Adrianne Slyz, Marcel P. van Daalen

  28. [1810.08619] Magnetogenesis at Cosmic Dawn: Tracing the Origins of Cosmic Magnetic Fields (Oct 19, 2018)
    Harley Katz, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Julien Devriendt, Adrianne Slyz, Taysun Kimm