Carlos López-Cobá

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Oklahoma. Galaxy kinematics, non-circular motions and 3D spectroscopy.

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36 publications · 33 refereed · 9 first-author

2026

  1. Inside-out versus Outside-in Quenching of MaNGA Galaxies: Dependence on Stellar Mass and Environment
    Ho, Z.-H.; Lin, L.; Jian, H.-Y.; Hsieh, B.-C.; López-Cobá, C.; Sánchez, S. F.; Wu, W.-Y.; Feng, S.; et al. (9 authors)
    ApJ, 1005, 85, 2026
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  2. Inside-Out vs. Outside-In Quenching of MaNGA Galaxies: Dependence on Stellar Mass and Environment
    Ho, Z.-H.; Lin, L.; Jian, H.-Y.; Hsieh, B.-C.; López-Cobá, C.; Sánchez, S. F.; Wu, W.-Y.; Feng, S.; et al. (9 authors)
    arXiv:2606.01297, 2026
    ADS DOI arXiv
  3. The GECKOS survey: Resolving the molecular and ionised gas in the galactic outflow of ESOraisebox-0.5extextasciitilde484-036
    Hernández-Yévenes, J.; Fisher, D. B.; Mazzilli Ciraulo, B.; Davies, R. L.; Martig, M.; Fraser-McKelvie, A.; van de Sande, J.; Hayden, M. R.; et al. (23 authors, incl. López-Cobá, C.)
    arXiv:2604.14546, 2026
    ADS DOI arXiv

2025

  1. Comparing Inside-out and Outside-in Quenching Modes in MaNGA Observation and MaNGIA Simulation
    Jian, H.-Y.; Lin, L.; Bottrell, C.; Hsieh, B.-C.; López-Cobá, C.; Ho, Z.-H.; Feng, S.; Shen, S.
    ApJ, 995, 187, 2025
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  2. Physical Properties of Gas Departing from Circular Rotation at 50 pc Scales Using the PHANGS-MUSE Galaxies
    López-Cobá, C.; Lin, L.; Cruz Gonzalez, I.; Sánchez, S. F.; Pan, H.-A.; Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K.; Hsieh, B.-C.
    AJ, 170, 236, 2025
    ADS DOI arXiv

2024

  1. Do Strong Bars Exhibit Strong Noncircular Motions?
    Kim, T.; Gadotti, D. A.; Lee, Y. H.; López-Cobá, C.; Kim, W.-T.; Kim, M.; Park, M.-g.
    ApJ, 976, 220, 2024
    ADS DOI arXiv
  2. On the Role of Noncircular Motions in MaNGA Galaxies. I. Global Properties
    López-Cobá, C.; Lin, L.; Neumann, J.; Bershady, M. A.
    ApJ, 975, 182, 2024
    ADS DOI arXiv
  3. AGN feedback can produce metal enrichment on galaxy scales
    Villar Martín, M.; López Cobá, C.; Cazzoli, S.; Pérez Montero, E.; Cabrera Lavers, A.
    A&A, 690, A397, 2024
    ADS DOI arXiv
  4. XookSuut: A Bayesian Tool for Modeling Circular and Non─Circular Flows on 2D Velocity Maps
    López-Cobá, C.; Lin, L.; Sánchez, S. F.
    RMxAA, 60, 19-39, 2024
    ADS DOI arXiv
  5. The ALMaQUEST Survey. XII. Dense Molecular Gas as Traced by HCN and HCO^+ in Green Valley Galaxies
    Lin, L.; Pan, H.-A.; Ellison, S. L.; Harada, N.; Jiménez-Donaire, M. J.; French, K. D.; Baker, W. M.; Hsieh, B.-C.; et al. (14 authors, incl. López-Cobá, C.)
    ApJ, 963, 115, 2024
    ADS DOI arXiv
  6. The ALMaQUEST Survey XIV: do radial molecular gas flows affect the star-forming ability of barred galaxies?
    Hogarth, L. M.; Saintonge, A.; Davis, T. A.; Ellison, S. L.; Lin, L.; López-Cobá, C.; Pan, H. -A.; Thorp, M. D.
    MNRAS, 528, 6768-6785, 2024
    ADS DOI arXiv
  7. H II regions and diffuse ionized gas in the AMUSING++ Compilation - I. Catalogue presentation
    Lugo-Aranda, A. Z.; Sánchez, S. F.; Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K.; López-Cobá, C.; Espinosa-Ponce, C.; Galbany, L.; Anderson, J. P.
    MNRAS, 528, 6099-6118, 2024
    ADS DOI arXiv
  8. Unveiling a Hidden Bar-like Structure in NGC 1087: Kinematic and Photometric Evidence Using MUSE/VLT, ALMA, and JWST
    López-Cobá, C.; Lin, L.; Sánchez, S. F.
    ApJ, 962, 65, 2024
    ADS DOI arXiv

2023

  1. Radial and Local Density Dependence of Star Formation Properties in Galaxy Clusters from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey
    Jian, H.-Y.; Lin, L.; Hsieh, B.-C.; Umetsu, K.; Lopez-Coba, C.; Oguri, M.; Bottrell, C.; Toba, Y.; et al. (16 authors)
    ApJ, 957, 85, 2023
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  2. SDSS-IV MaNGA: The Radial Distribution of Physical Properties within Galaxies in the Nearby Universe
    Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K.; Sánchez, S. F.; Espinosa-Ponce, C.; López-Cobá, C.; Carigi, L.; Lugo-Aranda, A. Z.; Lacerda, E.; Bruzual, G.; et al. (13 authors)
    RMxAA, 59, 213-258, 2023
    ADS DOI arXiv
  3. Spatial metallicity distribution statistics at ≲100 pc scales in the AMUSING++ nearby galaxy sample
    Li, Z.; Wisnioski, E.; Mendel, J. T.; Krumholz, M. R.; Kewley, L. J.; López-Cobá, C.; Sánchez, S. F.; Anderson, J. P.; et al. (9 authors)
    MNRAS, 518, 286-304, 2023
    ADS DOI arXiv

2022

  1. Resolved Molecular Gas Observations of MaNGA Post-starbursts Reveal a Tumultuous Past
    Otter, J. A.; Rowlands, K.; Alatalo, K.; Leung, H.-H.; Wild, V.; Luo, Y.; Petric, A. O.; Sazonova, E.; et al. (27 authors, incl. López Cobá, C.)
    ApJ, 941, 93, 2022
    ADS DOI arXiv
  2. Exploring Stellar and Ionized Gas Noncircular Motions in Barred Galaxies with MUSE
    López-Cobá, C.; Sánchez, S. F.; Lin, L.; Anderson, J. P.; Lin, K.-Y.; Cruz-González, I.; Galbany, L.; Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K.
    ApJ, 939, 40, 2022
    ADS DOI arXiv
  3. The ALMaQUEST Survey. VIII. What Causes the Discrepancy in the Velocity between the CO and Hα Rotation Curves in Galaxies?
    Su, Y.-C.; Lin, L.; Pan, H.-A.; López Cobá, C.; Hsieh, B.-C.; Sánchez, S. F.; Thorp, M. D.; Bureau, M.; et al. (9 authors)
    ApJ, 934, 173, 2022
    ADS DOI arXiv
  4. PYHIIEXTRACTOR: a tool to detect and extract physical properties of H II regions from integral field spectroscopic data
    Lugo-Aranda, A. Z.; Sánchez, S. F.; Espinosa-Ponce, C.; López-Cobá, C.; Galbany, L.; Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K.; Sánchez-Menguiano, L.; Anderson, J. P.
    RAS Techniques and Instruments, 1, 3-28, 2022
    ADS DOI arXiv
  5. The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar, and APOGEE-2 Data
    Abdurro'uf; Accetta, K.; Aerts, C.; Silva Aguirre, V.; Ahumada, R.; Ajgaonkar, N.; Filiz Ak, N.; Alam, S.; et al. (200 authors, incl. López-Cobá, C.)
    ApJS, 259, 35, 2022
    ADS DOI arXiv
  6. Star Formation Properties of Sloan Digital Sky Survey BOSS Void Galaxies in the Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey
    Jian, H.-Y.; Lin, L.; Hsieh, B.-C.; Lin, K.-Y.; Umetsu, K.; Lopez-Coba, C.; Koyama, Y.; Hsu, C.-H.; et al. (16 authors)
    ApJ, 926, 115, 2022
    ADS DOI arXiv

2021

  1. From Global to Spatially Resolved in Low-Redshift Galaxies
    Sánchez, S. F.; Walcher, C. J.; Lopez-Cobá, C.; Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K.; Mejía-Narváez, A.; Espinosa-Ponce, C.; Camps-Fariña, A.
    RMxAA, 57, 3-38, 2021
    ADS DOI arXiv
  2. From global to local scales in galaxies
    Sánchez, S. F.; Lopez Cobá, C.
    Galaxy Evolution and Feedback across Different Environments, 359, 391-395, 2021
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2020

  1. The AMUSING++ Nearby Galaxy Compilation. I. Full Sample Characterization and Galactic-scale Outflow Selection
    López-Cobá, C.; Sánchez, S. F.; Anderson, J. P.; Cruz-González, I.; Galbany, L.; Ruiz-Lara, T.; Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K.; Prieto, J. L.; et al. (9 authors)
    AJ, 159, 167, 2020
    ADS DOI arXiv
  2. Galaxies hosting an active galactic nucleus: a view from the CALIFA survey
    Lacerda, E. A. D.; Sánchez, S. F.; Cid Fernandes, R.; López-Cobá, C.; Espinosa-Ponce, C.; Galbany, L.
    MNRAS, 492, 3073-3090, 2020
    ADS DOI arXiv

2019

  1. The EDGE-CALIFA Survey: Evidence for Pervasive Extraplanar Diffuse Ionized Gas in Nearby Edge-on Galaxies
    Levy, R. C.; Bolatto, A. D.; Sánchez, S. F.; Blitz, L.; Colombo, D.; Kalinova, V.; López-Cobá, C.; Ostriker, E. C.; et al. (12 authors)
    ApJ, 882, 84, 2019
    ADS DOI arXiv
  2. The SAMI galaxy survey: exploring the gas-phase mass-metallicity relation
    Sánchez, S. F.; Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K.; López-Cobá, C.; Brough, S.; Bryant, J. J.; Bland-Hawthorn, J.; Croom, S. M.; van de Sande, J.; et al. (16 authors)
    MNRAS, 484, 3042-3070, 2019
    ADS DOI arXiv
  3. Systematic study of outflows in the Local Universe using CALIFA: I. Sample selection and main properties
    López-Cobá, C.; Sánchez, S. F.; Bland-Hawthorn, J.; Moiseev, A. V.; Cruz-González, I.; García-Benito, R.; Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K.; Galbany, L.
    MNRAS, 482, 4032-4056, 2019
    ADS DOI arXiv

2017

  1. Serendipitous Discovery of an Optical Emission-line Jet in NGC 232
    López-Cobá, C.; Sánchez, S. F.; Cruz-González, I.; Binette, L.; Galbany, L.; Krühler, T.; Rodríguez, L. F.; Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K.; et al. (12 authors)
    ApJL, 850, L17, 2017
    ADS DOI arXiv
  2. The mass-metallicity relation revisited with CALIFA
    Sánchez, S. F.; Barrera-Ballesteros, J. K.; Sánchez-Menguiano, L.; Walcher, C. J.; Marino, R. A.; Galbany, L.; Bland-Hawthorn, J.; Cano-Díaz, M.; et al. (17 authors, incl. López-Cobá, C.)
    MNRAS, 469, 2121-2140, 2017
    ADS DOI arXiv
  3. Star formation driven galactic winds in UGC 10043
    López-Cobá, C.; Sánchez, S. F.; Moiseev, A. V.; Oparin, D. V.; Bitsakis, T.; Cruz-González, I.; Morisset, C.; Galbany, L.; et al. (18 authors)
    MNRAS, 467, 4951-4964, 2017
    ADS DOI arXiv

2016

  1. Pipe3D, a pipeline to analyze Integral Field Spectroscopy Data: I. New fitting philosophy of FIT3D
    Sánchez, S. F.; Pérez, E.; Sánchez-Blázquez, P.; González, J. J.; Rosáles-Ortega, F. F.; Cano-Díaz, M.; López-Cobá, C.; Marino, R. A.; et al. (13 authors)
    RMxAA, 52, 21-53, 2016
    ADS DOI arXiv
  2. Spatially Resolved Star Formation Main Sequence of Galaxies in the CALIFA Survey
    Cano-Díaz, M.; Sánchez, S. F.; Zibetti, S.; Ascasibar, Y.; Bland-Hawthorn, J.; Ziegler, B.; González Delgado, R. M.; Walcher, C. J.; et al. (20 authors, incl. López-Cobá, C.)
    ApJL, 821, L26, 2016
    ADS DOI arXiv
  3. Pipe3D, a pipeline to analyze Integral Field Spectroscopy Data: II. Analysis sequence and CALIFA dataproducts
    Sánchez, S. F.; Pérez, E.; Sánchez-Blázquez, P.; García-Benito, R.; Ibarra-Mede, H. J.; González, J. J.; Rosales-Ortega, F. F.; Sánchez-Menguiano, L.; et al. (21 authors, incl. López-Cobá, C.)
    RMxAA, 52, 171-220, 2016
    ADS DOI arXiv

2015

  1. The CALIFA Survey: Exploring the Oxygen Abundance in the Local Universe
    Sánchez, S.; Sánchez-Menguiano, L.; Marino, R.; Rosales-Ortega, F.; Pérez, I.; Gil de Paz, A.; Pérez, E.; Walcher, C.; et al. (10 authors, incl. López-Cobá, C.)
    Galaxies, 3, 164-183, 2015
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