Publications

First-author Papers

  1. Salazar Manzano, Luis E., Paneque-Carreño, Teresa, Cordiner, Martin A., ... (2026). Water D/H in 3I/ATLAS as a probe of formation conditions in another planetary system. Nature Astronomy. [DOI | arXiv | ADS]
  2. Salazar Manzano, Luis E., Rivera Sandoval, Liliana E., Hameury, Jean-Marie, ... (2026). KL Dra as a Benchmark Laboratory for Accretion-Disk Physics: Constraints from TESS and Ground-Based Surveys. arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2601.04323. [DOI | arXiv | ADS]
  3. Salazar Manzano, Luis E., Lin, Hsing Wen, Taylor, Aster G., ... (2025). Onset of CN Emission in 3I/ATLAS: Evidence for Strong Carbon-chain Depletion. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 993, (1), L23. [DOI | arXiv | ADS]
  4. Manzano, Luis E. Salazar, Gerdes, David W., Napier, Kevin J., ... (2025). Prospects of a New L5 Trojan Flyby Target for the Lucy Mission. The Planetary Science Journal, 6, (9), 213. [DOI | arXiv | ADS]
  5. Salazar-Manzano, Luis E., Quintero, Edwin A. (2021). Methodology for the Observations of Stellar Occultations by Small Bodies of the Solar System. Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 38, (1), 1-21. [DOI | ADS]

Coauthor Papers

  1. Chandler, Colin Orion, Bernardinelli, Pedro H., Juric, Mario, ... (including Salazar Manzano, Luis E.) (2026). NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1). The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1001, (2), L35. [DOI | ADS]
  2. Kara, Jan, Rivera Sandoval, Liliana, Mendoza, Wendy, ... (including Salazar Manzano, Luis E.) (2026). A study of transients from ground-based surveys reveals new ultra-compact accreting white dwarf binaries. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 43, e052. [DOI | arXiv | ADS]
  3. Stetzler, Steven, Juric, Mario, Bernardinelli, Pedro H., ... (including Salazar-Manzano, Luis E.) (2025). An Efficient Shift-and-stack Algorithm Applied to Detection Catalogs. The Astronomical Journal, 170, (6), 352. [DOI | arXiv | ADS]
  4. Andrade, Cristina, Alserkal, Raiyah, Salazar Manzano, Luis, ... (2025). The Effect of Vera C. Rubin Observatory Cadence Selections on Kilonova Detectability. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 137, (3), 034102. [DOI | arXiv | ADS]
  5. Buie, Marc W., Porter, Simon B., Tamblyn, Peter, ... (including Manzano, Luis E.) (2020). Size and Shape Constraints of (486958) Arrokoth from Stellar Occultations. The Astronomical Journal, 159, (4), 130. [DOI | arXiv | ADS]