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Erik Asphaug

EA

116

Publications

11.1K

Citations

56

H-Index

1992

Active since

Affiliations

University of California, Santa Cruz(Current)

University of Arizona

Arizona State University

Southwest Research Institute

Planetary Science Institute

Erik Asphaug is an author at University of California, Santa Cruz specializing in engineering, geology, and geophysics.

Top concepts

EngineeringGeologyGeophysicsEarth ScienceSpace ScienceCivil EngineeringSpace EngineeringGeomechanicsTectonicsAstrodynamics

Publications per year

1992–2024

116

Publications

116

Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth's formation

R. M. Canup, Erik Asphaug · Nature · 2001 · 1K citations

Geophysics, Giant Impact, Earth-moon System +8

Detection of Water in the LCROSS Ejecta Plume

A. Colaprete, P. H. Schultz, J. L. Heldmann et al. · Science · 2010 · 894 citations

Simulations of brittle solids using smooth particle hydrodynamics

W. Benz, Erik Asphaug · Computer Physics Communications · 1995 · 408 citations

Engineering, Physics, Mechanics +9

Dynamic fragmentation in impacts: Hydrocode simulation of laboratory impacts

H. J. Melosh, E. V. Ryan, Erik Asphaug · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1992 · 345 citations

Stress Wave, Asteroid Fragmentation, Engineering +14

Hit-and-run planetary collisions

Erik Asphaug, C. B. Agnor, Quentin Williams · Nature · 2006 · 329 citations

Hit-and-run Planetary Collisions, Hypervelocity Impact, Collision Detection +1

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