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Massive Star Evolution

Massive Star Evolution is a theoretical astrophysical framework that models the lifecycle stages of stars with initial masses greater than approximately eight solar masses, distinguishing itself by incorporating nuclear burning phases, mass loss mechanisms, and internal structure changes leading to supernova progenitors.

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MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA)

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2010 · 4.3K citations · Full text

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The Evolution and Explosion of Massive Stars. II. Explosive Hydrodynamics and Nucleosynthesis

S. E. Woosley, T. A. Weaver · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 1995 · 3.8K citations

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MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA): BINARIES, PULSATIONS, AND EXPLOSIONS

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2015 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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The evolution and explosion of massive stars

S. E. Woosley, Alexander Heger, T. A. Weaver · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2002 · 2.2K citations

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How Massive Single Stars End Their Life

Alexander Heger, Chris L. Fryer, S. E. Woosley et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2003 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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  1. NL
    N. Langer

    University of Bonn, Germany

    57 publications · 10.3K citations

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  2. JS
    J. S. Vink

    Armagh Observatory & Planetarium, United Kingdom

    51 publications · 4.3K citations

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    H. Sana

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    43 publications · 4.2K citations

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  4. GM
    G. Meynet

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    47 publications · 4.7K citations

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  5. AD
    A. de Koter

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    34 publications · 3.4K citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    52 h-index

    181 publications

    20.2K citations

  2. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    48 h-index

    142 publications

    21.7K citations

  3. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    48 h-index

    122 publications

    13.1K citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    46 h-index

    193 publications

    15.6K citations

  5. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    44 h-index

    169 publications

    12.5K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    40 h-index

    185 publications

    19K citations

  7. Armagh Observatory & Planetarium

    Armagh, United Kingdom

    38 h-index

    92 publications

    7.5K citations

  8. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    36 h-index

    112 publications

    6.6K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 414 publications · 40.5K citations

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  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    262 publications · 20.7K citations

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    238 publications · 18.1K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 48 publications · 3.2K citations

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  5. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

    Repository · 46 publications · 2.4K citations

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