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Stellar Collisions

Stellar Collisions is a theoretical construct in stellar dynamics that models the direct physical interaction and subsequent gravitational merging or disruption of two stars resulting from a close encounter in dense stellar environments.

489

Publications

33.2K

Citations

921

Authors

422

Institutions

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2017–2026

105

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Publications

489

Toward Understanding Massive Star Formation

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2007 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Rate of Collisional Excitation in Stellar Atmospheres.

H. van Regemorter · The Astrophysical Journal · 1962 · 1.1K citations

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Formation of massive black holes through runaway collisions in dense young star clusters

Simon Portegies Zwart, Holger Baumgardt, Piet Hut et al. · Nature · 2004 · 737 citations · Full text

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The Runaway Growth of Intermediate‐Mass Black Holes in Dense Star Clusters

Simon Portegies Zwart, Stephen L. W. McMillan · The Astrophysical Journal · 2002 · 695 citations · Full text

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Shell-model calculations of stellar weak interaction rates: II. Weak rates for nuclei in the mass range in supernovae environments

K. Langanke, G. Martı́nez-Pinedo · Nuclear Physics A · 2000 · 677 citations · Full text

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Authors

921

  1. FA
    Frederic A. Rasio

    Northwestern University, United States

    16 publications · 1.3K citations

    16

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  2. AS
    Alison Sills

    McMaster University, Canada

    13 publications · 756 citations

    12

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  3. JC
    James C. Lombardi

    Allegheny College, United States

    10 publications · 633 citations

    10

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  4. SP
    Simon Portegies Zwart

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    10 publications · 2.1K citations

    10

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  5. AK
    A. K. Belyaev

    Herzen University, Russia

    8 publications · 456 citations

    8

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1–5 of 921

Institutions

422

  1. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    19 h-index

    45 publications

    3.4K citations

  2. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    16 h-index

    28 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    44 publications

    3.4K citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    20 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    13 h-index

    16 publications

    788 citations

  6. Institute of Astronomy

    Moscow, Russia

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Heidelberg University

    Heidelberg, Germany

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Observatoire de Paris

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    29 publications

    2.5K citations

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Venues

  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 150 publications · 12.8K citations

    61

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    106 publications · 6.3K citations

    46

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    40 publications · 2.5K citations

    27

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 17 publications · 968 citations

    15

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    13 publications · 579 citations

    13

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