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Stellar Mergers

Stellar Mergers is a theoretical construct in stellar dynamics that denotes the coalescence of two or more stars into a single stellar entity due to gravitational interactions and orbital decay within dense stellar environments.

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Binary Interaction Dominates the Evolution of Massive Stars

H. Sana, S. E. de Mink, A. de Koter et al. · Science · 2012 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event

Daniel Kasen, Brian D. Metzger, Jennifer Barnes et al. · Nature · 2017 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Fueling starburst galaxies with gas-rich mergers

Joshua E. Barnes, Lars Hernquist · The Astrophysical Journal · 1991 · 969 citations

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An increased estimate of the merger rate of double neutron stars from observations of a highly relativistic system

M. Burgay, N. D’Amico, Andrea Possenti et al. · Nature · 2003 · 956 citations · Full text

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Population of Merging Compact Binaries Inferred Using Gravitational Waves through GWTC-3

R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, F. Acernese et al. · Physical Review X · 2023 · 884 citations · Full text

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  1. LH
    Lars Hernquist

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    19 publications · 4.3K citations

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  2. HJ
    H. J. McCracken

    Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France

    18 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. GF
    Giacomo Fragione

    Northwestern University, United States

    18 publications · 983 citations

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  4. OI
    O. Ilbert

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    17 publications · 2.4K citations

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  5. BG
    B. Garilli

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    16 publications · 2.3K citations

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Institutions

886

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    38 h-index

    529 publications

    135.3K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    34 h-index

    74 publications

    9K citations

  3. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    33 h-index

    341 publications

    111.7K citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    32 h-index

    81 publications

    15.8K citations

  5. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    30 h-index

    57 publications

    8.2K citations

  6. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    29 h-index

    62 publications

    8.7K citations

  7. Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris

    Paris, France

    28 h-index

    76 publications

    8.9K citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    59 publications

    4.7K citations

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  1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    198 publications · 14.7K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 155 publications · 17.6K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    68 publications · 5.4K citations

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    43 publications · 2.7K citations

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  5. Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

    PRD · 32 publications · 2.5K citations

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