Alexander Heger

27.0k citations
192 papers · 15.1k · 12 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Astro and Planetary Science

Papers in

    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 141
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 84
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 58
    • Astro and Planetary Science 48
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 43
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 27
    • Nuclear physics research studies 29
    • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 21

Alexander Heger

177 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Alexander Heger's Hit Papers

The effect of pair-instability mass loss on black-hole mergers 2016 · 263 citations
2630+8+17Years since publication4008001.2k

Peers

Alexander Heger
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  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 13.7k
  • Instrumentation 1.6k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 5.0k
  • Geophysics 627
  • Radiation 379
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All Works

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1
The evolution and explosion of massive stars
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20021318
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How Massive Single Stars End Their Life
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20031256
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The Nucleosynthetic Signature of Population III
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2002981
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Presupernova Evolution of Rotating Massive Stars. I. Numerical Method and Evolution of the Internal Stellar Structure
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2000680
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THE JINA REACLIB DATABASE: ITS RECENT UPDATES AND IMPACT ON TYPE-I X-RAY BURSTS
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2010665
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Nucleosynthesis in Massive Stars with Improved Nuclear and Stellar Physics
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2002616
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The Progenitor Stars of Gamma‐Ray Bursts
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2006538
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Presupernova Evolution of Differentially Rotating Massive Stars Including Magnetic Fields
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2005500
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Nucleosynthesis and remnants in massive stars of solar metallicity
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2007441
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NUCLEOSYNTHESIS AND EVOLUTION OF MASSIVE METAL-FREE STARS
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2010427
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Pulsational pair instability as an explanation for the most luminous supernovae
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2007357
13 2004342
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15 2001296
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The effect of pair-instability mass loss on black-hole mergers
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2016263
17 2004218
18 2014216
19 2008213
20 2000175

About Alexander Heger

Alexander Heger is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Geophysics and Oceanography, having authored 192 papers that have together received 15.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (141 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (84 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (58 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (48 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (43 papers), Nuclear physics research studies (29 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (27 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (13.7k citations), Instrumentation (1.6k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (5.0k citations), Geophysics (627 citations) and Radiation (379 citations). Alexander Heger has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Frequent co-authors include S. E. Woosley, N. Langer, Chris L. Fryer, T. A. Weaver, T. Rauscher, D. H. Hartmann, R. D. Hoffman, Bernhard Müller, S. E. Woosley and H. C. Spruit. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Physical Review Letters and Nuclear Physics A.

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