Christopher D. Farrington

5.2k citations
116 papers · 3.1k · 1 hit paper · h-index 29

Impact in

  • Instrumentation top 2%
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Astro and Planetary Science
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Papers in

  • Instrumentation 62
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 62
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 100
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 87
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 60
    • Astro and Planetary Science 18
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 11
Co-authors
Theo A. ten Brummelaar (63 shared papers)J. Sturmann (46 shared papers)L. Sturmann (43 shared papers)Harold A. McAlister (41 shared papers)Nils H. Turner (33 shared papers)P. J. Goldfinger (30 shared papers)Stephen T. Ridgway (27 shared papers)Gail H. Schaefer (37 shared papers)
Journals
The Astrophysical Journal (27 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (26 papers)The Astronomical Journal (9 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (6 papers)Irish Political Studies (3 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesFranceUnited Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Christopher D. Farrington

112 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Christopher D. Farrington's Hit Papers

STELLAR DIAMETERS AND TEMPERATURES. II. MAIN-SEQUENCE K- AND M-STARS 2012 · 412 citations
4120+4+9Years since publication100200300400
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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

  1. 2012 The Astrophysical Journal

Peers

Christopher D. Farrington
Comparison fields: 5 of 63
  • Instrumentation 1.4k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 2.9k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 377
  • Computational Mechanics 222
  • Spectroscopy 98
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STELLAR DIAMETERS AND TEMPERATURES. II. MAIN-SEQUENCE K- AND M-STARS
The Astrophysical Journal ·Tabetha S. Boyajian, Kaspar von Braun, Gerald van Belle, Harold A. McAlister, Theo A. ten Brummelaar, Stephen R. Kane, Philip S. Muirhead, Jeremy W. Jones
Hit paper breakdown →		2012412
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FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF STARS USING ASTEROSEISMOLOGY FROMKEPLERANDCoRoTAND INTERFEROMETRY FROM THE CHARA ARRAY
The Astrophysical Journal ·Daniel Huber, Michael Ireland, Tim Bedding, I. M. Brandão, L. Piau, Vicente Maestro, Timothy R. White, H. Bruntt
2012164
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STELLAR DIAMETERS AND TEMPERATURES. III. MAIN-SEQUENCE A, F, G, AND K STARS: ADDITIONAL HIGH-PRECISION MEASUREMENTS AND EMPIRICAL RELATIONS
The Astrophysical Journal ·Tabetha S. Boyajian, Kaspar von Braun, Gerald van Belle, Christopher D. Farrington, Gail H. Schaefer, Jeremy W. Jones, Russel J. White, Harold A. McAlister
2013154
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STELLAR DIAMETERS AND TEMPERATURES. I. MAIN-SEQUENCE A, F, AND G STARS
The Astrophysical Journal ·Tabetha S. Boyajian, Harold A. McAlister, Gerald van Belle, Douglas Gies, Theo A. ten Brummelaar, Kaspar von Braun, Christopher D. Farrington, P. J. Goldfinger
2012149
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Interferometric radii of bright Kepler stars with the CHARA Array: θ Cygni and 16 Cygni A and B
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Timothy R. White, Daniel Huber, Vicente Maestro, Tim Bedding, Michael Ireland, Fabien Baron, Tabetha S. Boyajian, John D. Monnier
2013103
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VEGA: Visible spEctroGraph and polArimeter for the CHARA array: principle and performance
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Denis Mourard, J. M. Clausse, A. Marcotto, K. Perraut, Isabelle Tallon-Bosc, Philippe Berio, A. Blazit, Dominique Bonneau
200999
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Stellar diameters and temperatures – V. 11 newly characterized exoplanet host stars
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Kaspar von Braun, Tabetha S. Boyajian, Gerald van Belle, Stephen R. Kane, Jeremy W. Jones, Christopher D. Farrington, Gail H. Schaefer, Norm Vargas
201496
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Infrared images of the transiting disk in the ε Aurigae system
Nature ·Brian Kloppenborg, Robert E. Stencel, John D. Monnier, Gail H. Schaefer, M. Zhao, Fabien Baron, Hal McAlister, Theo A. ten Brummelaar
201094
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55 CANCRI: STELLAR ASTROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS, A PLANET IN THE HABITABLE ZONE, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RADIUS OF A TRANSITING SUPER-EARTH
The Astrophysical Journal ·Kaspar von Braun, S. Boyajian Tabetha, Theo A. ten Brummelaar, Stephen R. Kane, Gerald van Belle, David Ciardi, Sean N. Raymond, Mercedes López‐Morales
201191
10
Stellar diameters and temperatures – VI. High angular resolution measurements of the transiting exoplanet host stars HD 189733 and HD 209458 and implications for models of cool dwarfs
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Tabetha S. Boyajian, Kaspar von Braun, Gregory A. Feiden, Daniel Huber, Sarbani Basu, P. Demarque, Debra A. Fischer, Gail H. Schaefer
201481
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A Tale of Two Herbig Ae Stars, MWC 275 and AB Aurigae: Comprehensive Models for Spectral Energy Distribution and Interferometry
The Astrophysical Journal ·Ajay Tannirkulam, John D. Monnier, Tim J. Harries, Rafael Millan-Gabet, Zhaohuan Zhu, E. Pedretti, Michael Ireland, Peter Tuthill
200880
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THE CHARA ARRAY ANGULAR DIAMETER OF HR 8799 FAVORS PLANETARY MASSES FOR ITS IMAGED COMPANIONS
The Astrophysical Journal ·Ellyn K. Baines, Russel J. White, Daniel Huber, Jeremy W. Jones, Tabetha S. Boyajian, Harold A. McAlister, Theo A. ten Brummelaar, Nils H. Turner
201271
13
CHARA ArrayK′‐Band Measurements of the Angular Dimensions of Be Star Disks
The Astrophysical Journal ·Douglas Gies, W. G. Bagnuolo, Ellyn K. Baines, Theo A. ten Brummelaar, Christopher D. Farrington, P. J. Goldfinger, Erika D. Grundstrom, Wenxuan Huang
200663
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THE GJ 436 SYSTEM: DIRECTLY DETERMINED ASTROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF AN M DWARF AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TRANSITING HOT NEPTUNE
University of Southern Queensland ePrints (University of Southern Queensland) ·Kaspar von Braun, Tabetha S. Boyajian, Stephen R. Kane, Leslie Hebb, Gerald van Belle, Christopher D. Farrington, David Ciardi, Heather A. Knutson
201262
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ASTROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS AND HABITABLE ZONE OF THE EXOPLANET HOSTING STAR GJ 581
The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Kaspar von Braun, Tabetha S. Boyajian, Stephen R. Kane, Gerald van Belle, David Ciardi, M. Lopez-Morales, Harold A. McAlister, Todd J. Henry
201158
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The expanding fireball of Nova Delphini 2013
Nature ·Gail H. Schaefer, Theo A. ten Brummelaar, Douglas Gies, Christopher D. Farrington, Brian Kloppenborg, O. Chesneau, John D. Monnier, Stephen T. Ridgway
201446
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THE AGES OF A-STARS. I. INTERFEROMETRIC OBSERVATIONS AND AGE ESTIMATES FOR STARS IN THE URSA MAJOR MOVING GROUP
The Astrophysical Journal ·Jeremy W. Jones, Russel J. White, Tabetha S. Boyajian, Gail H. Schaefer, Ellyn K. Baines, Michael Ireland, Jennifer Patience, Theo A. ten Brummelaar
201546
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IMAGING THE ALGOL TRIPLE SYSTEM IN THE H BAND WITH THE CHARA INTERFEROMETER
The Astrophysical Journal ·Fabien Baron, John D. Monnier, E. Pedretti, M. Zhao, Gail H. Schaefer, Robert E. Parks, Nathalie D. Thureau, Theo A. ten Brummelaar
201244
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A detailed analysis of the Gl 486 planetary system
Astronomy and Astrophysics ·José A. Caballero, Esther Gonzalez-Alvarez, Madison Brady, Trifon Trifonov, Tyler G. Ellis, Caroline Dorn, Carmen María Marín Cifuentes, Karan Molaverdikhani
202242
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THE CLASSIC/CLIMB BEAM COMBINER AT THE CHARA ARRAY
Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation ·Theo A. ten Brummelaar, J. Sturmann, Stephen T. Ridgway, L. Sturmann, Nils H. Turner, Harold A. McAlister, Christopher D. Farrington, U. Beckmann
201340

About Christopher D. Farrington

Christopher D. Farrington is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Computational Mechanics and History, having authored 116 papers that have together received 3.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (87 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (62 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (60 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (18 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (14 papers), Irish and British Studies (12 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (11 papers) and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.4k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.9k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (377 citations), Computational Mechanics (222 citations) and Spectroscopy (98 citations). Christopher D. Farrington has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Theo A. ten Brummelaar, J. Sturmann, L. Sturmann, Harold A. McAlister, Nils H. Turner, P. J. Goldfinger, Stephen T. Ridgway, Gail H. Schaefer, Tabetha S. Boyajian and Kaspar von Braun. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astronomical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Irish Political Studies.

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