D. A. Howell

37.4k citations

138 papers · 3.7k · 1 hit paper · h-index 34

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Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Instrumentation top 2%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 127
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 122
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 53
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 47
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 32
- Astro and Planetary Science 10
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 40
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 38

Co-authors: M. Sullivan (33 shared papers)P. Nugent (24 shared papers)Lifan Wang (7 shared papers)J. C. Wheeler (5 shared papers)Peter Höflich (3 shared papers)S. Valenti (40 shared papers)C. McCully (58 shared papers)G. Hosseinzadeh (39 shared papers)
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (40 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (31 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (7 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (6 papers)Nature (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom France

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115 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Optical emission from a kilonova following a gravitational-wave-detected neutron-star merger 2017 · 326 citations

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1	Optical emission from a kilonova following a gravitational-wave-detected neutron-star merger Nature ·(unknown), G. Hosseinzadeh, D. A. Howell, C. McCully, D. Poznanski, Daniel Kasen, Jennifer Barnes, Michael Zaltzman, Sergiy S. Vasylyev, Dan Maoz, S. Valenti Hit paper breakdown →	2017	326
2	The type Ia supernova SNLS-03D3bb from a super-Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarf star Nature ·D. A. Howell, M. Sullivan, P. Nugent, Richard S. Ellis, Alexander Conley, D. Le Borgne, R. G. Carlberg, Julien Guy, D. D. Balam, S. Basa, D. Fouchez, I. Hook, E. Y. Hsiao, James D. Neill, R. Pain, K. Perrett, C. J. Pritchet	2006	282
3	Bipolar Supernova Explosions The Astrophysical Journal ·Lifan Wang, D. A. Howell, Peter Höflich, J. C. Wheeler	2001	165
4	A COMPACT DEGENERATE PRIMARY-STAR PROGENITOR OF SN 2011fe The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·J. S. Bloom, Daniel Kasen, Ken J. Shen, P. Nugent, N. Butler, M. L. Graham, D. A. Howell, U. Kolb, Stefan Holmes, C. A. Haswell, V. Burwitz, Juan Rodriguez, M. Sullivan	2011	143
5	K‐Corrections and Spectral Templates of Type Ia Supernovae The Astrophysical Journal ·E. Y. Hsiao, A. Conley, D. A. Howell, M. Sullivan, C. J. Pritchet, R. G. Carlberg, P. Nugent, M. M. Phillips	2007	143
6	An outburst from a massive star 40 days before a supernova explosion Nature ·E. O. Ofek, M. Sullivan, S. B. Cenko, M. M. Kasliwal, A. Gal‐Yam, S. R. Kulkarni, (unknown), Lars Bildsten, J. S. Bloom, A. Horesh, D. A. Howell, A. V. Filippenko, Russ R. Laher, D. Murray, Ehud Nakar, P. Nugent, J. M. Silverman, Nir J. Shaviv, J. Surace, O. Yaron	2013	118
7	Type Ia supernovae as stellar endpoints and cosmological tools Nature Communications ·D. A. Howell	2011	109
8	SiFTO: An Empirical Method for Fitting SN Ia Light Curves The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Conley, M. Sullivan, E. Y. Hsiao, J. Guy, P. Astier, D. Balam, C. Balland, S. Basa, R. G. Carlberg, D. Fouchez, D. Hardin, D. A. Howell, I. Hook, R. Pain, K. Perrett, C. J. Pritchet, N. Regnault	2008	103
9	Evidence for Asphericity in a Subluminous Type Ia Supernova: Spectropolarimetry of SN 1999by The Astrophysical Journal ·D. A. Howell, Peter Höflich, Lifan Wang, J. C. Wheeler	2001	96
10	Analysis of the Flux and Polarization Spectra of the Type Ia Supernova SN 2001el: Exploring the Geometry of the High‐Velocity Ejecta The Astrophysical Journal ·Daniel Kasen, P. Nugent, Lifan Wang, D. A. Howell, J. C. Wheeler, Peter Höflich, D. Baade, E. Baron, P. H. Hauschildt	2003	96
11	The rapid reddening and featureless optical spectra of the optical counterpart of GW170817, at 2017gfo, during the first four days Figshare ·C. McCully, D. Hiramatsu, D. A. Howell, G. Hosseinzadeh, (unknown), Daniel Kasen, Jennifer Barnes, Michael M. Shara, T. B. Williams, P. Väisänen, S. Potter, E. Romero‐Colmenero, Steven M. Crawford, D. A. H. Buckley, Jeffery Cooke, Igor Andreoni, T. A. Pritchard, J. Mao, M. Gromadzki, J. Burke	2017	87
12	Is There Evidence for a Hubble Bubble? The Nature of Type Ia Supernova Colors and Dust in External Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Conley, R. G. Carlberg, J. Guy, D. A. Howell, Saurabh W. Jha, Adam G. Riess, M. Sullivan	2007	83
13	Hubble Space Telescope spectra of the Type Ia supernova SN 2011fe: a tail of low-density, high-velocity material with Z < Z⊙ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·P. A. Mazzali, M. Sullivan, Stephan Hachinger, Richard S. Ellis, P. Nugent, D. A. Howell, A. Gal‐Yam, K. Maguire, Jeff Cooke, R. C. Thomas, K. Nomoto, E. S. Walker	2014	77
14	The host galaxies of Type Ia supernovae discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Y. C. Pan, M. Sullivan, K. Maguire, I. Hook, P. Nugent, D. A. Howell, (unknown), J. Botyánszki, S. B. Cenko, Joseph DeRose, H. K. Fakhouri, A. Gal‐Yam, E. Y. Hsiao, S. R. Kulkarni, Russ R. Laher, C. Lidman, J. Nordin, E. S. Walker, D. Xu	2013	70
15	The first month of evolution of the slow-rising Type IIP SN 2013ej in M74 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·S. Valenti, David J. Sand, A. Pastorello, M. L. Graham, D. A. Howell, J. Parrent, L. Tomasella, P. Ochner, M. Fraser, S. Benetti, F. Yuan, S. J. Smartt, Justyn R. Maund, (unknown), A. Gal‐Yam, C. Inserra, D. R. Young	2013	66
16	The rise-time of Type II supernovae Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·S. González–Gaitán, Nozomu Tominaga, Juan Molina, L. Galbany, F. Bufano, J. P. Anderson, C. P. Gutiérrez, F. Förster, G. Pignata, Melina C. Bersten, D. A. Howell, M. Sullivan, R. G. Carlberg, Thomas de Jaeger, M. Hamuy, П. В. Бакланов, С. И. Блинников	2015	61
17	The rising light curves of Type Ia supernovae Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·R. E. Firth, M. Sullivan, A. Gal‐Yam, D. A. Howell, K. Maguire, P. Nugent, Anthony L. Piro, C. Baltay, U. Feindt, E. Hadjiyksta, R. McKinnon, E. O. Ofek, D. Rabinowitz, E. S. Walker	2014	59
18	Verifying the Cosmological Utility of Type Ia Supernovae: Implications of a Dispersion in the Ultraviolet Spectra The Astrophysical Journal ·Richard S. Ellis, M. Sullivan, P. Nugent, D. A. Howell, A. Gal‐Yam, P. Astier, D. Balam, C. Balland, S. Basa, R. G. Carlberg, A. Conley, D. Fouchez, J. Guy, D. Hardin, I. Hook, R. Pain, K. Perrett, C. J. Pritchet, N. Regnault	2008	59
19	Toward a Cosmological Hubble Diagram for Type II‐P Supernovae The Astrophysical Journal ·P. Nugent, M. Sullivan, Richard S. Ellis, A. Gal‐Yam, Douglas C. Leonard, D. A. Howell, P. Astier, R. G. Carlberg, Alex Conley, S. Fabbro, D. Fouchez, James D. Neill, R. Pain, Kathy Perrett, C. J. Pritchet, N. Regnault	2006	54
20	Photometric calibration of the Supernova Legacy Survey fields Astronomy and Astrophysics ·N. Regnault, A. Conley, J. Guy, M. Sullivan, Jean‐Charles Cuillandre, P. Astier, C. Balland, S. Basa, R. G. Carlberg, D. Fouchez, D. Hardin, I. Hook, D. A. Howell, R. Pain, K. Perrett, C. J. Pritchet	2009	53

About D. A. Howell

D. A. Howell is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 138 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (122 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (53 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (47 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (38 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (32 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (23 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (10 papers) and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.6k citations), Instrumentation (336 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.2k citations), Geophysics (43 citations) and Oceanography (34 citations). D. A. Howell has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include M. Sullivan, P. Nugent, Lifan Wang, J. C. Wheeler, Peter Höflich, S. Valenti, C. McCully, G. Hosseinzadeh, Daniel Kasen and A. Gal‐Yam. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal Letters and Nature.

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