Alexander Heger

25.5k citations
185 papers · 14.5k indexed · 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 137
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 79
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 57
    • Astro and Planetary Science 46
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 42
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 26

Alexander Heger

171 papers receiving 13.8k citations

Hit Papers

The effect of pair-instability mass loss on black-hole mergers 2016 · 259 citations
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Peers

Alexander Heger
Comparison fields: 5 of 81
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 13.2k
  • Instrumentation 1.5k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4.9k
  • Geophysics 606
  • Radiation 371
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All Works

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2 20253
3 20251
4 202335
5 20230
6 202115
7 202131
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9 201740
10 20166
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The effect of pair-instability mass loss on black-hole mergers
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2016259
12 201636
13 201560
14 201537
15 201546
16 201531
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Neutrino signatures of dying massive stars: From main sequence to the neutron star
20105
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First stars III : Santa Fe, New Mexico, 15-20 July 2007
20080
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Presupernova evolution of rotating massive stars and the rotation rate of pulsars
20031
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Numerical Simulations of Relativistic Jets in Collapsars
20032

About Alexander Heger

Alexander Heger is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geophysics and Oceanography, having authored 185 papers that have together received 14.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (137 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (79 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (57 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (46 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (42 papers), Nuclear physics research studies (28 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (26 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (13.2k citations), Instrumentation (1.5k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (4.9k citations), Geophysics (606 citations) and Radiation (371 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 Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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