Christian Alig

723 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 445 citations indexed

About

Christian Alig is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Alig has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 445 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 2 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Christian Alig's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (8 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (6 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (4 papers). Christian Alig is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (8 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (6 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (4 papers). Christian Alig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Chile and United Kingdom. Christian Alig's co-authors include Andreas Burkert, F. Eisenhauer, R. Genzel, S. Gillessen, T. K. Fritz, M. Schartmann, Charles F. Gammie, Thomas Ott, K. Dodds-Eden and O. Pfuhl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Christian Alig

11 papers receiving 425 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A gas cloud on its way towards the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Centre
    2011 179 citations S. Gillessen, R. Genzel et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Christian Alig
B. Shahzamanian Germany
M. Bremer Germany
Alessandro Ballone Italy
M. Habibi Germany
Angelle Tanner United States
Roman V. Shcherbakov United States
Kimitake Hayasaki Japan
Ken‐ya Watarai Japan
Robeson M. Herrnstein United States
Alejandra Jiménez-Rosales Germany
B. Shahzamanian Germany
Christian Alig
Citations per year, relative to Christian Alig Christian Alig (= 1×) peers B. Shahzamanian

Countries citing papers authored by Christian Alig

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christian Alig

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Alig

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christian Alig. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christian Alig based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christian Alig. Christian Alig is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Vázquez-Semadeni, Enrique, Aina Palau, Gilberto C. Gómez, et al.. (2025). The turbulent support and global hierarchical collapse models for molecular clouds compared: differences, convergence, and myths. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 547(2).
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Alig, Christian, et al.. (2023). The Accretion Mode in Sub-Eddington Supermassive Black Holes: Getting into the Central Parsecs of Andromeda. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(1). 109–109. 3 indexed citations
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Burkert, Andreas, et al.. (2020). Dwarfs in the Milky Way halo outer rim: first infall or backsplash satellites?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 497(3). 3601–3622. 11 indexed citations
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Alig, Christian, et al.. (2018). Simulating the Impact of the Smith Cloud. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 869(1). L2–L2. 7 indexed citations
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Dobbs, Clare L., et al.. (2016). The roles of stellar feedback and galactic environment in star-forming molecular clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 464(3). 3536–3551. 36 indexed citations
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Schartmann, M., Andreas Burkert, Alessandro Ballone, et al.. (2013). Hydrodynamical simulations of G2 interpreted as a diffuse gas cloud. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 9(S303). 324–326.
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Alig, Christian, M. Schartmann, Andreas Burkert, & Klaus Dolag. (2013). NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF THE POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF THE TWO SUB-PARSEC SCALE AND COUNTERROTATING STELLAR DISKS AROUND SgrA*. The Astrophysical Journal. 771(2). 119–119. 32 indexed citations
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Alig, Christian, M. Schartmann, Andreas Burkert, & Klaus Dolag. (2013). Young stellar disks formed by the collision of a molecular cloud with a circumnuclear disk at the Galactic center. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 9(S303). 185–187. 1 indexed citations
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Schartmann, M., Andreas Burkert, Christian Alig, et al.. (2012). SIMULATIONS OF THE ORIGIN AND FATE OF THE GALACTIC CENTER CLOUD G2. The Astrophysical Journal. 755(2). 155–155. 57 indexed citations
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Burkert, Andreas, M. Schartmann, Christian Alig, et al.. (2012). PHYSICS OF THE GALACTIC CENTER CLOUD G2, ON ITS WAY TOWARD THE SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE. The Astrophysical Journal. 750(1). 58–58. 83 indexed citations
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Gillessen, S., R. Genzel, T. K. Fritz, et al.. (2011). A gas cloud on its way towards the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Centre. Nature. 481(7379). 51–54. 179 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alig, Christian, et al.. (2010). Simulations of direct collisions of gas clouds with the central black hole. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 412(1). 469–486. 31 indexed citations
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Alig, Christian, Manuel Drees, & Kin-ya Oda. (2006). QCD effects in the decays of TeV black holes. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2006(12). 49–49. 5 indexed citations

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