D. DeBra

83.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 847 citations indexed

About

D. DeBra is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, D. DeBra has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 847 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 7 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 6 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in D. DeBra's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (9 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (8 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (6 papers). D. DeBra is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (9 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (8 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (6 papers). D. DeBra collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. D. DeBra's co-authors include D. Brown, D. Finstad, James M. Lattimer, Christopher M. Biwer, E. Berger, C. D. Capano, A. Nitz, V. Raymond, M. Cabero and I. B. Spielman and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

D. DeBra

22 papers receiving 807 citations

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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.

Tidal Deformabilities and Radii of Neutron Stars from the Observation of GW170817

2018 442 citations D. DeBra, D. Finstad et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
PyCBC Inference: A Python-based Parameter Estimation Toolkit for Compact Binary Coalescence Signals

2019 183 citations C. D. Capano, D. DeBra et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
D. DeBra	719	196	156	145	103	24	847
Stefan Schramm	631 0.9×	202 1.0×	552 3.5×	59 0.4×	147 1.4×	53	983
G. Woan	512 0.7×	100 0.5×	72 0.5×	126 0.9×	101 1.0×	45	600
V. I. Kondratiev	906 1.3×	166 0.8×	321 2.1×	76 0.5×	73 0.7×	41	967
A. Jameson	1.3k 1.9×	85 0.4×	308 2.0×	109 0.8×	153 1.5×	47	1.5k
M. V. Moody	180 0.3×	130 0.7×	56 0.4×	165 1.1×	112 1.1×	32	454
D. Shaul	392 0.5×	29 0.1×	220 1.4×	89 0.6×	116 1.1×	35	612
F. A. Jenet	867 1.2×	208 1.1×	207 1.3×	141 1.0×	70 0.7×	20	906
James N. Imamura	710 1.0×	106 0.5×	206 1.3×	33 0.2×	65 0.6×	55	798
F. Salemi	688 1.0×	158 0.8×	95 0.6×	79 0.5×	118 1.1×	26	795
Stephen Merkowitz	494 0.7×	44 0.2×	98 0.6×	126 0.9×	203 2.0×	37	727

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Reed, Brendan T., Rahul Somasundaram, D. DeBra, et al.. (2024). Toward Accelerated Nuclear-physics Parameter Estimation from Binary Neutron Star Mergers: Emulators for the Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff Equations. The Astrophysical Journal. 974(2). 285–285. 7 indexed citations

Fryer, Chris L., Aimee Hungerford, Ryan Wollaeger, et al.. (2024). The Effect of the Velocity Distribution on Kilonova Emission. The Astrophysical Journal. 961(1). 9–9. 10 indexed citations

DeBra, D., et al.. (2023). Hydrodynamic parameter estimation using statistical machine learning for dynamic radiography. 31999. CTh3B.4–CTh3B.4. 1 indexed citations

DeBra, D., Deepak Asthana, R. Ghosh, et al.. (2023). A folded π-system with supramolecularly oriented dipoles: single-component piezoelectric relaxor with NLO activity. Chemical Science. 14(10). 2547–2552. 12 indexed citations

Nadiga, Balasubramanya, Oleg Korobkin, Marc Klasky, et al.. (2022). High-precision inversion of dynamic radiography using hydrodynamic features. Optics Express. 30(9). 14432–14432. 8 indexed citations

MacLeod, Morgan, et al.. (2020). Common Envelope Wind Tunnel: Range of Applicability and Self-similarity in Realistic Stellar Envelopes. The Astrophysical Journal. 899(1). 77–77. 11 indexed citations

DeBra, D., et al.. (2020). Common Envelope Wind Tunnel: The Effects of Binary Mass Ratio and Implications for the Accretion-driven Growth of LIGO Binary Black Holes. The Astrophysical Journal. 897(2). 130–130. 27 indexed citations

DeBra, D., et al.. (2019). Posterior samples of the parameters of binary black holes from Advanced LIGO, Virgo’s second observing run. Scientific Data. 6(1). 81–81. 5 indexed citations

Forbes, Michael McNeil, et al.. (2019). Constraining the neutron-matter equation of state with gravitational waves. Physical review. D. 100(8). 26 indexed citations

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DeBra, D., D. Finstad, James M. Lattimer, et al.. (2018). Constraining the nuclear equation of state with GW170817. arXiv (Cornell University). 10 indexed citations

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DeBra, D., D. Finstad, James M. Lattimer, et al.. (2018). Tidal Deformabilities and Radii of Neutron Stars from the Observation of GW170817. Physical Review Letters. 121(9). 91102–91102. 442 indexed citations breakdown →

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DeBra, D., et al.. (2014). Quenched binary Bose-Einstein condensates: Spin-domain formation and coarsening. Physical Review A. 89(3). 43 indexed citations

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Allen, G., W. Bencze, Robert L. Byer, et al.. (2006). High-stability temperature control for ST-7/LISA Pathfinder gravitational reference sensor ground verification testing. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 32. 125–131. 4 indexed citations

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DeBra, D., et al.. (2005). Gravity Probe B GPS Orbit Determination with Verification by Satellite Laser Ranging. Proceedings of the 18th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2005). 1696–1703. 2 indexed citations

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Huang, Jin, Peter Wiktor, & D. DeBra. (1995). An optimal thruster configuration design and evaluation for quick step. Control Engineering Practice. 3(8). 1113–1118. 18 indexed citations

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DeBra, D.. (1978). Control requirements of space relativity experiments. 1 indexed citations

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DeBra, D., et al.. (1976). Caging Mechanism for a drag-free satellite position sensor. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3 indexed citations

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DeBra, D., et al.. (1971). Stability of Gravity-Stabilized Drag-Free Satellites. AIAA Journal. 9(10). 1980–1984. 3 indexed citations

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Lange, Benjamin, D. DeBra, & W. M. Kaula. (1969). A preliminary design of a drag-free satellite and its application to geodesy. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 1 indexed citations

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DeBra, D., et al.. (1968). A precision, active, table-leveling system.. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 5(9). 1040–1045. 7 indexed citations

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