Daniel Kasen

20.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
100 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Daniel Kasen is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Kasen has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 23 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 6 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Daniel Kasen's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (87 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (47 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (38 papers). Daniel Kasen is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (87 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (47 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (38 papers). Daniel Kasen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Daniel Kasen's co-authors include Eliot Quataert, Jennifer Barnes, Brian D. Metzger, P. Nugent, S. E. Woosley, Rodrigo Fernández, E. Ramírez-Ruiz, G. Martı́nez-Pinedo, Siva Darbha and R. C. Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Kasen

98 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Electromagnetic counterparts of compact object mergers powered by the radioactive decay of r-process nuclei

2010 645 citations Brian D. Metzger, Eliot Quataert et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event

2017 619 citations Daniel Kasen, Brian D. Metzger et al. Nature profile →
EFFECT OF A HIGH OPACITY ON THE LIGHT CURVES OF RADIOACTIVELY POWERED TRANSIENTS FROM COMPACT OBJECT MERGERS

2013 317 citations Jennifer Barnes, Daniel Kasen The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Optical emission from a kilonova following a gravitational-wave-detected neutron-star merger

2017 314 citations I. Arcavi, G. Hosseinzadeh et al. Nature profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Daniel Kasen	6.2k	2.0k	325	216	168	100	6.5k
E. Berger	7.0k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	407 1.3×	285 1.3×	103 0.6×	272	7.2k
Zi-Gao Dai	4.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	189 0.6×	249 1.2×	111 0.7×	254	5.0k
Hideyuki Umeda	5.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	989 3.0×	157 0.7×	156 0.9×	115	6.1k
Q. Daniel Wang	4.2k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	390 1.2×	278 1.3×	175 1.0×	194	4.3k
A. Treves	4.9k 0.8×	3.7k 1.8×	199 0.6×	235 1.1×	226 1.3×	302	5.4k
Brian D. Metzger	10.5k 1.7×	3.4k 1.7×	302 0.9×	615 2.8×	227 1.4×	207	10.9k
Krzysztof Belczyński	7.2k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	530 1.6×	389 1.8×	186 1.1×	140	7.4k
J. P. Halpern	6.4k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	315 1.0×	721 3.3×	182 1.1×	221	6.5k
W. B. Burton	5.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	393 1.2×	139 0.6×	171 1.0×	91	5.6k
Felix J. Lockman	5.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	366 1.1×	154 0.7×	161 1.0×	107	5.6k

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Kasen, Daniel, et al.. (2026). Dynamics and observational signatures of core-collapse supernovae with central engines: hydrodynamics simulations with Monte Carlo post-processing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 547(3).

Vartanyan, David, et al.. (2025). Neutrino heating in 1D, 2D, and 3D core-collapse supernovae: characterizing the explosion of high-compactness stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 540(4). 3885–3905. 2 indexed citations

Mösta, Philipp, et al.. (2025). 2D end-to-end modelling of kilonovae from binary neutron star merger remnants. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 543(3). 2836–2854. 3 indexed citations

Vartanyan, David, et al.. (2025). A 3D Simulation of a Type II-P Supernova: From Core Bounce to beyond Shock Breakout. The Astrophysical Journal. 982(1). 9–9. 9 indexed citations

Gottlieb, Ore, Jonatan Jacquemin-Ide, Matthew Liska, et al.. (2023). Large-scale Evolution of Seconds-long Relativistic Jets from Black Hole–Neutron Star Mergers. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 954(1). L21–L21. 29 indexed citations

Gottlieb, Ore, Jonatan Jacquemin-Ide, Matthew Liska, et al.. (2023). Hours-long Near-UV/Optical Emission from Mildly Relativistic Outflows in Black Hole–Neutron Star Mergers. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 953(1). L11–L11. 9 indexed citations

Patra, Kishore C., Yi Yang, Thomas G. Brink, et al.. (2022). Spectropolarimetry of the Type Ia SN 2019ein rules out significant global asphericity of the ejecta. arXiv (Cornell University). 8 indexed citations

Mösta, Philipp, et al.. (2021). . arXiv (Cornell University). 20 indexed citations

Polin, Abigail, P. Nugent, & Daniel Kasen. (2021). Nebular Models of Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass Type Ia Supernovae: Clues to the Origin of Ca-rich Transients. The Astrophysical Journal. 906(1). 65–65. 20 indexed citations

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Roth, Nathaniel, Elena M. Rossi, Julian H. Krolik, et al.. (2020). Radiative Emission Mechanisms of Tidal Disruption Events. arXiv (Cornell University). 28 indexed citations

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Christie, Ian, Aretaios Lalakos, Alexander Tchekhovskoy, et al.. (2019). The role of magnetic field geometry in the evolution of neutron star merger accretion discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 490(4). 4811–4825. 93 indexed citations

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Polin, Abigail, P. Nugent, & Daniel Kasen. (2018). Observational Predictions for Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass Explosions: Further\n Evidence for Multiple Progenitor Systems for Type Ia Supernovae. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 92 indexed citations

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Friesen, Brian, E. Baron, J. Parrent, et al.. (2017). Optical and ultraviolet spectroscopic analysis of SN 2011fe at late times. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. stx241–stx241. 6 indexed citations

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Arcavi, I., D. A. Howell, C. McCully, et al.. (2017). LIGO/Virgo G298048: Rapid Evolution of Possible Counterpart. GRB Coordinates Network. 21581. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Arcavi, I., D. A. Howell, C. McCully, et al.. (2017). LIGO/Virgo G298048: Las Cumbres Observatory Detection of The Possible Optical Counterpart in NGC 4993. GRB Coordinates Network. 21538. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Kasen, Daniel, Brian D. Metzger, Jennifer Barnes, Eliot Quataert, & E. Ramírez-Ruiz. (2017). Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event. Nature. 551(7678). 80–84. 619 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schwab, Josiah, Eliot Quataert, & Daniel Kasen. (2016). The evolution and fate of super-Chandrasekhar mass white dwarf merger remnants. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 463(4). 3461–3475. 68 indexed citations

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Olling, Rob P., R. F. Mushotzky, E. Shaya, et al.. (2015). No signature of ejecta interaction with a stellar companion in three type Ia supernovae. Nature. 521(7552). 332–335. 64 indexed citations

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Laughlin, Gregory, Drake Deming, Jonathan Langton, et al.. (2009). Rapid heating of the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet. Nature. 457(7229). 562–564. 47 indexed citations

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Kasen, Daniel, Alexander Heger, & S. E. Woosley. (2008). The First Stellar Explosions: Theoretical Light Curves and Spectra of Pair‐Instability Supernovae. AIP conference proceedings. 263–267. 2 indexed citations

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