Denis Pollney

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Denis Pollney is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Denis Pollney has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 28 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 5 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Denis Pollney's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (37 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (31 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (26 papers). Denis Pollney is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (37 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (31 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (26 papers). Denis Pollney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Denis Pollney's co-authors include Christian Reisswig, Peter Diener, Bernd Brügmann, S. Husa, Luciano Rezzolla, Erik Schnetter, Nils Dorband, Michael Koppitz, Jennifer Seiler and L. Santamaría and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Computer Physics Communications.

In The Last Decade

Denis Pollney

45 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Inspiral-Merger-Ringdown Waveforms for Black-Hole Binarie... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Inspiral-Merger-Ringdown Waveforms for Black-Hole Binaries with Nonprecessing Spins
    2011 406 citations P. Ajith, M Hannam et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Denis Pollney United States 28 3.4k 1.2k 390 273 251 47 3.5k
M. D. Hannam Germany 28 3.3k 1.0× 958 0.8× 422 1.1× 273 1.0× 308 1.2× 31 3.3k
Yosef Zlochower United States 32 4.0k 1.2× 1.5k 1.3× 288 0.7× 175 0.6× 241 1.0× 64 4.1k
Ian Hinder United States 19 2.7k 0.8× 885 0.8× 351 0.9× 200 0.7× 137 0.5× 34 2.8k
Manuela Campanelli United States 32 4.4k 1.3× 1.7k 1.5× 358 0.9× 199 0.7× 241 1.0× 71 4.5k
John G. Baker United States 25 2.8k 0.8× 981 0.8× 237 0.6× 176 0.6× 180 0.7× 48 2.8k
Ulrich Sperhake United States 38 4.8k 1.4× 2.1k 1.8× 356 0.9× 265 1.0× 279 1.1× 104 4.9k
Thomas W. Baumgarte United States 34 4.2k 1.3× 1.8k 1.5× 442 1.1× 295 1.1× 149 0.6× 114 4.4k
Geoffrey Lovelace United States 23 2.2k 0.7× 759 0.6× 316 0.8× 195 0.7× 183 0.7× 39 2.3k
Roland Haas United States 27 2.5k 0.7× 985 0.8× 291 0.7× 150 0.5× 89 0.4× 57 2.7k
Éric Gourgoulhon France 34 3.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 441 1.1× 338 1.2× 147 0.6× 103 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Denis Pollney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Denis Pollney

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bishop, Nigel T., et al.. (2023). Numerical convergence of model Cauchy-characteristic extraction and matching. Physical review. D. 108(10). 6 indexed citations
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Cruz-Dombriz, Álvaro de la, et al.. (2023). Numerical solutions for the f(R)-Klein–Gordon system. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 40(17). 175009–175009. 2 indexed citations
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Bishop, Nigel T., et al.. (2022). Gauge structure of the Einstein field equations in Bondi-like coordinates. Physical review. D. 105(8). 7 indexed citations
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February, Sean, Julien Larena, Chris Clarkson, & Denis Pollney. (2013). Evolution of linear perturbations in spherically symmetric dust models. arXiv (Cornell University).
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Damour, Thibault, Alessandro Nagar, Denis Pollney, & Christian Reisswig. (2012). Energy Versus Angular Momentum in Black Hole Binaries. Physical Review Letters. 108(13). 131101–131101. 69 indexed citations
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Ajith, P., M Hannam, S. Husa, et al.. (2011). Inspiral-Merger-Ringdown Waveforms for Black-Hole Binaries with Nonprecessing Spins. Physical Review Letters. 106(24). 241101–241101. 406 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pollney, Denis & Christian Reisswig. (2011). GRAVITATIONAL MEMORY IN BINARY BLACK HOLE MERGERS. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 732(1). L13–L13. 56 indexed citations
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Bishop, Nigel T., Denis Pollney, & Christian Reisswig. (2011). Initial data transients in binary black hole evolutions. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 28(15). 155019–155019. 15 indexed citations
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Reisswig, Christian, Nigel T. Bishop, Denis Pollney, & Béla Szilágyi. (2009). Unambiguous Determination of Gravitational Waveforms from Binary Black Hole Mergers. Physical Review Letters. 103(22). 221101–221101. 74 indexed citations
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Reisswig, Christian, S. Husa, Luciano Rezzolla, et al.. (2009). Gravitational-wave detectability of equal-mass black-hole binaries with aligned spins. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 80(12). 54 indexed citations
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Rezzolla, Luciano, Ernst Nils Dorband, Christian Reisswig, et al.. (2008). Spin Diagrams for Equal‐Mass Black Hole Binaries with Aligned Spins. The Astrophysical Journal. 679(2). 1422–1426. 65 indexed citations
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Damour, Thibault, Alessandro Nagar, Ernst Nils Dorband, Denis Pollney, & Luciano Rezzolla. (2008). Faithful effective-one-body waveforms of equal-mass coalescing black-hole binaries. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 77(8). 95 indexed citations
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Hannam, M. D., S. Husa, Denis Pollney, Bernd Brügmann, & Niall Ó Murchadha. (2007). Geometry and Regularity of Moving Punctures. Physical Review Letters. 99(24). 241102–241102. 107 indexed citations
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Koppitz, Michael, Denis Pollney, Christian Reisswig, et al.. (2007). Recoil Velocities from Equal-Mass Binary-Black-Hole Mergers. Physical Review Letters. 99(4). 41102–41102. 153 indexed citations
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Diener, Peter, Frank Herrmann, Denis Pollney, et al.. (2006). Accurate Evolution of Orbiting Binary Black Holes. Physical Review Letters. 96(12). 121101–121101. 54 indexed citations
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Diener, Peter, Frank Herrmann, Denis Pollney, et al.. (2005). Accurate Evolution of Orbiting Binary Black Holes. Civil War Book Review.
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Schnetter, Erik, Frank Herrmann, & Denis Pollney. (2005). Horizon pretracking. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 71(4). 11 indexed citations
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Alcubierre, Miguel, Bernd Brügmann, Denis Pollney, Edward Seidel, & Ryōji Takahashi. (2001). Black hole excision for dynamic black holes. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 64(6). 67 indexed citations
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Pollney, Denis, J E F Skea, & Ray d’Inverno. (2000). Classifying geometries in general relativity: II. Spinor tools. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 17(11). 2267–2280. 5 indexed citations
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Pollney, Denis, et al.. (1996). Algorithms for computer algebra calculations in spacetime: I. The calculation of curvature. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 13(8). 2289–2309. 10 indexed citations

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