Douglas M. Eardley

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Douglas M. Eardley is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas M. Eardley has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 31 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 6 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Douglas M. Eardley's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (32 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (28 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (13 papers). Douglas M. Eardley is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (32 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (28 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (13 papers). Douglas M. Eardley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Douglas M. Eardley's co-authors include Alan P. Lightman, A. P. Lightman, Stuart L. Shapiro, Larry Smarr, Steven B. Giddings, Vincent Moncrief, T. J. M. Zouros, Eric Hirschmann, John P. Clark and Clifford M. Will and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Douglas M. Eardley

56 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

A two-temperature accretion disk model for Cygnus X-1 - S... 1976 2026 1992 2009 1976 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. A two-temperature accretion disk model for Cygnus X-1 - Structure and spectrum
    1976 480 citations Stuart L. Shapiro, A. P. Lightman et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Douglas M. Eardley United States 29 3.5k 2.4k 398 305 207 56 3.9k
H. A. Buchdahl Australia 19 1.9k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 378 0.9× 253 0.8× 47 0.2× 120 2.4k
Donato Bini Italy 31 3.0k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 281 0.7× 276 0.9× 51 0.2× 199 3.3k
Hans Stephani Germany 13 3.3k 0.9× 2.7k 1.1× 1.3k 3.2× 308 1.0× 157 0.8× 35 4.1k
W. B. Bonnor United Kingdom 33 3.1k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 625 1.6× 430 1.4× 36 0.2× 151 3.4k
Dietrich Krämer Germany 14 3.2k 0.9× 2.8k 1.1× 1.0k 2.6× 284 0.9× 121 0.6× 57 3.8k
Luis Lehner United States 41 4.3k 1.2× 2.5k 1.0× 415 1.0× 326 1.1× 94 0.5× 107 4.5k
J. L. Synge Ireland 16 1.2k 0.3× 685 0.3× 397 1.0× 349 1.1× 77 0.4× 85 2.2k
Richard A. Matzner United States 35 2.7k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 456 1.1× 338 1.1× 62 0.3× 141 3.1k
Joshua N. Goldberg United States 18 1.4k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 540 1.4× 262 0.9× 73 0.4× 53 1.8k
William H. Julian United States 14 2.1k 0.6× 864 0.4× 94 0.2× 387 1.3× 59 0.3× 36 2.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douglas M. Eardley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Eardley, Douglas M., et al.. (2015). Stability and binding energy of small asymptotically Randall-Sundrum black holes. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 92(2). 4 indexed citations
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Dyson, Freeman J., Douglas M. Eardley, F. T. Perkins, et al.. (2008). Data Analysis Challenges. 10 indexed citations
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Brenner, Michael, Freeman J. Dyson, Douglas M. Eardley, et al.. (2008). Wind Farms and Radar. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 12 indexed citations
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Cornwall, John, et al.. (1998). Small Unit Operations. 2 indexed citations
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Eardley, Douglas M., et al.. (1997). Quantum decay of domain walls in cosmology. II. Hamiltonian approach. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 56(8). 4663–4674. 8 indexed citations
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Putten, Maurice H. P. M. van & Douglas M. Eardley. (1996). Nonlinear wave equations for relativity. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 53(6). 3056–3063. 45 indexed citations
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Eardley, Douglas M.. (1995). Gravitational collapse of vacuum gravitational field configurations. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 36(6). 3004–3011. 10 indexed citations
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Eardley, Douglas M.. (1993). Cosmic Censorship. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 688(1). 408–417. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Kaiyou & Douglas M. Eardley. (1991). Polarization properties of emission lines from relativistic accretion disks. The Astrophysical Journal. 382. 125–125. 9 indexed citations
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Eardley, Douglas M., et al.. (1989). Slowly moving maximally charged black holes.. 27–42. 4 indexed citations
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Eardley, Douglas M., et al.. (1987). Slow-motion scattering and coalescence of maximally charged black holes. Physical Review Letters. 59(14). 1617–1620. 46 indexed citations
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Eardley, Douglas M.. (1983). Theoretical models for sources of gravitational waves.. Lecture notes in physics. 124. 257–296. 4 indexed citations
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Hiscock, William A., et al.. (1982). Creation of particles by shell-focusing singularities. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 26(4). 751–760. 69 indexed citations
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Will, Clifford M. & Douglas M. Eardley. (1977). Dipole gravitational radiation in Rosen's theory of gravity - Observable effects in the binary system PSR 1913+16. The Astrophysical Journal. 212. L91–L91. 33 indexed citations
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Eardley, Douglas M.. (1977). Work on Relativity. Science. 195(4275). 282–282. 1 indexed citations
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Shapiro, Stuart L., A. P. Lightman, & Douglas M. Eardley. (1976). A two-temperature accretion disk model for Cygnus X-1 - Structure and spectrum. The Astrophysical Journal. 204. 187–187. 480 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eardley, Douglas M.. (1974). Note on space-times that admit constant electromagnetic fields. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 15(8). 1190–1191. 5 indexed citations
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Eardley, Douglas M.. (1974). Death of White Holes in the Early Universe. Physical Review Letters. 33(7). 442–444. 114 indexed citations
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Lightman, Alan P. & Douglas M. Eardley. (1974). Black Holes in Binary Systems: Instability of Disk Accretion. The Astrophysical Journal. 187. L1–L1. 346 indexed citations
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Eardley, Douglas M.. (1973). Tungus Black Hole?. Nature. 245(5425). 397–397. 2 indexed citations

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