Kenta Kiuchi

10.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
82 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Kenta Kiuchi is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenta Kiuchi has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 14 papers in Geophysics and 12 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Kenta Kiuchi's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (79 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (69 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (34 papers). Kenta Kiuchi is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (79 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (69 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (34 papers). Kenta Kiuchi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Germany and United States. Kenta Kiuchi's co-authors include Masaru Shibata, Koutarou Kyutoku, Yuichiro Sekiguchi, Keisuke Taniguchi, Sho Fujibayashi, Kenta Hotokezaka, Shinya Wanajo, H. Okawa, Nobuya Nishimura and Enping Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Kenta Kiuchi

79 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

  1. PRODUCTION OF ALL THE r -PROCESS NUCLIDES IN THE DYNAMICAL EJECTA OF NEUTRON STAR MERGERS
    2014 360 citations Shinya Wanajo, Yuichiro Sekiguchi et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →
  2. Mass ejection from the merger of binary neutron stars
    2013 333 citations Kenta Hotokezaka, Kenta Kiuchi et al. profile →
  3. Modeling GW170817 based on numerical relativity and its implications
    2017 308 citations Masaru Shibata, Sho Fujibayashi et al. Physical review. D profile →
  4. Constraint on the maximum mass of neutron stars using GW170817 event
    2019 196 citations Masaru Shibata, Enping Zhou et al. Physical review. D profile →
  5. A large-scale magnetic field produced by a solar-like dynamo in binary neutron star mergers
    2024 56 citations Kenta Kiuchi, Masaru Shibata et al. Nature Astronomy profile →

Peers

Kenta Kiuchi
Koutarou Kyutoku Japan
Andreas Bauswein Germany
Kenta Hotokezaka Japan
Feryal Özel United States
François Foucart United States
E. V. Gotthelf United States
C. Bassa Netherlands
Maxim Lyutikov United States
Rosalba Perna United States
David Radice United States
Koutarou Kyutoku Japan
Kenta Kiuchi
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenta Kiuchi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kenta Kiuchi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kenta Kiuchi 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 Kenta Kiuchi. Kenta Kiuchi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kiuchi, Kenta, et al.. (2025). Tayler-Spruit dynamo in binary neutron star merger remnants. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 699. A4–A4. 3 indexed citations
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Kiuchi, Kenta, et al.. (2025). Jet from Binary Neutron Star Merger with Prompt Black Hole Formation. Physical Review Letters. 134(21). 211407–211407. 3 indexed citations
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Kawaguchi, Kyohei, et al.. (2024). Black hole-neutron star mergers with massive neutron stars in numerical relativity. Physical review. D. 110(6). 3 indexed citations
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Dietrich, Tim, Bernd Brügmann, Kenta Kiuchi, et al.. (2024). General relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations with bam: Implementation and code comparison. Physical review. D. 110(8). 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chen, et al.. (2024). Constraints of the maximum mass of quark stars based on postmerger evolutions. Physical review. D. 110(10). 4 indexed citations
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Kiuchi, Kenta, et al.. (2024). A large-scale magnetic field produced by a solar-like dynamo in binary neutron star mergers. Nature Astronomy. 8(3). 298–307. 56 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shibata, Masaru, et al.. (2023). Numerical-relativity simulation for tidal disruption of white dwarfs by a supermassive black hole. Physical review. D. 107(4). 3 indexed citations
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Doneva, Daniela D., et al.. (2023). Dynamical scalarization during neutron star mergers in scalar-Gauss-Bonnet theory. Physical review. D. 108(6). 9 indexed citations
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Piran, Tsvi, et al.. (2023). The Collimation of Relativistic Jets in Post–Neutron Star Binary Merger Simulations. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 946(1). L9–L9. 6 indexed citations
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Dudi, Reetika, Bernd Brügmann, Tim Dietrich, et al.. (2022). Investigating GW190425 with numerical-relativity simulations. Physical review. D. 106(8). 12 indexed citations
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Shibata, Masaru, et al.. (2020). Mass ejection from neutron-star mergers. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 16(S362). 190–202. 3 indexed citations
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Narikawa, Tatsuya, N. Uchikata, Kyohei Kawaguchi, et al.. (2018). Discrepancy in tidal deformability of GW170817 between the Advanced LIGO twins. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Kawaguchi, Kyohei, Kenta Kiuchi, Koutarou Kyutoku, et al.. (2018). Frequency-domain gravitational waveform models for inspiraling binary neutron stars. Physical review. D. 97(4). 51 indexed citations
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Shibata, Masaru, Sho Fujibayashi, Kenta Hotokezaka, et al.. (2017). GW170817: Modeling based on numerical relativity and its implications. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Jeffrey D., Christian D. Ott, Evan O’Connor, et al.. (2013). The Influence of Thermal Pressure on Hypermassive Neutron Star Merger Remnants. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Kiuchi, Kenta, Masaru Shibata, Pedro J. Montero, & José A. Font. (2011). Gravitational Waves from the Papaloizou-Pringle Instability in Black-Hole-Torus Systems. Physical Review Letters. 106(25). 251102–251102. 50 indexed citations
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Sekiguchi, Yuichiro, Kenta Kiuchi, Koutarou Kyutoku, & Masaru Shibata. (2011). Gravitational Waves and Neutrino Emission from the Merger of Binary Neutron Stars. Physical Review Letters. 107(5). 51102–51102. 168 indexed citations
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Sekiguchi, Yuichiro, Kenta Kiuchi, Koutarou Kyutoku, & Masaru Shibata. (2011). Effects of Hyperons in Binary Neutron Star Mergers. Physical Review Letters. 107(21). 211101–211101. 77 indexed citations
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Kiuchi, Kenta, S. Yoshida, & Masaru Shibata. (2011). Nonaxisymmetric instabilities of neutron star with toroidal magnetic fields. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 532. A30–A30. 32 indexed citations
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Kiuchi, Kenta, Yuichiro Sekiguchi, Masaru Shibata, & Keisuke Taniguchi. (2010). Exploring Binary-Neutron-Star-Merger Scenario of Short-Gamma-Ray Bursts by Gravitational-Wave Observation. Physical Review Letters. 104(14). 141101–141101. 43 indexed citations

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