L. B. Lucy

15.1k citations

89 papers · 10.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 29

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Instrumentation top 1%

Papers in

Instrumentation 17
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 17
Astronomy and Astrophysics 67
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 40
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 31
- Astro and Planetary Science 25
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 21
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 7
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 5

Co-authors: P. M. Solomon Marvin A. Sweeney R. L. White R. E. Wilson D. C. Abbott P. A. Mazzali I. J. Danziger P. Ruiz‐Lapuente
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (20 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (9 papers)The Astronomical Journal (7 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (5 papers)Nature (2 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Germany United States

In The Last Decade

L. B. Lucy

85 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

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A numerical approach to the testing of the fission hypothesis 1977 · 4.4k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1977 The Astronomical Journal
1974 The Astronomical Journal

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside L. B. Lucy, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Binary orbits from combined astrometric and spectroscopic data Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·L. B. Lucy	2018	6
2	Irradiated stars with convective envelopes Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·L. B. Lucy	2017	1
3	Frequentist tests for Bayesian models Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·L. B. Lucy	2016	6
4	Mass estimates for visual binaries with incomplete orbits Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·L. B. Lucy	2014	13
5	Frequentist confidence intervals for orbits Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·L. B. Lucy	2014	7
6	Bayesian inference for orbital eccentricities Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·L. B. Lucy	2013	7
7	Coronal winds powered by radiative driving Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·L. B. Lucy	2012	22
8	O-star mass-loss rates at low metallicity Astronomy and Astrophysics ·L. B. Lucy	2012	7
9	An extensive grid of mass fluxes for Galactic O stars Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·L. B. Lucy	2010	12
10	The structure of line-driven winds Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·L. B. Lucy	2007	9
11	Spectroscopic binaries with components of similar mass Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·L. B. Lucy	2006	36
12	Monte Carlo techniques for time-dependent radiative transfer in 3-D supernovae Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·L. B. Lucy	2004	52
13	An iterative technique for solving equations of statistical equilibrium Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·L. B. Lucy	2001	13
14	Identification of a strong emission line at 2.8935µm in the spectrum of the Orion Nebula L. B. Lucy	2001	0
15	Two channel photometric image restoration R. N. Hook, L. B. Lucy, Alan Stockton, Stephen T. Ridgway	1994	4
16	Accelerating the Richardson-Lucy Restoration Algorithm European Southern Observatory Conference and Workshop Proceedings ·H. M. Adorf, R. N. Hook, L. B. Lucy, Fionn Murtagh	1992	10
17	Co-adding images with different PSFs - III Juan Maldacena, L. B. Lucy	1991	1
18	SN 1987A and its role in the LMC Symposium - International Astronomical Union ·I. J. Danziger, P. Bouchet, C. Gouiffès, L. B. Lucy	1991	2
19	Spectroscopic binaries with circular orbits Observatory ·L. B. Lucy, Marvin A. Sweeney	1973	7
20	Gravity-Darkening for Stars with Convective Envelopes L. B. Lucy	1967	29

About L. B. Lucy

L. B. Lucy is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Radiation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistics and Probability, having authored 89 papers that have together received 10.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (40 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (31 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (25 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (21 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (17 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (7 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (5 papers) and Nuclear Physics and Applications (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (4.0k citations), Instrumentation (835 citations), Computational Mechanics (3.7k citations), Mechanics of Materials (1.5k citations) and Biophysics (324 citations). L. B. Lucy has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include P. M. Solomon, Marvin A. Sweeney, R. L. White, R. E. Wilson, D. C. Abbott, P. A. Mazzali, I. J. Danziger, P. Ruiz‐Lapuente, M. Della Valle and E. Cappellaro. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astronomical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Nature.

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