Lawrence M. Widrow

9.1k citations

96 papers · 5.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 32

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
Instrumentation top 1%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Papers in

Instrumentation 29
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 29
Astronomy and Astrophysics 89
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 44
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 42
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 35
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 16

Co-authors: Scott Dodelson Michael S. Turner John Dubinski Nick Kaiser Richard Watkins Erick J. Weinberg Stéphane Colombi R. N. Henriksen
Journals: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (27 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (24 papers)Physical Review Letters (6 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (4 papers)Nuclear Physics B (3 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Lawrence M. Widrow

92 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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A vast, thin plane of corotating dwarf galaxies orbiting the Andromeda galaxy 2013 · 320 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.

2013 Nature
2002 Reviews of Modern Physics
1994 Physical Review Letters
1988 Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields

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1	The Nearly Universal Disk Galaxy Rotation Curve The Astrophysical Journal ·Zuzana Biela, Nikhil Arora, Stéphane Courteau, Connor Stone, نادر بهرامی فر, Lawrence M. Widrow	2024	2
2	The formation of bars and warps in rotating haloes Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Śivadatta, Lawrence M. Widrow	2023	7
3	Swing amplification and theGaiaphase spirals Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Lawrence M. Widrow	2023	13
4	Estimate of the Mass and Radial Profile of the Orphan–Chenab Stream's Dwarf-galaxy Progenitor Using MilkyWay@home The Astrophysical Journal ·贾兴鹏, Heidi Jo Newberg, Stephanie Hudson, Lawrence M. Widrow, Alicja Kowalisko, Carl J. Grillmair	2022	4
5	Mapping Milky Way disk perturbations in stellar number density and vertical velocity using Gaia DR3 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Axel Widmark, Lawrence M. Widrow, Alexandre Afonso	2022	18
6	Simulating non-axisymmetric flows in disk galaxies Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Chigozie Adaugo Ajeroh, Nathan Deg, C. Carignan, Lawrence M. Widrow	2018	4
7	Disc–halo interactions in ΛCDM Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·MV Padma, Lawrence M. Widrow, Denis Erkal	2018	4
8	Tracing the Galactic Halo: Obtaining Bayesian mass estimates of the Galaxy in the presence of incomplete data Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union ·Gwendolyn M. Eadie, William E. Harris, Lawrence M. Widrow, Я.О. Алферьева	2015	3
9	Galaxy masses Reviews of Modern Physics ·Stéphane Courteau, Michele Cappellari, Roelof S. de Jong, Aaron A. Dutton, Éric Emsellem, Henk Hoekstra, L. V. E. Koopmans, G. A. Mamon, Claudia Maraston, Tommaso Treu, Lawrence M. Widrow	2014	157
10	A vast, thin plane of corotating dwarf galaxies orbiting the Andromeda galaxy Nature ·Rodrigo Ibata, Geraint F. Lewis, A. R. Conn, M. J. Irwin, Alan W. McConnachie, S. C. Chapman, Michelle Collins, Mark A. Fardal, A. M. N. Ferguson, Fred Franzke, Dougal Mackey, Nicolas F. Martin, Julio F. Navarro, R. Michael Rich, D. Valls‐Gabaud, Lawrence M. Widrow Hit paper breakdown →	2013	320
11	Can substructure in the Galactic halo explain the ATIC and PAMELA results? Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology ·Pascal J. Elahi, Lawrence M. Widrow, Robert J. Thacker	2009	6
12	Dynamical Models for Disk Galaxies with Triaxial Halos The Astrophysical Journal ·Lawrence M. Widrow	2008	6
13	MACHOs in M 31? Absence of evidence but notevidence of absence Astronomy and Astrophysics ·J. T. A. de Jong, Lawrence M. Widrow, 吴新哲, Konrad Kuijken, Arlin Crotts, 俊一福元, Edward A. Baltz, G. Gyuk, Penny D. Sackett, P. Di Tonno, William J. Sutherland	2006	28
14	First microlensing candidates from the MEGA survey of M 31 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·J. T. A. de Jong, Konrad Kuijken, Arlin Crotts, Penny D. Sackett, William J. Sutherland, P. Di Tonno, Edward A. Baltz, 吴新哲, G. Gyuk, Lawrence M. Widrow	2004	36
15	Fine Structure of Dark Matter Halos and its Effect on Terrestrial Detection Experiments Physical Review Letters ·Thanh-Thao Tôn-Nu, Lawrence M. Widrow	2003	22
16	Self-Similar Relaxation of Self-Gravitating Collisionless Particles Physical Review Letters ·R. N. Henriksen, Lawrence M. Widrow	1997	18
17	Large-Scale Structure Tests of Warm Dark Matter The Astrophysical Journal ·Stéphane Colombi, Scott Dodelson, Lawrence M. Widrow	1996	147
18	Using the Schrodinger equation to simulate collisionless matter The Astrophysical Journal ·Lawrence M. Widrow, Nick Kaiser	1993	6
19	Cosmological texture is sensitive to Planck-scale physics Physical Review Letters ·R. Holman, Stephen D. H. Hsu, Edward W. Kolb, Richard Watkins, Lawrence M. Widrow	1992	26
20	Superconducting cosmic strings with massive fermions Physics Letters B ·Christopher T. Hill, Lawrence M. Widrow	1987	17

About Lawrence M. Widrow

Lawrence M. Widrow is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Oceanography, having authored 96 papers that have together received 5.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (44 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (42 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (35 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (29 papers), Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (24 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (16 papers), Scientific Research and Discoveries (12 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (4.8k citations), Instrumentation (891 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (2.9k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (334 citations) and Oceanography (248 citations). Lawrence M. Widrow has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Scott Dodelson, Michael S. Turner, John Dubinski, Nick Kaiser, Richard Watkins, Erick J. Weinberg, Stéphane Colombi, R. N. Henriksen, Jaime A. Stein‐Schabes and Kimyeong Lee. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, Physical Review Letters, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Nuclear Physics B.

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