N. Langer

36.5k total citations · 10 hit papers
376 papers, 19.9k citations indexed

About

N. Langer is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Langer has authored 376 papers receiving a total of 19.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 371 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 119 papers in Instrumentation and 13 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in N. Langer's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (307 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (179 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (173 papers). N. Langer is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (307 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (179 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (173 papers). N. Langer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. N. Langer's co-authors include Sung-Chul Yoon, Alexander Heger, S. E. Woosley, A. de Koter, S. E. de Mink, C. J. Evans, J. S. Vink, Thomas M. Tauris, H. Sana and R. G. Izzard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

N. Langer

356 papers receiving 18.8k 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.

Binary Interaction Dominates the Evolution of Massive Stars

2012 1.3k citations H. Sana, A. de Koter et al. profile →
How Massive Single Stars End Their Life

2003 1.2k citations N. Langer et al. profile →
Presupernova Evolution of Rotating Massive Stars. I. Numerical Method and Evolution of the Internal Stellar Structure

2000 666 citations N. Langer et al. profile →
Rotating massive main-sequence stars

2011 598 citations I. Brott, Matteo Cantiello et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →
Presupernova Evolution of Massive Single and Binary Stars

2012 561 citations N. Langer profile →
Formation of Double Neutron Star Systems

2017 397 citations Thomas M. Tauris, N. Langer et al. profile →
A new route towards merging massive black holes

2016 362 citations Pablo Marchant, N. Langer et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey

2012 346 citations H. Sana, A. de Koter et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →
Rotating Massive Main-Sequence Stars I: Grids of Evolutionary Models and Isochrones

2011 329 citations I. Brott, Matteo Cantiello et al. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) profile →
Progenitors of gravitational wave mergers: binary evolution with the stellar grid-based code ComBinE

2018 238 citations Thomas M. Tauris, N. Langer et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
N. Langer	19.5k	4.8k	2.1k	569	536	376	19.9k
B. T. Gänsicke	13.0k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	686 0.3×	612 1.1×	675 1.3×	422	13.3k
G. Meynet	14.1k 0.7×	4.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	292 0.5×	180 0.3×	340	14.4k
T. R. Marsh	10.6k 0.5×	2.5k 0.5×	739 0.3×	567 1.0×	865 1.6×	350	10.9k
P. B. Stetson	11.8k 0.6×	5.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	457 0.8×	104 0.2×	250	12.3k
W. Forman	15.4k 0.8×	3.4k 0.7×	5.3k 2.5×	310 0.5×	180 0.3×	365	15.9k
Lars Bildsten	12.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	355 0.6×	2.3k 4.4×	182	12.8k
S. E. de Mink	9.8k 0.5×	2.8k 0.6×	775 0.4×	277 0.5×	204 0.4×	157	10.1k
Alexander Heger	13.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.3×	4.9k 2.3×	158 0.3×	606 1.1×	185	14.5k
Frederic A. Rasio	9.8k 0.5×	1.2k 0.2×	812 0.4×	187 0.3×	519 1.0×	171	10.1k
C. Jones	14.2k 0.7×	3.3k 0.7×	5.3k 2.5×	234 0.4×	152 0.3×	324	14.8k

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Langer, N., et al.. (2024). Interacting supernovae from wide massive binary systems. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 685. A58–A58. 32 indexed citations

Langer, N., et al.. (2020). Type Ia supernovae from non-accreting progenitors. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations

Langer, N., et al.. (2019). Mass transfer on a nuclear timescale in models of supergiant and ultra-luminous X-ray binaries. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations

Bodensteiner, J., D. Baade, J. Greiner, & N. Langer. (2018). Infrared nebulae around bright massive stars as indicators for binary interactions. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 15 indexed citations

Schootemeijer, A. & N. Langer. (2018). Wolf–Rayet stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud as testbed for massive star evolution. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 31 indexed citations

Neunteufel, P., Sung-Chul Yoon, & N. Langer. (2017). Helium ignition in rotating magnetized CO white dwarfs leading to fast and faint rather than classical Type Ia supernovae. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 21 indexed citations

Istrate, Alina, Pablo Marchant, Thomas M. Tauris, et al.. (2016). Models of low-mass helium white dwarfs including gravitational settling, thermal and chemical diffusion, and rotational mixing. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 121 indexed citations

Grassitelli, L., André-Nicolas Chené, D. Sanyal, et al.. (2016). Diagnostics of the unstable envelopes of Wolf-Rayet stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 18 indexed citations

Fossati, L., F. R. N. Schneider, N. Castro, et al.. (2016). . UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 42 indexed citations

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Moriya, Takashi J., Zheng-Wei Liu, Jonathan Mackey, T. W. Chen, & N. Langer. (2015). Revealing the binary origin of Type Ic superluminous supernovae through nebular hydrogen emission. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 14 indexed citations

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Mackey, Jonathan, N. Castro, L. Fossati, & N. Langer. (2015). Cold gas in hot star clusters: the wind from the red supergiant W26 in Westerlund 1. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations

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Kozyreva, Alexandra, С. И. Блинников, N. Langer, & Sung-Chul Yoon. (2014). Observational properties of low-redshift pair instability supernovae. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 36 indexed citations

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Moriya, Takashi J., Nozomu Tominaga, N. Langer, et al.. (2014). Electron-capture supernovae exploding within their progenitor wind. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 38 indexed citations

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Mohamed, S., Jonathan Mackey, & N. Langer. (2012). 3D simulations of Betelgeuse’s bow shock. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 43 indexed citations

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Brott, I., et al.. (2012). . UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 6 indexed citations

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Neilson, Hilding R., Matteo Cantiello, & N. Langer. (2011). The Cepheid mass discrepancy and pulsation-driven mass loss. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 23 indexed citations

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Keek, L., N. Langer, & J. J. M. in ’t Zand. (2009). The effect of rotation on the stability of nuclear burning in accreting neutron stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 28 indexed citations

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Detmers, R. G., N. Langer, Philipp Podsiadlowski, & R. G. Izzard. (2008). Gamma-ray bursts from tidally spun-up Wolf-Rayet stars?. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 32 indexed citations

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Mokiem, M. R., A. de Koter, J. S. Vink, et al.. (2007). . Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 139 indexed citations

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Yoon, Sung-Chul, N. Langer, & Silvia Scheithauer. (2004). Effects of rotation on the helium burning shell source in accreting white dwarfs. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 39 indexed citations

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