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

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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 →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N. Langer

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Interacting supernovae from wide massive binary systems 2024 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), (unknown), N. Langer, Luc Dessart	32
2	Type Ia supernovae from non-accreting progenitors 2020 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·(unknown), N. Langer	10
3	Evolution of helium star plus carbon-oxygen white dwarf binary systems and implications for diverse stellar transients and hypervelocity stars 2019 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·P. Neunteufel, Sung-Chul Yoon, N. Langer	17
4	Mass transfer on a nuclear timescale in models of supergiant and ultra-luminous X-ray binaries 2019 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·(unknown), N. Langer, Thomas M. Tauris	6
5	Wolf–Rayet stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud as testbed for massive star evolution 2018 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·A. Schootemeijer, N. Langer	31
6	Infrared nebulae around bright massive stars as indicators for binary interactions 2018 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·J. Bodensteiner, D. Baade, J. Greiner, N. Langer	15
7	Helium ignition in rotating magnetized CO white dwarfs leading to fast and faint rather than classical Type Ia supernovae 2017 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·P. Neunteufel, Sung-Chul Yoon, N. Langer	21
8	Diagnostics of the unstable envelopes of Wolf-Rayet stars 2016 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·L. Grassitelli, André-Nicolas Chené, D. Sanyal, N. Langer, Nicole St‐Louis, J. M. Bestenlehner, L. Fossati	18
9	2016 ·UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) ·L. Fossati, F. R. N. Schneider, N. Castro, N. Langer, S. Simón‐Díaz, André Müller, A. de Koter, T. Morel, V. Pétit, H. Sana, G. A. Wade	42
10	Models of low-mass helium white dwarfs including gravitational settling, thermal and chemical diffusion, and rotational mixing 2016 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Alina Istrate, Pablo Marchant, Thomas M. Tauris, N. Langer, Richard J. Stancliffe, L. Grassitelli	121
11	Revealing the binary origin of Type Ic superluminous supernovae through nebular hydrogen emission 2015 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Takashi J. Moriya, Zheng-Wei Liu, Jonathan Mackey, T. W. Chen, N. Langer	14
12	Observational properties of low-redshift pair instability supernovae 2014 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Alexandra Kozyreva, С. И. Блинников, N. Langer, Sung-Chul Yoon	36
13	Electron-capture supernovae exploding within their progenitor wind 2014 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Takashi J. Moriya, Nozomu Tominaga, N. Langer, K. Nomoto, С. И. Блинников, E. I. Sorokina	38
14	2012 ·UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) ·(unknown), (unknown), I. Brott, N. Langer, A. de Koter	6
15	3D simulations of Betelgeuse’s bow shock 2012 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·S. Mohamed, Jonathan Mackey, N. Langer	43
16	The Cepheid mass discrepancy and pulsation-driven mass loss 2011 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Hilding R. Neilson, Matteo Cantiello, N. Langer	23
17	The effect of rotation on the stability of nuclear burning in accreting neutron stars 2009 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·L. Keek, N. Langer, J. J. M. in ’t Zand	28
18	Gamma-ray bursts from tidally spun-up Wolf-Rayet stars? 2008 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·R. G. Detmers, N. Langer, Philipp Podsiadlowski, R. G. Izzard	32
19	2007 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·M. R. Mokiem, A. de Koter, J. S. Vink, J. Puls, C. J. Evans, S. J. Smartt, P. A. Crowther, A. Herrero, N. Langer, D. J. Lennon, F. Najarro, M. R. Villamariz	139
20	2005 ·UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) ·Sung-Chul Yoon, N. Langer	104

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