S. Gillessen

17.2k citations
96 papers · 4.5k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 32

Impact in

    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Papers in

    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 63
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 29
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 25
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 23
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 19
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 16

S. Gillessen

87 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Sgr A* near-infrared flares from reconnection events in a magnetically arrested disc 2020 · 87 citations
872006202620122019250500750

Peers

S. Gillessen
Comparison fields: 5 of 42
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 4.3k
  • Instrumentation 615
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1.2k
  • Geophysics 208
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 137
Replace F. Eisenhauer with:
F. Eisenhauer Germany
Tal Alexander Israel
Francesco Haardt Italy
Juhan Frank United States
Fulvio Melia United States
Sascha Trippe Germany
K. Iwasawa United States
Jerome A. Orosz United States
F. Martins France
B. Czerny Poland
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Fields of papers citing papers by S. Gillessen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside S. Gillessen, 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

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20245
2 20238
3 20222
4 20213
5 201947
6 201926
7 20185
8
An Update on Chandra/VLA Galactic Center Campaigns Targeting Sgr A* and G2
20151
9 20130
10
Massive binaries in the vicinity of Sgr A
201326
11 201211
12 201131
13
A gas cloud on its way towards the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Centre
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2011179
14 201117
15 20109
16
The Massive Black Hole and Nuclear Star Cluster in the Center of the Milky Way
20101
17 20106
18 2007119
19 200610
20
First science with SINFONI
20059

About S. Gillessen

S. Gillessen is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Geophysics, having authored 96 papers that have together received 4.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (63 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (29 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (25 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (23 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (21 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (19 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (18 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (4.3k citations), Instrumentation (615 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.2k citations), Geophysics (208 citations) and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (137 citations). S. Gillessen has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include R. Genzel, F. Eisenhauer, Thomas Ott, Frank Eisenhauer, Sascha Trippe, F. Martins, Tal Alexander, T. K. Fritz, O. Pfuhl and K. Dodds-Eden. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal Letters and Nature.

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