Steven A. Balbus

14.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
109 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Steven A. Balbus is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven A. Balbus has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Steven A. Balbus's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (62 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (41 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (33 papers). Steven A. Balbus is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (62 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (41 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (33 papers). Steven A. Balbus collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Steven A. Balbus's co-authors include John F. Hawley, Charles F. Gammie, James M. Stone, Andrew Mummery, Omer Blaes, J. C. B. Papaloizou, S. Fromang, Caroline Terquem, Noam Soker and Henrik N. Latter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Steven A. Balbus

106 papers receiving 8.5k citations

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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.

A powerful local shear instability in weakly magnetized disks. I - Linear analysis. II - Nonlinear evolution

1991 2.6k citations Steven A. Balbus, John F. Hawley The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Instability, turbulence, and enhanced transport in accretion disks

1998 1.5k citations Steven A. Balbus, John F. Hawley profile →
Local Three-dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Accretion Disks

1995 674 citations John F. Hawley, Charles F. Gammie et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers

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John F. Hawley United States

J. C. B. Papaloizou United Kingdom

D. N. C. Lin United States

J. E. Pringle Russia

Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low United States

J. E. Pringle United Kingdom

M. Morris United States

Jeremy Goodman United States

W. M. Goss United States

G. Neugebauer United States

John F. Hawley United States

Steven A. Balbus

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2.2k ×1.6

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707 ×1.1

GEOPH

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407 ×0.8

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Countries citing papers authored by Steven A. Balbus

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven A. Balbus

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Mummery, Andrew, Sjoert van Velzen, Edward Nathan, et al.. (2023). Fundamental scaling relationships revealed in the optical light curves of tidal disruption events. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(2). 2452–2489. 41 indexed citations

Mummery, Andrew & Steven A. Balbus. (2023). Complete characterization of the orbital shapes of the noncircular Kerr geodesic solutions with circular orbit constants of motion. Physical review. D. 107(12). 10 indexed citations

Mummery, Andrew, Steven A. Balbus, & Adam Ingram. (2023). Testing theories of accretion and gravity with super-extremal Kerr discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(3). 5956–5973. 2 indexed citations

Mummery, Andrew & Steven A. Balbus. (2023). Accretion within the innermost stable circular orbit: analytical thermodynamic solutions in the adiabatic limit. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521(2). 2439–2463. 20 indexed citations

Kawazura, Y., A. A. Schekochihin, M. Barnes, W. Dorland, & Steven A. Balbus. (2022). Energy partition between Alfvénic and compressive fluctuations in magnetorotational turbulence with near-azimuthal mean magnetic field. Journal of Plasma Physics. 88(3). 11 indexed citations

Mummery, Andrew & Steven A. Balbus. (2022). Inspirals from the Innermost Stable Circular Orbit of Kerr Black Holes: Exact Solutions and Universal Radial Flow. Physical Review Letters. 129(16). 161101–161101. 25 indexed citations

Mummery, Andrew & Steven A. Balbus. (2022). The high-energy probability distribution of accretion disc luminosity fluctuations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 517(3). 3423–3431. 5 indexed citations

Schneider, F. R. N., Sebastian T. Ohlmann, Philipp Podsiadlowski, et al.. (2022). Magnetic massive stars from stellar mergers. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 18(S361). 212–217.

Green, Mattias, et al.. (2020). Tides: A key environmental driver of osteichthyan evolution and the fish-tetrapod transition?. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 476(2242). 20200355–20200355. 13 indexed citations

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Schneider, F. R. N., Sebastian T. Ohlmann, Philipp Podsiadlowski, et al.. (2020). Long-term evolution of a magnetic massive merger product. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 495(3). 2796–2812. 50 indexed citations

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Schneider, F. R. N., Sebastian T. Ohlmann, Philipp Podsiadlowski, et al.. (2019). Stellar mergers as the origin of magnetic massive stars. Nature. 574(7777). 211–214. 172 indexed citations

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Mummery, Andrew & Steven A. Balbus. (2019). Evolution of relativistic thin discs with a finite ISCO stress – I. Stalled accretion. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 489(1). 132–142. 20 indexed citations

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Balbus, Steven A., et al.. (2015). Differential rotation and radiative equilibrium in the Sun: is the tachocline spreading?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 448(3). 2077–2084. 3 indexed citations

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Potter, William J. & Steven A. Balbus. (2014). An accretion disc instability induced by a temperature sensitive α parameter. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 441(1). 681–689. 17 indexed citations

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Stone, James M., Charles F. Gammie, Steven A. Balbus, & John F. Hawley. (2000). Transport Processes in Protostellar Disks. 589. 15 indexed citations

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Balbus, Steven A. & John F. Hawley. (1997). Instability, Turbulence, and Enhanced Transport in Accretion Disks. International Astronomical Union Colloquium. 163. 90–100. 10 indexed citations

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Balbus, Steven A., John F. Hawley, & James M. Stone. (1996). Nonlinear Stability, Hydrodynamical Turbulence, and Transport in Disks. The Astrophysical Journal. 467. 76–76. 118 indexed citations

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Gammie, Charles F. & Steven A. Balbus. (1994). Quasi-global, linear analysis of a magnetized disc. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 270(1). 138–152. 26 indexed citations

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Murray, Stephen & Steven A. Balbus. (1992). Characteristic-based models for the evolution of cooling flows. The Astrophysical Journal. 395. 99–99. 6 indexed citations

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Balbus, Steven A. & John F. Hawley. (1990). A Powerful Local Shear Instability in Weakly Magnetized Disks: I. Linear Analysis. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 22. 1209. 98 indexed citations

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