W. David Arnett

11.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
143 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

W. David Arnett is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, W. David Arnett has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 42 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 27 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in W. David Arnett's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (65 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (63 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (57 papers). W. David Arnett is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (65 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (63 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (57 papers). W. David Arnett collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. W. David Arnett's co-authors include Stanford E. Woosley, Albert Fu, R. Kirshner, John N. Bahcall, Donald D. Clayton, Dimitri Mihalas, B. W. Mihalas, B. J. Carr, J. Richard Bond and J. W. Truran and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

W. David Arnett

139 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

Type I supernovae. I - Analytic solutions for the early p... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 1989 1986 200 400 600
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.

  1. Type I supernovae. I - Analytic solutions for the early part of the light curve
    1982 600 citations W. David Arnett The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. Supernova 1987A
    1989 552 citations W. David Arnett et al. profile →
  3. Foundations of Radiation Hydrodynamics
    1986 531 citations W. David Arnett et al. profile →

Peers

W. David Arnett
J. W. Truran United States
W. Hillebrandt Germany
R. Giacconi United States
J. E. Grindlay United States
Lyman Spitzer United States
G. P. Garmire United States
J. Castor United States
G. J. Fishman United States
Roger A. Chevalier United States
R. Sunyaev Russia
J. W. Truran United States
W. David Arnett
Citations per year, relative to W. David Arnett W. David Arnett (= 1×) peers J. W. Truran

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. David Arnett

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hirschi, Raphaël, W. David Arnett, C. Georgy, et al.. (2024). Shell mergers in the late stages of massive star evolution: new insight from 3D hydrodynamic simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 533(1). 687–704. 9 indexed citations
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Georgy, C., Raphaël Hirschi, W. David Arnett, et al.. (2024). 3D simulations of a neon burning convective shell in a massive star. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 531(4). 4293–4310. 8 indexed citations
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Hirschi, Raphaël, W. David Arnett, C. Georgy, et al.. (2023). 3D stellar evolution: hydrodynamic simulations of a complete burning phase in a massive star. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 523(2). 2317–2328. 16 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Etienne A., et al.. (2020). Relative importance of convective uncertainties in massive stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 496(2). 1967–1989. 47 indexed citations
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Zeldovich, Ia. B., et al.. (1996). Stars and relativity. University of Chicago Press eBooks. 48 indexed citations
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Arnett, W. David & James W. Truran. (1985). Nucleosynthesis : challenges and new developments. University of Chicago Press eBooks. 74 indexed citations
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Arnett, W. David. (1985). On the Mechanism for Type II Supernova Explosions. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 17. 908. 4 indexed citations
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Fryxell, B. & W. David Arnett. (1978). Some Implications of Off-Center Explosions in Stars. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 10. 448. 3 indexed citations
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Arnett, W. David & J. P. Wefel. (1978). Aluminum-26 production from a stellar evolutionary sequence. The Astrophysical Journal. 224. L139–L139. 46 indexed citations
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Falk, S. W. & W. David Arnett. (1977). Radiation dynamics, envelope ejection, and supernova light curves.. Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series. 33. 515–562. 1 indexed citations
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Schramm, David N. & W. David Arnett. (1977). Nucleosynthesis and the Origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays. International Cosmic Ray Conference. 2. 10. 1 indexed citations
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Falk, S. W. & W. David Arnett. (1977). Radiation Dynamics, Envelope Ejection, and Supernova Light Curves. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 33. 515–515. 142 indexed citations
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Arnett, W. David, et al.. (1976). Determining the stellar masses in the binary system containing the pulsar PSR 1913 + 16 - Is the companion a helium main-sequence star. The Astrophysical Journal. 203. 196–196. 14 indexed citations
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Schramm, David N. & W. David Arnett. (1975). Supernovae: the origin of the chemical elements, cosmic rays, neutron stars, and maybe even black holes.. 4(4). 16–19. 2 indexed citations
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Arnett, W. David, et al.. (1974). s-Process Nucleosynthesis in Massive Stars. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 6. 281. 1 indexed citations
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Schramm, David N. & W. David Arnett. (1973). Explosive nucleosynthesis : proceedings of the Conference on Explosive Nucleosynthesis held in Austin, Texas, on April 2-3, 1973. University of Texas Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Arnett, W. David. (1971). Galactic Evolution and Nucleosynthesis. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 3. 9. 15 indexed citations
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Thorne, K. S. & W. David Arnett. (1971). RELATIVISTIC ASTROPHYSICS. VOLUME 1. STARS AND RELATIVITY.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 7 indexed citations
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Arnett, W. David & Donald D. Clayton. (1970). Explosive Nucleosynthesis in Stars. Nature. 227(5260). 780–784. 27 indexed citations
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Arnett, W. David. (1969). Explosive Nucleosynthesis in Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 157. 1369–1369. 57 indexed citations

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