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Software Infrastructure:
MESA
FLASH-X
STARLIB
MESA-Web
starkiller-astro
My instruments
White dwarf pulsations:
12C(α,γ) & overshooting
Probe of 12C(α,γ)16O
Impact of 22Ne
Impact of ν cooling
Variable white dwarfs
MC reaction rates
Micronovae
Novae
White dwarf supernova:
Stable nickel production
Remnant metallicities
Colliding white dwarfs
Merging white dwarfs
Ignition conditions
Metallicity effects
Central density effects
Detonation density
Tracer particle burning
Subsonic burning fronts
Supersonic fronts
W7 profiles
Massive stars:
Pop III with HST/JWST
Rotating progenitors
3D evolution to collapse
MC reaction rates
Pre-SN variations
Massive star supernova:
Yields of radionuclides
26Al & 60Fe
44Ti, 60Co & 56Ni
SN 1987A light curve
Constraints on Ni/Fe
An r-process
Effects of 12C +12C
Neutron Stars and Black Holes:
Black Hole spectrum
Mass Gap with LVK
Compact object IMF
He burn neutron stars
Neutrino Emission:
Neutrino emission from stars
Identifying the Pre-SN
Neutrino HR diagram
Pre-SN Beta Processes
Pre-SN neutrinos
Stars:
Hypatia catalog
SAGB stars
Nugrid Yields I
He shell convection
BBFH at 40 years
γ-rays within 100 Mpc
Iron Pseudocarbynes
Pre-Solar Grains:
C-rich presolar grains
SiC Type U/C grains
Grains from massive stars
Placing the Sun
SiC Presolar grains
Chemical Evolution:
Radionuclides in 2020s
Zone models H to Zn
Mixing ejecta
Thermodynamics & Networks
Skye EOS
Helm EOS
Five EOSs
Equations of State
12C(α,γ)16O Rate
Proton-rich NSE
Reaction networks
Bayesian reaction rates
Verification Problems:
Validating an astro code
Su-Olson
Cog8
Mader
RMTV
Sedov
Noh
Software instruments
Presentations
Illustrations
cococubed YouTube
Bicycle adventures
Public Outreach
Education materials
2023 ASU Solar Systems Astronomy
2023 ASU Energy in Everyday Life
AAS Journals
2023 AAS YouTube
2023 AAS Peer Review Workshops
2023 MESA VI
2023 MESA Marketplace
2023 MESA Classroom
2023 Neutrino Emission from Stars
2023 White Dwarfs & 12C(α,γ)16O
2022 Earendel, A Highly Magnified Star
2022 Black Hole Mass Spectrum
2022 MESA in Don't Look Up
2021 Bill Paxton, Tinsley Prize
Contact: F.X.Timmes
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Current Publications Metrics:
SAO/NASA ADS
Google Scholar
Five most cited publications from ADS as of 01Jan2023:
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MESA instrument papers I, II, III, IV, V, and VI
7,876 citations with ~1600 citations/year.
"Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA)" (MESA I).
2,600 citations with ~400 citations/year.
One of the
Top 5 most cited
astronomy & astrophysics articles published in 2011.
"Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Planets, Oscillations, Rotation, and Massive Stars" (MESA II).
1,981 citations with ~350 citations/year.
One of the
Top 10 most cited
astronomy & astrophysics articles published in 2013.
"Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Binaries, Pulsations, Explosions" (MESA III).
1,698 citations with ~350 citations/year.
One of the
Top 5 most cited
astronomy & astrophysics articles published in 2015.
"Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Convective Boundaries, Element Diffusion, and Massive Star Explosions" (MESA IV).
962 citations with ~250 citations/year.
One of the
Top 15 most cited
astronomy & astrophysics articles published in 2018.
"Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Pulsating Variable Stars, Rotation, Convective Boundaries, and Energy Conservation" (MESA V).
635 citations with ~250 citations/year.
One of the
Top 15 most cited
astronomy & astrophysics articles published in 2019.
"Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Time-Dependent Convection, Energy Conservation, Automatic Differentiation, and Infrastructure" (MESA VI, 2023).
10 citations with ~10 citations/year.
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"FLASH: An adaptive mesh hydrodynamics code for modeling astrophysical thermonuclear flashes".
1,638 citations with ~120 citations/year.
One of the
Top 15 most cited
astronomy & astrophysics articles published in 2000.
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"Galactic chemical evolution: Hydrogen through zinc".
951 citations with ~25 citations/year.
One of the
Top 30 most cited
astronomy & astrophysics articles published in 1995.
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"The accuracy, consistency, and speed of an electron-positron equation of state
based on table interpolation of the Helmholtz free energy".
574 citations with ~70 citations/year.
One of the
Top 80 most cited
astronomy & astrophysics articles published in 2000.
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"Synthesis of the elements in stars: forty years of progress".
436 citations with ~15 citations/year.
All publications as of 01Jan2023:
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