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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Best female scientists D-index 162 Citations 123,892 507 World Ranking 55 National Ranking 38
Best Scientists D-index 162 Citations 123,892 507 World Ranking 761 National Ranking 488
Physics D-index 138 Citations 101,538 504 World Ranking 296 National Ranking 171

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Awards & Achievements

2022 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award

2022 - Research.com Best Scientist Award

2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For revolutionizing our understanding of quantum optical noise in interferometric gravitationalwave detectors with Chen, creating the EOB approach to 2body dynamics with Damour, and leading the creation of template families for searches for gravitational waves from compact binaries

2006 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • General relativity
  • Astrophysics

Her main research concerns Gravitational wave, Astrophysics, LIGO, Binary black hole and Black hole. The Gravitational wave study combines topics in areas such as General relativity, Observatory and Detector. Her research combines Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Her research in LIGO intersects with topics in Stars, Mass distribution, Pulsar and Mass ratio. Her research integrates issues of Gravitational wave background, Phase and X-ray binary in her study of Binary black hole. Her Black hole research integrates issues from Spins, Supernova, Angular momentum and Binary star.

Her most cited work include:

  • Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger (7850 citations)
  • GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral (5538 citations)
  • GW151226: observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence (2836 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her primary scientific interests are in Gravitational wave, Astrophysics, LIGO, Neutron star and Astronomy. Her Gravitational wave study combines topics in areas such as Amplitude, Pulsar and Detector. Black hole, Gamma-ray burst, Stars, Galaxy and Redshift are subfields of Astrophysics in which her conducts study.

Spins is closely connected to Angular momentum in her research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Black hole. Her LIGO research incorporates themes from Interferometry, General relativity, Sky and Gravitation. Alessandra Buonanno focuses mostly in the field of Binary black hole, narrowing it down to topics relating to Numerical relativity and, in certain cases, Mass ratio and Computational physics.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Gravitational wave (140.35%)
  • Astrophysics (110.46%)
  • LIGO (108.70%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • LIGO (108.70%)
  • Gravitational wave (140.35%)
  • Astrophysics (110.46%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Alessandra Buonanno spends much of her time researching LIGO, Gravitational wave, Astrophysics, Neutron star and Binary black hole. Her work deals with themes such as Gamma-ray burst, General relativity, Black hole and Gravitation, which intersect with LIGO. Alessandra Buonanno combines subjects such as Sky, Supernova, Amplitude, Waveform and Pulsar with her study of Gravitational wave.

Her work in Astrophysics is not limited to one particular discipline; it also encompasses Dimensionless quantity. As part of one scientific family, Alessandra Buonanno deals mainly with the area of Neutron star, narrowing it down to issues related to the Detector, and often Noise. Her studies deal with areas such as Mass ratio, Dark energy, Hubble's law, Galaxy and Numerical relativity as well as Binary black hole.

Between 2018 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs (1592 citations)
  • GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass $\sim 3.4 M_{\odot}$ (672 citations)
  • GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 Solar Mass Black Hole with a 2.6 Solar Mass Compact Object (601 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • General relativity
  • Black hole

Her primary areas of study are LIGO, Gravitational wave, Astrophysics, Neutron star and Binary black hole. Alessandra Buonanno interconnects Real-time computing and Superposition principle in the investigation of issues within LIGO. Her Gravitational wave study incorporates themes from Amplitude, General relativity, Mass ratio and Sky.

Her Astrophysics study frequently links to related topics such as Cosmic string. The concepts of her Neutron star study are interwoven with issues in Coalescence, Dimensionless quantity and LIGO Scientific Collaboration. Her Binary black hole study is concerned with Black hole in general.

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Best Publications

Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

B. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy.
Physical Review Letters (2016)

11699 Citations

GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese.
Physical Review Letters (2017)

6436 Citations

GW151226: observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott.
Physical Review Letters (2016)

3544 Citations

GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese.
Physical Review Letters (2017)

2511 Citations

Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese.
The Astrophysical Journal (2017)

2285 Citations

GW170814: A three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese.
Physical Review Letters (2017)

1991 Citations

Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy.
Living Reviews in Relativity (2018)

1586 Citations

Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott.
Physical Review X (2016)

1521 Citations

LIGO: The Laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;P. Ajith.
Reports on Progress in Physics (2009)

1468 Citations

Tests of general relativity with GW150914

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy.
Physical Review Letters (2016)

1363 Citations

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