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Amanda I. Karakas

Amanda I. Karakas

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Physics

D-Index
76
Citations
17633
World Ranking
3346
National Ranking
80

Overview

Amanda I. Karakas is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Astronomy and Astrophysics, contributing to several subfields including Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Nuclear physics research studies
  • Astronomical and nuclear sciences

Karakas has published extensively in several scientific journals and platforms. Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • UNC Libraries

Some recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Karakas are:

  • The Origin of Elements from Carbon to Uranium (2020), The Astrophysical Journal
  • The GALAH survey: tracing the Galactic disc with open clusters (2021), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The GALAH Survey: non-LTE departure coefficients for large spectroscopic surveys (2020), Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
  • How Magnetic Activity Alters What We Learn from Stellar Spectra (2020), The Astrophysical Journal
  • The messy death of a multiple star system and the resulting planetary nebula as observed by JWST (2022), Nature Astronomy

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, notably:

  • Maria Lugaro
  • Meridith Joyce
  • David Yong
  • Zara Osborn
  • P. Ventura

Best Publications

  • The Dawes Review 2: Nucleosynthesis and stellar yields of low-and intermediate-mass single stars

    Amanda Irene Karakas;John Charles Lattanzio

  • Updated stellar yields from asymptotic giant branch models

    Amanda Irene Karakas

  • The Origin of Elements from Carbon to Uranium

    Chiaki Kobayashi;Amanda I. Karakas;Maria Lugaro;Maria Lugaro;Maria Lugaro

  • The evolution of isotope ratios in the Milky Way Galaxy

    Chiaki Kobayashi;Amanda Irene Karakas;Hideyuki Umeda

  • Stellar Models and Yields of Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

    Amanda Irene Karakas;John Charles Lattanzio

  • On the Source of the Dust Extinction in Type Ia Supernovae and the Discovery of Anomalously Strong Na I Absorption

    M. M. Phillips;Joshua D. Simon;Nidia Morrell;Christopher R. Burns

  • Quantifying the uncertainties of chemical evolution studies II. Stellar yields

    Donatella Romano;Donatella Romano;Amanda Irene Karakas;Monica Tosi;Francesca Matteucci;Francesca Matteucci

  • A new synthetic model for asymptotic giant branch stars

    Robert G. Izzard;Christopher A. Tout;Amanda I. Karakas;Amanda I. Karakas;Onno R. Pols

  • STELLAR YIELDS FROM METAL-RICH ASYMPTOTIC GIANT BRANCH MODELS

    Amanda I. Karakas;Amanda I. Karakas;Maria Lugaro;Maria Lugaro

  • Reaction Rate Uncertainties and the Production of 19F in Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

    Maria Anna Lugaro;Claudio Ugalde;Amanda Irene Karakas;Joachim Gorres

  • Parameterising the third dredge-up in asymptotic giant branch stars

    Amanda I Karakas;J C Lattanzio;Onno R Pols

  • On the source of the dust extinction in type Ia supernovae and the discovery of anomalously strong Na i absorption

    Mark M Phillips;Joshua D Simon;Nidia I Morrell;Christopher R Burns

  • Reaction Rates Uncertainties and the Production of F19 in AGB Stars

    Maria Lugaro;Claudio Ugalde;Amanda I. Karakas;Joachim Gorres

  • THE s-PROCESS IN ASYMPTOTIC GIANT BRANCH STARS OF LOW METALLICITY AND THE COMPOSITION OF CARBON-ENHANCED METAL-POOR STARS

    Maria Lugaro;Amanda I. Karakas;Richard J. Stancliffe;Richard J. Stancliffe;Carlos Rijs

  • Two distinct sequences of blue straggler stars in the globular cluster M 30

    Francesco Rosario Ferraro;Giacomo Beccari;Emanuele Dalessandro;Barbara Lanzoni

  • Production of Aluminium and the Heavy Magnesium Isotopes in Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

    Amanda I Karakas;John C Lattanzio

  • Modelling self-pollution of globular clusters from AGB stars

    Y. Fenner;S. Campbell;A. I. Karakas;A. I. Karakas;J. C. Lattanzio

  • Modelling self-pollution of globular clusters from asymptotic giant branch stars

    Yeshe Fenner;Simon Wattana Campbell;Amanda I Karakas;Amanda I Karakas;John C Lattanzio

  • Population nucleosynthesis in single and binary stars. I. Model

    Robert George Izzard;Lynette M Dray;Lynette M Dray;Amanda Irene Karakas;Maria Anna Lugaro

  • THE UBIQUITY OF THE RAPID NEUTRON-CAPTURE PROCESS*

    Ian U Roederer;Ian U Roederer;John J Cowan;Amanda Irene Karakas;Amanda Irene Karakas;Karl-Ludwig Kratz

Frequent Co-Authors

David Yong
David Yong Australian National University
Jorge Melendez
Jorge Melendez Universidade de São Paulo
Martin Asplund
Martin Asplund Australian National University
Timothy C. Beers
Timothy C. Beers University of Notre Dame
Michael Wiescher
Michael Wiescher University of Notre Dame
Brad K. Gibson
Brad K. Gibson University of Hull
Bertrand Plez
Bertrand Plez University of Montpellier
Christopher A. Tout
Christopher A. Tout University of Cambridge
Stéphane Goriely
Stéphane Goriely Université Libre de Bruxelles
John E. Norris
John E. Norris Australian National University

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