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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
Physics D-index 103 Citations 34,027 346 World Ranking 1002 National Ranking 542

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Awards & Achievements

2014 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Astronomy
  • Astrophysics
  • Neutron star

Astrophysics, Neutron star, Astronomy, Kilonova and Gamma-ray burst are his primary areas of study. His Astrophysics study focuses mostly on Gravitational wave, Magnetar, Ejecta, LIGO and Supernova. His Gravitational wave research incorporates themes from Redshift, Observatory and Sky.

His work deals with themes such as Star formation and White dwarf, which intersect with Supernova. His work carried out in the field of Neutron star brings together such families of science as Jet, Luminosity and Event. The concepts of his Kilonova study are interwoven with issues in Spectral energy distribution, Compact star, Radio spectrum, Neutrino and Light curve.

His most cited work include:

  • Electromagnetic counterparts of compact object mergers powered by the radioactive decay of r‐process nuclei (807 citations)
  • Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event (536 citations)
  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-infrared Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models (498 citations)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Astrophysics, Neutron star, Astronomy, Supernova and Gamma-ray burst. His study in Magnetar, Galaxy, Light curve, Luminosity and Gravitational wave is done as part of Astrophysics. His Gravitational wave study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Observatory and Sky.

Brian D. Metzger has included themes like Accretion, Ejecta, Nucleosynthesis, Kilonova and Black hole in his Neutron star study. In his work, Cosmic ray is strongly intertwined with Neutrino, which is a subfield of Astronomy. His Supernova research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Stars and Pulsar.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Astrophysics (90.14%)
  • Neutron star (42.89%)
  • Astronomy (36.93%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2020-2021)?

  • Astrophysics (90.14%)
  • Neutron star (42.89%)
  • Gamma-ray burst (23.62%)

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

His main research concerns Astrophysics, Neutron star, Gamma-ray burst, Galaxy and Kilonova. Ejecta, Pulsar, Magnetar, Supernova and r-process are subfields of Astrophysics in which his conducts study. The Ejecta study combines topics in areas such as James Webb Space Telescope and Redshift.

His Supernova research integrates issues from Millisecond pulsar, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Gamma ray and Nebula. His studies in Neutron star integrate themes in fields like Gravitational wave, Luminosity and Black hole. His work is dedicated to discovering how Gravitational wave, Compact star are connected with LIGO and other disciplines.

Between 2020 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Periodic Fast Radio Bursts from ULX-Like Binaries (5 citations)
  • The Broadband Counterpart of the Short GRB 200522A at z = 0.5536: A Luminous Kilonova or a Collimated Outflow with a Reverse Shock? (4 citations)
  • Shock-powered radio precursors of neutron star mergers from accelerating relativistic binary winds (4 citations)

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

  • Astronomy
  • Astrophysics
  • Electron

His primary areas of investigation include Astrophysics, Neutron star, Magnetar, Accretion and Gravitational wave. A large part of his Astrophysics studies is devoted to Kilonova. His Kilonova study incorporates themes from Gamma-ray burst, r-process and Shock.

Brian D. Metzger combines subjects such as Luminous red nova, Galaxy, Common envelope and Black hole with his study of Accretion. His studies deal with areas such as Compact star, Maser, Shock wave, Radius and Luminosity as well as Gravitational wave. His study in Pulsar extends to Luminosity with its themes.

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Best Publications

Electromagnetic counterparts of compact object mergers powered by the radioactive decay of r‐process nuclei

B. D. Metzger;G. Martínez-Pinedo;S. Darbha;E. Quataert.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2010)

1030 Citations

The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-IR Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

P. S. Cowperthwaite;E. Berger;V. A. Villar;B. D. Metzger.
arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (2017)

876 Citations

WHAT IS THE MOST PROMISING ELECTROMAGNETIC COUNTERPART OF A NEUTRON STAR BINARY MERGER

B. D. Metzger;Edo Berger.
The Astrophysical Journal (2012)

799 Citations

The Proto-Magnetar Model for Gamma-Ray Bursts

B.D. Metzger;D. Giannios;T.A. Thompson;N. Bucciantini.
arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (2010)

782 Citations

Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event

Daniel Kasen;Brian Metzger;Jennifer Barnes;Eliot Quataert.
Nature (2017)

779 Citations

The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-infrared Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

P. S. Cowperthwaite;E. Berger;V. A. Villar;B. D. Metzger.
The Astrophysical Journal (2017)

682 Citations

A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese.
Nature (2017)

679 Citations

Constraining the Maximum Mass of Neutron Stars from Multi-messenger Observations of GW170817

Ben Margalit;Brian D. Metzger.
The Astrophysical Journal (2017)

631 Citations

The protomagnetar model for gamma-ray bursts

B. D. Metzger;D. Giannios;T. A. Thompson;N. Bucciantini.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2011)

585 Citations

The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. I. Dark Energy Camera Discovery of the Optical Counterpart

M. Soares-Santos;D. E. Holz;J. Annis;R. Chornock.
arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (2017)

556 Citations

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