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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1998 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1985 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For theoretical astrophysical investigations of the structure of astrophysical shocks, the evolution of supernova remnants, the structure of the interstellar medium, the dynamics of evaporating clouds, and the interpretation of quasar spectra

Overview

Christopher F. McKee is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily lies within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research covers several key topics including Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astro and Planetary Science, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories.

The scientist has contributed to a range of research articles published in prominent journals. Selected recent papers include:

  • How do bound star clusters form? (2020) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Magnetic fields in the formation of the first stars - I. Theory versus simulation (2020) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Nitrogen-enriched, Highly Pressurized Nebular Clouds Surrounding a Super Star Cluster at Cosmic Noon (2023) in The Astrophysical Journal
  • Mapping the magnetic field in the Taurus/B211 filamentary cloud with SOFIA HAWC + and comparing with simulation (2021) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Magnetic fields in the formation of the first stars - II. Results (2022) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Pak Shing Li
  • Richard Klein
  • Massimo Pascale
  • Liang Dai
  • Mark R. Krumholz

The main publication venues for Christopher F. McKee's work are:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Journal of Open Source Software
  • Journal of Medical Cases

The scientist has received various professional recognitions, such as:

  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1985, for theoretical astrophysical investigations of astrophysical shocks, supernova remnants, interstellar medium structure, cloud dynamics, and quasar spectra interpretation
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1992
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1996
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1998
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999

Best Publications

  • A theory of the interstellar medium - Three components regulated by supernova explosions in an inhomogeneous substrate

    C.F. McKee;J.P. Ostriker

  • Theory of Star Formation

    Christopher F. McKee;Eve Charis Ostriker

  • Fluid dynamics of relativistic blast waves

    R. D. Blandford;C. F. McKee

  • A General Theory of Turbulence-Regulated Star Formation, From Spirals to ULIRGs

    Mark R. Krumholz;Christopher F. McKee

  • The Neutral Atomic Phases of the ISM in the Galaxy

    M. G. Wolfire;C. F. McKee;D. Hollenbach;A. G. G. M. Tielens

  • Reverberation mapping of the emission line regions of Seyfert galaxies and quasars.

    R. D. Blandford;C. F. McKee

  • Molecule Formation and Infrared Emission in Fast Interstellar Shocks. III. Results for J Shocks in Molecular Clouds

    David Hollenbach;Christopher F. McKee

  • Neutral Atomic Phases of the Interstellar Medium in the Galaxy

    Mark G. Wolfire;Christopher F. McKee;David Hollenbach;A. G. G. M. Tielens

  • Molecule formation and infrared emission in fast interstellar shocks. I Physical processes

    D. Hollenbach;C.F. McKee

  • A general theory of turbulence-regulated star formation, from spirals to ultraluminous infrared galaxies

    Mark R. Krumholz;Christopher F. McKee

  • The evaporation of spherical clouds in a hot gas. I - Classical and saturated mass loss rates

    L. L. Cowie;C. F. McKee

  • The Formation of Massive Stars from Turbulent Cores

    Christopher F. McKee;Jonathan C. Tan

  • The neutral atomic phases of the interstellar medium

    M. G. Wolfire;D. Hollenbach;C. F. Mckee;A. G. G. M. Tielens

  • Pressure-confined clumps in magnetized molecular clouds

    Frank Bertoldi;Christopher F. Mckee

  • The Jeans Condition: A New Constraint on Spatial Resolution in Simulations of Isothermal Self-gravitational Hydrodynamics

    J. Kelly Truelove;J. Kelly Truelove;Richard I. Klein;Richard I. Klein;Christopher F. McKee;John H. Holliman;John H. Holliman

  • On the hydrodynamic interaction of shock waves with interstellar clouds. 1: Nonradiative shocks in small clouds

    Richard I. Klein;Christopher F. Mckee;Philip Colella

  • Two-phase models of quasar emission line regions

    J. H. Krolik;C. F. Mckee;C. B. Tarter

  • The Dark Molecular Gas

    Mark G. Wolfire;David Hollenbach;Christopher F. McKee

  • Photoionization-regulated Star Formation and the Structure of Molecular Clouds

    Christopher F. Mckee

  • Theory of Interstellar Shocks

    Bruce T. Draine;Christopher F. McKee

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark R. Krumholz
Mark R. Krumholz Australian National University
Mitchell C. Begelman
Mitchell C. Begelman University of Colorado Boulder
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low American Museum of Natural History
David A. Neufeld
David A. Neufeld Johns Hopkins University
Moshe Elitzur
Moshe Elitzur University of Kentucky
Joss Bland-Hawthorn
Joss Bland-Hawthorn University of Sydney
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Jeremiah P. Ostriker Columbia University
Frank Bertoldi
Frank Bertoldi University of Bonn
Henrik Beuther
Henrik Beuther Max Planck Society

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