2026 David P. Bennett: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	111	1128	1066	599	557	706	44861

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Physics

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Overview

David P. Bennett is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Computational Mechanics, and Aerospace Engineering.

Their work covers various topics including stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astronomy and astrophysical research, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, astrophysics and star formation studies, astro and planetary science, adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, and astronomical observations and instrumentation.

Frequent collaborators of David P. Bennett include Naoki Koshimoto, Clément Ranc, I. A. Bond, Aparna Bhattacharya, and Yuki Hirao.

The scientist has contributed extensively to multiple publication venues, notably:

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

Some of the recent research papers authored or co-authored include:

"An Isolated Mass-gap Black Hole or Neutron Star Detected with Astrometric Microlensing," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
"Free-floating Planet Mass Function from MOA-II 9 yr Survey toward the Galactic Bulge," 2023, The Astronomical Journal
"Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search. I. OGLE-2019-BLG-1053Lb, a Buried Terrestrial Planet," 2021, The Astronomical Journal
"ExoClock Project. II. A Large-scale Integrated Study with 180 Updated Exoplanet Ephemerides," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
An additional paper published in 2022 in Warwick Research Archive Portal (University of Warwick) led by K. C. Sahu

Best Publications

The MACHO Project: Microlensing Results from 5.7 Years of Large Magellanic Cloud Observations

Charles Alcock;Charles Alcock;Robyn Allsman;David R Alves;Tim Axelrod

1516
Citations
Wide-Field InfrarRed Survey Telescope-Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets WFIRST-AFTA 2015 Report

D. Spergel;N. Gehrels;C. Baltay;D. Bennett

1400
Citations
Possible gravitational microlensing of a star in the Large Magellanic Cloud

C. Alcock;C. Alcock;Carl W. Akerlof;Carl W. Akerlof;R. A. Allsman;T. S. Axelrod

1301
Citations
The MACHO Project: Microlensing Results from 5.7 Years of LMC Observations

C. Alcock;R. A. Allsman;D. R. Alves

1153
Citations
Discovery of a cool planet of 5.5 Earth masses through gravitational microlensing

J.-P. Beaulieu;D. P. Bennett;P. Fouqué;A. Williams

857
Citations
The MACHO Project Large Magellanic Cloud Microlensing Results from the First Two Years and the Nature of the Galactic Dark Halo

C. Alcock;C. Alcock;R. A. Allsman;D. Alves;D. Alves;T. S. Axelrod

840
Citations
One or more bound planets per Milky Way star from microlensing observations

A. Cassan;A. Cassan;D. Kubas;D. Kubas;J.-P. Beaulieu;J.-P. Beaulieu;M. Dominik;M. Dominik

692
Citations
The MACHO Project LMC Microlensing Results from the First Two Years and the Nature of the Galactic Dark Halo

C. Alcock;R. A. Allsman;D. Alves;T. S. Axelrod

682
Citations
OGLE 2003-BLG-235/MOA 2003-BLG-53: A Planetary Microlensing Event

I. A. Bond;A. Udalski;M. Jaroszyński;M. Jaroszyński;N. J. Rattenbury

595
Citations
Unbound or distant planetary mass population detected by gravitational microlensing

T. Sumi;K. Kamiya;D. P. Bennett

583
Citations
Discovery of a Jupiter/Saturn Analog with Gravitational Microlensing

B. S. Gaudi;D. P. Bennett;A. Udalski;A. Gould

520
Citations
Evidence for a scaling solution in cosmic-string evolution.

David P. Bennett;David P. Bennett;Francois R. Bouchet;Francois R. Bouchet

469
Citations
Chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge as traced by microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars - V. Evidence for a wide age distribution and a complex MDF

Thomas Bensby;J. C. Yee;Sofia Feltzing;J. A. Johnson

457
Citations
Chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge as traced by microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars IV. Two bulge populations

Thomas Bensby;Thomas Bensby;Daniel Adén;J. Melendez;A. Gould

451
Citations
OGLE 2003-BLG-235/MOA 2003-BLG-53: A planetary microlensing event

I. A. Bond;A. Udalski;M. Jaroszynski;N. J. Rattenbury

432
Citations
Microlens OGLE-2005-BLG-169 Implies Cool Neptune-Like Planets are Common

A. Gould;A. Udalski;D. An;D. P. Bennett

430
Citations
DETECTING EARTH-MASS PLANETS WITH GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING

David P. Bennett;David P. Bennett;Sun Hong Rhie

392
Citations
Microlens OGLE-2005-BLG-169 Implies That Cool Neptune-like Planets Are Common

A. Gould;A. Udalski;D. An;D. P. Bennett

378
Citations
FREQUENCY OF SOLAR-LIKE SYSTEMS AND OF ICE AND GAS GIANTS BEYOND THE SNOW LINE FROM HIGH-MAGNIFICATION MICROLENSING EVENTS IN 2005-2008

A. Gould;Subo Dong;B. S. Gaudi;A. Udalski

369
Citations
The Macho Project: 45 Candidate Microlensing Events from the First Year Galactic Bulge Data

C. Alcock;C. Alcock;R. A. Allsman;D. Alves;T. S. Axelrod;T. S. Axelrod

358
Citations