2026 Didier Saumon: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	83	2772	2636	1363	1270	286	26268

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Physics

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1270

286

26268

Overview

Didier Saumon is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States and has a research focus within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work encompasses various subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Materials Chemistry.

The main topics covered in their research include stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; astro and planetary science; astronomy and astrophysical research; astrophysics and star formation studies; high-pressure geophysics and materials; atmospheric ozone and climate; and nuclear physics and applications.

Frequent publication venues for Didier Saumon reflect a diverse interest in astrophysics and related disciplines, with papers appearing most often in:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
The Astrophysical Journal
Physics Reports
High Energy Density Physics
Physical Review E

The scientist has authored several recent papers including the following:

A measurement of the equation of state of carbon envelopes of white dwarfs, 2020, Nature
Current challenges in the physics of white dwarf stars, 2022, Physics Reports
Cloud busting: enstatite and quartz clouds in the atmosphere of 2M2224-0158, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Review of the first charged-particle transport coefficient comparison workshop, 2020, High Energy Density Physics
22Ne Phase Separation as a Solution to the Ultramassive White Dwarf Cooling Anomaly, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal Letters

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, with frequent collaborators including:

Mark S. Marley
Channon Visscher
Roxana Lupu
Richard Freedman
Jonathan J. Fortney

Didier Saumon's research contributions address key questions in the properties and evolution of stellar objects, particularly white dwarfs, as well as atmospheric phenomena and materials under extreme conditions.

Best Publications

A Non-Gray Theory of Extrasolar Giant Planets and Brown Dwarfs

A. Burrows;M. Marley;W. B. Hubbard;J. I. Lunine

1982
Citations
A Nongray Theory of Extrasolar Giant Planets and Brown Dwarfs

A. Burrows;M. Marley;W. B. Hubbard;J. I. Lunine

1740
Citations
An Equation of State for Low-Mass Stars and Giant Planets

D. Saumon;G. Chabrier;H. M. van Horn

1354
Citations
The Evolution of L and T Dwarfs in Color-Magnitude Diagrams

D. Saumon;Mark S. Marley

712
Citations
The 0.8-14.5 micron Spectra of Mid-L to Mid-T Dwarfs: Diagnostics of Effective Temperature, Grain Sedimentation, Gas Transport, and Surface Gravity

D. C. Stephens;S. K. Leggett;Michael C. Cushing;Mark S. Marley

558
Citations
Discovery and spectroscopy of the young Jovian planet 51 Eri b with the Gemini Planet Imager

B. Macintosh;B. Macintosh;J. R. Graham;T. Barman;R. J. De Rosa

538
Citations
Giant planets at small orbital distances

T. Guillot;A. Burrows;W. B. Hubbard;J. I. Lunine

501
Citations
An expanded set of brown dwarf and very low mass star models

A. Burrows;W. B. Hubbard;D. Saumon;J. I. Lunine

439
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The Discovery of Y Dwarfs using Data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)

Michael C. Cushing;Michael C. Cushing;J. Davy Kirkpatrick;Christopher R. Gelino;Roger L. Griffith

423
Citations
THE 0.8-14.5 μm SPECTRA OF MID-L TO MID-T DWARFS: DIAGNOSTICS OF EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE, GRAIN SEDIMENTATION, GAS TRANSPORT, AND SURFACE GRAVITY

D. C. Stephens;S. K. Leggett;Michael C. Cushing;Mark S. Marley

413
Citations
Neglected Clouds in T and Y Dwarf Atmospheres

Caroline V. Morley;Jonathan J. Fortney;Mark S. Marley;Channon Visscher

412
Citations
The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey: Giant Planet and Brown Dwarf Demographics from 10 to 100 au

Eric L. Nielsen;Robert J. De Rosa;Bruce Macintosh;Jason J. Wang;Jason J. Wang

398
Citations
Atmospheric, Evolutionary, and Spectral Models of the Brown Dwarf Gliese 229 B

M. S. Marley;D. Saumon;T. Guillot;R. S. Freedman

389
Citations
Shock Compression of Deuterium and the Interiors of Jupiter and Saturn

Didier Saumon;Didier Saumon;T. Guillot

376
Citations
ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS OF FIELD L AND T DWARFS

Michael C. Cushing;Michael C. Cushing;Mark S. Marley;D. Saumon;Brandon C. Kelly

352
Citations
Evidence for Cloud Disruption in the L/T Dwarf Transition

Adam J. Burgasser;Mark S. Marley;Andrew S. Ackerman;Didier Saumon

343
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Fluid hydrogen at high density - Pressure dissociation

Didier Saumon;Gilles Chabrier

343
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A Theory of Extrasolar Giant Planets

D. Saumon;W. B. Hubbard;A. Burrows;T. Guillot

342
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On the Radii of Close-in Giant Planets.

A. Burrows;T. Guillot;W. B. Hubbard;M. S. Marley

342
Citations
Clouds and chemistry: Ultracool dwarf atmospheric properties from optical and infrared colors

Mark S. Marley;S. Seager;D. Saumon;Katharina Lodders

340
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