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D-Index
92
Citations
36675
World Ranking
2089
National Ranking
1068

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Astronomy
  • Solar System
  • Planet

His primary areas of study are Astrophysics, Astronomy, Planet, Planetary system and Exoplanet. His research in Astrophysics intersects with topics in Spectral line and Radiative transfer. Astronomy is closely attributed to Turbulence in his research.

Douglas N. C. Lin is studying Giant planet, which is a component of Planet. The Planetary system study combines topics in areas such as Orbital motion and Brown dwarf. His work on Darwin and Earth analog as part of general Exoplanet research is frequently linked to Environmental science, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science.

His most cited work include:

  • The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (1409 citations)
  • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (1371 citations)
  • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) (588 citations)

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

Astrophysics, Planet, Astronomy, Stars and Planetary system are his primary areas of study. In general Astrophysics study, his work on Gas giant, Accretion, Star formation and Protoplanet often relates to the realm of Population, thereby connecting several areas of interest. His Gas giant research integrates issues from Planetesimal, Perturbation and Magnetorotational instability.

His Planet study frequently draws connections between related disciplines such as Astrobiology. His research integrates issues of Radiative transfer and Angular momentum in his study of Stars. His Planetary system research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Stellar mass and Orbital eccentricity.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Astrophysics (121.03%)
  • Planet (72.62%)
  • Astronomy (64.68%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Astrophysics (121.03%)
  • Planet (72.62%)
  • Stars (49.21%)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Astrophysics, Planet, Stars, Astronomy and Convection. His work in Astrophysics addresses issues such as Angular momentum, which are connected to fields such as Spectral line and Hot Jupiter. In general Planet, his work in Exoplanet, Gas giant and Planetary mass is often linked to Population linking many areas of study.

He works mostly in the field of Gas giant, limiting it down to topics relating to Planetary system and, in certain cases, Perturbation and Protoplanet, as a part of the same area of interest. Douglas N. C. Lin has included themes like Gravitational wave, Orbit and Light curve in his Stars study. His Satellite study in the realm of Astronomy connects with subjects such as Prime.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (1409 citations)
  • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (1371 citations)
  • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) (588 citations)

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

  • Astronomy
  • Solar System
  • Planet

His primary scientific interests are in Planet, Astronomy, Stars, Convection and Exoplanet. His research brings together the fields of Astrobiology and Planet. As part of his studies on Astronomy, he often connects relevant areas like Astrophysics.

His Astrophysics research incorporates themes from Spectral line and Radiative transfer. The study incorporates disciplines such as Atmosphere, Hydrodynamic escape and Envelope in addition to Convection. His work on Gas giant as part of general Exoplanet research is often related to Ecliptic, thus linking different fields of science.

Best Publications

  • The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

    George R. Ricker;Joshua N. Winn;Roland Vanderspek;David W. Latham

  • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

    George R. Ricker;Joshua N. Winn;Roland Vanderspek;David Winslow Latham

  • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

    George R. Ricker;Joshua N. Winn;Roland Vanderspek;David W. Latham

  • On the tidal interaction between protoplanets and the protoplanetary disk. III. Orbital migration of protoplanets

    D.N.C. Lin;John Papaloizou

  • Toward a Deterministic Model of Planetary Formation. I. A Desert in the Mass and Semimajor Axis Distributions of Extrasolar Planets

    S. Ida;D. N. C. Lin

  • The occurrence and mass distribution of close-in super-Earths, Neptunes, and Jupiters.

    Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;John Asher Johnson;Debra A. Fischer

  • Remote sensing of planetary properties and biosignatures on extrasolar terrestrial planets.

    David J. Des Marais;Martin O. Harwit;Kenneth W. Jucks;James F. Kasting

  • Tidal torques on accretion discs in binary systems with extreme mass ratios.

    D. N. C. Lin;J. Papaloizou

  • Toward a Deterministic Model of Planetary Formation. III. Mass Distribution of Short-Period Planets around Stars of Various Masses

    Shigeru Ida;Shigeru Ida;D.N.C. Lin

  • Tidally Induced Gap Formation in Protostellar Disks: Gap Clearing and Suppression of Protoplanetary Growth

    G. Bryden;Xingming Chen;D. N. C. Lin;Richard P. Nelson

  • Toward a Deterministic Model of Planetary Formation V. Accumulation Near the Ice Line

    Shigeru Ida;D. N. C. Lin

  • On the structure and evolution of the primordial solar nebula

    D. N. C. Lin;J. Papaloizou

  • Toward a Deterministic Model of Planetary Formation IV: Effects of Type-I Migration

    Shigeru Ida;D. N. C. Lin

  • On the Radii of Extrasolar Giant Planets

    Peter Bodenheimer;Gregory Laughlin;Douglas N. C. Lin

  • On the tidal interaction between protoplanets and the primordial solar nebula. II - Self-consistent nonlinear interaction

    D. N. C. Lin;J. Papaloizou

  • A Lack of Planets in 47 Tucanae from a Hubble Space Telescope Search

    Ronald L. Gilliland;T. M. Brown;P. Guhathakurta;A. Sarajedini

  • Some implications of nonluminous matter in dwarf spheroidal galaxies.

    D.N.C. Lin;S.M. Faber

  • Analytical protostellar disk models 1: the effect of internal dissipation and surface irradiation on the structure of disks and the location of the snow line around Sun-like stars

    Pascale Garaud;Douglas N. C. Lin

  • The effect of tidal inflation instability on the mass and dynamical evolution of extrasolar planets with ultrashort periods

    Pin-Gao Gu;Douglas N. C. Lin;Peter H. Bodenheimer

  • 0n the dynamics of warped accretion disks

    J. C. B. Papaloizou;D. N. C. Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigeru Ida
Shigeru Ida Tokyo Institute of Technology
Alan P. Boss
Alan P. Boss Carnegie Institution for Science
Michael C. Liu
Michael C. Liu University of Hawaii at Manoa
Laird M. Close
Laird M. Close University of Arizona
Dimitar Sasselov
Dimitar Sasselov Harvard University
I. Neill Reid
I. Neill Reid Space Telescope Science Institute
Hubert Klahr
Hubert Klahr Max Planck Society
Andreas Burkert
Andreas Burkert Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Lars A. Buchhave
Lars A. Buchhave Technical University of Denmark

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