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Frederic A. Rasio publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frederic A. Rasio sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 353 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Frederic A. Rasio D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frederic A. Rasio sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his broad contributions to theoretical astrophysics, including pioneering work on mergers of relativistic binaries, compact objects in dense star clusters, and extrasolar planets
  • 1996 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Frederic A. Rasio is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, General Health Professions, Instrumentation, Philosophy, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably including Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Stellar, Planetary, and Galactic Studies, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, and Phenomena.

Frederic A. Rasio has been published extensively, with a frequent presence in notable venues such as The Astrophysical Journal and its Letters and Supplement Series, as well as arXiv (Cornell University) and the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Some recent significant publications include:

  • Modeling Dense Star Clusters in the Milky Way and beyond with the Cluster Monte Carlo Code, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • Repeated Mergers, Mass-gap Black Holes, and Formation of Intermediate-mass Black Holes in Dense Massive Star Clusters, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • A Dynamical Survey of Stellar-mass Black Holes in 50 Milky Way Globular Clusters, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Merging Black Holes in the Low-mass and High-mass Gaps from 2 + 2 Quadruple Systems, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Fast Optical Transients from Stellar-mass Black Hole Tidal Disruption Events in Young Star Clusters, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal

Frequent collaborators in research include Kyle Kremer, Giacomo Fragione, Newlin C. Weatherford, Fulya Kıroğlu, and Claire S. Ye.

Throughout their career, Frederic A. Rasio has received recognition in the form of several fellowships:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2018
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2006, recognized for contributions to theoretical astrophysics including work on mergers of relativistic binaries, compact objects in dense star clusters, and extrasolar planets
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1996

Best Publications

  • Dynamical Instabilities and the Formation of Extrasolar Planetary Systems

    Frederic A. Rasio;Eric B. Ford

  • Dynamical Outcomes of Planet-Planet Scattering

    Sourav Chatterjee;Eric B. Ford;Eric B. Ford;Soko Matsumura;Frederic A. Rasio

  • Compact Object Modeling with the StarTrack Population Synthesis Code

    Krzysztof Belczynski;Vassiliki Kalogera;Frederic A. Rasio;Ronald E. Taam

  • Tidal Decay of Close Planetary Orbits

    F. A. Rasio;F. A. Rasio;F. A. Rasio;C. A. Tout;C. A. Tout;C. A. Tout;S. H. Lubow;S. H. Lubow;S. H. Lubow;M. Livio;M. Livio;M. Livio

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers from Globular Clusters: Masses, Merger Rates, and the Impact of Stellar Evolution

    Carl L. Rodriguez;Sourav Chatterjee;Frederic A. Rasio

  • Hot Jupiters from secular planet–planet interactions

    Smadar Naoz;Will M. Farr;Yoram Lithwick;Frederic A. Rasio

  • Secular Evolution of Hierarchical Triple Star Systems

    Eric B. Ford;Eric B. Ford;Boris Kozinsky;Frederic A. Rasio

  • Collapse of primordial gas clouds and the formation of quasar black holes

    Abraham Loeb;Frederic A. Rasio

  • Origins of Eccentric Extrasolar Planets: Testing the Planet-Planet Scattering Model

    Eric B. Ford;Eric B. Ford;Frederic A. Rasio

  • Formation of Massive Black Holes in Dense Star Clusters. I. Mass Segregation and Core Collapse

    M. Atakan Gürkan;Marc Freitag;Frederic A. Rasio

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers from Globular Clusters: Implications for Advanced LIGO.

    Carl L. Rodriguez;Meagan Morscher;Bharath Pattabiraman;Sourav Chatterjee

  • Secular Dynamics in Hierarchical Three-Body Systems

    Smadar Naoz;Smadar Naoz;Will M. Farr;Yoram Lithwick;Frederic A. Rasio

  • Merging black hole binaries in galactic nuclei: implications for advanced-LIGO detections

    Fabio Antonini;Frederic A. Rasio

  • Structure and Evolution of Nearby Stars with Planets. II. Physical Properties of ~1000 Cool Stars from the SPOCS Catalog

    Genya Takeda;Eric B. Ford;Alison Sills;Frederic A. Rasio

  • Post-Newtonian Dynamics in Dense Star Clusters: Highly Eccentric, Highly Spinning, and Repeated Binary Black Hole Mergers

    Carl L. Rodriguez;Pau Amaro-Seoane;Sourav Chatterjee;Frederic A. Rasio

  • Ellipsoidal figures of equilibrium: Compressible models

    Dong Lai;Frederic A. Rasio;Stuart L. Shapiro

  • Stellar collisions during binary–binary and binary–single star interactions

    J. M. Fregeau;P. Cheung;S. F.Portegies Zwart;Frederic A Rasio

  • Formation and evolution of compact binaries in globular clusters – II. Binaries with neutron stars

    N. Ivanova;C. O. Heinke;C. O. Heinke;Frederic A Rasio;K. Belczynski;K. Belczynski

  • FORMATION OF MASSIVE BLACK HOLES IN DENSE STAR CLUSTERS. II. INITIAL MASS FUNCTION AND PRIMORDIAL MASS SEGREGATION

    Sanghamitra Goswami;Stefan Umbreit;Matt Bierbaum;Frederic A. Rasio

  • The Gravitational Million–Body Problem: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Star Cluster Dynamics

    Frederic A. Rasio

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart L. Shapiro
Stuart L. Shapiro University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Eric B. Ford
Eric B. Ford Pennsylvania State University
Vassiliki Kalogera
Vassiliki Kalogera Northwestern University
Krzysztof Belczynski
Krzysztof Belczynski Polish Academy of Sciences
Dong Lai
Dong Lai Cornell University
Craig O. Heinke
Craig O. Heinke University of Alberta
Abraham Loeb
Abraham Loeb Harvard University
Ronald E. Taam
Ronald E. Taam Northwestern University
Richard O'Shaughnessy
Richard O'Shaughnessy Rochester Institute of Technology
M. Coleman Miller
M. Coleman Miller University of Maryland, College Park

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