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Friedrich-Karl Thielemann

Friedrich-Karl Thielemann

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
103
Citations
40809
World Ranking
1491
National Ranking
31

Friedrich-Karl Thielemann 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 Friedrich-Karl Thielemann sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 548 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Friedrich-Karl Thielemann 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 Friedrich-Karl Thielemann sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% 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

  • 2021 - Honorary Member of the Swiss Physical Society
  • 2020 - Karl Schwarzschild Medal, German Astronomical Society
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2012 - Lise Meitner Prize, European Physical Society
  • 2008 - Hans A. Bethe Prize, American Physical Society For his many outstanding theoretical contributions to the understanding of nucleosynthesis, stellar evolution and stellar explosions through applications to individual objects and to cosmic chemical evolution.
  • 1998 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his work at the interface of nuclear physics and astrophysics and the applications to stellar nucleosynthesis, Type Ia and Type II Supernovae, as well as the r and rpprocess

Overview

Friedrich-Karl Thielemann is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Aerospace Engineering, Radiation, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Their research explores a range of topics including Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Nuclear physics research studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Astronomical and nuclear sciences, and Neutrino Physics Research.

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers, which include:

  • Origin of the heaviest elements: The rapid neutron-capture process, 2021, Reviews of Modern Physics
  • Origin of the elements, 2022, The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
  • Core-collapse Supernova Explosions Driven by the Hadron-quark Phase Transition as a Rare r-process Site, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Magnetorotational supernovae: a nucleosynthetic analysis of sophisticated 3D models, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • PUSHing Core-collapse Supernovae to Explosions in Spherical Symmetry. IV. Explodability, Remnant Properties, and Nucleosynthesis Yields of Low-metallicity Stars, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Almudena Arcones
  • M. Pignatari
  • Moritz Reichert
  • G. Martínez-Pinedo
  • M. Liebendörfer

Thielemann's work has been published in a variety of venues, with repeated publications in:

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

In recognition of their scientific contributions, they have received several awards, including:

  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2015
  • Lise Meitner Prize, European Physical Society, 2012
  • Hans A. Bethe Prize, American Physical Society, 2008: For many outstanding theoretical contributions to the understanding of nucleosynthesis, stellar evolution, and stellar explosions through applications to individual objects and to cosmic chemical evolution
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1998: For work at the interface of nuclear physics and astrophysics and the applications to stellar nucleosynthesis, Type Ia and Type II Supernovae, as well as the r and rp-process

Best Publications

  • Accreting white dwarf models for type I supernovae. III. Carbon deflagration supernovae

    K. Nomoto;F. K. Thielemann;K. Yokoi

  • Nucleosynthesis in Chandrasekhar Mass Models for Type Ia Supernovae and Constraints on Progenitor Systems and Burning-Front Propagation

    Koichi Iwamoto;Franziska Brachwitz;Ken ichi Nomoto;Nobuhiro Kishimoto

  • Astrophysical reaction rates from statistical model calculations

    Thomas Rauscher;Friedrich-Karl Thielemann

  • THE JINA REACLIB DATABASE: ITS RECENT UPDATES AND IMPACT ON TYPE-I X-RAY BURSTS

    Richard H. Cyburt;Richard H. Cyburt;A. Matthew Amthor;Ryan Ferguson;Zach Meisel

  • Core-Collapse Supernovae and Their Ejecta

    Friedrich Karl Thielemann;Ken'ichi Nomoto;Masa Aki Hashimoto

  • r-Process in Neutron Star Mergers

    C. Freiburghaus;S. Rosswog;F.-K. Thielemann

  • rp-process nucleosynthesis at extreme temperature and density conditions

    H. Schatz;A. Aprahamian;J. Görres;M. Wiescher

  • The R-process and nucleochronology

    John J. Cowan;Friedrich-Karl Thielemann;James W. Truran

  • End point of the rp process on accreting neutron stars

    H. Schatz;A. Aprahamian;V. Barnard;L. Bildsten

  • Neutrino-induced nucleosynthesis of A>64 nuclei: the nu p process

    C. Fröhlich;G. Martínez-Pinedo;M. Liebendörfer;M. Liebendörfer;F.-K. Thielemann

  • Explosive nucleosynthesis in carbon deflagration models of Type I supernovae

    F.-K. Thielemann;K. Nomoto;K. Yokoi

  • Magnetorotationally driven Supernovae as the origin of early galaxy $r$-process elements?

    Christian Winteler;Roger Kaeppeli;Albino Perego;Almudena Arcones

  • Isotopic r-process abundances and nuclear structure far from stability - Implications for the r-process mechanism

    Karl-Ludwig Kratz;Jean-Philippe Bitouzet;Friedrich-Karl Thielemann;Peter Moeller

  • Nuclear level density and the determination of thermonuclear rates for astrophysics

    Thomas Rauscher;Friedrich-Karl Thielemann;Karl-Ludwig Kratz

  • MAGNETOROTATIONALLY DRIVEN SUPERNOVAE AS THE ORIGIN OF EARLY GALAXY r-PROCESS ELEMENTS?

    C. Winteler;R. Käppeli;A. Perego;A. Arcones

  • Protoneutron star evolution and the neutrino-driven wind in general relativistic neutrino radiation hydrodynamics simulations

    T. Fischer;S. C. Whitehouse;A. Mezzacappa;F.-K. Thielemann

  • Relative frequencies of Type Ia and Type II supernovae in the chemical evolution of the Galaxy, LMC and SMC

    T. Tsujimoto;K. Nomoto;Y. Yoshii;M. Hashimoto

  • Type Ia Supernovae: Influence of the Initial Composition on the Nucleosynthesis, Light Curves, and Spectra and Consequences for the Determination of ΩM and Λ

    P. Höflich;P. Höflich;P. Höflich;John C Wheeler;John C Wheeler;F. K. Thielemann;F. K. Thielemann

  • Origin of the heaviest elements: The rapid neutron-capture process

    John J. Cowan;Christopher Sneden;James E. Lawler;Ani Aprahamian

  • Probing the gravitational well: no supernova explosion in spherical symmetry with general relativistic boltzmann neutrino transport

    Matthias Liebendörfer;Matthias Liebendörfer;Matthias Liebendörfer;Anthony Mezzacappa;Friedrich-Karl Thielemann;Friedrich-Karl Thielemann;O. E. Bronson Messer;O. E. Bronson Messer

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Rauscher
Thomas Rauscher University of Basel
Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo
Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo Technical University of Darmstadt
Michael Wiescher
Michael Wiescher University of Notre Dame
Ken'ichi Nomoto
Ken'ichi Nomoto University of Tokyo
Alexander Heger
Alexander Heger Monash University
Tobias P. Fischer
Tobias P. Fischer University of New Mexico
John J. Cowan
John J. Cowan University of Oklahoma
Tsvi Piran
Tsvi Piran Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Willy Benz
Willy Benz University of Bern
Roland Diehl
Roland Diehl Max Planck Society

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