2026 Gilles Chabrier: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	105	1358	1286	49	47	352	55720

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Physics

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1286

352

55720

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics
2014 - Ampère Prize (Prix Ampère de l’Électricité de France), French Academy of Sciences
2011 - Eddington Medal, Royal Astronomical Society

Overview

Gilles Chabrier is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France and specializes in Physics and Astronomy, contributing extensively to the fields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Instrumentation, General Health Professions, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Their research covers a broad range of topics including Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

Their frequent publication venues reflect a strong presence in astrophysical research communities, including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Astrophysical Journal
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The Astronomical Journal

Prominent recent papers authored by Gilles Chabrier are as follows:

"A New Equation of State for Dense Hydrogen-Helium Mixtures. II. Taking into Account Hydrogen-Helium Interactions," 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
"Impact of a new H/He equation of state on the evolution of massive brown dwarfs," 2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics
"Crust structure and thermal evolution of neutron stars in soft X-ray transients," 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
"JWST/NIRSpec Observations of the Coldest Known Brown Dwarf," 2023, The Astronomical Journal
"A JWST Survey for Planetary Mass Brown Dwarfs in IC 348," 2023, The Astronomical Journal

Their work is often conducted in collaboration with several co-authors, including:

Pascal Tremblin
I. Baraffe
Étienne Jaupart
Pierre Dumond
K. L. Luhman

Throughout their career, Gilles Chabrier has received several awards recognizing contributions to astrophysics and physical sciences, including:

Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics, 2019
Ampère Prize (Prix Ampère de l'Électricité de France), French Academy of Sciences, 2014
Eddington Medal, Royal Astronomical Society, 2011

Best Publications

Galactic stellar and substellar initial mass function

Gilles Chabrier

11920
Citations
New evolutionary models for pre-main sequence and main sequence low-mass stars down to the hydrogen-burning limit

Isabelle Baraffe;Isabelle Baraffe;Derek Homeier;Gilles Chabrier;Gilles Chabrier

2486
Citations
Evolutionary models for cool brown dwarfs and extrasolar giant planets. The case of HD 20945

I. Baraffe;G. Chabrier;T. Barman;F. Allard

2483
Citations
New evolutionary models for pre-main sequence and main sequence low-mass stars down to the hydrogen-burning limit

I. Baraffe;D. Homeier;F. Allard;G. Chabrier

2020
Citations
Evolutionary models for cool brown dwarfs and extrasolar giant planets. The case of HD 209458

I. Baraffe;G. Chabrier;T. S. Barman;F. Allard

1694
Citations
Evolutionary Models for Very Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs with Dusty Atmospheres

G. Chabrier;G. Chabrier;I. Baraffe;I. Baraffe;F. Allard;P. Hauschildt

1465
Citations
An Equation of State for Low-Mass Stars and Giant Planets

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

1354
Citations
The Galactic Disk Mass Function: Reconciliation of the Hubble Space Telescope and Nearby Determinations

Gilles Chabrier

1288
Citations
The Galactic disk mass function: reconciliation of the HST and nearby determinations

Gilles Chabrier

1148
Citations
Evolutionary models for low-mass stars and brown dwarfs: uncertainties and limits at very young ages

I. Baraffe;G. Chabrier;F. Allard;Hauschildt

881
Citations
Theory of Low-Mass Stars and Substellar Objects

Gilles Chabrier;Isabelle Baraffe

806
Citations
Evolutionary models for low-mass stars and brown dwarfs: uncertainties and limits at very young ages

I. Baraffe;G. Chabrier;F. Allard;P. H. Hauschildt

757
Citations
The Galactic Disk Mass Budget. I. Stellar Mass Function and Density

Gilles Chabrier

736
Citations
Analytical Theory for the Initial Mass Function: CO Clumps and Prestellar Cores

Patrick Hennebelle;Gilles Chabrier;Gilles Chabrier

622
Citations
Evolution of low-mass star and brown dwarf eclipsing binaries

G. Chabrier;J. Gallardo;I. Baraffe

601
Citations
Structure and evolution of super-Earth to super-Jupiter exoplanets - I. Heavy element enrichment in the interior

I. Baraffe;G. Chabrier;T. Barman

541
Citations
Episodic accretion at early stages of evolution of low mass stars and brown dwarfs: a solution for the observed luminosity spread in HR diagrams?

I. Baraffe;G. Chabrier;J. Gallardo

519
Citations
Episodic Accretion at Early Stages of Evolution of Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs: A Solution for the Observed Luminosity Spread in H-R Diagrams?

I. Baraffe;G. Chabrier;J. Gallardo

497
Citations
The Initial Mass Function: From Salpeter 1955 to 2005

Gilles Chabrier

467
Citations
THE MASS-DEPENDENCE OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM EVOLUTION IN SUN-LIKE STARS

Sean P. Matt;A. Sacha Brun;Isabelle Baraffe;Isabelle Baraffe;Jérôme Bouvier;Jérôme Bouvier

462
Citations