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Gregg A. Wade is affiliated with the Royal Military College of Canada in Canada and is an active researcher in physics and astronomy. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Geophysics, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Wade's publications cover a broad range of topics related to stellar, planetary, and galactic studies as well as astrophysics and star formation studies.

The scientist has published extensively, with a total of 197 publications in physics and astronomy. Their major subfields of study include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Geophysics
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Gregg A. Wade's main research topics center around:

  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

The scientist's frequent publication venues include:

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

Among notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Gregg A. Wade are:

  • MOBSTER - VI. The crucial influence of rotation on the radio magnetospheres of hot stars (2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
  • The effects of surface fossil magnetic fields on massive star evolution - II. Implementation of magnetic braking in mesa and implications for the evolution of surface rotation in OB stars (2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
  • New Mass and Radius Constraints on the LHS 1140 Planets: LHS 1140 b Is either a Temperate Mini-Neptune or a Water World (2024, The Astrophysical Journal Letters)
  • A massive helium star with a sufficiently strong magnetic field to form a magnetar (2023, Science)
  • A magnetic massive star has experienced a stellar merger (2024, Science)

In their research collaborations, the scientist has frequently worked with coauthors such as:

  • M. E. Shultz
  • V. Pétit
  • C. Neiner
  • C. P. Folsom
  • P. Chandra

Best Publications

  • A magnetic confinement versus rotation classification of massive-star magnetospheres

    V. Petit;S. P. Owocki;G. A. Wade;D. H. Cohen

  • Weak magnetic fields in Ap/Bp stars : Evidence for a dipole field lower limit and a tentative interpretation of the magnetic dichotomy

    M. Auriere;G. A. Wade;J. Silvester;J. Silvester;F. Lignieres

  • A high-resolution spectropolarimetric survey of Herbig Ae/Be stars – I. Observations and measurements

    E. Alecian;E. Alecian;G. A. Wade;C. Catala;J. H. Grunhut;J. H. Grunhut

  • High-precision magnetic field measurements of Ap and Bp stars

    G. A. Wade;J.-F. Donati;J. D. Landstreet;S. L. S. Shorlin

  • The MiMeS survey of magnetism in massive stars: introduction and overview

    G. A. Wade;C. Neiner;E. Alecian;J. H. Grunhut

  • Measuring magnetic fields of early-type stars with FORS1 at the VLT

    S. Bagnulo;T. Szeifert;G. A. Wade;J. D. Landstreet

  • BRITE-Constellation: nanosatellites for precision photometry of bright stars

    W.W. Weiss;S.M. Rucinski;A.F.J. Moffat;A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny

  • A highly sensitive search for magnetic fields in B, A and F stars

    S. L. S. Shorlin;G. A. Wade;J.-F. Donati;J. D. Landstreet

  • The MiMeS survey of Magnetism in Massive Stars : magnetic analysis of the O-type stars

    J. H. Grunhut;J. H. Grunhut;G. A. Wade;C. Neiner;M. E. Oksala;M. E. Oksala

  • Magnetic Doppler imaging of 53 Camelopardalis in all four Stokes parameters

    Oleg Kochukhov;S. Bagnulo;G. A. Wade;L. Sangalli

  • Spectropolarimetric measurements of magnetic Ap and Bp stars in all four Stokes parameters

    G. A. Wade;J.-F. Donati;J. D. Landstreet;S. L. S. Shorlin

  • Searching for links between magnetic fields and stellar evolution - I. A survey of magnetic fields in open cluster A- and B-type stars with FORS1

    S. Bagnulo;J. D. Landstreet;E. Mason;V. Andretta

  • BRITE-Constellation: Nanosatellites for Precision Photometry of Bright Stars

    W. W. Weiss;S. M. Rucinski;A. F. J. Moffat;A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny

  • A search for strong, ordered magnetic fields in Herbig Ae/Be stars★

    G. A. Wade;S. Bagnulo;D. Drouin;J. D. Landstreet

  • Searching for links between magnetic fields and stellar evolution - II. The evolution of magnetic fields as revealed by observations of Ap stars in open clusters and associations

    J. D. Landstreet;S. Bagnulo;S. Bagnulo;V. Andretta;L. Fossati

  • The magnetic field and wind confinement of β Cephei: new clues for interpreting the Be phenomenon?

    J.-F. Donati;G.A. Wade;J. Babel;H.F. Henrichs

  • The MiMeS Survey of Magnetism in Massive Stars: CNO surface abundances of Galactic O stars

    F. Martins;A. Hervé;J.-C. Bouret;W. Marcolino

  • The magnetic fields at the surface of active single G-K giants ,

    M. Aurière;M. Aurière;R. Konstantinova-Antova;R. Konstantinova-Antova;C. Charbonnel;C. Charbonnel;G. A. Wade

  • Massive pulsating stars observed by BRITE-Constellation. I. The triple system Beta Centauri (Agena)

    A. Pigulski;H. Cugier;A. Popowicz;R. Kuschnig

  • BRITE-Constellation: Nanosatellites for precision photometry of bright stars

    W. W. Weiss;A. F. J. Moffat;A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny;O. F. Koudelka

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-François Donati
Jean-François Donati Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Slavek M. Rucinski
Slavek M. Rucinski University of Toronto
Jason F. Rowe
Jason F. Rowe Bishop's University
Stanley P. Owocki
Stanley P. Owocki University of Delaware
Nidia Morrell
Nidia Morrell Carnegie Learning
Jorick S. Vink
Jorick S. Vink Armagh Observatory
Chris Evans
Chris Evans UK Astronomy Technology Centre
Lex Kaper
Lex Kaper University of Amsterdam
Michał K. Szymański
Michał K. Szymański University of Warsaw

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