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  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Helmut Lammer is affiliated with the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of physics and astronomy, with a particular emphasis on astronomy and astrophysics, geophysics, aerospace engineering, atmospheric science, and paleontology. Their extensive publication record includes significant contributions to planetary and space science topics.

The main topics of Helmut Lammer's work include:

  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis

The scientist has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Space Science Reviews
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • The Astrophysical Journal

Helmut Lammer's recent papers include:

  • A pebble accretion model for the formation of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System, 2021, Science Advances
  • Overcoming the Limitations of the Energy-limited Approximation for Planet Atmospheric Escape, 2020, SibFU Digital Repository (Siberian Federal University)
  • The Long-Term Evolution of the Atmosphere of Venus: Processes and Feedback Mechanisms, 2022, Space Science Reviews
  • Particles and Photons as Drivers for Particle Release from the Surfaces of the Moon and Mercury, 2022, Space Science Reviews
  • Evidence for the volatile-rich composition of a 1.5-Earth-radius planet, 2022, Nature Astronomy

Frequent co-authors in Helmut Lammer's research include:

  • Manuel Scherf
  • P. Wurz
  • L. Fossati
  • Н. В. Еркаев
  • André Galli

Best Publications

  • The PLATO 2.0 Mission

    H. Rauer;C. Catala;C. Aerts;T. Appourchaux

  • The PLATO 2.0 mission

    H. Rauer;H. Rauer;C. Catala;C. Aerts;T. Appourchaux

  • Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission VIII. CoRoT-7b: the first Super-Earth with measured radius

    A. Leger;D. Rouan;J. Schneider;P. Barge

  • Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission VIII. CoRoT-7b: the first Super-Earth with measured radius

    A. Léger;D. Rouan;J. Schneider;P. Barge

  • Atmospheric Loss of Exoplanets Resulting from Stellar X-Ray and Extreme-Ultraviolet Heating

    H. Lammer;F. Selsis;I. Ribas;E. F. Guinan

  • What makes a planet habitable

    H. Lammer;J. H. Bredehöft;A. Coustenis;M. L. Khodachenko

  • The CoRoT-7 planetary system: two orbiting super-Earths

    D. Queloz;F. Bouchy;F. Bouchy;C. Moutou;A. Hatzes

  • Coronal mass ejection (CME) activity of low mass M stars as an important factor for the habitability of terrestrial exoplanets. II. CME-induced ion pick up of Earth-like exoplanets in close-in habitable zones.

    Helmut Lammer;Herbert I.M. Lichtenegger;Yuri N. Kulikov;Jean Mathias Grießmeier

  • Roche lobe effects on the atmospheric loss from "Hot Jupiters"

    N. V. Erkaev;Yu. N. Kulikov;H. Lammer;F. Selsis

  • Roche lobe effects on the atmospheric loss of "Hot Jupiters"

    N. V. Erkaev;H. Lammer;Yu. N. Kulikov;D. Langmayr

  • Coronal mass ejection (CME) activity of low mass M stars as an important factor for the habitability of terrestrial exoplanets. I. CME impact on expected magnetospheres of Earth-like exoplanets in close-in habitable zones.

    Maxim L. Khodachenko;Ignasi Ribas;Helmut Lammer;Jean-Mathias Grießmeier

  • A new family of planets? Ocean-Planets

    A. Leger;Franck Selsis;C. Sotin;T. Guillot

  • M stars as targets for terrestrial exoplanet searches and biosignature detection.

    John M Scalo;Lisa Kaltenegger;Ant Gona Segura;Malcolm Fridlund

  • The extreme ultraviolet and X-ray Sun in Time: High-energy evolutionary tracks of a solar-like star

    Lin Tu;Colin P. Johnstone;Manuel Güdel;Helmut Lammer

  • The effect of evaporation on the evolution of close-in giant planets

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

  • Atmospheric Escape and Evolution of Terrestrial Planets and Satellites

    Helmut Lammer;James F. Kasting;Eric Chassefière;Robert E. Johnson

  • Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission - II. CoRoT-Exo-2b: a transiting planet around an active G star

    R. Alonso;M. Auvergne;A. Baglin;M. Ollivier

  • Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission I - CoRoT-Exo-1b: a low-density short-period planet around a G0V star

    P. Barge;A. Baglin;M. Auvergne;Heike Rauer

  • Magnetic field investigation of the Venus plasma environment: Expected new results from Venus Express

    T.L. Zhang;T.L. Zhang;W. Baumjohann;M. Delva;H.-U. Auster

  • Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission . VI. CoRoT-Exo-3b: the first secure inhabitant of the brown-dwarf desert

    M. Deleuil;H. J. Deeg;R. Alonso;F. Bouchy

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikolai V. Erkaev
Nikolai V. Erkaev Siberian Federal University
Heike Rauer
Heike Rauer Freie Universität Berlin
Peter Wurz
Peter Wurz University of Bern
Manuel Güdel
Manuel Güdel University of Vienna
Tristan Guillot
Tristan Guillot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Suzanne Aigrain
Suzanne Aigrain University of Oxford
Magali Deleuil
Magali Deleuil Aix-Marseille University
A. P. Hatzes
A. P. Hatzes Max Planck Society
Mats Holmström
Mats Holmström Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Tsevi Mazeh
Tsevi Mazeh Tel Aviv University

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