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Isabelle Baraffe is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research output includes 97 publications, focusing primarily on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their subfields of study include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Spectroscopy
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

The main topics of their work cover a range of areas such as:

  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

Isabelle Baraffe has published in several notable venues, most frequently in:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astronomical Journal
  • Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Isabelle Baraffe include:

  • Impact of a new H/He equation of state on the evolution of massive brown dwarfs (2023), Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The JWST Early Release Science Program for the Direct Imaging and Spectroscopy of Exoplanetary Systems (2022), Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • Direct characterization of young giant exoplanets at high spectral resolution by coupling SPHERE and CRIRES+ (2021), Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • JWST/NIRSpec Observations of the Coldest Known Brown Dwarf (2023), The Astronomical Journal
  • A study of convective core overshooting as a function of stellar mass based on two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations (2023), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Collaborators frequently working with Isabelle Baraffe include:

  • J. Pratt
  • D. G. Vlaykov
  • T. Goffrey
  • Thomas Guillet
  • Pascal Tremblin

Best Publications

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Theory of Low-Mass Stars and Substellar Objects

    Gilles Chabrier;Isabelle Baraffe

  • 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

  • Evolution of low-mass star and brown dwarf eclipsing binaries

    G. Chabrier;J. Gallardo;I. Baraffe

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

    I. Baraffe;G. Chabrier;T. Barman

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • THE EVOLUTION OF CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES AS REVEALED BY THEIR DONOR STARS

    Christian Knigge;Isabelle Baraffe;Joseph Patterson

  • Is tidal heating sufficient to explain bloated exoplanets? Consistent calculations accounting for finite initial eccentricity

    J. Leconte;G. Chabrier;I. Baraffe;I. Baraffe;B. Levrard

  • Effect of episodic accretion on the structure and the lithium depletion of low-mass stars and planet-hosting stars

    Isabelle Baraffe;Isabelle Baraffe;Gilles Chabrier;Gilles Chabrier

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

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

  • Heat transport in giant (exo)planets: a new perspective

    Gilles Chabrier;Isabelle Baraffe

  • The physical properties of extra-solar planets

    I Baraffe;I Baraffe;G Chabrier;T Barman

  • On the Stability of Very Massive Primordial Stars

    I. Baraffe;A. Heger;S. E. Woosley

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilles Chabrier
Gilles Chabrier École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Peter H. Hauschildt
Peter H. Hauschildt Universität Hamburg
Alexander Heger
Alexander Heger Monash University
Adam J. Burgasser
Adam J. Burgasser University of California, San Diego
Eduardo L. Martín
Eduardo L. Martín Spanish National Research Council
Willy Benz
Willy Benz University of Bern
Michael C. Liu
Michael C. Liu University of Hawaii at Manoa
S. K. Leggett
S. K. Leggett University of Hawaii at Manoa
M. R. Zapatero Osorio
M. R. Zapatero Osorio Spanish National Research Council
Ignasi Ribas
Ignasi Ribas Institute of Space Sciences

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