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92
Citations
35086
World Ranking
2091
National Ranking
41

Overview

J. van Paradijs was affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focused on physics and astronomy, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as astronomy and astrophysics, oceanography, molecular biology, computer vision and pattern recognition, and computational mechanics.

The scientist's work encompassed several main topics, including gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, pulsars and gravitational waves research, geophysics and gravity measurements, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, cosmology and gravitation theories, image processing and 3D reconstruction, and planetary science and exploration.

Their recent published papers highlighted various aspects of soft gamma repeaters, particularly the object SGR 1900+14. These papers include:

  • Discovery of a Magnetar Associated with the Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1900+14, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Physical Mechanisms for the Variable Spin-down and Light Curve of SGR 1900+14, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Statistical Properties of SGR 1900+14 Bursts, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Hard Burst Emission from the Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1900+14, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • An Unusual Burst from Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1900+14: Comparisons with Giant Flares and Implications for the Magnetar Model, 2021, UNC Libraries

These publications appeared mainly in one venue, UNC Libraries, indicating a concentrated outlet for their research dissemination.

Frequent co-authors in their research included Christopher Thompson, Peter Woods, C. Kouveliotou, Robert C. Duncan, and Mark H. Finger. Collaboration with these researchers was noted through multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Discovery of the peculiar supernova 1998bw in the error box of GRB980425

    T.J. Galama;P.M. Vreeswijk;J. van Paradijs;C. Kouveliotou

  • An Unusual Supernova in the Error Box of the Gamma-Ray Burst of 25 April 1998

    T. J. Galama;P. M. Vreeswijk;J. van Paradijs;J. van Paradijs;C. Kouveliotou;C. Kouveliotou

  • Transient optical emission from the error box of the gamma-ray burst of 28 February 1997

    J vanParadijs;J vanParadijs;PJ Groot;T Galama;C Kouveliotou;C Kouveliotou

  • An X-ray pulsar with a superstrong magnetic field in the soft γ-ray repeater SGR1806 − 20

    C. Kouveliotou;C. Kouveliotou;S. Dieters;S. Dieters;T.E. Strohmayer;T.E. Strohmayer;J.A. van Paradijs

  • X-RAY BINARIES

    W.H.G. Lewin;J.A. van Paradijs;E.P.J. van den Heuvel

  • A hypernova model for the supernova associated with the gamma ray burst of 25 April 1998

    K. Iwamoto;P. A. Mazzali;K. Nomoto;H. Umeda

  • A `Hypernova' model for SN 1998bw associated with gamma-ray burst of 25 April 1998

    K.Iwamoto;P.A.Mazzali;K.Nomoto;H.Umeda

  • Catalogue of high-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy (4th edition)

    Q. Z. Liu;Q. Z. Liu;J. van Paradijs;E. P. J. van den Heuvel

  • A catalogue of low-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy, LMC, and SMC (Fourth edition)

    Q.Z. Liu;Q.Z. Liu;J.A. van Paradijs;E.P.J. van den Heuvel

  • Discovery of a Magnetar Associated with the Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1900+14

    C. Kouveliotou;C. Kouveliotou;T.E. Strohmayer;K. Hurley;J.A. van Paradijs;J.A. van Paradijs

  • Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows

    Jan van Paradijs;Chryssa Kouveliotou;Ralph A. M. J. Wijers

  • The many faces of neutron stars

    R. Buccheri;J.A. van Paradijs;Alpar

  • Catalogue of high-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy ($4^{th}$ edition)

    Q. Z. Liu;J. van Paradijs;E. P. J. van den Heuvel

  • On the Accretion Instability in Soft X-Ray Transients

    J.A. van Paradijs

  • The Lives of the Neutron Stars

    Alpar;Ü. Kiziloglu;J. van Paradijs

  • A catalogue of low-mass X-ray binaries

    Q. Liu;Q. Liu;J.A. van Paradijs;E.P.J. van den Heuvel

  • An Unstable Central Disk in the Superluminal Black Hole X-Ray Binary GRS 1915+105

    T. Belloni;M. Méndez;M. Méndez;A. R. King;M. van der Klis

  • On the nature of the 'anomalous' 6-s X-ray pulsars

    J.A. van Paradijs;R.E. Taam;E.P.J. van den Heuvel

  • A unified model for the spectral variability in grs 1915+105

    Tomaso Belloni;Mariano R. Méndez;Mariano R. Méndez;Andrew J. King;M. van der Klis

  • Infrared helium emission lines from Cygnus X-3 suggesting a Wolf-Rayet star companion

    M.H. van Kerkwijk;M.H. van Kerkwijk;P.A. Charles;T.R. Geballe;D.L. King

Frequent Co-Authors

M. van der Klis
M. van der Klis University of Amsterdam
Chryssa Kouveliotou
Chryssa Kouveliotou George Washington University
Mariano Mendez
Mariano Mendez University of Groningen
Ralph A. M. J. Wijers
Ralph A. M. J. Wijers University of Amsterdam
E.P.J. van den Heuvel
E.P.J. van den Heuvel University of Amsterdam
Elena Pian
Elena Pian National Institute for Astrophysics
N. Masetti
N. Masetti National Institute for Astrophysics
Kevin Hurley
Kevin Hurley University of California, Berkeley
Eliana Palazzi
Eliana Palazzi National Institute for Astrophysics

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