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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Eddington Medal, Royal Astronomical Society
  • 2010 - Dirac Medal, Institute of Physics For his contribution to our understanding of how galaxies are constituted, how they work and how they were formed.
  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

James Binney is a researcher affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, contributing extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans various subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Philosophy, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Scientific Research and Discoveries, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astro and Planetary Science, and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics.

James Binney has published numerous papers in several well-known venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Among recent papers authored by James Binney are:

  • The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey: Implementation, data products, open cluster survey, science, and legacy (2022), Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey: Motivation, implementation, GIRAFFE data processing, analysis, and final data products (2022), Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Trapped orbits and solar-neighbourhood kinematics (2020), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Self-consistent models of our Galaxy (2023), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The shearing sheet and swing amplification revisited (2020), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Collaboration has been an important aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Eugene Vasiliev
  • Jun Yan Lau
  • S. Randich
  • L. Magrini
  • G. G. Sacco

In addition to journal publications, James Binney has contributed to book publishing. One notable book is "Galactic Astronomy," published by Princeton University Press in 2021.

The scientist's contributions have been recognized through several awards, such as the Eddington Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society in 2013, the Dirac Medal from the Institute of Physics in 2010 for contributions to understanding galaxy structure and formation, and election as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Galactic Dynamics: Second Edition

    James Binney;Scott Tremaine

  • Local Kinematics and the Local Standard of Rest

    R. Schoenrich;J. Binney;W. Dehnen

  • Local kinematics and the local standard of rest

    Ralph Schönrich;James Binney;Walter Dehnen

  • The Theory of Critical Phenomena: An Introduction to the Renormalization Group

    J. J. Binney;N. J. Dowrick;A. J. Fisher;M. Newman

  • Radial mixing in galactic discs

    Jerry A Sellwood;J J Binney

  • The radial velocity experiment (RAVE): First data release

    M Steinmetz;A Siebert;H Enke;C Boeche

  • Local stellar kinematics from Hipparcos data

    Walter Dehnen;James J. Binney

  • The Theory of critical phenomena

    J Binney;NJ Dowrick;AJ Fisher;Mej Newman

  • The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey

    G. Gilmore;S. Randich;M. Asplund;J. Binney

  • Chemical evolution with radial mixing

    Ralph Schönrich;James Binney

  • The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): Fourth Data Release

    Andrea Kunder;Georges Kordopatis;Matthias Steinmetz;Tomaž Zwitter

  • Chemical evolution with radial mixing

    Ralph Schoenrich;James Binney

  • Understanding the kinematics of Galactic Centre gas

    James Binney;Ortwin E. Gerhard;Antony A. Stark;John Bally

  • The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): Fifth Data Release

    Andrea Kunder;Georges Kordopatis;Matthias Steinmetz;Tomaz Zwitter

  • The RAVE survey: constraining the local Galactic escape speed

    Martin C. Smith;Gregory R. Ruchti;Amina Helmi;Rosemary F G Wyse

  • Mass models of the Milky Way

    Walter Dehnen;James Binney

  • M/L and velocity anisotropy from observations of spherical galaxies, or must M87 have a massive black hole?

    James Binney;Gary A. Mamon

  • Origin and structure of the Galactic disc(s)

    Ralph Schönrich;James Binney

  • Modified Newtonian dynamics in the Milky Way

    Benoit Famaey;James Binney

  • The photometric structure of the inner Galaxy

    James Binney;Ortwin Gerhard;David Spergel

Frequent Co-Authors

Quentin A. Parker
Quentin A. Parker University of Hong Kong
Eva K. Grebel
Eva K. Grebel Heidelberg University
Amina Helmi
Amina Helmi University of Groningen
Kenneth C. Freeman
Kenneth C. Freeman Australian National University
Joss Bland-Hawthorn
Joss Bland-Hawthorn University of Sydney
Brad K. Gibson
Brad K. Gibson University of Hull
Julio F. Navarro
Julio F. Navarro University of Victoria
Matthias Steinmetz
Matthias Steinmetz Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
Gerard Gilmore
Gerard Gilmore University of Cambridge
Ulisse Munari
Ulisse Munari National Institute for Astrophysics

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