2026 Lars Bildsten: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	102	1536	1458	806	753	310	43329

Lars Bildsten publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lars Bildsten sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 310 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Lars Bildsten D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lars Bildsten sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society
2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Lars Bildsten is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and General Health Professions.

Their work covers a variety of main topics in astrophysics and related sciences, including:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astro and Planetary Science
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Lars Bildsten has a substantial publication record with notable recent papers including:

"Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Time-dependent Convection, Energy Conservation, Automatic Differentiation, and Infrastructure" (2023), published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
"Numerical Simulations of Convective Three-dimensional Red Supergiant Envelopes" (2022), published in The Astrophysical Journal
"PTF10iya: a short-lived, luminous flare from the nuclear region of a star-forming galaxy" (2024), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
"Shock Breakout in Three-dimensional Red Supergiant Envelopes" (2022), published in The Astrophysical Journal
"Discovery and characterization of five new eclipsing AM CVn systems" (2021), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent co-authors include:

Tin Long Sunny Wong
Yan-Fei Jiang
Evan B. Bauer
Thomas Kupfer
Jan van Roestel

Lars Bildsten has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Among honors, Lars Bildsten was awarded the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics by the American Astronomical Society in 2017 and was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Planets, Oscillations, Rotation, and Massive Stars

Bill Paxton;Matteo Cantiello;Phil Arras;Lars Bildsten

3209
Citations
Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA)

Bill Paxton;Lars Bildsten;Aaron Dotter;Aaron Dotter;Falk Herwig

2781
Citations
MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA): BINARIES, PULSATIONS, AND EXPLOSIONS

Bill Paxton;Pablo Marchant;Josiah Schwab;Evan B. Bauer

1701
Citations
The Palomar Transient Factory: system overview, performance and first results

Nicholas M. Law;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Richard G. Dekany;Eran O. Ofek

1414
Citations
Observations of Accreting Pulsars

Lars Bildsten;Deepto Chakrabarty;John Chiu;Mark H. Finger;Mark H. Finger

948
Citations
Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory

Arne Rau;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Nicholas M. Law;Joshua S. Bloom

917
Citations
Supernova Light Curves Powered by Young Magnetars

Daniel Kasen;Lars Bildsten

869
Citations
Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA) : Convective Boundaries, Element Diffusion, and Massive Star Explosions

Bill Paxton;Josiah Schwab;Evan B. Bauer;Lars Bildsten;Lars Bildsten

816
Citations
End point of the rp process on accreting neutron stars

H. Schatz;A. Aprahamian;V. Barnard;L. Bildsten

771
Citations
The Last three minutes: issues in gravitational wave measurements of coalescing compact binaries

Curt Cutler;Curt Cutler;Theocharis A. Apostolatos;Theocharis A. Apostolatos;Lars Bildsten;Lars Bildsten;Lee Smauel Finn;Lee Smauel Finn

668
Citations
Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions

R. M. Quimby;S. R. Kulkarni;M. M. Kasliwal;A. Gal-Yam

624
Citations
Faint Thermonuclear Supernovae from AM Canum Venaticorum Binaries

Lars Bildsten;Ken J. Shen;Nevin N. Weinberg;Gijs Nelemans

598
Citations
Supernova SN 2011fe from an exploding carbon–oxygen white dwarf star

Peter E. Nugent;Peter E. Nugent;Mark Sullivan;S. Bradley Cenko;Rollin C. Thomas

596
Citations
Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Pulsating Variable Stars, Rotation, Convective Boundaries, and Energy Conservation

Bill Paxton;R. Smolec;Josiah Schwab;A. Gautschy

433
Citations
Deformations of accreting neutron star crusts and gravitational wave emission

Greg Ushomirsky;Curt Cutler;Lars Bildsten

425
Citations
The Type Ia Supernova Rate

Evan Scannapieco;Lars Bildsten

425
Citations
PTF 11kx: a type Ia supernova with a symbiotic nova progenitor

B. Dilday;B. Dilday;D. A. Howell;D. A. Howell;S. B. Cenko;J. M. Silverman

382
Citations
Exclusion of a luminous red giant as a companion star to the progenitor of supernova SN 2011fe

Weidong Li;Joshua S. Bloom;Philipp Podsiadlowski;Adam A. Miller

377
Citations
A faint type of supernova from a white dwarf with a helium-rich companion

H. B. Perets;H. B. Perets;A. Gal-Yam;P. A. Mazzali;D. Arnett

367
Citations
Carbon Flashes in the Heavy-Element Ocean on Accreting Neutron Stars

Andrew Cumming;Lars Bildsten

311
Citations