2026 Mitchell C. Begelman: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	123	725	686	399	372	474	52327

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Research.com Recognitions

1998 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1987 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Mitchell C. Begelman is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research focuses on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a total of 173 publications contributing to this domain.

The subfields in which they have published include:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Computational Mechanics
History and Philosophy of Science
General Health Professions

Key topics covered in their work encompass:

Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
History and Developments in Astronomy

Frequent collaborators include:

Dmitri Uzdensky
G. Werner
Jason Dexter
M. J. Rees
Vladimir Zhdankin

Mitchell C. Begelman has published extensively in the following venues:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters

Selected recent papers include:

First-principles Demonstration of Diffusive-advective Particle Acceleration in Kinetic Simulations of Relativistic Plasma Turbulence, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Which Came First: Supermassive Black Holes or Galaxies? Insights from JWST, 2024, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Magnetic flux inversion in a peculiar changing look AGN, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters
Kinetic turbulence in shining pair plasma: intermittent beaming and thermalization by radiative cooling, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kinetic beaming in radiative relativistic magnetic reconnection: a mechanism for rapid gamma-ray flares in jets, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Begelman has authored a book titled Gravity's Fatal Attraction, published in 2020 by Cambridge University Press.

Over the course of their career, they have received recognition from major foundations, including the Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1998 and the Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1987.

Best Publications

Theory of extragalactic radio sources

Mitchell C. Begelman;Roger D. Blandford;Martin J. Rees

2606
Citations
Massive black hole binaries in active galactic nuclei

M. C. Begelman;R. D. Blandford;M. J. Rees

2195
Citations
On the Fate of Gas Accreting at a Low Rate onto a Black Hole

Roger D. Blandford;Mitchell C. Begelman

1947
Citations
Comptonization of Diffuse Ambient Radiation by a Relativistic Jet: The Source of Gamma Rays from Blazars?

Marek Sikora;Mitchell C. Begelman;Martin J. Rees

1741
Citations
On the fate of gas accreting at a low rate on to a black hole

Roger D. Blandford;Mitchell C. Begelman

1669
Citations
Ion-supported tori and the origin of radio jets

M. J. Rees;M. C. Begelman;M. C. Begelman;R. D. Blandford;E. S. Phinney

1150
Citations
Bars within bars - A mechanism for fuelling active galactic nuclei

Isaac Shlosman;Isaac Shlosman;Juhan Frank;Mitchell C. Begelman;Mitchell C. Begelman

993
Citations
Formation of Supermassive Black Holes by Direct Collapse in Pregalactic Halos

Mitchell C. Begelman;Marta Volonteri;Martin J. Rees

956
Citations
Formation of supermassive black holes by direct collapse in pre-galactic haloes

Mitchell C. Begelman;Mitchell C. Begelman;Marta Volonteri;Martin J. Rees

920
Citations
Molecular tori in Seyfert galaxies - Feeding the monster and hiding it

Julian H. Krolik;Mitchell C. Begelman

847
Citations
Overpressured cocoons in extragalactic radio sources

Mitchell C. Begelman;Denis F. Cioffi

714
Citations
Compton heated winds and coronae above accretion disks. I. Dynamics

M. C. Begelman;C. F. McKee;G. A. Shields

689
Citations
The fuelling of active galactic nuclei

Isaac Shlosman;Mitchell C. Begelman;Julian Frank

686
Citations
Massive black hole binary mergers within sub-pc scale gas discs

J. Cuadra;P. J. Armitage;R. D. Alexander;M. C. Begelman

561
Citations
Rossi X‐Ray Timing Explorer Observation of Cygnus X‐1. II. Timing Analysis

Michael A. Nowak;Brian A. Vaughan;Jörn Wilms;James B. Dove;James B. Dove

560
Citations
Super-Eddington Fluxes from Thin Accretion Disks?

Mitchell C. Begelman

555
Citations
Fast TeV variability in blazars: jets in a jet

Dimitrios Giannios;Dmitri A. Uzdensky;Mitchell C. Begelman

495
Citations
XMM-EPIC observation of MCG-6-30-15: direct evidence for the extraction of energy from a spinning black hole?

Jörn Wilms;Christopher S. Reynolds;Christopher S. Reynolds;Mitchell C. Begelman;James Reeves

489
Citations
XMM-EPIC observation of MCG-6-30-15: Direct evidence for the extraction of energy from aspinning black hole?

Joern Wilms;Christopher S. Reynolds;Mitchell C. Begelman;James Reeves

474
Citations
Filaments, Bubbles, and Weak Shocks in the Gaseous Atmosphere of M87

W. Forman;E.Churazov;C. Jones;M. Markevitch

472
Citations