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Nicholas M. Law

Nicholas M. Law

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

Astronomy
Optics
Mathematics

His scientific interests lie mostly in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Supernova, Stars and Light curve. Planet, Telescope, Spectral line, Radius and Active galactic nucleus are the subjects of his Astronomy studies. His study focuses on the intersection of Telescope and fields such as Observatory with connections in the field of Sky, Data reduction and Spitzer Space Telescope.

His Supernova research focuses on White dwarf and how it connects with Accretion. The various areas that he examines in his Stars study include Magnitude and Remote sensing. His Light curve study combines topics in areas such as Stellar mass and Pair-instability supernova.

His most cited work include:

The Palomar Transient Factory: system overview, performance and first results (1048 citations)
The Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance and First Results (1022 citations)
Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory (717 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Astrophysics, Astronomy, Stars, Planet and Exoplanet. His Astrophysics study typically links adjacent topics like Radius. In general Astronomy, his work in Sky, Telescope, Stellar evolution and Kepler is often linked to Population linking many areas of study.

As a part of the same scientific family, Nicholas M. Law mostly works in the field of Stars, focusing on Adaptive optics and, on occasion, Laser. Nicholas M. Law has included themes like Orbital period, Radial velocity and Transit in his Planet study. His Exoplanet research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Neptune and Photometry.

He most often published in these fields:

Astrophysics (62.42%)
Astronomy (44.85%)
Stars (37.58%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

Astrophysics (62.42%)
Planet (31.72%)
Exoplanet (22.02%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Astrophysics, Planet, Exoplanet, Stars and Astronomy are his primary areas of study. His studies examine the connections between Astrophysics and genetics, as well as such issues in Radius, with regards to Effective temperature. His Planet research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Photometry, Transit and Thick disk.

His studies in Exoplanet integrate themes in fields like Orbital period, Neptune and Radial velocity. His studies deal with areas such as James Webb Space Telescope and Sky as well as Stars. His Light curve research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Subdwarf, White dwarf and Stellar mass.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

A remnant planetary core in the hot-Neptune desert (23 citations)
TOI-222: A single-transit TESS candidate revealed to be a 34-d eclipsing binary with CORALIE, EulerCam, and NGTS (21 citations)
Planet Hunters Tess I: TOI 813, a subgiant hosting a transiting Saturn-sized planet on an 84-day orbit (20 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

Astronomy
Optics
Mathematics

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Planet, Exoplanet, Stars, Astrophysics and Orbital period. His Planet research is within the category of Astronomy. His Light curve, Orbit, Telescope and Adaptive optics study in the realm of Astronomy connects with subjects such as Multiplicity.

His work deals with themes such as Terrestrial planet, Neptune and Radial velocity, which intersect with Exoplanet. His Stars research incorporates elements of James Webb Space Telescope and Sky. His research links Radius with Astrophysics.

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Best Publications

The Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance and First Results

N. M. Law;S. R. Kulkarni;R. G. Dekany;E. O. Ofek.
arXiv: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (2009)

1754 Citations

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

Nicholas M. Law;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Richard G. Dekany;Eran O. Ofek.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2009)

1309 Citations

Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory

Arne Rau;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Nicholas M. Law;Joshua S. Bloom.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2009)

864 Citations

Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions

R. M. Quimby;S. R. Kulkarni;M. M. Kasliwal;A. Gal-Yam.
Nature (2011)

571 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.
Nature (2011)

547 Citations

An Extremely Luminous Panchromatic Outburst from the Nucleus of a Distant Galaxy

A. J. Levan;N. R. Tanvir;S. B. Cenko;D. A. Perley.
Science (2011)

364 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.
Science (2012)

362 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.
Nature (2011)

353 Citations

Lucky imaging: High angular resolution imaging in the visible from the ground

Nicholas M. Law;Craig D. Mackay;John E. Baldwin.
Astronomy and Astrophysics (2006)

262 Citations

Supernova PTF 09uj: A possible shock breakout from a dense circumstellar wind

E. O. Ofek;I. Rabinak;J. D. Neill;I. Arcavi.
arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (2010)

249 Citations

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