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Norbert Langer

Norbert Langer

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Physics

D-Index
109
Citations
49160
World Ranking
1201
National Ranking
100

Overview

Norbert Langer is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany. Their research falls primarily within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a substantial focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and General Health Professions.

The main topics covered in their work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astro and Planetary Science, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research.

Norbert Langer has contributed to a range of publications, with frequent appearances in several scientific journals and platforms. These include Astronomy and Astrophysics, arXiv (Cornell University), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Some of the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Langer are:

  • Cosmic rates of black hole mergers and pair-instability supernovae from chemically homogeneous binary evolution, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS - II. Physical properties of the most massive stars in R136, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS, 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Unnamed paper, 2020, Wiardi Beckman Foundation (Wiardi Beckman Foundation)
  • An X-ray-quiet black hole born with a negligible kick in a massive binary within the Large Magellanic Cloud, 2022, Nature Astronomy

Norbert Langer has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including H. Sana, S. E. de Mink, Pablo Marchant, D. J. Lennon, and T. Shenar.

Best Publications

  • A massive pulsar in a compact relativistic binary

    John Antoniadis;Paulo C. C. Freire;Norbert Wex;Thomas M. Tauris

  • How Massive Single Stars End Their Life

    A. Heger;A. Heger;C. L. Fryer;S. E Woosley;N. Langer

  • Binary Interaction Dominates the Evolution of Massive Stars

    H. Sana;S. E. de Mink;S. E. de Mink;A. de Koter;A. de Koter;N. Langer

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

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

  • Presupernova Evolution of Massive Single and Binary Stars

    N. Langer

  • Presupernova Evolution of Rotating Massive Stars. I. Numerical Method and Evolution of the Internal Stellar Structure

    A. Heger;A. Heger;N. Langer;S. E. Woosley;S. E. Woosley

  • Rotating Massive Main-Sequence Stars I: Grids of Evolutionary Models and Isochrones

    Ines Brott;Selma E. de Mink;Matteo Cantiello;Norbert Langer

  • Rotating massive main-sequence stars - I. Grids of evolutionary models and isochrones

    I. Brott;I. Brott;S. E. De Mink;S. E. De Mink;M. Cantiello;N. Langer;N. Langer

  • Formation of Double Neutron Star Systems

    T. M. Tauris;T. M. Tauris;M. Kramer;P. C. C. Freire;N. Wex

  • THE EFFECTS OF BINARY EVOLUTION ON THE DYNAMICS OF CORE COLLAPSE AND NEUTRON STAR KICKS

    Ph. Podsiadlowski;N. Langer;A.J.T. Poelarends;S.M. Rappaport

  • Presupernova Evolution of Rotating Massive Stars. II. Evolution of the Surface Properties

    A. Heger;A. Heger;N. Langer

  • Single star progenitors of long gamma-ray bursts - I. Model grids and redshift dependent GRB rate

    S.C. Yoon;N. Langer;C. Norman;C. Norman;C. Norman

  • A new route towards merging massive black holes

    Pablo Marchant;Norbert Langer;Philipp Podsiadlowski;Philipp Podsiadlowski;Thomas M. Tauris;Thomas M. Tauris

  • THE ROTATION RATES OF MASSIVE STARS: THE ROLE OF BINARY INTERACTION THROUGH TIDES, MASS TRANSFER, AND MERGERS

    S. E. de Mink;S. E. de Mink;N. Langer;Robert Izzard;H. Sana

  • The Presupernova Evolution and Explosion of Helium Stars That Experience Mass Loss

    S. E. Woosley;Norbert Langer;Thomas A. Weaver

  • The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey I: Introduction and observational overview

    C. J. Evans;W. D. Taylor;V. Henault-Brunet;H. Sana

  • The evolution of massive stars including mass loss - Presupernova models and explosion

    S. E. Woosley;Norbert Langer;Thomas A. Weaver

  • Multi-Dimensional Simulations of the Accretion-Induced Collapse of White Dwarfs to Neutron Stars

    Luc Dessart;Adam Burrows;Christian Ott;Eli Livne

  • Sub-surface convection zones in hot massive stars and their observable consequences

    M Cantiello;N Langer;N Langer;I Brott;A de Koter;A de Koter

  • Rotating massive main-sequence stars: II. Simulating a population of LMC early B-type stars as a test of rotational mixing

    I. Brott;I. Brott;C.J. Evans;Ian Hunter;A. De Koter;A. De Koter

Frequent Co-Authors

A. de Koter
A. de Koter University of Amsterdam
Hugues Sana
Hugues Sana KU Leuven
D. J. Lennon
D. J. Lennon University of La Laguna
Paul A. Crowther
Paul A. Crowther University of Sheffield
Jorick S. Vink
Jorick S. Vink Armagh Observatory
Chris Evans
Chris Evans UK Astronomy Technology Centre
Jacco Vink
Jacco Vink University of Amsterdam
Alexander Heger
Alexander Heger Monash University
Colin Norman
Colin Norman Space Telescope Science Institute
Mark Gieles
Mark Gieles University of Barcelona

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