2026 Patrick Hennebelle: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	91	2202	2094	90	88	273	23291

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Physics

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23291

Overview

Patrick Hennebelle is a researcher affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France. Their work primarily focuses on fields within physics and astronomy, with a substantial number of publications in astronomy and astrophysics. The main area of their research involves astrophysics and star formation studies, along with stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

The main topics covered in their research include:

Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astro and Planetary Science
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Hennebelle has published extensively, with their frequent publication venues including:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Notable recent papers by Patrick Hennebelle include:

What determines the formation and characteristics of protoplanetary discs? (2020), Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Star Formation Rate of the Milky Way as Seen by Herschel (2022), The Astrophysical Journal
Chemical Diversity in Protoplanetary Disks and Its Impact on the Formation History of Giant Planets (2022), The Astrophysical Journal
ALMA-IMF (2022), Astronomy and Astrophysics
Dust coagulation feedback on magnetohydrodynamic resistivities in protostellar collapse (2020), Astronomy and Astrophysics

Their research includes work across several subfields of study such as:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Atmospheric Science
Spectroscopy
Instrumentation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Patrick Hennebelle frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including:

S. Molinari
Ralf S. Klessen
L. Testi
U. Lebreuilly
J. D. Soler

Best Publications

Analytical Theory for the Initial Mass Function: CO Clumps and Prestellar Cores

Patrick Hennebelle;Gilles Chabrier;Gilles Chabrier

622
Citations
Thermal condensation in a turbulent atomic hydrogen flow

E. Audit;P. Hennebelle

505
Citations
Magnetic processes in a collapsing dense core I. Accretion and ejection

P. Hennebelle;S. Fromang

484
Citations
Planck intermediate results. XXXV. Probing the role of the magnetic field in the formation of structure in molecular clouds

P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. I. R. Alves

475
Citations
A high order Godunov scheme with constrained transport and adaptive mesh refinement for astrophysical magnetohydrodynamics

Sebastien Fromang;Sebastien Fromang;P. Hennebelle;R. Teyssier

459
Citations
Turbulent molecular clouds

Patrick Hennebelle;Patrick Hennebelle;Edith Falgarone

410
Citations
Planck intermediate results: XXXV. Probing the role of the magnetic field in the formation of structure in molecular clouds

P. A.R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. I.R. Alves;M. Arnaud

391
Citations
Thermal condensation in a turbulent atomic hydrogen flow

Patrick Hennebelle;Edouard Audit

382
Citations
Accretion-driven turbulence as universal process: galaxies, molecular clouds, and protostellar disks

Ralf S. Klessen;Ralf S. Klessen;Patrick Hennebelle

365
Citations
Dynamic star formation in the massive DR21 filament

N Schneider;T Csengeri;S Bontemps;F Motte

353
Citations
Protostellar disk formation and transport of angular momentum during magnetized core collapse

Marc Joos;Patrick Hennebelle;Andrea Ciardi

334
Citations
A sub-parsec resolution simulation of the Milky Way: global structure of the interstellar medium and properties of molecular clouds

F. Renaud;F. Bournaud;E. Emsellem;E. Emsellem;B. Elmegreen

325
Citations
Magnetic processes in a collapsing dense core II. Fragmentation. Is there a fragmentation crisis

P. Hennebelle;R. Teyssier

317
Citations
ANALYTICAL STAR FORMATION RATE FROM GRAVOTURBULENT FRAGMENTATION

Patrick Hennebelle;Gilles Chabrier;Gilles Chabrier

308
Citations
Analytical theory for the initial mass function: II. Properties of the flow

Patrick Hennebelle;Gilles Chabrier

293
Citations
Collapse of massive magnetized dense cores using radiation-magneto-hydrodynamics: early fragmentation inhibition

Benoit Commercon;Patrick Hennebelle;Thomas Henning

289
Citations
Global collapse of molecular clouds as a formation mechanism for the most massive stars

N. Peretto;G. A. Fuller;A. Duarte-Cabral;A. Avison

278
Citations
Clump morphology and evolution in MHD simulations of molecular cloud formation

R. Banerjee;E. Vázquez-Semadeni;P. Hennebelle;R. S. Klessen

263
Citations
From the warm magnetized atomic medium to molecular clouds

P. Hennebelle;R. Banerjee;E. Vázquez-Semadeni;R. S. Klessen

252
Citations
Ambipolar diffusion in low-mass star formation. I. General comparison with the ideal MHD case

J Masson;G Chabrier;P Hennebelle;N Vaytet

244
Citations