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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1995 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his profound and lasting contributions to planetary sciences and astrophysics, providing fundamental theoretical insights for understanding the rotation of planets, the dynamics of planetary rings, pulsars, astrophysical masers, the spiral arms of galaxies, and the oscillations of the Sun.", Awarded by President Clinton at a White House ceremony on October 18, 1995.
  • 1973 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1972 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1968 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Peter Goldreich is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a specific focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. The scientist's work covers various topics including Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Among their recent papers is the article titled "Enceladus's Limit Cycle", published in 2025 in The Astrophysical Journal.

  • Enceladus's Limit Cycle, 2025, The Astrophysical Journal

Peter Goldreich has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Yoram Lithwick
  • Jing Luan

Their publications are primarily found in The Astrophysical Journal, which accounts for a significant portion of their published work.

  • The Astrophysical Journal

Throughout their career, Peter Goldreich has been recognized with several awards and honors. These include:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2004)
  • US President's National Medal of Science (1995) "For his profound and lasting contributions to planetary sciences and astrophysics, providing fundamental theoretical insights for understanding the rotation of planets, the dynamics of planetary rings, pulsars, astrophysical masers, the spiral arms of galaxies, and the oscillations of the Sun.", Awarded by President Clinton at a White House ceremony on October 18, 1995.
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1973)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1972)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1968)

Best Publications

  • Toward a theory of interstellar turbulence. 2. Strong Alfvenic turbulence

    P. Goldreich;S. Sridhar

  • Disk-Satellite Interactions

    Peter Goldreich;Scott Tremaine

  • Spectral Energy Distributions of T Tauri Stars with Passive Circumstellar Disks

    E. I. Chiang;P. Goldreich

  • The formation of planetesimals.

    Peter Goldreich;William R. Ward

  • Q in the solar system

    Peter Goldreich;Steven Soter

  • II. Spiral Arms as Sheared Gravitational Instabilities

    P. Goldreich;D. Lynden-Bell

  • The excitation of density waves at the Lindblad and corotation resonances by an external potential.

    Peter M. Goldreich;Scott Tremaine

  • Simulations of Incompressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

    Jason Maron;Jason Maron;Peter Goldreich

  • Simulations of Incompressible MHD Turbulence

    Jason Maron;Peter Goldreich

  • Self-similar gravitational collapse in an expanding universe

    James A. Fillmore;Peter Goldreich

  • Magnetic field decay in isolated neutron stars

    Peter Goldreich;Andreas Reisenegger

  • IO, A JOVIAN UNIPOLAR INDUCTOR.

    P. Goldreich;D. Lynden-Bell

  • Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence Revisited

    P. Goldreich;S. Sridhar

  • Spin-orbit coupling in the solar system

    Peter Goldreich;Stanton Peale

  • MHD Turbulence Revisited

    Peter Goldreich;S. Sridhar

  • Some remarks on polar wandering

    Peter Goldreich;Alar Toomre

  • Compressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in Interstellar Plasmas

    Yoram Lithwick;Peter Goldreich

  • Differential rotation in stars.

    Peter Goldreich;Gerald Schubert

  • I. Gravitational stability of uniformly rotating disks

    P. Goldreich;D. Lynden-Bell

  • The Dynamics of Planetary Rings

    Peter Goldreich;Scott Tremaine

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott Tremaine
Scott Tremaine Institute for Advanced Study
Eugene Chiang
Eugene Chiang University of California, Berkeley
Norman Murray
Norman Murray University of Toronto
Roger Blandford
Roger Blandford Stanford University
Ramesh Narayan
Ramesh Narayan Harvard University
Brant Robertson
Brant Robertson University of California, Santa Cruz
Re'em Sari
Re'em Sari Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dong Lai
Dong Lai Cornell University
Gerald Schubert
Gerald Schubert University of California, Los Angeles
Nick Scoville
Nick Scoville California Institute of Technology

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