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Overview

Willy Benz is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their primary research lies within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, focusing extensively on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's work spans multiple specialized subfields, including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Computational Mechanics

The main research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation

Willy Benz has authored numerous papers, primarily published in "Astronomy and Astrophysics," which is also one of the most frequent venues of their work. Other notable publication venues include arXiv (Cornell University), the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich), and Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology).

Among recent significant papers are:

  • "ESPRESSO at VLT," 2020, published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS)," 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "Six transiting planets and a chain of Laplace resonances in TOI-178," 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS)," 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS)," 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Frequent co-authors in Willy Benz's work include:

  • Y. Alibert
  • A. Collier Cameron
  • O. D. S. Demangeon
  • A. Brandeker
  • M. Gillon

Best Publications

  • The PLATO 2.0 Mission

    H. Rauer;C. Catala;C. Aerts;T. Appourchaux

  • Setting New Standards with HARPS

    M. Mayor;F. Pepe;D. Queloz;F. Bouchy

  • The PLATO 2.0 mission

    H. Rauer;H. Rauer;C. Catala;C. Aerts;T. Appourchaux

  • Catastrophic Disruptions Revisited

    Willy Benz;Erik Asphaug

  • Inside the Supernova: A Powerful Convective Engine

    Marc Herant;Willy Benz;W. Raphael Hix;Chris L. Fryer

  • The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XVII. Super-Earth and Neptune-mass planets in multiple planet systems HD 47 186 and HD 181 433

    François Bouchy;M. Mayor;C. Lovis;S. Udry

  • Extrasolar planet population synthesis - I. Method, formation tracks, and mass-distance distribution

    C. Mordasini;Y. Alibert;Y. Alibert;W. Benz

  • The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXXIV. Occurrence, mass distribution and orbital properties of super-Earths and Neptune-mass planets ?

    M. Mayor;C. Mordasini;D. Segransan;J.-L. Bertaux

  • An Earth-mass planet orbiting α Centauri B

    Xavier Dumusque;Francesco Alfonso Pepe;Christophe Lovis;Damien Segransan

  • The CoRoT-7 planetary system: two orbiting super-Earths

    D. Queloz;F. Bouchy;F. Bouchy;C. Moutou;A. Hatzes

  • An extrasolar planetary system with three Neptune-mass planets

    Christophe Lovis;Michel Mayor;Francesco Pepe;Yann Alibert

  • The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XIII. A planetary system with 3 Super-Earths (4.2, 6.9, & 9.2 Earth masses)

    M. Mayor;S. Udry;C. Lovis;F. Pepe

  • Extrasolar planet population synthesis II: Statistical comparison with observation

    Christoph Mordasini;Yann Alibert;Willy Benz;Dominique Naef

  • The Origin of Mercury

    W. Benz;A. Anic;J. Horner;J. A. Whitby

  • Can we constrain the interior structure of rocky exoplanets from mass and radius measurements

    Caroline Dorn;Amir Khan;Kevin Heng;James A. D. Connolly

  • The HARPS search for Earth-like planets in the habitable zone: I -- Very low-mass planets around HD20794, HD85512 and HD192310

    F. Pepe;C. Lovis;D. Ségransan;W. Benz

  • Extrasolar planet population synthesis. II. Statistical comparison with observations

    Christoph Mordasini;Yann Alibert;Yann Alibert;Willy Benz;Dominique Naef

  • Extrasolar planet population synthesis - IV. Correlations with disk metallicity, mass, and lifetime

    C. Mordasini;Y. Alibert;Y. Alibert;W. Benz;H. Klahr

  • The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XIII. A planetary system with 3 super-Earths (4.2, 6.9, and 9.2 M)

    M. Mayor;S. Udry;C. Lovis;F. Pepe

  • Dynamics of Cooling Gas in Galactic Dark Halos

    Julio F. Navarro;Willy Benz

Frequent Co-Authors

Stéphane Udry
Stéphane Udry University of Geneva
C. Lovis
C. Lovis University of Geneva
D. Queloz
D. Queloz University of Geneva
Francesco Pepe
Francesco Pepe University of Geneva
Nuno C. Santos
Nuno C. Santos University of Porto
Michel Mayor
Michel Mayor University of Geneva
François Bouchy
François Bouchy University of Geneva
Didier Queloz
Didier Queloz University of Cambridge
Heike Rauer
Heike Rauer Freie Universität Berlin
Magali Deleuil
Magali Deleuil Aix-Marseille University

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