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D. Lynden–Bell

340

Works

23,054

Citations

58

h-index

129

i10-index

Research Topics

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

Affiliations

Queen's University Belfast1997–2003

Google (United States)2015–2015

Harvard University1978–1978

Max Planck Society2004–2004

University of California, Santa Cruz1982–1982

Top Works

The Evolution of Viscous Discs and the Origin of the Nebular Variables

D. Lynden–Bell,J. E. Pringle

19742,516 citations

History and Developments in Astronomy

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

Evidence from the motions of old stars that the Galaxy collapsed.

O. J. Eggen,D. Lynden–Bell,et al.

19621,587 citations

Statistical Mechanics of Violent Relaxation in Stellar Systems

D. Lynden–Bell

19671,456 citations

Galactic Nuclei as Collapsed Old Quasars

D. Lynden–Bell

19691,391 citations

Spectroscopy and photometry of elliptical galaxies. I - A new distance estimator

Alan Dressler,D. Lynden–Bell,et al.

19871,163 citations

The Gravo-Thermal Catastrophe in Isothermal Spheres and the Onset of Red-Giant Structure for Stellar Systems

D. Lynden–Bell,Robert J. Wood,et al.

1968918 citations

II. Spiral Arms as Sheared Gravitational Instabilities

Peter Goldreich,D. Lynden–Bell

1965889 citations

On the Generating Mechanism of Spiral Structure

D. Lynden–Bell,Agris J. Kalnajs

1972661 citations

Review of galactic constants

F. J. Kerr,D. Lynden–Bell

1986647 citations