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R. D. Blandford | Researchclopedia

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R. D. Blandford

886

Works

86,686

Citations

140

h-index

409

i10-index

Research Topics

Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Affiliations

Pasadena City College1995–1998

California Institute of Technology1977–2008

United States Naval Research Laboratory2008–2008

Google (United States)2002–2002

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique1990–2016

Top Works

Electromagnetic extraction of energy from Kerr black holes

R. D. Blandford,R. L. Znajek

19774,774 citations

Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

THE LARGE AREA TELESCOPE ON THE<i>FERMI GAMMA-RAY SPACE TELESCOPE</i>MISSION

W. B. Atwood,A. A. Abdo,et al.

20093,954 citations

Hydromagnetic flows from accretion discs and the production of radio jets

R. D. Blandford,D. G. Payne

19823,832 citations

THE<i>NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE ARRAY</i>(<i>NuSTAR</i>) HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY MISSION

Fiona A. Harrison,William W. Craig,et al.

20132,150 citations

Relativistic jets as compact radio sources

R. D. Blandford,Arieh Königl

19791,934 citations

Particle acceleration by astrophysical shocks

R. D. Blandford,Jeremiah P. Ostriker

19781,897 citations

Particle acceleration at astrophysical shocks: A theory of cosmic ray origin

R. D. Blandford,David Eichler

19871,850 citations

Massive black hole binaries in active galactic nuclei

Mitchell C. Begelman,R. D. Blandford,et al.

19801,808 citations

Theory of extragalactic radio sources

Mitchell C. Begelman,R. D. Blandford,et al.

19841,617 citations