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Nicholas M. Law

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ORCID

439

Works

10,313

Citations

50

h-index

117

i10-index

Research Topics

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Astro and Planetary Science

Affiliations

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2014–2025

California Institute of Technology2004–2011

University of North Carolina Health Care2020–2023

University of Toronto2010–2024

University of Cambridge2004–2008

Top Works

The Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance, and First Results

Nicholas M. Law,S. R. Kulkarni,et al.

20091,092 citations

Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory

A. Rau,S. R. Kulkarni,et al.

2009721 citations

Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions

R. Quimby,S. R. Kulkarni,et al.

2011524 citations

Supernova SN 2011fe from an exploding carbon–oxygen white dwarf star

P. Nugent,M. Sullivan,et al.

2011480 citations

An Extremely Luminous Panchromatic Outburst from the Nucleus of a Distant Galaxy

A. J. Levan,N. R. Tanvir,et al.

2011351 citations

PTF 11kx: A Type Ia Supernova with a Symbiotic Nova Progenitor

B. Dilday,D. A. Howell,et al.

2012332 citations

Exclusion of a luminous red giant as a companion star to the progenitor of supernova SN 2011fe

Weidong Li,J. S. Bloom,et al.

2011310 citations

A SURVEY OF THE HIGH ORDER MULTIPLICITY OF NEARBY SOLAR-TYPE BINARY STARS WITH Robo-AO

Reed Riddle,Andreï Tokovinin,et al.

2015275 citations

A High-Contrast Imaging Survey of<i>SIM Lite</i>Planet Search Targets

Angelle Tanner,Christopher R. Gelino,et al.

2010238 citations