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Steven A. Balbus

University of Oxford ORCID

192

Works

14,645

Citations

43

h-index

89

i10-index

Research Topics

Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astro and Planetary Science

Affiliations

Google (United States)2020–2020

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique2008–2008

Institut Universitaire de France2012–2012

Princeton University1985–2012

École Normale Supérieure - PSL2004–2013

Top Works

A powerful local shear instability in weakly magnetized disks. I - Linear analysis. II - Nonlinear evolution

Steven A. Balbus,John F. Hawley

19914,152 citations

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Instability, turbulence, and enhanced transport in accretion disks

Steven A. Balbus,John F. Hawley

19982,435 citations

Local Three-dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Accretion Disks

John F. Hawley,Charles F. Gammie,et al.

19951,124 citations

Three-dimensional Magnetohydrodynamical Simulations of Vertically Stratified Accretion Disks

James M. Stone,John F. Hawley,et al.

1996550 citations

A Powerful Local Shear Instability in Weakly Magnetized Disks. II. Nonlinear Evolution

John F. Hawley,Steven A. Balbus

1991398 citations

Local Three-dimensional Simulations of an Accretion Disk Hydromagnetic Dynamo

John F. Hawley,Charles F. Gammie,et al.

1996374 citations

Local shear instabilities in weakly ionized, weakly magnetized disks

Omer Blaes,Steven A. Balbus

1994319 citations

A Powerful Local Shear Instability in Weakly Magnetized Disks. IV. Nonaxisymmetric Perturbations

Steven A. Balbus,John F. Hawley

1992313 citations

On the Dynamical Foundations of α Disks

Steven A. Balbus,J. C. B. Papaloizou

1999304 citations