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Peter Goldreich

246

Works

27,997

Citations

73

h-index

131

i10-index

Research Topics

Astro and Planetary Science Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

Affiliations

California Institute of Technology1967–2018

Ames Research Center1984–1984

University of Sydney1969–1969

Albert Einstein College of Medicine2004–2006

Planetary Science Institute1965–1966

Top Works

Pulsar Electrodynamics

Peter Goldreich,William H. Julian

19692,583 citations

Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Planetary Science and Exploration

Toward a theory of interstellar turbulence. 2: Strong alfvenic turbulence

Peter Goldreich,S. Sridhar

19952,111 citations

Spectral Energy Distributions of T Tauri Stars with Passive Circumstellar Disks

Eugene Chiang,Peter Goldreich

19971,579 citations

Disk-satellite interactions

Peter Goldreich,Scott Tremaine

19801,541 citations

The Formation of Planetesimals

Peter Goldreich,William R. Ward

19731,047 citations

Q in the solar system

Peter Goldreich,Steven Soter

19661,007 citations

II. Spiral Arms as Sheared Gravitational Instabilities

Peter Goldreich,D. Lynden–Bell

1965889 citations

The excitation of density waves at the Lindblad and corotation resonances by an external potential

Peter Goldreich,Scott Tremaine

1979825 citations

Molecular Clouds

Peter Goldreich,John Kwan

1974551 citations