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Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low

American Museum of Natural History ORCID

509

Works

17,166

Citations

64

h-index

136

i10-index

Research Topics

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

Affiliations

Ames Research Center1990–1994

Space Science Institute1993–1993

National Institute of Standards and Technology1986–1988

American Museum of Natural History1999–2026

Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics1986–1991

Top Works

Control of star formation by supersonic turbulence

Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low,Ralf S. Klessen

20041,631 citations

Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Rapid planetesimal formation in turbulent circumstellar disks

Anders Johansen,Jeffrey S. Oishi,et al.

20071,179 citations

Starburst‐driven Mass Loss from Dwarf Galaxies: Efficiency and Metal Ejection

Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low,Andrea Ferrara

1999910 citations

Comparing the statistics of interstellar turbulence in simulations and observations

Christoph Federrath,Julia Román-Duval,et al.

2010792 citations

Superbubbles in disk galaxies

Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low,Richard McCray

1988544 citations

The Energy Dissipation Rate of Supersonic, Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in Molecular Clouds

Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low

1999480 citations

Kinetic Energy Decay Rates of Supersonic and Super-Alfvénic Turbulence in Star-Forming Clouds

Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low,Ralf S. Klessen,et al.

1998449 citations

Growth of asteroids, planetary embryos, and Kuiper belt objects by chondrule accretion

Anders Johansen,Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low,et al.

2015445 citations

PARTICLE CLUMPING AND PLANETESIMAL FORMATION DEPEND STRONGLY ON METALLICITY

Anders Johansen,Andrew N. Youdin,et al.

2009409 citations