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Alexander Heger

0000-0002-3684-1325
astro-ph.HEastro-ph.SRastro-phastro-ph.GAnucl-thnucl-exastro-ph.COastro-ph.IMgr-qchep-ph

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Catching Element Formation In The Act
with Chris L. Fryer, Frank Timmes, Aimee L. Hungerford, Aaron Couture +214
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The Remarkable Deaths of 9 - 11 Solar Mass Stars

Preprints & journals

222 papers in the corpus · 1997–2026
The Irreversible Depletion of Dark Matter Spikes by Extreme-Mass-Ratio Inspirals2609.37234v1 · Charlie Sharpe, Yonadav Barry Ginat, Thomas F. M. Spieksma et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
On the rates of binary star collisions around hypermassive black holes2609.27492v1 · Megha Sharma, Alexander Heger, Evgeni Grishin et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Properties of the circumstellar matter around the pair-instability supernova candidate SN 2018ibb revealed by its light curve2609.16394v1 · Takashi J. Moriya, Steve Schulze, Alexander Heger et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Are most detected tidal disruption events partial?2606.22919v1 · Megha Sharma, Daniel J. Price, Alexander Heger et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
A benchmark for binary star interaction with a supermassive black hole in general relativity2604.27429v1 · Megha Sharma, Alexander Heger, Daniel J. Price et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The deci-Hz gravitational wave signal from the collapse of rotating very massive stars2604.07878v1 · Bailey Sykes, Jade Powell, Bernhard Muller et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The Depletion of Collisionless Dark Matter Spikes2603.28866v2 · Charlie Sharpe, Yonadav Barry Ginat, Thomas F. M. Spieksma et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Evolution of wide O star binaries through their LBV stage. Population synthesis with mass-ejection-driven orbital evolution2603.14840v2 · Xiao-Tian Xu, Philipp Podsiadlowski, Norbert Langer et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The Regulated GeAs Cycles with the New 63^{63}Ga(p,γ\gamma)64^{64}Ge and 64^{64}Ge(p,γ\gamma)65^{65}As Reaction Rates and Their Impact on the GS 1826$-24ClockedBurstsandSAXJ1808.424 Clocked Bursts and SAX J1808.4-$3658 Photospheric Radius Expansion Bursts2510.19561v1 · Yi Hua Lam, Ning Lu, Alexander Heger et al.2025 · 1 citationarXiv
Crust Composition and the Shallow Heat Source in KS 1731-260.41172200 · Jain, R, Brown, E F, Schatz, H et al.2025 · 4 citationsPhysical review letters. 2025;135(16):162701
Type Ibn supernovae from ultra-stripped supernova progenitors2507.05506v2 · Takashi J. Moriya, Bernhard Mueller, Sergei I. Blinnikov et al.2025 · 4 citationsarXiv
A solution to the tension of burning on neutron stars and nuclear physics2506.11966v2 · Y. Cavecchi, D. Galloway, A. Heger et al.2025 · 2 citationsThe Astrophysical Journal, 998:25 (14pp), 2026 February 10
Explodability criteria for the neutrino-driven supernova mechanism2503.23856v3 · K. Maltsev, F.R.N. Schneider, I. Mandel et al.2025 · 28 citationsA&A 700, A20 (2025)
Minimum Neutron Star Mass in Neutrino-Driven Supernova Explosions.40053971 · Müller, Bernhard, Heger, Alexander, Powell, Jade2025 · 31 citationsPhysical review letters. 2025;134(7):071403
1000-10,000 M⊙_\odot Primordial Stars Created the Nitrogen Excess in GS 3073 at z=5.55z = 5.552502.04435v4 · Devesh Nandal, Daniel J. Whalen, Muhammad A. Latif et al.2025 · 1 citationarXiv
The birth mass function of neutron stars2412.05524v2 · Zhi-Qiang You, Xingjiang Zhu, Xiaojin Liu et al.2024 · 16 citationsarXiv
Synthetic Light Curves and Spectra for the Photospheric Phase of a 3D Stripped-Envelope Supernova Explosion Model2410.20829v2 · Thomas Maunder, Fionntan P. Callan, Stuart A. Sim et al.2024 · 4 citationsarXiv
The Impact of Initial Composition on Massive Star Evolution and Nucleosynthesis2410.16594v1 · Christopher West, Alexander Heger, Benoit Cote et al.2024 · 2 citationsarXiv
Neutron star kicks plus rockets as a mechanism for forming wide low-eccentricity neutron star binaries2407.20967v2 · Ryosuke Hirai, Philipp Podsiadlowski, Alexander Heger et al.2024 · 10 citationsApJL, 972, L18 (2024)
The minimum neutron star mass in neutrino-driven supernova explosions2407.08407v2 · Bernhard Muller, Alexander Heger, Jade Powell2024 · 1 citationarXiv
New 63^{63}Ga(p,γ\gamma)64^{64}Ge and 64^{64}Ge(p,γ\gamma)65^{65}As reaction rates corresponding to the temperature regime of thermonuclear X-ray bursts2406.14624v2 · Ning Lu, Yi Hua Lam, Alexander Heger et al.2024 · 2 citationsPhysical Review C 110, 065804 (2024)
Convection and the Core gg-mode in Proto-Compact Stars -- A detailed analysis2405.01449v2 · Pia Jakobus, Bernhard Mueller, Alexander Heger2024 · 3 citationsarXiv
Partial tidal disruption events: The elixir of life2403.04211v1 · Megha Sharma, Daniel J. Price, Alexander Heger2024 · 9 citationsarXiv
Spectacular nucleosynthesis from early massive stars2401.02484v1 · Alexander P. Ji, Sanjana Curtis, Nicholas Storm et al.2024 · 27 citationsarXiv
Gravitational Waves from a Core g Mode in Supernovae as Probes of the High-Density Equation of State.38000402 · Jakobus, Pia, Müller, Bernhard, Heger, Alexander et al.2023 · 27 citationsPhysical review letters. 2023;131(19):191201
On the Core-Collapse Supernova Explanation for LAMOST J1010+23582310.00591v2 · S K Jeena, Projjwal Banerjee, Alexander Heger2023 · 10 citationsarXiv
Discovery of millihertz Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in the Low Mass X-Ray Binary XTE J1701$-$462 from a Search of the RXTE Legacy data set2309.05236v2 · Kaho Tse, Duncan K. Galloway, Alexander Heger2023 · 1 citationarXiv
Rapidly Rotating Massive Pop III stars: A Solution for High Carbon Enrichment in CEMP-no Stars2306.06433v3 · Jeena S K, Projjwal Banerjee, Gen Chiaki et al.2023 · 0 citationsarXiv
A metal-poor star with abundances from a pair-instability supernova.37286602 · Xing, Qian-Fan, Zhao, Gang, Liu, Zheng-Wei et al.2023 · 63 citationsNature. 2023;618(7966):712-715
Synthetic Light Curves and Spectra from a Self-Consistent 2D Simulation of an Ultra-strippped Supernova2305.17441v1 · Thomas Maunder, Bernhard Muller, Fionntan Callan et al.2023 · 5 citationsarXiv
Time-independent Simulations of Steady-State Accretion with Nuclear Burning2305.10627v2 · Kaho Tse, Alexander Heger, Ryosuke Hirai et al.2023 · 0 citationsarXiv
Black holes as the end state of stellar evolution: Theory and simulations2304.09350v1 · Alexander Heger, Bernhard Muller, Ilya Mandel2023 · 12 citationsarXiv
Raising the observed metallicity floor with a 3D non-LTE analysis of SDSS J102915.14+172927.92303.01374v1 · C. Lagae, A. M. Amarsi, L. F. Rodr'iguez D'iaz et al.2023 · 18 citationsA&A 672, A90 (2023)
Light Curves of Type IIP Supernovae from Neutrino-driven Explosions of Red Supergiants Obtained by a Semi-analytic Approach2301.00359v3 · Shuai Zha, Bernhard Muller, Amy Weir et al.2023 · 12 citationsarXiv
Can pre-supernova winds from massive stars enrich the interstellar medium with nitrogen at high redshift?2212.05103v1 · Arpita Roy, Mark R. Krumholz, Michael A. Dopita et al.2022 · 0 citationsProceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 16(S366), 33-38, 2022
Measurement of 19F(p, γ)20Ne reaction suggests CNO breakout in first stars.36289385 · Zhang, Liyong, He, Jianjun, deBoer, Richard J et al.2022 · 55 citationsNature. 2022;610(7933):656-660
The role of the hadron-quark phase transition in core-collapse supernovae.36117590 · Jakobus, Pia, Müller, Bernhard, Heger, Alexander et al.2026 · 29 citationsMonthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2022;516(2):2554-2574
Long-term evolution of post-explosion Helium-star Companions of Type Iax Supernovae2206.03521v1 · Yaotian Zeng, Zheng-Wei Liu, Alexander Heger et al.2022 · 7 citationsarXiv
Horizons: Nuclear Astrophysics in the 2020s and Beyond2205.07996v1 · H. Schatz, A. D. Becerril Reyes, A. Best et al.2022 · 51 citationsarXiv
On the Formation and Interaction of Multiple Supermassive Stars in Cosmological Flows2112.09142v1 · Tyrone E. Woods, Samuel Patrick, Daniel J. Whalen et al.2021 · 12 citationsarXiv
The Impact of the New 65 ⁣^{65\!}As(p,γ\gamma)66 ⁣^{66\!}Se Reaction Rate on the Two-Proton Sequential Capture of 64 ⁣^{64}\!Ge, Weak GeAs Cycles, and Type-I X-Ray Bursts such as the Clocked Burster GS 1826$-$242110.13676v2 · Yi Hua Lam, Zi Xin Liu, Alexander Heger et al.2021 · 17 citationsAstrophys. J. 929, 72 (2022)
Advancement of Photospheric Radius Expansion and Clocked Type-I X-Ray Burst Models with the New ^22Mg(α,p)^25Al Reaction Rate Determined at the Gamow Energy.34739292 · Hu, J, Yamaguchi, H, Lam, Y H et al.2021 · 22 citationsPhysical review letters. 2021;127(17):172701
Observational signatures of the surviving donor star in the double detonation model of Type Ia supernovae2109.09980v1 · Zheng-Wei Liu, Friedrich K. Roepke, Yaotian Zeng et al.2021 · 26 citationsA&A 654, A103 (2021)
The Radioactive Nuclei 26^{\textbf{26}}Al and 60^{\textbf{60}}Fe in the Cosmos and in the Solar System2109.08558v2 · Roland Diehl, Maria Lugaro, Alexander Heger et al.2021 · 52 citationsPublications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 38 , 2021 , e062
The Regulated NiCu Cycles with the new 57^{57}Cu(p,γ\gamma)58^{58}Zn reaction rate and the Influence on Type-I X-Ray Bursts: GS 1826$-$24 Clocked Burster2107.11552v2 · Yi Hua Lam, Ning Lu, Alexander Heger et al.2021 · 13 citationsAstrophys. J. 929, 73 (2022)
X-ray burst ignition location on the surface of accreting X-ray pulsars: Can bursts preferentially ignite at the hotspot?2106.04107v1 · A. J. Goodwin, A. Heger, F. R. N. Chambers et al.2021 · 10 citationsarXiv
New ^59Fe Stellar Decay Rate with Implications for the ^60Fe Radioactivity in Massive Stars.33929230 · Gao, B, Giraud, S, Li, K A et al.2021 · 17 citationsPhysical review letters. 2021;126(15):152701
Supernova 1987A: 3D Mixing and light curves for explosion models based on binary-merger progenitors2102.09686v2 · V. P. Utrobin, A. Wongwathanarat, H.-Th. Janka et al.2021 · 41 citationsarXiv
The final core collapse of pulsational pair instability supernovae2101.06889v2 · Jade Powell, Bernhard Muller, Alexander Heger2021 · 54 citationsarXiv
The chemical signature of jet-driven hypernovae2010.06766v2 · J.J. Grimmett, Bernhard Muller, Alexander Heger et al.2020 · 37 citationsarXiv
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