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Richard H. D. Townsend
astro-ph.SRastro-phastro-ph.HEastro-ph.EPastro-ph.IMastro-ph.GAastro-ph.COComputational astrophysicsFluid dynamicshep-ph
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Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Pulsating Variable Stars, Rotation, Convective Boundaries, and Energy Conservation
with Bill Paxton, R. Smolec, Josiah Schwab, A. Gautschy +12
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126 papers in the corpus · 2000–2026Stellar Population Spectra Incorporating Detailed Binary Evolution using POSYDON2606.13351v3 · Eirini Kasdagli, Jeff J. Andrews, Bret Lehmer et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Revealing mixed modes in compressible hydrodynamical simulations of red giant stars2606.07125v1 · Nils B. de Vries, Arthur Le Saux, Isabelle Baraffe et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The Tale of a Hungry Subgiant and Its Brown Dwarf: Interior Radiative Damping Dominates the Tidal Evolution of TOI-58822605.04141v2 · Ritvik Sai Narayan, Melinda Soares-Furtado, Richard H.D. Townsend2026 · 1 citationApJL (2026), 1005, L35
Pulsational Instability of Quasi-Stars: Interpreting the Variability of Little Red Dots2512.17997v1 · Matteo Cantiello, Jake B. Hassan, Rosalba Perna et al.2025 · 1 citationarXiv
Tides in Massive Binaries: Numerical Solutions and Semi-Analytical Comparisons2512.13551v1 · Meng Sun, Hongbo Xia, Seth Gossage et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
Numerical Non-Adiabatic Tidal Calculations with GYRE-tides: The WASP-12 Test Case2511.18769v1 · Meng Sun, Richard H. D. Townsend, Hongbo Xia et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
The evolutionary and asteroseismic imprints of mass accretion. The 10 M Cep case study2508.19695v1 · A. Miszuda, Z. Guo, R. H. D. Townsend2025 · 4 citationsA&A 702, A203 (2025)
Tools for Characterizing the Numerical Error of Stellar Oscillation Codes2505.20212v2 · Richard H. D. Townsend, Rianna V. Kuenzi, J\orgen Christensen-Dalsgaard2025 · 3 citationsarXiv
The TEMPO Survey II: Science Cases Leveraged from a Proposed 30-Day Time Domain Survey of the Orion Nebula with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope2406.01492v1 · Melinda Soares-Furtado, Mary Anne Limbach, Andrew Vanderburg et al.2024 · 1 citationarXiv
The impact of radiative levitation on mode excitation of main-sequence B-type pulsators2405.08864v1 · R. Rehm, J. S. G. Mombarg, C. Aerts et al.2024 · 12 citationsarXiv
The coevolution of migrating planets and their pulsating stars through episodic resonance locking2403.08014v2 · Jared Bryan, Julien de Wit, Meng Sun et al.2024 · 4 citationsNat. Astron. (2024)
The Asteroseismic Imprints of Mass Transfer: A Case Study of a Binary Mass Gainer in the SPB Instability Strip2403.05627v1 · Tom Wagg, Cole Johnston, Earl P. Bellinger et al.2024 · 22 citationsA&A 687, A222 (2024)
Modelling time-dependent convective penetration in 1D stellar evolution2312.08315v1 · Cole Johnston, Mathias Michielsen, Evan H. Anders et al.2023 · 14 citationsarXiv
MESA-Web: A cloud resource for stellar evolution in astronomy curricula2309.15930v1 · Carl E. Fields, Richard H. D. Townsend, A. L. Dotter et al.2023 · 0 citationsarXiv
Stellar Cruise Control: Weakened Magnetic Braking Leads to Sustained Rapid Rotation of Old Stars2309.05666v1 · Nicholas Saunders, Jennifer L. van Saders, Alexander J. Lyttle et al.2023 · 31 citationsarXiv
Corrected Weight Functions for Stellar Oscillation Eigenfrequencies2308.00785v2 · R. H. D. Townsend, S. D. Kawaler2023 · 1 citationRNAAS, 7, 166 (023)
Overview and Validation of the Asteroseismic Modeling Portal v2.02307.16247v1 · Travis S. Metcalfe, Richard H. D. Townsend, Warrick H. Ball2023 · 6 citationsRes. Notes AAS 7, 164 (2023)
A calibration point for stellar evolution from massive star asteroseismology2306.11798v2 · Siemen Burssens, Dominic M. Bowman, Mathias Michielsen et al.2023 · 57 citationsarXiv
Discrepant Approaches to Modeling Stellar Tides, and the Blurring of Pseudosynchronization2306.06429v1 · R. H. D. Townsend, M. Sun2023 · 12 citationsarXiv
MSG: A software package for interpolating stellar spectra in pre-calculated grids2301.12533v1 · Rich Townsend, Aaron Lopez2023 · 20 citationsJournal of Open Source Software, 8(81), 4602 (2023)
Strong Variability in AzV 493, an Extreme Oe-Type Star in the SMC2301.11433v1 · M. S. Oey, N. Castro, M. Renzo et al.2023 · 4 citationsarXiv
gyre_tides: Modeling binary tides within the gyre stellar oscillation code2301.06599v2 · Meng Sun, R. H. D. Townsend, Zhao Guo2023 · 40 citationsarXiv
The photometric variability of massive stars due to gravity waves excited by core convection.37859938 · Anders, Evan H, Lecoanet, Daniel, Cantiello, Matteo et al.2023 · 31 citationsNature astronomy. 2023;7(10):1228-1234
The TEMPO Survey I: Predicting Yields of the Transiting Exosatellites, Moons, and Planets from a 30-day Survey of Orion with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope2209.12916v1 · Mary Anne Limbach, Melinda Soares-Furtado, Andrew Vanderburg et al.2022 · 15 citationsarXiv
Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Time-Dependent Convection, Energy Conservation, Automatic Differentiation, and Infrastructure2208.03651v2 · Adam S. Jermyn, Evan B. Bauer, Josiah Schwab et al.2022 · 604 citationsarXiv
A New Window to Tidal Asteroseismology: Non-linearly Excited Stellar Eigenmodes and the Period Spacing Pattern in KOI-542202.06101v2 · Zhao Guo, Gordon I. Ogilvie, Gang Li et al.2022 · 18 citationsarXiv
On The Impact Of 22Ne On The Pulsation Periods Of Carbon-Oxygen White Dwarfs With Helium Dominated Atmospheres2101.08352v1 · Morgan T. Chidester, F.X. Timmes, Josiah Schwab et al.2021 · 18 citationsarXiv
TESS Asteroseismology of Mensae: Benchmark Ages for a G7 Dwarf and its M-dwarf Companion2012.10797v2 · Ashley Chontos, Daniel Huber, Travis A. Berger et al.2020 · 29 citationsarXiv
WOCS 5379: Detailed Analysis of the Evolution of a Post-Mass-Transfer Blue Straggler2012.08502v1 · Meng Sun, Robert D. Mathieu, Emily M. Leiner et al.2020 · 24 citationsarXiv
Stability and pulsation of the first dark stars2011.00231v2 · Tanja Rindler-Daller, Katherine Freese, Richard H.D. Townsend et al.2020 · 6 citationsMon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 503 3, 3677-3691 (2021)
How the breakout-limited mass in B-star centrifugal magnetospheres controls their circumstellar H-alpha emission2009.12359v1 · Stanley P. Owocki, Matt E. Shultz, Asif ud-Doula et al.2020 · 39 citationsarXiv
The Contour Method: a new approach to finding modes of non-adiabatic stellar pulsations2006.13223v2 · J. Goldstein, R. H. D. Townsend2020 · 78 citationsarXiv
Improved Asymptotic Expressions for the Eigenvalues of Laplace's Tidal Equations2006.12596v2 · R. H. D. Townsend2020 · 15 citationsarXiv
The Aarhus red giants challenge II. Stellar oscillations in the red giant branch phase2002.02816v2 · J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, V. Silva Aguirre, S. Cassisi et al.2020 · 36 citationsarXiv
The effects of surface fossil magnetic fields on massive star evolution: II. Implementation of magnetic braking in MESA and implications for the evolution of surface rotation in OB stars2001.06239v2 · Z. Keszthelyi, G. Meynet, M.E. Shultz et al.2020 · 60 citationsarXiv
Digital Infrastructure in Astrophysics2001.02559v1 · Frank Timmes, Rich Townsend, Lars Bildsten2020 · 3 citationsarXiv
The Aarhus Red Giants Challenge I: Stellar structures in the red giant branch phase1912.04909v1 · V. Silva Aguirre, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, S. Cassisi et al.2019 · 58 citationsA&A 635, A164 (2020)
Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Pulsating Variable Stars, Rotation, Convective Boundaries, and Energy Conservation1903.01426v2 · Bill Paxton, R. Smolec, Josiah Schwab et al.2019 · 1,800 citationsarXivon Valency
The Impact of White Dwarf Luminosity Profiles on Oscillation Frequencies1810.03765v1 · F. X. Timmes, Richard H. D. Townsend, Evan B. Bauer et al.2018 · 26 citationsarXiv
The Tayler Instability in the Anelastic Approximation1808.08958v2 · J. Goldstein, R. H. D. Townsend, E. G. Zweibel2018 · 16 citationsarXiv
On the sensitivity of gravito-inertial modes to differential rotation in intermediate-mass main-sequence stars1806.03586v2 · T. Van Reeth, J. S. G. Mombarg, S. Mathis et al.2018 · 131 citationsA&A 618, A24 (2018)
Non-Radial Pulsations in Post-Outburst Novae1802.01525v1 · William M. Wolf, Richard H. D. Townsend, Lars Bildsten2018 · 16 citationsarXiv
Angular momentum transport by heat-driven g-modes in slowly pulsating B stars1712.02420v1 · R. H. D. Townsend (1, J. Goldstein (1, E. G. Zweibel2017 · 210 citationsarXiv
Stellar parameters of Be stars observed with X-shooter1711.02619v1 · A. Shokry, Th. Rivinius, A. Mehner et al.2017 · 26 citationsA&A 609, A108 (2018)
Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Convective Boundaries, Element Diffusion, and Massive Star Explosions1710.08424v2 · Bill Paxton, Josiah Schwab, Evan B. Bauer et al.2017 · 2,148 citationsarXivon Valency
Super-Eddington stellar winds: unifying radiative-enthalpy vs. flux-driven models1708.07790v1 · Stanley P. Owocki, Richard H. D. Townsend, Eliot Quataert2017 · 40 citationsarXiv
Investigating the Magnetospheres of Rapidly Rotating B-type Stars1702.06500v1 · C. L. Fletcher, V. Petit, Y. Naze et al.2017 · 1 citationarXiv
Magnetic massive stars as progenitors of "heavy" stellar-mass black holes1611.08964v1 · V. Petit, Z. Keszthelyi, R. MacInnis et al.2016 · 101 citationsarXiv
Magnetic B stars observed with BRITE: Spots, magnetospheres, binarity, and pulsations1611.02793v2 · G.A. Wade, D.H. Cohen, C. Fletcher et al.2016 · 0 citationsarXiv
A JVLA survey of the high frequency radio emission of the massive magnetic B- and O-type stars1611.00346v1 · Sushma Kurapati, Poonam Chandra, Gregg Wade et al.2016 · 20 citationsarXiv
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