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C. S. Kochanek

Physics and Astronomy · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1990
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovaeStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, PhenomenaPulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Publications

13

Citations

799

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

36

Publishing since 1990

Research summary
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C. S. Kochanek studies transient and explosive events in astrophysics, including supernovae (exploding stars), pulsars (rapidly spinning neutron stars), gravitational waves, and tidal disruption events (where a star is torn apart by a black hole's gravity). This research uses observational data from telescopes and detectors to understand how stars end their lives and how compact objects like black holes and neutron stars form and behave.

Supernovae and stellar explosionsPulsars and neutron starsGravitational wave astronomyTidal disruption eventsGalaxy and stellar evolution

Publication output over the last decade has been low and uneven, with several years of no recorded output interspersed with occasional bursts of activity, averaging about one publication per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.0/year recently
172018: 1 publication18192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication212022: 3 publications32223242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society×5
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.×1
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters×1
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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