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Lyra Cao

Physics and Astronomy · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1990Rising activity

Publications

47

Citations

425

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

37

Publishing since 1990

Research summary
AI-generated

Lyra Cao's research focuses on stars, particularly how their magnetic activity, rotation, and internal structure change over time. Work includes studying starspots, stellar rotation rates, magnetic fields in young and old stars, and developing computational tools like pynucastro for modeling nuclear reactions relevant to stellar astrophysics. This research draws on large survey datasets such as Kepler, TESS, APOGEE, and Gaia to characterize stars in clusters and binary systems.

Stellar rotation and magnetic activityStarspots and stellar radius inflationNuclear astrophysics software (pynucastro)Stellar surveys (Kepler, TESS, APOGEE, Gaia)Binary star and cluster astrophysics

Publication output was minimal before 2019, rose notably starting in 2022-2023 with a peak of 16 papers in 2023, and has remained relatively steady at a higher level (6-7 per year) through 2024-2026.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.6/year recently
17182019: 3 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 2 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 16 publications16232024: 7 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×18
  • The Astrophysical Journal×9
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society×5
  • Figshare×3
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×3
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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