Stephen Justham

Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics — Germany

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

40h-index6.1kcitations182works2.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies(94), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae(90), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research(52), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research(50), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations(33)

Publications182 total

Thermal-timescale accretion does not always yield critical rotation in mass gainers
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2026Open Access
Violent mergers revisited: The origin of the fastest stars in the Galaxy
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2026Open Access
Comfort zones of stars: A limit on orbital tightening via stable mass transfer shapes the properties of binary black hole mergers
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2026Open Access
A 500 pc volume-limited sample of hot subluminous stars II. Atmospheric parameters, mass distribution, and kinematics
ArXiv.org·2026Open Access
A 500 pc volume-limited sample of hot subluminous stars II. Atmospheric parameters, mass distribution, and kinematics
arXiv (Cornell University)·2026Open Access
A half ring of ionized circumstellar material trapped in the magnetosphere of a white dwarf merger remnant
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025Open Access
The role of triple evolution in the formation of LISA double white dwarfs
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)·2025
He-star donor pathway for the hypervelocity star D6-2
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
The role of triple evolution in the formation of LISA double white dwarfs
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Evolution of binaries containing a hot subdwarf and a white dwarf to double white dwarfs, and double detonation supernovae with hypervelocity runaway stars
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Good things come to those who wait
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025Open Access
Magnetic Atmospheres and Circumstellar Interaction in J1901+1458: Revisiting the Most Compact White Dwarf Merger Remnant in the light of new UV and X-ray data
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
A high fraction of close massive binary stars at low metallicity
Nature Astronomy·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Binary mass transfer in 3D: Mass transfer rate and morphology
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Nuclear Neural Networks: Emulating Late Burning Stages in Core-collapse Supernova Progenitors
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
A half-ring of ionized circumstellar material trapped in the magnetosphere of a white dwarf merger remnant
ArXiv.org·2025Open Access
Supermassive Black Holes Stripping a Subgiant Star Down to Its Helium Core: A New Type of Multimessenger Source for LISA
The Astrophysical Journal Letters·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
The <i>i</i>-processes nucleosynthesis during the formation of He-rich hot-subdwarf stars
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Evidence of polar and ultralow supernova kicks from the orbits of Be X-ray binaries
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Supermassive black holes stripping a subgiant star down to its helium core: a new type of multi-messenger source for LISA
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

S. E. de Mink(23), Philipp Podsiadlowski(14), Mathieu Renzo(14), R. Farmer(12), Emmanouil Zapartas(9), Ilya Mandel(8), Y. Götberg(8), Floor S. Broekgaarden(7), Alejandro Vigna-Gómez(6), S. P. Stevenson(6), L. A. C. van Son(6), Natalia Ivanova(5), Zhanwen Han(5), Coenraad J. Neijssel(5), E. Laplace(5), Silvia Toonen(4), H. Sana(4), Tom Wagg(4), Pablo Marchant(4), A. de Koter(4)