Lars Hernquist

Harvard University — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

152h-index102.1kcitations1.1kworks5.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena(705), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research(469), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies(277), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies(245), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations(161)

Publications1.1k total

The effect of baryons on the positions and velocities of satellite galaxies in the MTNG simulation
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
The <scp>thesan-zoom</scp> project: star formation efficiencies in high-redshift galaxies
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Infalling ultra-faint dwarfs as emissaries of the Axiverse
Astronomy and Astrophysics·2025Open Access
How Does Feedback Affect the Star Formation Histories of Galaxies?
The Astrophysical Journal·2025Open Access
AGN feedback in merging galaxies with a <scp>smuggle</scp> multiphase ISM
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2025Open Access
Dark Matter Velocity Distributions for Direct Detection: Astrophysical Uncertainties Are Smaller Than They Appear
Physical Review Letters·2025Open Access
AGN feedback in merging galaxies with a SMUGGLE multiphase ISM
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Numerical effects on the stripping of dark matter and stars in IllustrisTNG galaxy groups and clusters
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Little Red Dots are Nurseries of Massive Black Holes
The Astrophysical Journal·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Synthetic <i>JWST</i> galaxy images in the TNG50 simulation – I. Model validation and comparison to observations
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2025Open Access
Measuring the splashback feature: Dependence on halo properties and history
The Open Journal of Astrophysics·2025Open Access
Metallicity Gradients in Modern Cosmological Simulations II: The Role of Bursty Versus Smooth Feedback at High-Redshift
ArXiv.org·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Star Formation Rates, Metallicities, and Stellar Masses on Kiloparsec Scales in TNG50
The Astrophysical Journal·2025Open Access
Development of Turbulence in Postshock Regions
The Astrophysical Journal·2025Open Access
High-redshift millennium and astrid galaxies in effective field theory at the field level
Physical review. D/Physical review. D.·2025· 2 cited
Introducing the THESAN-ZOOM project: radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of high-redshift galaxies with a multi-phase interstellar medium
The Open Journal of Astrophysics·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Fully non-linear simulations of galaxy intrinsic alignments for weak lensing with the MillenniumTNG light-cone
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2025Open Access
Applying a star formation model calibrated on high-resolution interstellar medium simulations to cosmological simulations of galaxy formation
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Modeling gravitational wave sources in the MillenniumTNG simulations
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
The <scp>thesan-zoom</scp> project: star formation efficiency from giant molecular clouds to galactic scale in high-redshift starbursts
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Volker Springel(28), Mark Vogelsberger(18), Shy Genel(18), Paul Torrey(18), Dylan Nelson(17), Annalisa Pillepich(13), Federico Marinacci(12), Rüdiger Pakmor(11), Rainer Weinberger(11), Debora Sijacki(9), Jill Naiman(8), Tiziana Di Matteo(7), Philip F. Hopkins(5), Thomas J. Cox(5), Vicente Rodríguez-Gómez(4), Brant Robertson(4), D. Xu(3), J. Christopher Mihos(3), Gregory F. Snyder(3), Joshua E. Barnes(3)