researcher

K. Shen

70 papers hereh-index 323.8k citations79 works total

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author position

sole author1
first author17
middle author39
last author9

Across the 66 of 70 papers where every author was matched, so the position is known.

fields

astro-ph.HE38
astro-ph.SR26
astro-ph.CO3
astro-ph2
astro-ph.GA1

same name

K. Shen — 41 papers, h 33
K. Shen — 41 papers, h 18
K. Shen — 35 papers, h 9
K. Shen — 12 papers, h 11
K. Shen — 11 papers, h 10
K. Shen — 7 papers, h 5

Either other researchers who publish under this name, or the same person where the external sources have not merged their records.

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activity

20072024

most citedFaint Thermonuclear Supernovae from AM Canum Venaticorum Binaries

411 citations · 5.4k across the 69 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

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astro-ph2008★ 50 cited

The Effect of Composition on Nova Ignitions

Ken J. Shen, Lars Bildsten

The accretion of hydrogen-rich matter onto C/O and O/Ne white dwarfs in binary systems leads to unstable thermonuclear ignition of the accreted envelope, triggering a convective th…

astro-ph2007★ 411 cited

Faint Thermonuclear Supernovae from AM Canum Venaticorum Binaries

Lars Bildsten, Ken J. Shen, Nevin N. Weinberg +1

Helium that accretes onto a Carbon/Oxygen white dwarf in the double white dwarf AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) binaries undergoes unstable thermonuclear flashes when the orbital per…