Physics and Astronomy

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Prof Gilles Chabrier

Professor of Astronomy

 G.Chabrier@exeter.ac.uk

Overview

RESEARCH INTEREST

- Dense matter physics

- Compact objects (white dwarfs, neutron stars)

- Stellar and planetary physics

- Galactic physics (mass functions; baryonic matter; microlensing)

- Star and planet formation

PRIZES. AWARDS. DISTINCTIONS

2024: Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

2019: "Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize" of the Institute of Physics (IOP)

2014 : Grand Prix « Ampère » of the French Academy of Sciences

(highest scientific prize in France in EMPS (Engineering - Mathematics - Physical Sciences))

2011 : Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

(awarded once every 2 years to one single laureate for “outstanding merit in theoretical astrophysics”)

2010 : Grand Prix “Jean Ricard” of the Société Française de Physique (SFP, French Physical Society)

(highest prize of the SFP)

2009: Salpeter lecturer (Cornell University)

2006: Silver Medal of CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research)

( http://www.cnrs.fr/en/research/awards/silvermedals.htm)

2004: Johann Wempe prize, Astronomikalisches Institut Potsdam (Germany)

(awarded anually to an outstanding scientist, in recognition of his/her life's work)

1999: Miller Professor Chair, Berkeley University

1996: Lalande-Benjamin-Valz Prize, Académie des Sciences

1987: Fulbright fellowship (very selective US fellowship for young researchers)

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Publications

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2024

2023

2022

2021

  • Jaupart E, Chabrier G. (2021) Generalized Transport Equation of The Autocovariance Function of the Density Field and Mass Invariant in Star-forming Clouds, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS, volume 922, no. 2, article no. ARTN L36, DOI:10.3847/2041-8213/ac3076. [PDF]
  • Jaupart E, Chabrier G. (2021) Generalised transport equation of the Autocovariance Function of the density field and mass invariant in star-forming clouds. [PDF]
  • Tremblin P, Chabrier G, Padioleau T, Daley-Yates S. (2021) Non-ideal self-gravity and cosmology: the importance of correlations in the dynamics of the large-scale structures of the Universe, A, volume 659. [PDF]
  • Chabrier G, Debras F. (2021) A new equation of state for dense hydrogen-helium mixtures II: taking into account hydrogen-helium interactions. [PDF]

2020

  • Hennebelle P, Commercon B, Lee Y-N, Chabrier G. (2020) What is the role of stellar radiative feedback in setting the stellar mass spectrum?. [PDF]
  • Marchand P, Tomida K, Tanaka K, Commerçon B, Chabrier G. (2020) Protostellar collapse: regulation of the angular momentum and onset of an ionic precursor. [PDF]
  • Dupuy TJ, Liu MC, Magnier EA, Best WMJ, Baraffe I, Chabrier G, Forveille T, Metchev SA, Tremblin P. (2020) The Parallax of VHS J1256-1257 from CFHT and Pan-STARRS 1. [PDF]
  • Phillips MW, Tremblin P, Baraffe I, Chabrier G, Allard NF, Spiegelman F, Goyal JM, Drummond B, Hebrard E. (2020) A new set of atmosphere and evolution models for cool T-Y brown dwarfs and giant exoplanets, A, volume 637. [PDF]

2019

2018

  • Baraffe I, Chabrier G. (2018) A closer look at the transition between fully convective and partly radiative low mass stars, A, volume 619. [PDF]
  • Constantino T, Baraffe I. (2018) Significant uncertainties from calibrating overshooting with eclipsing binary systems, A, volume 618. [PDF]
  • Marchand P, Commerçon B, Chabrier G. (2018) Impact of the Hall effect in star formation and the issue of angular momentum conservation, A, volume 619. [PDF]
  • Vaytet N, Commerçon B, Masson J, González M, Chabrier G. (2018) Protostellar birth with ambipolar and ohmic diffusion, A, volume 615. [PDF]

2017

  • Potekhin AY, Chabrier G. (2017) Magnetic neutron star cooling and microphysics, A, volume 609. [PDF]
  • Goyal JM, Mayne N, Sing DK, Drummond B, Tremblin P, Amundsen DS, Evans T, Carter AL, Spake J, Baraffe I. (2017) A library of ATMO forward model transmission spectra for hot Jupiter exoplanets, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 474, Issue 4, March 2018, Pages 5158-5185. [PDF]
  • Tremblin P, Chabrier G, Baraffe I, Liu MC, Magnier EA, Lagage P-O, Oliveira CAD, Burgasser AJ, Amundsen DS, Drummond B. (2017) Cloudless atmospheres for young low-gravity substellar objects. [PDF]
  • Debras F, Chabrier G. (2017) A complete study of the precision of the concentric MacLaurin spheroid method to calculate Jupiter's gravitational moments, A, volume 609. [PDF]
  • Lee Y-N, Hennebelle P, Chabrier G. (2017) Analytical core mass function (CMF) from filaments: Under which circumstances can filament fragmentation reproduce the CMF?. [PDF]
  • Tremblin P, Chabrier G, Mayne NJ, Amundsen DS, Baraffe I, Debras F, Drummond B, Manners J, Fromang S. (2017) Advection of potential temperature in the atmosphere of irradiated exoplanets: a robust mechanism to explain radius inflation. [PDF]

2016

  • Baraffe I, Elbakyan VG, Vorobyov EI, Chabrier G. (2016) Self-consistent evolution of accreting low-mass stars and brown dwarfs, A, volume 597. [PDF]
  • Hennebelle P, Commerçon B, Chabrier G, Marchand P. (2016) Magnetically self-regulated formation of early protoplanetary discs, Astrophysical Journal Letters, volume 830, no. 1, article no. L8, DOI:10.3847/2041-8205/830/1/L8.
  • Potekhin AY, Ho WCG, Chabrier G. (2016) Atmospheres and radiating surfaces of neutron stars with strong magnetic fields, Proceedings of Science, PoS(MPCS2015)016. [PDF]
  • Marchand P, Masson J, Chabrier G, Hennebelle P, Commerçon B, Vaytet N. (2016) A chemical solver to compute molecule and grain abundances and non-ideal MHD resistivities in prestellar core collapse calculations, A, volume 592. [PDF]
  • Leggett SK, Tremblin P, Saumon D, Marley MS, Morley CV, Amundsen DS, Baraffe I, Chabrier G. (2016) Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Y0 WISEP J173835.52+273258.9 and the Y1 WISE J035000.32-565830.2: the Importance of Non-Equilibrium Chemistry. [PDF]
  • Tremblin P, Amundsen DS, Chabrier G, Baraffe I, Drummond B, Hinkley S, Mourier P, Venot O. (2016) CLOUDLESS ATMOSPHERES FOR L/T DWARFS AND EXTRASOLAR. GIANT PLANETS, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS, volume 817, no. 2, article no. ARTN L19, DOI:10.3847/2041-8205/817/2/L19. [PDF]
  • Browning MK, Weber MA, Chabrier G, Massey AP. (2016) THEORETICAL LIMITS on MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS in LOW-MASS STARS, Astrophysical Journal, volume 818, no. 2, DOI:10.3847/0004-637X/818/2/189.
  • Masson J, Chabrier G, Hennebelle P, Vaytet N, Commerçon B. (2016) Ambipolar diffusion in low-mass star formation: I. General comparison with the ideal magnetohydrodynamic case, Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 587, DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/201526371.

2015

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2010

2009

2008

  • Yakovlev DG, Kaminker AD, Potekhin AY, Shternin PS, Chabrier G, Shibazaki N. (2008) Magnetars: Internal heating and energy budget, 11th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation and Relativistic Field Theories - Proc. of the MG11 Meeting on General Relativity, pages 1189-1191, DOI:10.1142/9789812834300_0102.
  • Ribas I, Morales J, Jordi C, Baraffe I, Chabrier G, Gallardo J. (2008) Fundamental properties of low-mass stars, Mem.Soc.Ast.It, volume 79, pages 562-568.
  • Morin J, Donati JF, Forveille T, Delfosse X, Dobler W, Petit P, Jardine MM, Cameron AC, Albert L, Manset N. (2008) The stable magnetic field of the fully convective star V374 Peg, MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, volume 384, no. 1, pages 77-86, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12709.x.
  • Commercon B, Hennebelle P, Audit E, Chabrier G, Teyssier R. (2008) Which numerical method for protostellar collapse?, NUMERICAL MODELING OF SPACE PLASMA FLOWS: ASTRONUM-2007, volume 385, pages 247-+. [PDF]
  • Hennebelle P, Chabrier G. (2008) Analytical theory for the initial mass function: CO clumps and prestellar cores, ASTROPHYS J, volume 684, no. 1, pages 395-410.
  • Commercon B, Hennebelle P, Audit E, Chabrier G, Teyssier R. (2008) Protostellar collapse: a comparison between smoothed particle hydrodynamics and adaptative mesh refinement calculations, ASTRON ASTROPHYS, volume 482, no. 1, pages 371-385, DOI:10.1051/0004-6361:20078591.
  • Ho WCG, Potekhin AY, Chabrier G. (2008) MODEL X-RAY SPECTRA OF MAGNETIC NEUTRON STARS WITH HYDROGEN ATMOSPHERES, ASTROPHYS J SUPPL S, volume 178, no. 1, pages 102-109.
  • Pinfield DJ, Burningham B, Tamura M, Leggett SK, Lodieu N, Lucas PW, Mortlock DJ, Warren SJ, Homeier D, Ishii M. (2008) Fifteen new T dwarfs discovered in the UKIDSS Large Area Survey, MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, volume 390, no. 1, pages 304-322, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13729.x.
  • Baraffe I, Chabrier G, Barman T. (2008) Structure and evolution of super-Earth to super-Jupiter exoplanets - I. Heavy element enrichment in the interior, ASTRON ASTROPHYS, volume 482, no. 1, pages 315-332, DOI:10.1051/0004-6361:20079321.

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

  • Potekhin AY, Chabrier G, Shibanov YA. (2001) Erratum: Partially ionized hydrogen plasma in strong magnetic fields [Phys. Rev. E 60, 2193 (1999)], Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, volume 63, no. 1, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.63.019901.
  • Béjar VJS, Martín EL, Zapatero Osorio MR, Rebolo R, Barrado Y Navascués D, Bailer-Jones CAL, Mundt R, Baraffe I, Chabrier C, Allard F. (2001) The substellar mass function in σ Orionis, Astrophysical Journal, volume 556, no. 2 PART 1, pages 830-836, DOI:10.1086/321621.
  • Potekhin AY, Chabrier G, Shibanov YA. (2001) Partially ionized hydrogen plasma in strong magnetic fields (vol E60, pg 2193, 1999), PHYSICAL REVIEW E, volume 63, no. 1, article no. ARTN 019901, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.63.019901. [PDF]
  • Oppenheimer BR, Saumon D, Hodgkin ST, Jameson RF, Hambly NC, Chabrier G, Filippenko AV, Coil AL, Brown ME. (2001) Observations of ultracool white dwarfs, Astrophysical Journal, volume 550, no. 1 PART 1, pages 448-456, DOI:10.1086/319718.
  • Chabrier G. (2001) The galactic disk mass budget. I. Stellar mass function and density, Astrophysical Journal, volume 554, no. 2 PART 1, pages 1274-1281, DOI:10.1086/321401.
  • Chabrier G. (2001) Baryonic mass budget in the Galaxy, DYNAMICS OF STAR CLUSTERS AND THE MILKY WAY, volume 228, pages 249-254. [PDF]
  • Baraffe I, Chabrier G, Allard F, Hauschildt P. (2001) Pre-main sequence models for low-mass stars and brown dwarfs, FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT: ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF YOUNG STELLAR CLUSTERS, volume 243, pages 571-580. [PDF]
  • Chabrier G, Baraffe I, Allard F, Hauschildt PH. (2001) The physics of low-mass stars and substellar objects. Galactic implications, COOL STARS, STELLAR SYSTEMS AND THE SUN, PROCEEDINGS, volume 223, pages 49-58. [PDF]
  • Baraffe I, Chabrier G, Allard A, Hauschildt P. (2001) Pre-main sequence models for low-mass stars and brown dwarfs, FORMATION OF BINARY STARS, no. 200, pages 483-491. [PDF]

2000

1999

1998

  • Baraffe I, Alibert Y, Méra D, Chabrier G, Beaulieu JP. (1998) Cepheid models based on self-consistent stellar evolution and pulsation calculations: The right answer?, Astrophysical Journal, volume 499, no. 2 PART II, DOI:10.1086/311377.
  • Sahrling M, Chabrier G. (1998) The effect of electron gas polarization on thermonuclear reaction rates in dense stars, Astrophysical Journal, volume 493, no. 2 PART I, pages 879-883, DOI:10.1086/305132.
  • Méra D, Chabrier G, Schaeffer R. (1998) Towards a consistent model of the Galaxy. II. Derivation of the model, Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 330, no. 3, pages 953-962.
  • Méra D, Chabrier G, Schaeffer R. (1998) Towards a consistent model of the Galaxy. I. Kinematic properties, star counts and microlensing observations, Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 330, no. 3, pages 937-952.
  • Schaeffer R, Méra D, Chabrier G. (1998) The nature of dark matter in our galaxy, Acta Physica Polonica B, volume 29, no. 7, pages 1905-1925.
  • Chabrier G, Potekhin AY. (1998) Equation of state of fully ionized electron-ion plasmas, Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, volume 58, no. 4, pages 4941-4949, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.58.4941.
  • Chabrier G, Mera D. (1998) Towards the determination of substellar mass functions in the galaxy, BROWN DWARFS AND EXTRASOLAR PLANETS, volume 134, pages 495-506. [PDF]
  • Chabrier G. (1998) The physics of brown dwarfs, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, volume 10, no. 49, pages 11235-11245, DOI:10.1088/0953-8984/10/49/013. [PDF]
  • Potekhin AY, Chabrier G, Shibanov YA, Ventura J. (1998) Ionization equilibrium and equation of state of hydrogen plasmas in strong magnetic fields, Contributions to Plasma Physics, volume 39, no. 1-2, pages 101-104, DOI:10.1002/ctpp.2150390125.
  • Baraffe I, Chabrier G, Allard F, Hauschildt PH. (1998) Evolutionary models for solar metallicity low-mass stars: Mass-magnitude relationships and color-magnitude diagrams, Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 337, no. 2, pages 403-412.
  • Baraffe I, Chabrier G. (1998) Structure and evolution of low-mass stars and Brown Dwarfs, BROWN DWARFS AND EXTRASOLAR PLANETS, volume 134, pages 345-353. [PDF]

1997

  • Chabrier G, Potekhin AY, Yakovlev DG. (1997) Cooling neutron stars with accreted envelopes, Astrophysical Journal, volume 477, no. 2 PART II, DOI:10.1086/310535.
  • Segretain L, Chabrier G, Mochkovitch R. (1997) The fate of merging white dwarfs, Astrophysical Journal, volume 481, no. 1 PART I, pages 355-362, DOI:10.1086/304015.
  • Chabrier G, Potekhin AY, Yakovlev DG. (1997) Cooling neutron stars with accreted envelopes, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, volume 477, no. 2, pages L99-L102, DOI:10.1086/310535. [PDF]
  • Segretain L, Chabrier G, Mochkovitch R. (1997) The fate of merging white dwarfs, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, volume 481, no. 1, pages 355-362, DOI:10.1086/304015. [PDF]
  • Chabrier G, Segretain L, Mera D. (1997) Halo white dwarfs: A non conventional scenario, WHITE DWARFS, volume 214, pages 121-127. [PDF]
  • Potekhin AY, Chabrier G, Yakovlev DG. (1997) Internal temperatures and cooling of neutron stars with accreted envelopes, Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 323, no. 2, pages 415-428.
  • Chabrier G, Kurucz R. (1997) Cool white dwarfs: Cooling theory and galactic implications, FUNDAMENTAL STELLAR PROPERTIES: THE INTERACTION BETWEEN OBSERVATION AND THEORY, no. 189, pages 381-388. [PDF]
  • Chabrier G, Méra D. (1997) Determination of the globular cluster and halo stellar mass functions and stellar and brown dwarf densities, Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 328, no. 1, pages 83-94.
  • Rosenfeld Y, Chabrier G. (1997) Onsager molecules for the Yukawa potentials: Screening potentials and the Jancovici coefficient in strongly coupled electron-screened plasmas, Journal of Statistical Physics, volume 89, no. 1-2, pages 283-303, DOI:10.1007/BF02770766.
  • Chabrier G, Baraffe I, Maxted P, ChristensenDalsgaard J, Pecci FF. (1997) Theory of low mass stars, Brown Dwarfs and Extra-solar Giant Planets, FUNDAMENTAL STELLAR PROPERTIES: THE INTERACTION BETWEEN OBSERVATION AND THEORY, no. 189, pages 331-340. [PDF]
  • Chabrier G, Baraffe I. (1997) Structure and evolution of low-mass stars, Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 327, no. 3, pages 1039-1053.
  • Baraffe I, Chabrier G, Allard F, Hauschildt PH. (1997) Evolutionary models for metal-poor low-mass stars. Lower main sequence of globular clusters and halo field stars, Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 327, no. 3, pages 1054-1069.

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1995

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1993

  • SEGRETAIN L, CHABRIER G. (1993) CRYSTALLIZATION OF BINARY IONIC MIXTURES IN DENSE STELLAR PLASMAS, ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, volume 271, no. 2, pages L13-L16. [PDF]
  • BECHHOEFER J, CHABRIER G. (1993) ON THE FATE OF STARS IN HIGH SPATIAL DIMENSIONS, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, volume 61, no. 5, pages 460-462, DOI:10.1119/1.17241. [PDF]
  • HERNANZ M, ISERN J, GARCIABERRO E, MOCHKOVITCH R, SEGRETAIN L, CHABRIER G. (1993) INFLUENCE OF CRYSTALLIZATION ON THE LUMINOSITY FUNCTION OF WHITE-DWARFS, WHITE DWARFS : ADVANCES IN OBSERVATION AND THEORY, volume 403, pages 31-37. [PDF]
  • CHABRIER G, SEGRETAIN L, HERNANZ M, ISERN J, MOCHKOVITCH R. (1993) IMPORTANCE OF THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF MINOR ELEMENTS ON THE COOLING HISTORY OF WHITE-DWARFS, WHITE DWARFS : ADVANCES IN OBSERVATION AND THEORY, volume 403, pages 115-126. [PDF]
  • Chabrier G. (1993) Quantum effects in dense coulombic matter: Application to the cooling of white dwarfs, Astrophysical Journal, volume 414, no. 2, pages 695-700, DOI:10.1086/173115.
  • SAUMON D, CHABRIER G. (1993) AN IMPROVED EQUATION OF STATE FOR HYDROGEN, INSIDE THE STARS, volume 40, pages 307-309. [PDF]

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1987

  • CHABRIER G. (1987) THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY AND SCREENING LENGTHS IN BINARY CHARGED FLUIDS, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS C-SOLID STATE PHYSICS, volume 20, no. 3, pages 357-374, DOI:10.1088/0022-3719/20/3/007. [PDF]
  • CHABRIER G. (1987) STRUCTURE AND THERMODYNAMICS OF METAL-SALT SOLUTIONS - THE THEORETICAL VIEWPOINT, JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, volume 134, no. 8B, pages C511-C511. [PDF]
  • CHABRIER G. (1987) THEORETICAL-ANALYSIS OF COLLECTIVE MODES IN METAL-SALTS MIXTURES AND MOLTEN-SALTS MIXTURES, JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, volume 134, no. 8B, pages C511-C511. [PDF]
  • CHABRIER G, JOANNY JF. (1987) ON THE OVERDAMPING OF LONGITUDINAL ACOUSTIC MODES IN METAL MOLTEN-SALT SOLUTIONS, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS C-SOLID STATE PHYSICS, volume 20, no. 25, pages 3787-3793, DOI:10.1088/0022-3719/20/25/008. [PDF]

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1983

1982

  • CHABRIER G, JAL J, CHIEUX P, DUPUY J. (1982) A NEUTRON-SCATTERING INVESTIGATION OF THE STRUCTURAL ORDER IN RBBR-RB SOLUTIONS, PHYS LETT A, volume 93, no. 1, pages 47-51.

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