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Daniel Kennefick
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Professor
Also affiliated: Northwestern University (1993); California Institute of Technology (1993–2002); Cornell University (1994); University of Arkansas System (2010); Cardiff University (2000–2002); University of Wales (1998)
23 h-index
129 pubs
3,166 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Daniel Kennefick's research focuses on theoretical astrophysics, with a particular emphasis on gravitational waves and black hole physics. His work has investigated the evolution of compact binaries, the inspiral of test bodies into black holes, and the theoretical frameworks for measuring gravitational waves. He has explored topics such as eccentric equatorial orbits around spinning black holes and the radiation reaction effects on these systems.
Kennefick has also contributed to the historical and methodological aspects of physics research. He has examined questions of bias in testing relativity, as seen in his work on the 1919 eclipse observations, and has explored the history of scientific publication through his involvement with the collected papers of Albert Einstein and his analysis of publications in *Physical Review*. He leads a research group at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and has a h-index of 23 with over 3,000 citations across more than 130 publications. He has collaborated with researchers including Julia Kennefick, Daniel J Oliver, D. W. Shields, and Michael Fusco.
Metrics
- h-index: 23
- Publications: 129
- Citations: 3,166
Positions
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Professor 2021–presentUniversity of Arkansas Department of Physics ORCID
Selected Publications
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Gravitational wave peep contributions to background signal confusion noise for LISA (2026)
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Gravitational wave peep contributions to background signal confusion noise for LISA (2026)
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A contextual analysis of the early work of Andrzej Trautman and Ivor Robinson on equations of motion and gravitational radiation (2025)
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Gravitational wave peeps from EMRIs and their implication for LISA signal confusion noise (2024)
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Probing the Low-Mass End of the Black Hole Mass Function via a Study of Faint Local Spiral Galaxies (2022)
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Evidence in favour of density wave theory through age gradients observed in star formation history maps and spatially resolved stellar clusters (2022)
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Spirality: A Novel Way to Measure Spiral Arm Pitch Angle (2022)
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Early solar eclipse images and tests of relativity (2020)
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Determining the co-rotation radii of spiral galaxies using spiral arm pitch angle measurements at multiple wavelengths (2020)
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Prospects of detecting the nonlinear gravitational wave memory (2019)
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Relativistic Lighthouses: The Role of the Binary Pulsar in Proving the Existence of Gravitational Waves (2018)
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Three and a Half Principles: The Origins of Modern Relativity Theory (2017)
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Darboux transformation in black hole perturbation theory (2017)
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Gravitational waves discovered: top scientists respond (2016)
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The binary pulsar and the quadrupole formula controversy (2016)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Julia Kennefick
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
14 shared publications
In database
- MEASUREMENT OF GALACTIC LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL ARM PITCH ANGLE USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM DECOMPOSITION
- Discovery of a Relationship between Spiral Arm Morphology and Supermassive Black Hole Mass in Disk Galaxies
- THE BLACK HOLE MASS FUNCTION DERIVED FROM LOCAL SPIRAL GALAXIES
- STRONG EVIDENCE FOR THE DENSITY-WAVE THEORY OF SPIRAL STRUCTURE IN DISK GALAXIES
- A FUNDAMENTAL PLANE OF SPIRAL STRUCTURE IN DISK GALAXIES
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
Benjamin L. Davis
New York University Abu Dhabi (AE)
12 shared publications
- MEASUREMENT OF GALACTIC LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL ARM PITCH ANGLE USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM DECOMPOSITION
- THE BLACK HOLE MASS FUNCTION DERIVED FROM LOCAL SPIRAL GALAXIES
- STRONG EVIDENCE FOR THE DENSITY-WAVE THEORY OF SPIRAL STRUCTURE IN DISK GALAXIES
- A FUNDAMENTAL PLANE OF SPIRAL STRUCTURE IN DISK GALAXIES
- CONSTRAINING DARK MATTER HALO PROFILES AND GALAXY FORMATION MODELS USING SPIRAL ARM MORPHOLOGY. II. DARK AND STELLAR MASS CONCENTRATIONS FOR 13 NEARBY FACE-ON GALAXIES
Showing 5 of 12 shared publications
Joel C. Berrier
University of Nebraska at Kearney (US)
9 shared publications
- MEASUREMENT OF GALACTIC LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL ARM PITCH ANGLE USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM DECOMPOSITION
- THE BLACK HOLE MASS FUNCTION DERIVED FROM LOCAL SPIRAL GALAXIES
- A FUNDAMENTAL PLANE OF SPIRAL STRUCTURE IN DISK GALAXIES
- CONSTRAINING DARK MATTER HALO PROFILES AND GALAXY FORMATION MODELS USING SPIRAL ARM MORPHOLOGY. II. DARK AND STELLAR MASS CONCENTRATIONS FOR 13 NEARBY FACE-ON GALAXIES
- Gravitational wave peeps from EMRIs and their implication for LISA signal confusion noise
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Marc S. Seigar
University of Toledo (US)
9 shared publications
- MEASUREMENT OF GALACTIC LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL ARM PITCH ANGLE USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM DECOMPOSITION
- Discovery of a Relationship between Spiral Arm Morphology and Supermassive Black Hole Mass in Disk Galaxies
- THE BLACK HOLE MASS FUNCTION DERIVED FROM LOCAL SPIRAL GALAXIES
- CONSTRAINING DARK MATTER HALO PROFILES AND GALAXY FORMATION MODELS USING SPIRAL ARM MORPHOLOGY. II. DARK AND STELLAR MASS CONCENTRATIONS FOR 13 NEARBY FACE-ON GALAXIES
- On the link between central black holes, bar dynamics and dark matter haloes in spiral galaxies
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Claud H. Sandberg Lacy
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
8 shared publications
In database
- MEASUREMENT OF GALACTIC LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL ARM PITCH ANGLE USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM DECOMPOSITION
- Discovery of a Relationship between Spiral Arm Morphology and Supermassive Black Hole Mass in Disk Galaxies
- THE BLACK HOLE MASS FUNCTION DERIVED FROM LOCAL SPIRAL GALAXIES
- Unusual double-peaked emission in the SDSS quasar J093201.60+031858.7
- On the link between central black holes, bar dynamics and dark matter haloes in spiral galaxies
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Kostas Glampedakis
Universidad de Murcia (ES)
6 shared publications
- Darboux transformation in black hole perturbation theory
- Superradiance-tidal friction correspondence
- Do floating orbits in extreme mass ratio binary black holes exist?
- Gravitational wave peeps from EMRIs and their implication for LISA signal confusion noise
- Gravitational wave peep contributions to background signal confusion noise for LISA
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Douglas W. Shields
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
5 shared publications
In database
- MEASUREMENT OF GALACTIC LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL ARM PITCH ANGLE USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM DECOMPOSITION
- THE BLACK HOLE MASS FUNCTION DERIVED FROM LOCAL SPIRAL GALAXIES
- STRONG EVIDENCE FOR THE DENSITY-WAVE THEORY OF SPIRAL STRUCTURE IN DISK GALAXIES
- A FUNDAMENTAL PLANE OF SPIRAL STRUCTURE IN DISK GALAXIES
- Determining the co-rotation radii of spiral galaxies using spiral arm pitch angle measurements at multiple wavelengths
Aaron D. Johnson
California Institute of Technology (US)
5 shared publications
- Darboux transformation in black hole perturbation theory
- Prospects of detecting the nonlinear gravitational wave memory
- Gravitational wave peeps from EMRIs and their implication for LISA signal confusion noise
- Gravitational wave peep contributions to background signal confusion noise for LISA
- Gravitational wave peep contributions to background signal confusion noise for LISA
D. W. Shields
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Evidence in favour of density wave theory through age gradients observed in star formation history maps and spatially resolved stellar clusters
- Spirality: A Novel Way to Measure Spiral Arm Pitch Angle
- The Arkansas Galaxy Evolution Survey: Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe
- Measurement of Galactic Logarithmic Spiral Arm Pitch Angle Using Two-Dimensional Fast Fourier Transform Decomposition
Mohamed Shameer Abdeen
Georgia Southern University (US)
4 shared publications
- STRONG EVIDENCE FOR THE DENSITY-WAVE THEORY OF SPIRAL STRUCTURE IN DISK GALAXIES
- Determining the co-rotation radii of spiral galaxies using spiral arm pitch angle measurements at multiple wavelengths
- Evidence in favour of density wave theory through age gradients observed in star formation history maps and spatially resolved stellar clusters
- Spirality: A Novel Way to Measure Spiral Arm Pitch Angle
S. J. Kapadia
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (US)
3 shared publications
- Prospects of detecting the nonlinear gravitational wave memory
- Superradiance-tidal friction correspondence
- Do floating orbits in extreme mass ratio binary black holes exist?
P. Treuthardt
University of Arkansas at Little Rock (US)
3 shared publications
- On the link between central black holes, bar dynamics and dark matter haloes in spiral galaxies
- Study of the Relation between the Spiral Arm Pitch Angle and the Kinetic Energy of Random Motions of the Host Spiral Galaxies, A
- The Arkansas Galaxy Evolution Survey: Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe
Ismaeel Al-Baidhany
University of Arkansas at Little Rock (US)
3 shared publications
- On the link between central black holes, bar dynamics and dark matter haloes in spiral galaxies
- Study of the Relation between the Spiral Arm Pitch Angle and the Kinetic Energy of Random Motions of the Host Spiral Galaxies, A
- The Arkansas Galaxy Evolution Survey: Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe
Amber Sierra
University of Arkansas at Little Rock (US)
3 shared publications
- On the link between central black holes, bar dynamics and dark matter haloes in spiral galaxies
- Study of the Relation between the Spiral Arm Pitch Angle and the Kinetic Energy of Random Motions of the Host Spiral Galaxies, A
- The Arkansas Galaxy Evolution Survey: Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe
Ryan Miller
3 shared publications
- Determining the co-rotation radii of spiral galaxies using spiral arm pitch angle measurements at multiple wavelengths
- Evidence in favour of density wave theory through age gradients observed in star formation history maps and spatially resolved stellar clusters
- Spirality: A Novel Way to Measure Spiral Arm Pitch Angle
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