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David W. Hughes

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University of Leeds

Astro and Planetary ScienceHistory and Developments in AstronomyStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesSpace Satellite Systems and ControlPlanetary Science and Exploration

David W. Hughes works in Astro and Planetary Science, History and Developments in Astronomy, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Space Satellite Systems and Control, Planetary Science and Exploration. Recorded institutional associations include University of Leeds.

735Publications
6,023Citations
40H-index

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

  1. First Halley Multicolour Camera imaging results from Giotto

    1986 · 342 citations

  2. Nonlinear saturation of the turbulent α effect

    1996 · 232 citations

  3. Comet P/Halley’s nucleus and its activity

    1988 · 160 citations

  4. The dust distribution within the inner coma of comet P/Halley 1982i: encounter by Giotto’s impact detectors

    1988 · 138 citations

  5. Dynamo action in a rotating convective layer

    2006 · 130 citations

  6. The San, Hunter-Gatherers of the Kalahari: A Study in Ecological Anthropology.

    1982 · 129 citations

  7. Dust density and mass distribution near comet Halley from Giotto observations

    1986 · 126 citations

  8. β-Plane Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in the Solar Tachocline

    2007 · 104 citations

  9. The nonlinear breakup of a magnetic layer: instability to interchange modes

    1988 · 93 citations

  10. Magnetic Fields In The Solar Convection Zone: Magnetoconvection And Magnetic Buoyancy

    1988 · 92 citations

  11. Fluid Dynamics and Dynamos in Astrophysics and Geophysics

    2005 · 89 citations

  12. A disaggregation and thin section analysis of the size and mass distribution of the chondrules in the Bjurböle and Chainpur meteorites

    1978 · 86 citations

  13. Suppression of Chaos in a Simplified Nonlinear Dynamo Model

    1996 · 81 citations

  14. Magnetic Buoyancy, Vorticity, and Three-dimensional Flux-Tube Formation

    1995 · 73 citations

  15. Large-Scale Dynamo Action Driven by Velocity Shear and Rotating Convection

    2009 · 68 citations

  16. The Competition in the Solar Dynamo between Surface and Deep-seated α-Effects

    2002 · 67 citations

  17. The D-CIXS X-ray mapping spectrometer on SMART-1

    2003 · 67 citations

  18. Dust particle impacts during the Giotto encounter with comet Grigg–Skjellerup

    1993 · 62 citations

  19. The rate profile of the Geminid meteor shower

    1983 · 58 citations

  20. On the instability of magnetohydrodynamic shear flows

    2001 · 57 citations

  21. α Effect in a Family of Chaotic Flows

    2006 · 55 citations

  22. Generation of magnetic fields by large-scale vortices in rotating convection

    2015 · 50 citations

  23. The size, mass, mass loss and age of Halley's comet

    1985 · 50 citations

  24. Deep Structure and Surface Structure in Javanese Music: A Grammar of Gendhing Lampah

    1988 · 50 citations

  25. The long-term orbital evolution of the Quadrantid meteor stream

    1979 · 47 citations

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