Ravi Kumar Kopparapu

Department of Geosciences -- The Penn State University

443 Deike Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 225.678.0058

  1. Habitable Zones Around Main-Sequence Stars: Dependence on Planetary Mass (2013)
        Kopparapu, R. K., Ramirez, R; Kasting, James; Eymet, V; et al.    In preparation
  2. A Revised Estimate of the Occurrence Rate of Terrestrial Planets in the Habitable Zones Around Kepler M-Dwarfs (2013)
        Kopparapu, R. K. Astrophysical Journal Letters    arXiv
  3. Habitable Zones Around Main-Sequence Stars: New Estimates (2013)
        Kopparapu, R. K., Ramirez, R; Kasting, James; Eymet, V; et al.    Astrophysical Journal     arXiv
  4. A CO2-H2 Greenhouse for Early Mars (2013)
         Ramirez, R; Kopparapu, R. K., Herman, Chester; Zugger, Mike; Kasting, James    submitted Nature Geoscience (2013)
  5. A photochemical model for the carbon rich planet Wasp-12b (2012)
        Kopparapu, R. K.; Kasting, James & Zahnle, Kevin    Astrophysical Journal    ADS   arXiv:1110.2793
  6. On the likelihood of non-terrestrial artifacts in the Solar System (2012)
         Haqq-Misra, J. \& Kopparapu, R. K.    Acta Astronautica,     arXiv
  7. Population Synthesis of Hot Sub-dwarfs (2012)
         Clausen, D; Wade, R; Kopparapu, R. K.; O'Shaughnessy, R    Astrophysical Journal    arxiv
  8. Impact of star formation inhomogeneities on merger rates and interpretation of LIGO results (2012)
         O'Shaughnessy R, Kopparapu, R. K., Belczynski, K    Classical Quantum Gravity, arxiv
  9. Stability analysis of single planet systems and their habitable zones (2010)
        Kopparapu, R. K. & Barnes, Rory    Astrophysical Journal   ADS    arXiv
  10. Stability of Additional Planets in and Around the Habitable Zone of the HD 47186 Planetary System (2009)
        Kopparapu, R. K, Raymond, S. & Barnes, Rory    Astrophysical Journal Letters   ADS  arXiv
  11. Population Boundaries for Compact White Dwarf Binaries in LISA's Amplitude-Frequency Domain (2009)
        Kopparapu, R. K.    Astrophysical Journal   ADS  arXiv
  12. Host Galaxies Catalog Used in LIGO Searches for Compact Binary Coalescence Events (2008)
        Kopparapu, R. K, Hanna, C. R, Kalogera Vicky, O'Shaughnessy, R, Gonzalez, G, Brady, P & Fairhurst, S    Astrophysical Journal   ADS   arXiv
  13. Population Boundaries for Galactic White Dwarf Binaries in LISA's Amplitude-Frequency Domain (2007)
        Kopparapu, R. K, Tohline, J, E.    Astrophysical Journal   ADS arXiv
  14. For a complete list of LIGO-VIRGO Collaboration publications, click here

Selected Conference Proceedings

  1. Testing Binary Population Synthesis Models with Hot Subdwarfs (2009)
         Wade, R. A.; Kopparapu, R. K; O'Shaughnessy, R.     ADS
  2. Stability of Multi-planet Systems in and around Habitable Zones (2009)
         Kopparapu, R. K. & Barnes, R.     ADS
  3. Population Boundaries for DWDs in LISA's Amplitude-Frequency Domain (2006)
         Kopparapu, R. K; & Tohline, J. E.     ADS