A. B. Langdon

9.1k citations

54 papers · 3.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 22

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.5%
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
Geophysics top 2%
- High-pressure geophysics and materials

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 30
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 17
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 13
Astronomy and Astrophysics 14
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 11

Co-authors: M. H. Key S. P. Hatchett S. C. Wilks T. E. Cowan R. A. Snavely M. S. Singh A. J. Mackinnon Deanna M. Pennington
Journals: Journal of Computational Physics (8 papers)Physics of Plasmas (3 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (2 papers)Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment (2 papers)Computer Physics Communications (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Czechia Canada

In The Last Decade

A. B. Langdon

46 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation 2018 · 476 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation
2001 Physics of Plasmas

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Evolution of Particle-in-Cell plasma simulation 2013 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) ·A. B. Langdon	2013	0
2	Molecular dynamics simulations of temperature equilibration in dense hydrogen Physical Review E ·James N. Glosli, Frank Graziani, Richard M. More, Michael S. Murillo, Frederick H. Streitz, Michael P. Surh, Lorin X. Benedict, Stefan P. Hau‐Riege, A. B. Langdon, Richard A. London	2008	71
3	Kinetic and collisional effects on the linear evolution of fast ignition relevant beam instabilities Physics of Plasmas ·L. A. Cottrill, A. B. Langdon, B. F. Lasinski, S.M. Lund, Kim Molvig, M. Tabak, R. P. J. Town, E. A. Williams	2008	30
4	Polarization and Spectral Dispersion Smoothing:Effects on SBS, SRS, and filamentation APS ·R. L. Berger, B. I. Cohen, A. B. Langdon, B. J. MacGowan, J.E. Rothenberg, C. W. Still, E. A. Williams, E. Lefèbvre	1998	0
5	Introduction to “Clouds-in-Clouds, Clouds-in-Cells Physics for Many-Body Simulation” Journal of Computational Physics ·A. B. Langdon	1997	1
6	The longitudinal wall impedance instability in a heavy-ion fusion driver Journal of Applied Physics ·D. A. Callahan, A. B. Langdon, A. Friedman, I. Haber	1997	5
7	PIC simulation of short scale-length phenomena AIP conference proceedings ·I. Haber, D. A. Callahan, C.M. Celata, W.M. Fawley, A. Friedman, D.P. Grote, A. B. Langdon	1996	1
8	Relativistic magnetosonic shock waves in synchrotron sources - Shock structure and nonthermal acceleration of positrons The Astrophysical Journal ·M. Hoshino, Jonathan Arons, Yves Gallant, A. B. Langdon	1992	206
9	Relativistic, perpendicular shocks in electron-positron plasmas The Astrophysical Journal ·Yves Gallant, M. Hoshino, A. B. Langdon, Jonathan Arons, C. E. Max	1992	104
10	3D particle simulation of beams using the WARP code: Transport around bends Anesthesiology ·A. Friedman, D.P. Grote, D. A. Callahan, A. B. Langdon, I. Haber	1990	1
11	WARP: A 3D (+) PIC Code for HIF simulations OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) ·A. Friedman, D. A. Callahan, D.P. Grote, A. B. Langdon, I. Haber	1990	2
12	Computer simulation of ionospheric radio frequency heating Radio Science ·Robert A. Close, B. S. Bauer, A. Y. Wong, A. B. Langdon, W. L. Kruer, E. Mjølhus	1990	4
13	Electromagnetic direct implicit plasma simulation Journal of Computational Physics ·Dennis W. Hewett, A. B. Langdon	1987	86
14	Plasma Physics Via Computer McGraw-Hill, Inc. eBooks ·C.K. Birdsall, A. B. Langdon	1985	39
15	Electromagnetic ''particle-in-cell'' plasma simulation University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·A. B. Langdon	1985	33
16	Implicit time integration for plasma simulation Journal of Computational Physics ·B. I. Cohen, A. B. Langdon, A. Friedman	1982	105
17	Raman backscatter in high temperature, inhomogeneous plasmas The Physics of Fluids ·W. L. Kruer, K. G. Estabrook, B. F. Lasinski, A. B. Langdon	1980	53
18	Nonlinear Saturation and Recurrence of the Two-Plasmon Decay Instability Physical Review Letters ·A. B. Langdon, B. F. Lasinski, W. L. Kruer	1979	129
19	Theoretical interpretation of angle- and polarization-dependent laser light absorption measurements The Physics of Fluids ·J. J. Thomson, W. L. Kruer, A. B. Langdon, C. E. Max, W. C. Mead	1978	24
20	FINITE-SIZE PARTICLE PHYSICS APPLIED TO PLASMA SIMULATION. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) ·C.K. Birdsall, A. B. Langdon, H. Okuda	1970	10

About A. B. Langdon

A. B. Langdon is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanics of Materials, having authored 54 papers that have together received 3.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (18 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (17 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (13 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (12 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (11 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (9 papers), Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (6 papers) and Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (2.5k citations), Geophysics (746 citations), Mechanics of Materials (1.3k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (748 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.4k citations). A. B. Langdon has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include M. H. Key, S. P. Hatchett, S. C. Wilks, T. E. Cowan, R. A. Snavely, M. S. Singh, A. J. Mackinnon, Deanna M. Pennington, M. Roth and Yves Gallant. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Computational Physics, Physics of Plasmas, The Astrophysical Journal, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment and Computer Physics Communications.

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