A. J. Mackinnon

23.5k citations

186 papers · 9.3k · 3 hit papers · h-index 46

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.05%
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
Geophysics top 0.5%
- High-pressure geophysics and materials

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 152
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 151
Mechanics of Materials 100
- Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma 97

Co-authors: P. K. Patel (52 shared papers)S. P. Hatchett (15 shared papers)R. A. Snavely (12 shared papers)T. E. Cowan (10 shared papers)S. C. Wilks (20 shared papers)O. Willi (32 shared papers)M. Borghesi (30 shared papers)M. H. Key (21 shared papers)
Journals: Review of Scientific Instruments (36 papers)Physics of Plasmas (30 papers)Physical Review Letters (28 papers)Laser and Particle Beams (9 papers)Canadian Journal of Forest Research (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

A. J. Mackinnon

181 papers receiving 8.9k citations

A. J. Mackinnon's Hit Papers

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Isochoric Heating of Solid-Density Matter with an Ultrafast Proton Beam 2003 · 452 citations

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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.

2003 Physical Review Letters
2001 Physics of Plasmas
2000 Physical Review Letters

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1	Energetic proton generation in ultra-intense laser–solid interactions Physics of Plasmas ·S. C. Wilks, A. B. Langdon, T. E. Cowan, M. Roth, M. S. Singh, S. P. Hatchett, M. H. Key, Deanna M. Pennington, A. J. Mackinnon, R. A. Snavely Hit paper breakdown →	2001	1284
2	Intense High-Energy Proton Beams from Petawatt-Laser Irradiation of Solids Physical Review Letters ·R. A. Snavely, M. H. Key, S. P. Hatchett, T. E. Cowan, M. Roth, T. W. Phillips, M. A. Stoyer, E. A. Henry, T. C. Sangster, M. S. Singh, S. C. Wilks, A. J. Mackinnon, A. A. Offenberger, Deanna M. Pennington, K. Yasuike, A. B. Langdon, B. F. Lasinski, J. Johnson, M. D. Perry, E. M. Campbell Hit paper breakdown →	2000	1247
3	Isochoric Heating of Solid-Density Matter with an Ultrafast Proton Beam Physical Review Letters ·P. K. Patel, A. J. Mackinnon, M. H. Key, T. E. Cowan, Mark Foord, M. Allen, D. Price, H. Rühl, P. T. Springer, R. B. Stephens Hit paper breakdown →	2003	452
4	Enhancement of Proton Acceleration by Hot-Electron Recirculation in Thin Foils Irradiated by Ultraintense Laser Pulses Physical Review Letters ·A. J. Mackinnon, Y. Sentoku, P. K. Patel, D. Price, S. P. Hatchett, M. H. Key, Charlotte Uggerhøj Andersen, R. A. Snavely, R. R. Freeman	2002	336
5	Electric field detection in laser-plasma interaction experiments via the proton imaging technique Physics of Plasmas ·M. Borghesi, David H. Campbell, A. Schiavi, M. G. Haines, O. Willi, A. J. Mackinnon, P. K. Patel, L. A. Gizzi, M. Galimberti, R. J. Clarke, Ф. Пегораро, H. Rühl, S. V. Bulanov	2002	310
6	Fast Ion Generation by High-Intensity Laser Irradiation of Solid Targets and Applications Fusion Science & Technology ·M. Borghesi, J. Fuchs, S. V. Bulanov, A. J. Mackinnon, P. K. Patel, M. Roth	2006	304
7	Multi-MeV Proton Source Investigations in Ultraintense Laser-Foil Interactions Physical Review Letters ·M. Borghesi, A. J. Mackinnon, David H. Campbell, D. G. Hicks, S. Kar, P. K. Patel, D. Price, L. Romagnani, A. Schiavi, O. Willi	2004	221
8	Effect of Plasma Scale Length on Multi-MeV Proton Production by Intense Laser Pulses Physical Review Letters ·A. J. Mackinnon, M. Borghesi, S. P. Hatchett, M. H. Key, P. K. Patel, H.D. Campbell, A. Schiavi, R. A. Snavely, S. C. Wilks, O. Willi	2001	198
9	Macroscopic Evidence of Soliton Formation in Multiterawatt Laser-Plasma Interaction Physical Review Letters ·M. Borghesi, S. V. Bulanov, David H. Campbell, R. J. Clarke, T. Zh. Esirkepov, M. Galimberti, L. A. Gizzi, A. J. Mackinnon, N. M. Naumova, Ф. Пегораро, H. Rühl, A. Schiavi, O. Willi	2002	180
10	Relativistic Channeling of a Picosecond Laser Pulse in a Near-Critical Preformed Plasma Physical Review Letters ·M. Borghesi, A. J. Mackinnon, Lawrence Barringer, R. Gaillard, L. A. Gizzi, C. Meyer, O. Willi, A. Pukhov, J. Meyer‐ter‐Vehn	1997	165
11	MeasuringEandBFields in Laser-Produced Plasmas with Monoenergetic Proton Radiography Physical Review Letters ·C. K. Li, F. H. Séguin, J. A. Frenje, J. R. Rygg, R. D. Petrasso, R. P. J. Town, Peter Amendt, S. P. Hatchett, O. L. Landen, A. J. Mackinnon, P. K. Patel, V. A. Smalyuk, T. C. Sangster, J. P. Knauer	2006	152
12	Proton imaging: a diagnostic for inertial confinement fusion/fast ignitor studies Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·M. Borghesi, A. Schiavi, David H. Campbell, M. G. Haines, O. Willi, A. J. Mackinnon, L. A. Gizzi, M. Galimberti, R. J. Clarke, H. Rühl	2001	144
13	Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland D. Johnson, Linda J. Kershaw, A. J. Mackinnon, J. Pojar, Trevor Goward, Dale H. Vitt	1995	129
14	Observation of Collisionless Shocks in Laser-Plasma Experiments Physical Review Letters ·L. Romagnani, S. V. Bulanov, M. Borghesi, P. Audebert, J. C. Gauthier, K. Löwenbrück, A. J. Mackinnon, P. K. Patel, G. Pretzler, T. Toncian, O. Willi	2008	124
15	Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast The Bryologist ·Wilfred B. Schofield, J. Pojar, A. J. Mackinnon	1999	121
16	Direct Experimental Evidence of Back-Surface Ion Acceleration from Laser-Irradiated Gold Foils Physical Review Letters ·Matthew Allen, P. K. Patel, A. J. Mackinnon, D. Price, S. C. Wilks, Edward Morse	2004	116
17	Progress in the study of warm dense matter Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·M. Kœnig, A. Benuzzi‐Mounaix, A. Ravasio, T. Vinci, Norimasa Ozaki, S. Le Pape, D. Batani, G. Hüser, T. Hall, D. G. Hicks, A. J. Mackinnon, P. K. Patel, H S Park, T. R. Boehly, M. Borghesi, S. Kar, L. Romagnani	2005	110
18	Large Quasistatic Magnetic Fields Generated by a Relativistically Intense Laser Pulse Propagating in a Preionized Plasma Physical Review Letters ·M. Borghesi, A. J. Mackinnon, R. Gaillard, O. Willi, A. Pukhov, J. Meyer‐ter‐Vehn	1998	106
19	High-resolution 17–75keV backlighters for high energy density experiments Physics of Plasmas ·H.-S. Park, Brian Maddox, E. Giraldez, S. P. Hatchett, L. T. Hudson, N. Izumi, M. H. Key, S. Le Pape, A. J. Mackinnon, A. G. MacPhee, P. K. Patel, T. W. Phillips, B. A. Remington, J. F. Seely, R. Tommasini, R. P. J. Town, J. Workman, E. Brambrink	2008	99
20	Megagauss Magnetic Field Generation and Plasma Jet Formation on Solid Targets Irradiated by an Ultraintense Picosecond Laser Pulse Physical Review Letters ·M. Borghesi, A. J. Mackinnon, A. R. Bell, R. Gaillard, O. Willi	1998	93

About A. J. Mackinnon

A. J. Mackinnon is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Radiation, having authored 186 papers that have together received 9.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (151 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (97 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (87 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (45 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (17 papers), Ion-surface interactions and analysis (12 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (11 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (7.7k citations), Geophysics (3.4k citations), Mechanics of Materials (5.1k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (4.1k citations) and Radiation (1.1k citations). A. J. Mackinnon has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include P. K. Patel, S. P. Hatchett, R. A. Snavely, T. E. Cowan, S. C. Wilks, O. Willi, M. Borghesi, M. H. Key, Deanna M. Pennington and M. S. Singh. Their work appears in journals such as Review of Scientific Instruments, Physics of Plasmas, Physical Review Letters, Laser and Particle Beams and Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

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