A. Piel

14.2k citations

320 papers · 9.6k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 50

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Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.2%
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
Geophysics top 0.5%
- Earthquake Detection and Analysis
- High-pressure geophysics and materials

Papers in ⓘ

Developmental Biology 31
Astronomy and Astrophysics 147
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 140
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 33

Co-authors: A. Melzer (64 shared papers)A. Homann (16 shared papers)Dietmar Block (47 shared papers)Franko Greiner (47 shared papers)Thomas Trottenberg (7 shared papers)O. Arp (27 shared papers)V. A. Schweigert (12 shared papers)M. Klindworth (11 shared papers)
Journals: Physics of Plasmas (61 papers)Physical Review Letters (23 papers)IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (14 papers)Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (13 papers)Advances in Space Research (12 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

A. Piel

313 papers receiving 9.2k citations

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Experimental determination of the charge on dust particles forming Coulomb lattices 1994 · 514 citations

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1	Experimental determination of the charge on dust particles forming Coulomb lattices Physics Letters A ·A. Melzer, Thomas Trottenberg, A. Piel Hit paper breakdown →	1994	514
2	Experimental investigation of the melting transition of the plasma crystal Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·A. Melzer, A. Homann, A. Piel	1996	398
3	Determination of the dust screening length by laser-excited lattice waves Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·A. Homann, A. Melzer, Sebastian Peters, A. Piel	1997	253
4	Alignment and instability of dust crystals in plasmas Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·V. A. Schweigert, I. V. Schweigert, A. Melzer, A. Homann, A. Piel	1996	226
5	Transition from Attractive to Repulsive Forces between Dust Molecules in a Plasma Sheath Physical Review Letters ·A. Melzer, V. A. Schweigert, A. Piel	1999	220
6	Dust Coulomb Balls: Three-Dimensional Plasma Crystals Physical Review Letters ·O. Arp, Dietmar Block, A. Piel, A. Melzer	2004	216
7	Structure and stability of the plasma crystal Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·A. Melzer, V. A. Schweigert, I. V. Schweigert, A. Homann, Sebastian Peters, A. Piel	1996	207
8	Measurement of the electric charge on particulates forming Coulomb crystals in the sheath of a radiofrequency plasma Plasma Sources Science and Technology ·Thomas Trottenberg, A. Melzer, A. Piel	1995	148
9	Dynamical processes in complex plasmas Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·A. Piel, A. Melzer	2001	138
10	Laser-excited dust lattice waves in plasma crystals Physics Letters A ·A. Homann, A. Melzer, Sebastian Peters, R. Madani, A. Piel	1998	138
11	Plasma Crystal Melting: A Nonequilibrium Phase Transition Physical Review Letters ·V. A. Schweigert, I. V. Schweigert, A. Melzer, A. Homann, A. Piel	1998	137
12	Plasma Physics A. Piel	2010	133
13	Normal Modes of 2D Finite Clusters in Complex Plasmas Physical Review Letters ·A. Melzer, M. Klindworth, A. Piel	2001	120
14	Structural Properties of Screened Coulomb Balls Physical Review Letters ·M. Bönitz, Dietmar Block, O. Arp, V. Golubnychiy, H. Baumgartner, P. Ludwig, A. Piel, A. Filinov	2006	115
15	Laser-excited intershell rotation of finite Coulomb clusters in a dusty plasma Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·M. Klindworth, A. Melzer, A. Piel, V. A. Schweigert	2000	107
16	Heat Transport in a Two-Dimensional Complex (Dusty) Plasma at Melting Conditions Physical Review Letters ·V. Nosenko, S. Zhdanov, A. V. Ivlev, G. E. Morfill, J. Goree, A. Piel	2008	103
17	Measuring the charge on single particles by laser-excited resonances in plasma crystals Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·A. Homann, A. Melzer, A. Piel	1999	102
18	Dust confinement and dust-acoustic waves in weakly magnetized anodic plasmas Physics of Plasmas ·Thomas Trottenberg, Dietmar Block, A. Piel	2006	98
19	Laser method of heating monolayer dusty plasmas Physics of Plasmas ·V. Nosenko, J. Goree, A. Piel	2006	91
20	Confinement of Coulomb balls Physics of Plasmas ·O. Arp, Dietmar Block, M. Klindworth, A. Piel	2005	89

About A. Piel

A. Piel is a scholar working on Developmental Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Geophysics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, having authored 320 papers that have together received 9.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (167 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (140 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (56 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (53 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (43 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (39 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (34 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (33 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (5.2k citations), Geophysics (3.3k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (7.1k citations), Developmental Biology (336 citations) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.0k citations). A. Piel has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include A. Melzer, A. Homann, Dietmar Block, Franko Greiner, Thomas Trottenberg, O. Arp, V. A. Schweigert, M. Klindworth, Fiona A. Stewart and T. Klinger. Their work appears in journals such as Physics of Plasmas, Physical Review Letters, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion and Advances in Space Research.

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