A. R. Bell

8.1k citations

75 papers · 5.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 34

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.2%
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 68
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 52
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 15
Mechanics of Materials 39
- Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma 39

Co-authors: S. G. Lucek R. J. Kingham J. R. Davies P. Gibbon S. Guérin M. Tatarakis F. N. Beg Paul Lee
Journals: Physical Review Letters (16 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (13 papers)Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (11 papers)Physics of Plasmas (8 papers)Laser and Particle Beams (5 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom France Germany

In The Last Decade

A. R. Bell

72 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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A study of picosecond laser–solid interactions up to 1019 W cm−2 1997 · 497 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.

1997 Physics of Plasmas
1978 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside A. R. Bell, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Cosmic-ray acceleration by relativistic shocks: limits and estimates Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. R. Bell, Anabella Araudo, James Matthews, Katherine M. Blundell	2017	30
2	Cosmic ray acceleration by a supernova shock in a dense circumstellar plasma Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. R. Bell	2008	7
3	Non-Spitzer return currents in intense laser-plasma interactions Physics of Plasmas ·M. Sherlock, A. R. Bell, R. J. Kingham, A. P. L. Robinson, R. Bingham	2007	11
4	Effect of Target Composition on Proton Energy Spectra in Ultraintense Laser-Solid Interactions Physical Review Letters ·A. P. L. Robinson, A. R. Bell, R. J. Kingham	2006	77
5	Absorption of ultra-short laser pulses and particle transport in dense targets Laser and Particle Beams ·M. Sherlock, A. R. Bell, W. Rozmus	2006	8
6	Resistive Collimation of Electron Beams in Laser-Produced Plasmas Physical Review Letters ·A. R. Bell, R. J. Kingham	2003	116
7	Nonlocal Magnetic-Field Generation in Plasmas without Density Gradients Physical Review Letters ·R. J. Kingham, A. R. Bell	2002	33
8	Experimental studies of the advanced fast ignitor scheme Physics of Plasmas ·P. A. Norreys, R. Allott, R. J. Clarke, J. L. Collier, D. Neely, S. J. Rose, M. Zepf, M. Santala, A. R. Bell, K. Krushelnick, A. E. Dangor, N. C. Woolsey, Roger G. Evans, H. Habara, T. Norimatsu, R. Kodama	2000	80
9	Non-linear amplification of a magnetic field driven by cosmic ray streaming Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·S. G. Lucek, A. R. Bell	2000	218
10	Magnetic focusing and trapping of high-intensity laser-generated fast electrons at the rear of solid targets Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·J. R. Davies, A. R. Bell, M. Tatarakis	1999	87
11	Observations of Collimated Ionization Channels in Aluminum-Coated Glass Targets Irradiated by Ultraintense Laser Pulses Physical Review Letters ·M. Borghesi, A. J. Mackinnon, A. R. Bell, G. Malka, A. Petitot, O. Willi, J. R. Davies, A. Pukhov, J. Meyer‐ter‐Vehn	1999	80
12	Long-term survival in allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipients following acyclovir prophylaxis for CMV infection Bone Marrow Transplantation ·H. G. Prentice, Éliane Gluckman, R Powles, Per Ljungman, Nöel Milpied, Rafael de la Cámara, Franco Mandelli, Pearl Kho, LeAnne Kennedy, A. R. Bell, (unknown)	1997	64
13	Fokker-Planck Calculations with Ionization Dynamics of Short-Pulse Laser-Solid Interactions Physical Review Letters ·R. P. J. Town, A. R. Bell, S. J. Rose	1995	17
14	Three-dimensional simulations of the Rayleigh–Taylor instability during the deceleration phase Laser and Particle Beams ·R. P. J. Town, Katia Guadalupe García-Barrueta, W. Żylski, A. R. Bell	1994	2
15	Collisionless absorption in sharp-edged plasmas Physical Review Letters ·P. Gibbon, A. R. Bell	1992	245
16	2D Fokker-Planck simulations of short-pulse laser-plasma interactions Physical Review Letters ·G. J. Rickard, A. R. Bell, E. M. Epperlein	1989	47
17	Collisionless shock in a laser-produced ablating plasma Physical review. A, General physics ·A. R. Bell, P. Choi, A. E. Dangor, O. Willi, Marques da Costa R, C. J. Hooker	1988	40
18	Fusion related experiments at the central laser facility Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·W.T. Toner, A. R. Bell, Norinao Matsuda, R.W. Eason, R. G. Evans, C. J. Hooker, M. H. Key, D. Pepler, S. J. Rose, J. S. Wark, Philip Evans, A.P. Fews, D.L. Henshaw, R. Corbett, Melissa A. Lamb, C. L. S. Lewis, Chunyun Jia, S. Saadat	1986	1
19	Non-Spitzer heat flow in a steadily ablating laser-produced plasma The Physics of Fluids ·A. R. Bell	1985	65
20	The acceleration of cosmic rays in shock fronts - I Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. R. Bell Hit paper breakdown →	1978	1557

About A. R. Bell

A. R. Bell is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 75 papers that have together received 5.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (52 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (39 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (16 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (15 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (13 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (12 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (11 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (5.1k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.3k citations), Mechanics of Materials (2.2k citations), Geophysics (1.1k citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.6k citations). A. R. Bell has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Germany. Frequent co-authors include S. G. Lucek, R. J. Kingham, J. R. Davies, P. Gibbon, S. Guérin, M. Tatarakis, F. N. Beg, Paul Lee, R. G. Evans and D. J. Nicholas. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Physics of Plasmas and Laser and Particle Beams.

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