Adam Foster

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Adam Foster is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam Foster has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 17 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Adam Foster's work include Atomic and Molecular Physics (18 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (13 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (12 papers). Adam Foster is often cited by papers focused on Atomic and Molecular Physics (18 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (13 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (12 papers). Adam Foster collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Adam Foster's co-authors include Randall K. Smith, N. S. Brickhouse, L. Ji, Maxim Markevitch, Scott W. Randall, Esra Bülbül, Michael Loewenstein, Hiroya Yamaguchi, R. J. Edgar and Keiichi Maeda and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal and Journal of Nuclear Materials.

In The Last Decade

Adam Foster

38 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

DETECTION OF AN UNIDENTIFIED EMISSION LINE IN THE STACKED X-RAY SPECTRUM OF GALAXY CLUSTERS

2014 469 citations Esra Bülbül, Adam Foster et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
UPDATED ATOMIC DATA AND CALCULATIONS FOR X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY

2012 330 citations Adam Foster, Randall K. Smith et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adam Foster United States	13	937	700	185	74	60	46	1.2k
Aimee Hungerford United States	18	840 0.9×	423 0.6×	75 0.4×	49 0.7×	38 0.6×	48	1.0k
Kurt P. Jaehnig United States	12	437 0.5×	491 0.7×	168 0.9×	33 0.4×	22 0.4×	35	788
C. R. Canizares United States	19	1.1k 1.2×	682 1.0×	93 0.5×	80 1.1×	95 1.6×	48	1.5k
Z. Meisel United States	12	674 0.7×	534 0.8×	86 0.5×	158 2.1×	64 1.1×	53	1.0k
Joachim Trümper Germany	12	496 0.5×	213 0.3×	77 0.4×	67 0.9×	46 0.8×	32	591
Ryo Yamazaki Japan	26	2.3k 2.5×	1.8k 2.6×	49 0.3×	26 0.4×	104 1.7×	127	2.6k
A. M. Amthor United States	12	534 0.6×	781 1.1×	177 1.0×	275 3.7×	64 1.1×	20	1.2k
G. C. McLaughlin United States	29	872 0.9×	2.0k 2.9×	120 0.6×	159 2.1×	20 0.3×	107	2.3k
James C. Lombardi United States	19	818 0.9×	196 0.3×	92 0.5×	50 0.7×	156 2.6×	47	1.1k
Meng-Ru Wu Taiwan	25	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 2.1×	103 0.6×	37 0.5×	16 0.3×	71	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Adam Foster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adam Foster

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Dipti, Dipti, N. S. Brickhouse, G. C. O’Neil, et al.. (2025). Charge-exchange processes in EBIT: implications for spectral analysis of few-electronFe ions. Journal of Instrumentation. 20(4). C04028–C04028.

Chakraborty, Priyanka, Randall K. Smith, Lía Corrales, et al.. (2025). XRISM Reveals Complex Ionization and Velocity Structures in the GX 340+0 X-Ray Binary. The Astrophysical Journal. 991(2). 224–224.

Plucinsky, Paul P., Liyi Gu, Adam Foster, et al.. (2025). XRISM observations of Cassiopeia A: Overview, atomic data, and spectral models. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 77(Supplement_1). S171–S187.

Foster, Adam, et al.. (2025). The status and recent updates of the SAO EBIT. Journal of Instrumentation. 20(3). C03036–C03036.

Leahy, D. A., Adam Foster, & I. R. Seitenzahl. (2024). On the Interpretation of XSPEC Abundances and Emission Measures. The Astronomical Journal. 167(3). 130–130. 1 indexed citations

Dipti, Dipti, G. C. O’Neil, Paul Szypryt, et al.. (2023). Determination of Electron Beam Energy in Measuring the Electron-Impact Ionization Cross Section of He-like Fe24+. Atoms. 11(3). 44–44. 1 indexed citations

Foster, Adam, Stephen Walker, & Randall K. Smith. (2023). The arcus operations simulator: a general tool for observation planning. 53–53. 1 indexed citations

Küntz, K. D., Dimitra Koutroumpa, W. R. Dunn, et al.. (2023). The magnetosheath at high spectral resolution. Earth and Planetary Physics. 8(1). 234–246. 2 indexed citations

Chakraborty, Priyanka, Adam Foster, Randall K. Smith, N. S. Brickhouse, & J. C. Raymond. (2023). New Resonance Scattering Model in AtomDB: Application to Line Suppression in Galaxy Clusters and Elliptical Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 959(2). 126–126. 2 indexed citations

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Sciortino, F., N. T. Howard, Adam Foster, et al.. (2021). Experimental Inference of Neutral and Impurity Transport in Alcator C-Mod Using High-Resolution X-Ray and Ultra-Violet Spectra. arXiv (Cornell University). 9 indexed citations

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Foster, Adam, et al.. (2021). Spectral Implications of Atomic Uncertainties in Optically Thin Hot Plasmas. The Astrophysical Journal. 908(1). 3–3. 9 indexed citations

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Foster, Adam, E. Silver, D. O. Caldwell, et al.. (2020). X-ray measurements of highly charged Ar plasma produced in the SAO EBIT. AAS. 1 indexed citations

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Slavin, Jonathan D., Adam Foster, Randall K. Smith, et al.. (2019). Nonequilibrium Ionization in Mixed-morphology Supernova Remnants. The Astrophysical Journal. 875(2). 81–81. 21 indexed citations

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Yamaguchi, Hiroya, Takaaki Tanaka, Daniel R. Wik, et al.. (2018). Evidence for Rapid Adiabatic Cooling as an Origin of the Recombining Plasma in the Supernova Remnant W49B Revealed by NuSTAR Observations. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 868(2). L35–L35. 18 indexed citations

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Bülbül, Esra, Adam Foster, G. V. Brown, et al.. (2018). Laboratory Measurements of X-Ray Emission from Highly Charged Argon Ions. The Astrophysical Journal. 870(1). 21–21. 5 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Takaaki, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Daniel R. Wik, et al.. (2018). NuSTAR Detection of Nonthermal Bremsstrahlung from the Supernova Remnant W49B. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 866(2). L26–L26. 12 indexed citations

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Pindzola, M. S., S. D. Loch, & Adam Foster. (2017). Electron-impact single and double ionization of W. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 50(9). 95201–95201. 8 indexed citations

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Yamaguchi, Hiroya, Carles Badenes, Adam Foster, et al.. (2015). A CHANDRASEKHAR MASS PROGENITOR FOR THE TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA REMNANT 3C 397 FROM THE ENHANCED ABUNDANCES OF NICKEL AND MANGANESE. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 801(2). L31–L31. 64 indexed citations

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Ballance, C P, S. D. Loch, Adam Foster, et al.. (2013). Uncertainties on Atomic Data. Fusion Science & Technology. 63(3). 358–362. 3 indexed citations

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Foster, Adam, G. Counsell, & H. P. Summers. (2007). Erosion and transport of Sn and In in the SOL of MAST plasmas. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 363-365. 152–156. 9 indexed citations

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