C. D. Cothran

556 total citations
25 papers, 448 citations indexed

About

C. D. Cothran is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. D. Cothran has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 448 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 19 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in C. D. Cothran's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (21 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (18 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (17 papers). C. D. Cothran is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (21 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (18 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (17 papers). C. D. Cothran collaborates with scholars based in United States. C. D. Cothran's co-authors include M. R. Brown, Matt Landreman, W. H. Matthaeus, M. J. Schaffer, Jerome Fung, Timothy Gray, M. R. Brown, V. S. Lukin, Andrew Fefferman and Abram L. Falk and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

C. D. Cothran

23 papers receiving 416 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. D. Cothran United States 14 364 297 65 61 45 25 448
A. Kuritsyn United States 8 486 1.3× 317 1.1× 73 1.1× 59 1.0× 40 0.9× 10 530
A. G. Sgro United States 10 262 0.7× 245 0.8× 52 0.8× 28 0.5× 56 1.2× 19 348
Z. Lucky United States 6 294 0.8× 253 0.9× 138 2.1× 41 0.7× 73 1.6× 8 423
S. K. P. Tripathi United States 12 302 0.8× 241 0.8× 96 1.5× 40 0.7× 52 1.2× 26 402
C. M. Cooper United States 11 118 0.3× 199 0.7× 48 0.7× 37 0.6× 29 0.6× 28 302
P. Hill United Kingdom 11 242 0.7× 210 0.7× 21 0.3× 42 0.7× 35 0.8× 22 328
M. F. Bashir Pakistan 14 289 0.8× 140 0.5× 29 0.4× 23 0.4× 161 3.6× 36 357
H.W. Hoida United States 10 401 1.1× 531 1.8× 131 2.0× 40 0.7× 31 0.7× 13 586
S. T. A. Kumar United States 10 120 0.3× 166 0.6× 74 1.1× 8 0.1× 41 0.9× 35 248
K.J. Gibson United Kingdom 11 172 0.5× 217 0.7× 44 0.7× 14 0.2× 35 0.8× 17 334

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. D. Cothran

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brown, M. R., C. D. Cothran, Timothy Gray, C. E. Myers, & E. V. Belova. (2012). Spectroscopic observation of simultaneous bi-directional reconnection outflows in a laboratory plasma. Physics of Plasmas. 19(8). 9 indexed citations
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Gray, Timothy, V. S. Lukin, M. R. Brown, & C. D. Cothran. (2010). Three-dimensional reconnection and relaxation of merging spheromak plasmas. Physics of Plasmas. 17(10). 24 indexed citations
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Cothran, C. D., M. R. Brown, Timothy Gray, et al.. (2010). Observation of a nonaxisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic self-organized state. Physics of Plasmas. 17(5). 4 indexed citations
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Chaplin, Vernon H., M. R. Brown, David H. Cohen, Timothy Gray, & C. D. Cothran. (2009). Spectroscopic measurements of temperature and plasma impurity concentration during magnetic reconnection at the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment. Physics of Plasmas. 16(4). 19 indexed citations
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Cothran, C. D., M. R. Brown, Timothy Gray, M. J. Schaffer, & G.J. Marklin. (2009). Observation of a Helical Self-Organized State in a Compact Toroidal Plasma. Physical Review Letters. 103(21). 215002–215002. 20 indexed citations
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Lin, Y., Xueyi Wang, M. R. Brown, M. J. Schaffer, & C. D. Cothran. (2008). Modeling Swarthmore spheromak reconnection experiment using hybrid code. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 50(7). 74012–74012. 2 indexed citations
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Brown, M. R., et al.. (2007). Flow Dynamics and Plasma Heating of Spheromaks in SSX. Journal of Fusion Energy. 27(1-2). 16–19. 13 indexed citations
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Brown, M. R., C. D. Cothran, & Jerome Fung. (2006). Two fluid effects on three-dimensional reconnection in the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment with comparisons to space data. Physics of Plasmas. 13(5). 57 indexed citations
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Cothran, C. D., Jerome Fung, M. R. Brown, & M. J. Schaffer. (2006). Fast high resolution echelle spectroscopy of a laboratory plasma. Review of Scientific Instruments. 77(6). 27 indexed citations
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Cothran, C. D., Jerome Fung, M. R. Brown, M. J. Schaffer, & E. V. Belova. (2006). Spectroscopic Flow and Ion Temperature Studies of a Large s FRC. Journal of Fusion Energy. 26(1-2). 37–41. 5 indexed citations
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Brown, M. R., C. D. Cothran, Jerome Fung, et al.. (2006). Dipole trapped spheromak in a prolate flux conserver. Physics of Plasmas. 13(10). 8 indexed citations
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Matthaeus, W. H., C. D. Cothran, Matt Landreman, & M. R. Brown. (2005). Fluid and kinetic structure of magnetic merging in the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(23). 20 indexed citations
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Cothran, C. D., Matt Landreman, M. R. Brown, & W. H. Matthaeus. (2005). Generalized Ohm's law in a 3‐D reconnection experiment. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(3). 43 indexed citations
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Teodorescu, C., R. F. Ellis, A. Case, et al.. (2005). Experimental verification of the dielectric constant of a magnetized rotating plasma. Physics of Plasmas. 12(6). 8 indexed citations
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Belova, E. V., Ronald C. Davidson, Hantao Ji, et al.. (2005). Numerical study of the formation, ion spin-up and nonlinear stability properties of field-reversed configurations. Nuclear Fusion. 46(1). 162–170. 21 indexed citations
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Cothran, C. D., Matt Landreman, M. R. Brown, & W. H. Matthaeus. (2003). Three‐dimensional structure of magnetic reconnection in a laboratory plasma. Geophysical Research Letters. 30(5). 19 indexed citations
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Landreman, Matt, et al.. (2003). Rapid multiplexed data acquisition: Application to three-dimensional magnetic field measurements in a turbulent laboratory plasma. Review of Scientific Instruments. 74(4). 2361–2368. 18 indexed citations
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Cothran, C. D., Abram L. Falk, Andrew Fefferman, et al.. (2003). Spheromak merging and field reversed configuration formation at the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment. Physics of Plasmas. 10(5). 1748–1754. 52 indexed citations
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Brown, M. R., C. D. Cothran, Matt Landreman, D. J. Schlossberg, & W. H. Matthaeus. (2002). Experimental Observation of Energetic Ions Accelerated by Three-dimensional Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma. The Astrophysical Journal. 577(1). L63–L66. 27 indexed citations
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Brown, M. R., C. D. Cothran, Matt Landreman, et al.. (2002). Energetic particles from three-dimensional magnetic reconnection events in the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment. Physics of Plasmas. 9(5). 2077–2084. 29 indexed citations

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