Carl E. Mungan

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Carl E. Mungan is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Carl E. Mungan has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 42 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 34 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Carl E. Mungan's work include Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies (66 papers), Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics (28 papers) and Optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials (17 papers). Carl E. Mungan is often cited by papers focused on Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies (66 papers), Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics (28 papers) and Optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials (17 papers). Carl E. Mungan collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and India. Carl E. Mungan's co-authors include T. R. Gosnell, Richard I. Epstein, B. C. Edwards, M. I. Buchwald, S. R. Bowman, A. J. Sievers, Jeffrey O. White, U. Happek, Naresh Satyan and James P. Sethna and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Carl E. Mungan

106 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Observation of laser-induced fluorescent cooling of a solid

1995 480 citations Richard I. Epstein, M. I. Buchwald et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carl E. Mungan United States	17	945	599	424	219	192	134	1.4k
M. Meschke Finland	20	1.0k 1.1×	257 0.4×	306 0.7×	213 1.0×	326 1.7×	60	1.6k
J. F. Holzrichter United States	15	305 0.3×	287 0.5×	102 0.2×	158 0.7×	92 0.5×	44	725
P. M. Duxbury United States	19	351 0.4×	104 0.2×	219 0.5×	55 0.3×	452 2.4×	45	1.4k
John R. Reitz United States	18	310 0.3×	281 0.5×	79 0.2×	37 0.2×	257 1.3×	52	1.1k
A. N. Dremin Russia	15	564 0.6×	442 0.7×	59 0.1×	43 0.2×	428 2.2×	181	1.4k
Wu‐Ming Liu China	29	2.2k 2.4×	319 0.5×	716 1.7×	23 0.1×	349 1.8×	163	3.1k
Leif Grönberg Finland	18	593 0.6×	516 0.9×	98 0.2×	112 0.5×	107 0.6×	85	1.2k
Carmel Rotschild Israel	20	1.5k 1.6×	291 0.5×	1.4k 3.3×	36 0.2×	152 0.8×	43	2.1k
C. Farina Brazil	20	685 0.7×	117 0.2×	315 0.7×	169 0.8×	246 1.3×	119	1.1k
G. Jordan Maclay United States	16	802 0.8×	362 0.6×	332 0.8×	202 0.9×	132 0.7×	51	1.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Edwards, B. C., M. I. Buchwald, Richard I. Epstein, T. R. Gosnell, & Carl E. Mungan. (2025). Development of a Fluorescent Cryocooler. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University).

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Mungan, Carl E., et al.. (2025). Vertical fall of a sphere opposed by fluid buoyancy and drag. European Journal of Physics. 46(3). 35004–35004.

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Otto, J. & Carl E. Mungan. (2024). Flow of water out of a funnel. European Journal of Physics. 45(5). 55007–55007. 1 indexed citations

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Mungan, Carl E.. (2021). Comment on ‘Two blocks connected by a string with variable tension: a dynamic case’. Physics Education. 56(2). 28001–28001.

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Mungan, Carl E., et al.. (2020). Liquid oscillating in a U-tube of variable cross section. European Journal of Physics. 42(2). 25008–25008. 3 indexed citations

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Mungan, Carl E., et al.. (2019). A simple measurement of the relative efficiency of human locomotion. Physics Education. 54(4). 43004–43004. 1 indexed citations

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Mungan, Carl E., et al.. (2018). Oblique elastic collisions of two smooth round objects. European Journal of Physics. 39(4). 45002–45002. 6 indexed citations

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Mungan, Carl E.. (2017). Optimizing the Launch of a Projectile to Hit a Target. The Physics Teacher. 55(9). 528–529. 4 indexed citations

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Mungan, Carl E., et al.. (2013). 97.16 Probability analysis for rolls of a square cuboidal die. The Mathematical Gazette. 97(538). 163–166. 1 indexed citations

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White, Jeffrey O., Arseny Vasilyev, Naresh Satyan, et al.. (2012). Suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers using a linearly chirped diode laser. Optics Express. 20(14). 15872–15872. 35 indexed citations

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Mungan, Carl E., et al.. (2011). Traveling along a zipline. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 5(1). 1. 1 indexed citations

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Mungan, Carl E.. (2010). A refresher on curvature for application to centripetal acceleration. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 4(1). 4. 3 indexed citations

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Mungan, Carl E.. (2009). Heat Engine With Finite Thermal Reservoirs and Nonideal Efficiency. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 3(2). 8.

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Mungan, Carl E.. (2009). Three Important Taylor Series for Introductory Physics. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 3(3). 5. 1 indexed citations

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Condon, Nicholas J., S. R. Bowman, Shawn O’Connor, R. S. Quimby, & Carl E. Mungan. (2009). Optical cooling in Er^3+:KPb_2Cl_5. Optics Express. 17(7). 5466–5466. 35 indexed citations

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Mungan, Carl E., et al.. (2008). Motion of an electric dipole in a static electromagnetic field. Latin American journal of physics education. 2(3). 5. 2 indexed citations

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Bowman, S. R. & Carl E. Mungan. (2000). New materials for optical cooling. Applied Physics B. 71(6). 807–811. 96 indexed citations

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Mungan, Carl E., M. I. Buchwald, B. C. Edwards, Richard I. Epstein, & T. R. Gosnell. (1997). Laser Cooling of a Solid by 16 K Starting from Room Temperature. Physical Review Letters. 78(6). 1030–1033. 101 indexed citations

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Rosenberg, A., et al.. (1992). Stress dependence of the pocket gap modes in KI:Ag+. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 46(18). 11507–11519. 9 indexed citations

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Mungan, Carl E. & A. J. Sievers. (1992). Persistent infrared spectral hole burning of the fundamental stretching mode of SH^− in alkali halides. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 9(5). 746–746. 4 indexed citations

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