Charles A. Meegan

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Charles A. Meegan is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Radiation and Applied Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles A. Meegan has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 18 papers in Radiation and 16 papers in Applied Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Charles A. Meegan's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (72 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (17 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (17 papers). Charles A. Meegan is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (72 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (17 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (17 papers). Charles A. Meegan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Russia. Charles A. Meegan's co-authors include G. J. Fishman, W. S. Pačiesas, Geoffrey N. Pendleton, M. S. Briggs, C. Kouveliotou, T. M. Koshut, Narayana P. Bhat, R. D. Preece, Robert S. Mallozzi and Jon Hakkila and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Charles A. Meegan

80 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Identification of two classes of gamma-ray bursts
    1993 1.0k citations C. Kouveliotou, Charles A. Meegan et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Charles A. Meegan 3.0k 844 226 142 111 89 3.1k
Geoffrey N. Pendleton 2.3k 0.8× 653 0.8× 181 0.8× 123 0.9× 52 0.5× 62 2.4k
R. D. Preece 3.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 153 0.7× 140 1.0× 221 2.0× 119 3.5k
G. N. Pendleton 3.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.4× 153 0.7× 151 1.1× 176 1.6× 82 3.6k
Aneta Siemiginowska 3.1k 1.0× 1.8k 2.1× 213 0.9× 41 0.3× 97 0.9× 155 3.3k
T. M. Koshut 2.4k 0.8× 632 0.7× 132 0.6× 83 0.6× 152 1.4× 32 2.5k
Rick Edelson 3.1k 1.0× 1.6k 1.9× 153 0.7× 97 0.7× 71 0.6× 53 3.3k
J. P. Norris 1.8k 0.6× 501 0.6× 133 0.6× 47 0.3× 116 1.0× 81 1.9k
Robert S. Mallozzi 1.8k 0.6× 485 0.6× 78 0.3× 87 0.6× 126 1.1× 38 1.9k
T. Maccacaro 2.9k 1.0× 1.6k 1.8× 466 2.1× 67 0.5× 37 0.3× 115 3.1k
Y. Avni 1.5k 0.5× 508 0.6× 293 1.3× 43 0.3× 54 0.5× 42 1.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meegan, Charles A., et al.. (2013). The First GLAST Symposium. 921(2). 242–251. 8 indexed citations
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Meegan, Charles A., C. Kouveliotou, & N. Gehrels. (2009). GAMMA-RAY BURST: Sixth Huntsville Symposium. AIPC. 1133. 26 indexed citations
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Foley, S., S. McBreen, S. McGlynn, et al.. (2009). The Spectral Lag Distribution of Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts. AIP conference proceedings. 403–405.
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Kienlin, A. von, E. Bissaldi, G. Lichti, et al.. (2007). Calibration of the GLAST Burst Monitor detectors. AIP conference proceedings. 921. 578–579.
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Pendleton, Geoffrey N., M. S. Briggs, R. M. Kippen, et al.. (1999). The Structure and Evolution of LOCBURST: The BATSE Burst Location Algorithm. The Astrophysical Journal. 512(1). 362–376. 24 indexed citations
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Meegan, Charles A., R. D. Preece, & T. M. Koshut. (1998). Gamma-ray bursts : 4th Huntsville Symposium. AIPC. 428. 53 indexed citations
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Meegan, Charles A., et al.. (1998). Gamma-ray bursts : 4th Huntsville Symposium, Huntsville, AL, September 1997. American Institute of Physics eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Sahu, K. C., Mario Livio, L. Petro, et al.. (1997). The optical counterpart to γ-ray burst GRB970228 observed using the Hubble Space Telescope. Nature. 387(6632). 476–478. 79 indexed citations
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Hartmann, D. H., M. S. Briggs, W. S. Pačiesas, et al.. (1996). Testing the Dipole and Quadrupole Moments of Galactic Models. TigerPrints (Clemson University). 1 indexed citations
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Tegmark, Max, D. H. Hartmann, M. S. Briggs, & Charles A. Meegan. (1996). The Angular Power Spectrum of BATSE 3B Gamma-Ray Bursts. TigerPrints (Clemson University). 26 indexed citations
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Kouveliotou, C., T. M. Koshut, M. S. Briggs, et al.. (1996). Correlations between duration, hardness and intensity in GRBs. AIP conference proceedings. 384. 42–46. 8 indexed citations
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Park, H.‐S., R. M. Bionta, Linda Ott, et al.. (1996). Gamma ray burst optical counterpart search experiment (GROCSE). AIP conference proceedings. 384. 861–865. 4 indexed citations
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Meegan, Charles A., Geoffrey N. Pendleton, M. S. Briggs, et al.. (1996). The BATSE 3B catalog. AIP conference proceedings. 384. 291–300.
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Johnson, W. N., C. D. Dermer, J. E. Grove, et al.. (1996). <title>Burst locations with an arc second telescope (BLAST)</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2806. 20–30. 1 indexed citations
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Pačiesas, W. S., Geoffrey N. Pendleton, M. S. Briggs, et al.. (1996). <title>Improved gamma-ray burst detector using a Compton telescope technique</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2806. 606–615. 1 indexed citations
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Pendleton, Geoffrey N., W. S. Pačiesas, Robert S. Mallozzi, et al.. (1995). The detector response matrices of the burst and transient source experiment (BATSE) on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2 indexed citations
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Akerlof, Carl W., S. D. Barthelmy, R. M. Bionta, et al.. (1995). Results from GROCSE, a real-time search for the Optical Counterparts of Gamma-Ray bursts. Astrophysics and Space Science. 231(1-2). 255–258. 1 indexed citations
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Hakkila, Jon, Charles A. Meegan, Geoffrey N. Pendleton, et al.. (1994). Constraints on galactic distributions of gamma-ray burst sources from BATSE observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 422. 659–659. 22 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Bradley E., B. J. Teegarden, D. M. Palmer, et al.. (1994). BATSE spectroscopy catalog of bright gamma-ray bursts. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 92. 285–285. 30 indexed citations
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Meegan, Charles A., G. J. Fishman, R. J. Wilson, et al.. (1993). The spatial distribution of gamma-ray bursts observed by BATSE. AIP conference proceedings. 681–685. 3 indexed citations

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