F. Merkt

10.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
298 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

F. Merkt is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Merkt has authored 298 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 290 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 167 papers in Spectroscopy and 40 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in F. Merkt's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (205 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (142 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (102 papers). F. Merkt is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (205 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (142 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (102 papers). F. Merkt collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and France. F. Merkt's co-authors include T. P. Softley, Hansjürg Schmutz, S. D. Hogan, Ruth Signorell, Hans Jakob Wörner, U. Hollenstein, Andreas Osterwalder, Andrea Wüest, Johannes Deiglmayr and Josef A. Agner and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

F. Merkt

293 papers receiving 7.5k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
F. Merkt Switzerland	48	7.1k	3.6k	950	355	346	298	7.7k
Roland Wester Austria	41	4.9k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	511 0.5×	362 1.0×	207 0.6×	206	5.6k
Gabriel G. Balint‐Kurti United Kingdom	42	5.7k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	327 0.9×	254 0.7×	154	6.4k
Kaoru Yamanouchi Japan	46	6.3k 0.9×	3.5k 1.0×	529 0.6×	747 2.1×	186 0.5×	318	7.1k
Michael Baer Israel	46	8.8k 1.2×	3.4k 0.9×	990 1.0×	814 2.3×	223 0.6×	302	9.4k
E. Tiemann Germany	43	5.4k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	537 0.6×	319 0.9×	379 1.1×	241	6.0k
William C. Stwalley United States	48	7.3k 1.0×	2.3k 0.6×	325 0.3×	335 0.9×	287 0.8×	264	7.7k
Jeremy M. Hutson United Kingdom	57	10.6k 1.5×	4.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	282 0.8×	760 2.2×	244	11.3k
William J. Meath Canada	48	6.1k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	226 0.6×	523 1.5×	188	6.8k
J. Manz Germany	44	6.0k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	371 0.4×	410 1.2×	242 0.7×	219	6.6k
Uwe Manthe Germany	56	9.2k 1.3×	3.9k 1.1×	857 0.9×	429 1.2×	145 0.4×	148	9.9k

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Richardson, Jeremy O., et al.. (2025). Competition between electron transfer and reactive capture in ion–molecule reactions at low collision energies: isotopic and stereodynamic effects in the reactions of CH₃F with H₂⁺, HD⁺ and D₂⁺. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 27(35). 18741–18759.

Zhelyazkova, Valentina, et al.. (2024). Opposite Effects of the Rotational and Translational Energy on the Rates of Ion-Molecule Reactions near 0 K: The D2++NH3 and D2++ND3 Reactions. Physical Review X. 14(1). 2 indexed citations

Merkt, F., et al.. (2024). Characterisation of the electronic ground states of BaH⁺ and BaD⁺ by high-resolution photoelectron spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 27(3). 1310–1319. 1 indexed citations

Zhelyazkova, Valentina, et al.. (2024). Cold reactions of He⁺ with OCS and CO₂: competitive kinetics and the effects of the molecular multipole moments. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26(38). 24799–24808.

Hollenstein, U., et al.. (2023). Pulsed-ramped-field-ionisation zero-kinetic-energy photoelectron spectroscopy of the metastable rare-gas atoms Ar, Kr and Xe. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(33). 22437–22454. 2 indexed citations

Merkt, F., Cunfeng Cheng, E. J. Salumbides, et al.. (2023). Ionization and dissociation energies of HD and dipole-induced g/u-symmetry breaking. Physical review. A. 108(2). 5 indexed citations

Zhelyazkova, Valentina, et al.. (2023). Cold Ion-Molecule Chemistry: The Very Different Reactions of He+ with CO and NO. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 77(4). 221–221. 2 indexed citations

Hollenstein, U., et al.. (2023). Precise determination of adiabatic ionisation energies of large polyatomic molecules: p -diaminobenzene. Molecular Physics. 121(22). 1 indexed citations

Merkt, F., et al.. (2022). High-resolution photoelectron spectroscopy of the ground and first excited electronic states of MgKr ⁺. Molecular Physics. 121(17-18). 7 indexed citations

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Cheng, Cunfeng, E. J. Salumbides, Hendrick L. Bethlem, et al.. (2022). Improved ionization and dissociation energies of the deuterium molecule. Physical review. A. 105(2). 16 indexed citations

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Jansen, Paul, et al.. (2021). Ionization Energy of the Metastable 2 S01 State of He4 from Rydberg-Series Extrapolation. Physical Review Letters. 127(9). 93001–93001. 25 indexed citations

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Jansen, Paul, et al.. (2016). High-resolution spectroscopy of He 2 + using Rydberg-series extrapolation and Zeeman-decelerated supersonic beams of metastable He2. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. 322. 9–17. 15 indexed citations

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Jacovella, Ugo, Bérenger Gans, & F. Merkt. (2015). Internal rotation, spin–orbit coupling, and low-frequency vibrations in the ground state of CH ₃ –CC–CH ⁺ ₃ and CD ₃ –CC–CD ⁺ ₃. Molecular Physics. 113(15-16). 2115–2124. 5 indexed citations

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Deiglmayr, Johannes, et al.. (2014). Observation of Dipole-Quadrupole Interaction in an Ultracold Gas of Rydberg Atoms. Physical Review Letters. 113(19). 193001–193001. 29 indexed citations

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Qüack, Martin & F. Merkt. (2011). Special Techniques and Applications. Wiley eBooks. 3. 2 indexed citations

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Sprecher, Daniel, Christian Jungen, W. Ubachs, & F. Merkt. (2011). Towards measuring the ionisation and dissociation energies of molecular hydrogen with sub-MHz accuracy. Faraday Discussions. 150. 51–51. 68 indexed citations

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Hogan, S. D., et al.. (2008). Multistage Zeeman deceleration of hydrogen. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Hogan, S. D., et al.. (2008). Magnetic Trapping of Hydrogen after Multistage Zeeman Deceleration. Physical Review Letters. 101(14). 143001–143001. 64 indexed citations

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Willitsch, Stefan, Ch. Jungen, & F. Merkt. (2006). Bending energy level structure and quasilinearity of the X[sup +] [sup 3]B[sub 1] ground electronic state of NH[sub 2][sup +]. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Wüest, Andrea, Patrick Rupper, & F. Merkt. (2001). Experimental determination of the potential energy curves of the I(3/2 u ) and I(3/2 g ) states of Kr ⁺ ₂. Molecular Physics. 99(23). 1941–1958. 20 indexed citations

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