Georg G. Raffelt

43.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
223 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Georg G. Raffelt is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Georg G. Raffelt has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 205 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 99 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Georg G. Raffelt's work include Neutrino Physics Research (147 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (135 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (116 papers). Georg G. Raffelt is often cited by papers focused on Neutrino Physics Research (147 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (135 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (116 papers). Georg G. Raffelt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Denmark and United States. Georg G. Raffelt's co-authors include Steen Hannestad, G. Sigl, Hans‐Thomas Janka, L. Stodolsky, D. Seckel, Irene Tamborra, S. Pastor, Yvonne Y. Y. Wong, Dirk Nötzold and Alexei Yu. Smirnov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Georg G. Raffelt

220 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

Mixing of the photon with... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 1990 1993 1996 2017 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Mixing of the photon with low-mass particles
    1988 589 citations Georg G. Raffelt et al. profile →
  2. Astrophysical methods to constrain axions and other novel particle phenomena
    1990 501 citations Georg G. Raffelt Physics Reports profile →
  3. General kinetic description of relativistic mixed neutrinos
    1993 461 citations G. Sigl, Georg G. Raffelt profile →
  4. Stars as laboratories for fundamental physics
    1996 453 citations Georg G. Raffelt profile →
  5. Dielectric Haloscopes: A New Way to Detect Axion Dark Matter
    2017 244 citations Georg G. Raffelt, Javier Redondo et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  6. Astrophysical Axion Bounds: The 2024 Edition
    2024 66 citations Georg G. Raffelt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Georg G. Raffelt Germany 65 12.5k 5.9k 1.4k 370 116 223 13.3k
Maxim Pospelov Canada 57 8.7k 0.7× 4.4k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 805 2.2× 192 1.7× 150 9.3k
Dan Hooper United States 52 11.0k 0.9× 7.8k 1.3× 815 0.6× 340 0.9× 99 0.9× 191 11.6k
P. Sikivie United States 49 10.2k 0.8× 6.6k 1.1× 2.7k 1.9× 476 1.3× 265 2.3× 127 10.9k
Katherine Freese United States 44 7.2k 0.6× 6.8k 1.2× 728 0.5× 383 1.0× 49 0.4× 187 8.6k
Kathryn M. Zurek United States 47 6.6k 0.5× 4.2k 0.7× 1.8k 1.2× 250 0.7× 164 1.4× 118 7.2k
Peter W. Graham United States 39 3.5k 0.3× 2.5k 0.4× 2.1k 1.5× 206 0.6× 188 1.6× 105 5.1k
Andreas Ringwald Germany 42 6.2k 0.5× 3.6k 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 296 0.8× 144 1.2× 110 6.6k
I. Tkachev Russia 42 5.3k 0.4× 5.1k 0.9× 881 0.6× 666 1.8× 64 0.6× 135 6.5k
Jonathan L. Feng United States 52 8.5k 0.7× 5.2k 0.9× 640 0.5× 258 0.7× 125 1.1× 132 8.8k
Rabindra N. Mohapatra United States 65 21.3k 1.7× 4.7k 0.8× 912 0.6× 659 1.8× 261 2.3× 390 22.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fiorillo, Damiano F. G. & Georg G. Raffelt. (2024). Theory of neutrino fast flavor evolution. Part I. Linear response theory and stability conditions.. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024(8). 21 indexed citations
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Fiorillo, Damiano F. G. & Georg G. Raffelt. (2024). Theory of neutrino fast flavor evolution. Part II. Solutions at the edge of instability. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024(12). 12 indexed citations
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Fiorillo, Damiano F. G., Georg G. Raffelt, & G. Sigl. (2024). Collective neutrino-antineutrino oscillations in dense neutrino environments?. Physical review. D. 109(4). 13 indexed citations
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Fiorillo, Damiano F. G. & Georg G. Raffelt. (2023). Flavor solitons in dense neutrino gases. Physical review. D. 107(12). 31 indexed citations
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Abbar, Sajad, et al.. (2023). Fast neutrino flavor conversion in core-collapse supernovae: A parametric study in 1D models. Physical review. D. 107(10). 66 indexed citations
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Abbar, Sajad, et al.. (2023). Fast Neutrino Flavor Conversions Can Help and Hinder Neutrino-Driven Explosions. Physical Review Letters. 131(6). 61401–61401. 61 indexed citations
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Tamborra, Irene, et al.. (2022). Neutrino fast flavor pendulum. II. Collisional damping. Physical review. D. 106(10). 47 indexed citations
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Caputo, Andrea, Georg G. Raffelt, & Edoardo Vitagliano. (2022). Radiative transfer in stars by feebly interacting bosons. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2022(8). 45–45. 1 indexed citations
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Vitagliano, Edoardo, Irene Tamborra, & Georg G. Raffelt. (2020). Grand unified neutrino spectrum at Earth: Sources and spectral components. Reviews of Modern Physics. 92(4). 95 indexed citations
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Tamborra, Irene, Lorenz Hüdepohl, Georg G. Raffelt, & Hans‐Thomas Janka. (2017). Flavor-dependent Neutrino Angular Distribution in Core-collapse Supernovae. The Astrophysical Journal. 839(2). 132–132. 82 indexed citations
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Tamborra, Irene, Georg G. Raffelt, Florian Hanke, Hans‐Thomas Janka, & Bernhard Müller. (2014). Neutrino emission characteristics and detection opportunities based on three-dimensional supernova simulations. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 90(4). 91 indexed citations
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Maira, N. Viaux, M. Catelan, P. B. Stetson, et al.. (2013). Particle-physics constraints from the globular cluster M5: neutrino dipole moments. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 61 indexed citations
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Raffelt, Georg G.. (2012). Neutrinos and the stars. arXiv (Cornell University). 182. 61–143. 8 indexed citations
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Sarikas, Srdjan, Georg G. Raffelt, Lorenz Hüdepohl, & Hans‐Thomas Janka. (2011). Flavor stability of a realistic accretion-phase supernova neutrino flux. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Gondolo, Paolo & Georg G. Raffelt. (2008). Solar neutrino limit on the axion-like interpretation of the DAMA signal. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Raffelt, Georg G.. (1999). Limits on neutrino electromagnetic properties — an update. Physics Reports. 320(1-6). 319–327. 122 indexed citations
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Murayama, Hitoshi, L. J. Rosenberg, C. Hagmann, Georg G. Raffelt, & K. van Bibber. (1998). Axions and other very light bosons: in Review of Particle Physics (RPP 1998). The European Physical Journal C. 264–271. 1 indexed citations
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Raffelt, Georg G.. (1996). Stars as laboratories for fundamental physics. 453 indexed citations breakdown →
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Degl’Innocenti, S., G. Fiorentini, Georg G. Raffelt, B. Ricci, & Achim Weiß. (1995). Time-variation of Newton's constant and the age of globular clusters.. CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa). 312(2). 345–352. 30 indexed citations
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