George D. Becker

9.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
109 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

George D. Becker is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, George D. Becker has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 35 papers in Instrumentation and 26 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in George D. Becker's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (91 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (35 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (32 papers). George D. Becker is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (91 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (35 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (32 papers). George D. Becker collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. George D. Becker's co-authors include James S. Bolton, Martin G. Haehnelt, W. L. W. Sargent, Matteo Viel, Michael Rauch, G. Worseck, Vid Iršič, Sebastián López, E. R. Stanway and J. J. Eldridge and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

George D. Becker

99 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Warm dark matter as a solution to the small scale crisis: New constraints from high redshift Lyman-αforest data

2013 535 citations Matteo Viel, George D. Becker et al. profile →
New constraints on the free-streaming of warm dark matter from intermediate and small scale Lyman-α forest data

2017 370 citations Vid Iršič, Matteo Viel et al. profile →
First Constraints on Fuzzy Dark Matter from Lyman-α Forest Data and Hydrodynamical Simulations

2017 314 citations Vid Iršič, Matteo Viel et al. profile →
Evidence of patchy hydrogen reionization from an extreme Lyα trough below redshift six

2015 280 citations George D. Becker, James S. Bolton et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Qz5 Survey. I. How the H i Mass Density of the Universe Evolves with Cosmic Time 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Grecco A. Oyarzún, Marc Rafelski, L. Christensen, (unknown), Regina A. Jorgenson, Marcel Neeleman, Michele Fumagalli, J. X. Prochaska, G. Worseck, (unknown), George D. Becker, Sebastián López	0
2	Multi-phase investigation of outflows in the circumgalactic and interstellar media of luminous quasars at z ∼ 5 2025 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), V. D’Odorico, M. Bischetti, C. Feruglio, G. Cupani, George D. Becker, (unknown)	0
3	How probable is the Ly-α damping wing in the spectrum of the redshift z = 5.9896 quasar ULAS J0148+0600? 2025 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), James S. Bolton, George D. Becker, (unknown), Martin G. Haehnelt, Laura C. Keating, Girish Kulkarni, Ewald Puchwein	1
4	IGM damping wing constraints on the tail end of reionization from the enlarged XQR-30 sample 2024 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Bradley Greig, Andrei Mesinger, Eduardo Bañados, George D. Becker, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Huanqing Chen, Frederick B. Davies, V. D’Odorico, Anna–Christina Eilers, S. Gallerani, Martin G. Haehnelt, Laura C. Keating, Samuel Lai, Yuxiang Qin, Emma Ryan‐Weber, Sindhu Satyavolu, Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang, Yongda Zhu	12
5	Measurements of the z > 5 Lyman-α forest flux autocorrelation functions from the extended XQR-30 data set 2024 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Molly Wolfson, Joseph F. Hennawi, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Frederick B. Davies, Zarija Lukić, George D. Becker, Huanqing Chen, G. Cupani, V. D’Odorico, Anna–Christina Eilers, Martin G. Haehnelt, Laura C. Keating, Girish Kulkarni, Samuel Lai, Andrei Mesinger, Fabian Walter, Yongda Zhu	3
6	Chemical Diagnostics to Unveil Environments Enriched by First Stars 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·(unknown), Stefania Salvadori, V. D’Odorico, George D. Becker, G. Cupani	7
7	Constraints on the Evolution of the Ionizing Background and Ionizing Photon Mean Free Path at the End of Reionization 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Frederick B. Davies, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Prakash Gaikwad, Fahad Nasir, Joseph F. Hennawi, George D. Becker, Martin G. Haehnelt, V. D’Odorico, M. Bischetti, Anna–Christina Eilers, Laura C. Keating, Girish Kulkarni, Samuel Lai, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Yuxiang Qin, Sindhu Satyavolu, Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang, Yongda Zhu	23
8	Evidence of Pop III stars’ chemical signature in neutral gas at z ∼ 6 2024 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), V. D’Odorico, Stefania Salvadori, (unknown), M. Bischetti, G. Cupani, R. L. Davies, George D. Becker, Eduardo Bañados, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Frederick B. Davies, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Andrea Ferrara, Laura C. Keating, Girish Kulkarni, Samuel Lai, Emma Ryan‐Weber, (unknown), Fabian Walter	9
9	A Comprehensive Metallicity Analysis of J0332−3557: Establishing a z ∼ 4 Anchor for Direct Gas Metallicity and C/O Abundance Investigations 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Annalisa Citro, Danielle A. Berg, Dawn K. Erb, Matthew W. Auger, George D. Becker, Bethan L. James, Evan D. Skillman	6
10	Evidence of First Stars-enriched Gas in High-redshift Absorbers* 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Stefania Salvadori, V. D’Odorico, G. Cupani, Michele Fumagalli, Trystyn A. M. Berg, George D. Becker, Sara L. Ellison, Sebastián López	13
11	The XQR-30 metal absorber catalogue: 778 absorption systems spanning 2 ≲ z ≲ 6.5 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·R. L. Davies, Emma Ryan‐Weber, V. D’Odorico, Sarah E. I. Bosman, R. A. Meyer, George D. Becker, G. Cupani, M. Bischetti, (unknown), (unknown), Emanuele Paolo Farina, Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang, Yongda Zhu	22
12	The Relationship between IGM Lyα Opacity and Galaxy Density near the End of Reionization 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Holly M. Christenson, George D. Becker, Anson D’Aloisio, Frederick B. Davies, Yongda Zhu, Elisa Boera, Fahad Nasir, Steven R. Furlanetto, Matthew A. Malkan	6
13	The Fraction and Kinematics of Broad Absorption Line Quasars across Cosmic Time 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·M. Bischetti, F. Fiore, C. Feruglio, V. D’Odorico, Nahum Arav, Tiago Costa, Kastytis Zubovas, George D. Becker, Sarah E. I. Bosman, G. Cupani, R. L. Davies, Anna–Christina Eilers, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Andrea Ferrara, M. Gaspari, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Masafusa Onoue, E. Piconcelli, (unknown), Yongda Zhu	16
14	Measuring the Density Fields around Bright Quasars at z ∼ 6 with XQR-30 Spectra 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Huanqing Chen, Anna–Christina Eilers, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Nickolay Y. Gnedin, Xiaohui Fan, Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang, V. D’Odorico, George D. Becker, M. Bischetti, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Andrei Mesinger, A. Pallottini	17
15	The Sherwood–Relics simulations: overview and impact of patchy reionization and pressure smoothing on the intergalactic medium 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Ewald Puchwein, James S. Bolton, Laura C. Keating, Margherita Molaro, Prakash Gaikwad, Girish Kulkarni, Martin G. Haehnelt, Vid Iršič, (unknown), Matteo Viel, Dominique Aubert, George D. Becker, Avery Meiksin	46
16	Chemical abundance of z ~ 6 quasar broad-line regions in the XQR-30 sample 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Samuel Lai, Fuyan Bian, Christopher A. Onken, Christian Wolf, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Eduardo Bañados, M. Bischetti, Sarah E. I. Bosman, George D. Becker, G. Cupani, V. D’Odorico, Anna–Christina Eilers, Xiaohui Fan, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Masafusa Onoue, Jan–Torge Schindler, Fabian Walter, Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang, Yongda Zhu	22
17	The mean free path of ionizing photons at 5 < z < 6: evidence for rapid evolution near reionization 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·George D. Becker, Anson D’Aloisio, Holly M. Christenson, Yongda Zhu, G. Worseck, James S. Bolton	103
18	Chasing the Tail of Cosmic Reionization with Dark Gap Statistics in the Lyα Forest over 5 < z < 6 2021 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Yongda Zhu, George D. Becker, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Laura C. Keating, Holly M. Christenson, Eduardo Bañados, Fuyan Bian, Frederick B. Davies, V. D’Odorico, Anna–Christina Eilers, Xiaohui Fan, Martin G. Haehnelt, Girish Kulkarni, A. Pallottini, Yuxiang Qin, Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang	56
19	Probing the thermal state of the intergalactic medium at z > 5 with the transmission spikes in high-resolution Ly α forest spectra 2020 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Prakash Gaikwad, Michael Rauch, Martin G. Haehnelt, Ewald Puchwein, James S. Bolton, Laura C. Keating, Girish Kulkarni, Vid Iršič, Eduardo Bañados, George D. Becker, Elisa Boera, Fakhri S. Zahedy, Hsiao‐Wen Chen, R. F. Carswell, Jonathan Chardin, Alberto Rorai	98
20	Determining the Nature of Late Gunn-Peterson Troughs With Galaxy Surveys 2017 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Steven R. Furlanetto, Frederick B. Davies, George D. Becker	29

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