Jerry E. Nelson

907 total citations
41 papers, 670 citations indexed

About

Jerry E. Nelson is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Instrumentation and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jerry E. Nelson has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 670 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 24 papers in Instrumentation and 16 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Jerry E. Nelson's work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (34 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (24 papers) and Advanced optical system design (8 papers). Jerry E. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (34 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (24 papers) and Advanced optical system design (8 papers). Jerry E. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Germany. Jerry E. Nelson's co-authors include Terry S. Mast, G. A. Chanan, G. H. Sanders, Mitchell Troy, David Kirkman, Frank G. Dekens, S. M. Faber, Douglas G. MacMartin, R. E. Hills and Peter Gillingham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Icarus.

In The Last Decade

Jerry E. Nelson

37 papers receiving 607 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jerry E. Nelson United States 13 529 308 258 178 165 41 670
Daniele Gallieni Italy 16 594 1.1× 392 1.3× 282 1.1× 68 0.4× 184 1.1× 83 704
James B. Breckinridge United States 16 406 0.8× 135 0.4× 231 0.9× 111 0.6× 241 1.5× 83 708
D. Scott Acton United States 17 552 1.0× 233 0.8× 188 0.7× 176 1.0× 350 2.1× 50 836
Roberto Biasi Italy 16 570 1.1× 386 1.3× 270 1.0× 64 0.4× 160 1.0× 78 660
Piero Salinari Italy 15 504 1.0× 323 1.0× 217 0.8× 66 0.4× 151 0.9× 45 574
Enrico Marchetti Germany 19 740 1.4× 459 1.5× 397 1.5× 111 0.6× 406 2.5× 100 1.0k
Rodolphe Conan Canada 17 860 1.6× 594 1.9× 382 1.5× 151 0.8× 189 1.1× 95 943
Torben Andersen Sweden 13 307 0.6× 160 0.5× 233 0.9× 70 0.4× 67 0.4× 92 494
H. M. Martin United States 13 310 0.6× 176 0.6× 208 0.8× 96 0.5× 107 0.6× 41 496
Fritz Merkle Germany 9 312 0.6× 145 0.5× 162 0.6× 73 0.4× 102 0.6× 59 398

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All Works

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Prochaska, J. X., Sean M. Adkins, Michael Bolte, et al.. (2016). Detailed design of a deployable tertiary mirror for the Keck I telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9910. 99102I–99102I. 2 indexed citations
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Prochaska, J. X., et al.. (2012). Keck 1 deployable tertiary mirror (K1DM3). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8444. 84444R–84444R. 1 indexed citations
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Seo, Byoung-Joon, George Z. Angeli, Brent L. Ellerbroek, et al.. (2009). Analysis of normalized point source sensitivity as a performance metric for large telescopes. Applied Optics. 48(31). 5997–5997. 33 indexed citations
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Drummond, J., Julian C. Christou, & Jerry E. Nelson. (2009). Triaxial ellipsoid dimensions and poles of asteroids from AO observations at the Keck-II telescope. Icarus. 202(1). 147–159. 15 indexed citations
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Adkins, Sean M., Oscar Azucena, & Jerry E. Nelson. (2006). The design and optimization of detectors for adaptive optics wavefront sensing. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6272. 62721E–62721E. 11 indexed citations
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Chanan, G. A., Douglas G. MacMartin, Jerry E. Nelson, & Terry S. Mast. (2004). Control and alignment of segmented-mirror telescopes: matrices, modes, and error propagation. Applied Optics. 43(6). 1223–1223. 50 indexed citations
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Nelson, Jerry E.. (2003). Progress on the California Extremely Large Telescope (CELT). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4840. 47–47. 10 indexed citations
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Mast, Terry S. & Jerry E. Nelson. (2000). <title>Segmented mirror control system hardware for CELT</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4003. 226–240. 16 indexed citations
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Dekany, Richard G., Jerry E. Nelson, & Brian Bauman. (2000). <title>Design considerations for CELT adaptive optics</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4003. 212–225. 9 indexed citations
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Chanan, G. A., Jerry E. Nelson, Catherine M. Ohara, & Edwin Sirko. (2000). <title>Design issues for the active control system of the California Extremely Large Telescope (CELT)</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4004. 363–372. 14 indexed citations
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Kibrick, Robert I., Joseph S. Miller, Jerry E. Nelson, et al.. (2000). <title>Active flexure compensation software for the echellette spectrograph and imager on Keck II</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4009. 262–273. 2 indexed citations
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Nelson, Jerry E.. (2000). <title>Design concepts for the California Extremely Large Telescope (CELT)</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4004. 282–289. 26 indexed citations
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Sheinis, Andrew, Jerry E. Nelson, & Matthew V. Radovan. (1998). <title>Large-prism mounting to minimize rotation in Cassegrain instruments</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3355. 59–69. 3 indexed citations
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Chanan, G. A., Mitchell Troy, Frank G. Dekens, et al.. (1998). Phasing the mirror segments of the Keck telescopes: the broadband phasing algorithm. Applied Optics. 37(1). 140–140. 168 indexed citations
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Chanan, G. A., Jerry E. Nelson, Terry S. Mast, Peter Wizinowich, & Barbara A. Schaefer. (1994). <title>W.M. Keck Telescope phasing camera system</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2198. 1139–1150. 14 indexed citations
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Nelson, Jerry E. & Peter Gillingham. (1994). <title>Overview of the performance of the W.M. Keck Observatory</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2199. 82–93. 12 indexed citations
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Mast, Terry S. & Jerry E. Nelson. (1986). The Status of the W. M. Keck Observatory and Ten Meter Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 571. 226–226. 7 indexed citations
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Nelson, Jerry E., Terry S. Mast, & S. M. Faber. (1985). The Design of the Keck Observatory and Telescope. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 44 indexed citations
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Crane, Philippe, Jerry E. Nelson, & J. A. Tyson. (1979). Possible optical observation of the companion star to the binary pulsar PSR1913 + 16. Nature. 280(5721). 367–370. 8 indexed citations
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Horowitz, Paul, C. Papaliolios, N. P. Carleton, et al.. (1971). Optical Time-Of Measurements from the Crab Pulsar: Comparison of Results from Four Observatories. The Astrophysical Journal. 166. L91–L91. 12 indexed citations

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