Johann Rafelski

13.2k citations

302 papers · 8.0k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 45

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.1%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 1%
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
Radiation top 1%
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics top 1%

Co-authors: Berndt Müller Walter Greiner Jean Letessier Patrick M. Koch Rolf Hagedorn M. Schroedter Robert L. Thews Michael Danos
Topics: High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (154 papers)Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (132 papers)Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (100 papers)
Cited by: Nuclear and High Energy Physics Geochemistry and Petrology Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Journals: Nature Physical Review Letters Nature Communications
Partner nations: United States Germany France

In The Last Decade

Johann Rafelski

291 papers receiving 7.6k 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.

Strangeness Production in the Quark-Gluon Plasma

1982 572 citations Johann Rafelski et al. profile →
Strangeness in relativistic heavy ion collisions

1986 559 citations Johann Rafelski et al. profile →
Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields

1985 516 citations Johann Rafelski et al. profile →
Observation of cold nuclear fusion in condensed matter

1989 481 citations Steven Jones, Johann Rafelski et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Everlasting interaction: Polarization summation without a Landau pole 2024 ·Physical review. D ·(unknown),Johann Rafelski	1
2	Born-Infeld Nonlinear Electromagnetism in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions 2023 ·Acta Physica Polonica A ·(unknown),Martin Formánek,Johann Rafelski	2
3	Electron–positron plasma in BBN: Damped-dynamic screening 2023 ·Annals of Physics ·(unknown),(unknown),Martin Formánek,Johann Rafelski	5
4	Improving Euler-Heisenberg-Schwinger Effective Action with Dressed Photons 2023 ·Acta Physica Polonica A ·(unknown),Johann Rafelski	3
5	Laser-initiated primary and secondary nuclear reactions in Boron-Nitride 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·C. Labaune,C. Baccou,Vincent Yahia,(unknown),Johann Rafelski	21
6	Melting Hadrons, Boiling Quarks - From Hagedorn Temperature to Ultra-Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions at CERN 2015 ·OAPEN (The OAPEN Foundation) ·Johann 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7	Solar System Signatures of Impacts by Compact Ultra Dense Objects 2011 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Lance Labun,Johann Rafelski,(unknown)	1
8	QED Conformal Anomaly in External Fields 2008 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Lance Labun,Johann Rafelski	2
9	Pion spectra: Delta resonance decay and medium mass modification 2005 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·(unknown),Johann Rafelski	1
10	Deconfinement energy threshold: analysis of hadron yields at 11.6 A GeV 2004 ·CERN Bulletin ·Jean Letessier,Johann Rafelski,Giorgio Torrieri	1
11	Strangeness and Statistical Hadronization: How to Study Quark-Gluon Plasma 2003 ·ArXiv.org ·Johann Rafelski,Jean Letessier	1
12	Hadronization of the quark Universe 2002 ·CERN Bulletin ·(unknown),Johann Rafelski	0
13	Hadrons and quark - gluon plasma 2002 ·Johann Rafelski,Jean Letessier	75
14	Strangeness and Statistical QCD 2001 ·Johann Rafelski,Jean Letessier	9
15	Quark-gluon plasma in PB-PB 158 a GEV collisions: Evidence from strange particle abundances and the coulomb effect 1999 ·Acta Physica Polonica B ·Jean Letessier,Johann Rafelski	2
16	Hadrons from Pb Pb collisions at 158-GeV/A 1999 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Johann Rafelski,Jean Letessier	2
17	Hadronic Signatures of Deconfinement in relativistic nuclear collisions 1997 ·Acta Physica Polonica B ·Johann Rafelski,Jean Letessier,A. Tounsi	5
18	Hot hadronic matter : theory and experiment 1995 ·Plenum Press eBooks ·Jean Letessier,H.H. Gutbrod,Johann Rafelski	46
19	Muon-catalyzed fusion : Sanibel Island, FL. 1988 1989 ·American Institute of Physics eBooks ·Steven Jones,Johann Rafelski,Hendrik J. Monkhorst	3
20	Pocketbook of mathematical functions 1984 ·Michael Danos,Johann Rafelski	13

About Johann Rafelski

Johann Rafelski is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 302 papers that have together received 8.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (154 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (132 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (100 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (6.0k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (546 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.5k citations). Johann Rafelski has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Frequent co-authors include Berndt Müller, Walter Greiner, Jean Letessier, Patrick M. Koch, Rolf Hagedorn, M. Schroedter, Robert L. Thews, Michael Danos, A. Tounsi and Steven Jones. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

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