K. Alder

4.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
56 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

K. Alder is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Alder has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 27 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 9 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in K. Alder's work include Nuclear physics research studies (23 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (21 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (10 papers). K. Alder is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear physics research studies (23 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (21 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (10 papers). K. Alder collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Denmark and United States. K. Alder's co-authors include A. Winther, Torben Huus, Ben R. Mottelson, Adam Bohr, H.C. Pauli, F. Rösel, U. Götz, K. Junker, Raoul D. Viollier and G.R. Plattner and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

K. Alder

55 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Study of Nuclear Structur... 1956 2026 1979 2002 1956 1978 1978 400 800 1.2k
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. Study of Nuclear Structure by Electromagnetic Excitation with Accelerated Ions
    1956 1.4k citations K. Alder, A. Winther et al. profile →
  2. Internal conversion coefficients for all atomic shells
    1978 452 citations F. Rösel, K. Alder et al. profile →
  3. Internal conversion coefficients for all atomic shells
    1978 309 citations F. Rösel, K. Alder et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
K. Alder 2.7k 2.1k 1.3k 368 363 56 3.6k
R. H. Bassel 2.4k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 291 0.8× 199 0.5× 42 3.1k
N. Austern 2.9k 1.1× 2.0k 0.9× 958 0.8× 368 1.0× 183 0.5× 80 3.5k
Sven Gösta Nilsson 4.1k 1.5× 2.2k 1.0× 849 0.7× 468 1.3× 536 1.5× 56 4.4k
J. P. Schiffer 2.2k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 862 0.7× 380 1.0× 234 0.6× 90 3.3k
P.J. Twin 3.1k 1.2× 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 417 1.1× 393 1.1× 117 3.5k
A. de-Shalit 2.1k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 730 0.6× 425 1.2× 349 1.0× 45 2.8k
R.D. Lawson 2.5k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 799 0.6× 485 1.3× 334 0.9× 81 2.9k
F. K. McGowan 3.8k 1.4× 2.1k 1.0× 2.1k 1.6× 456 1.2× 527 1.5× 143 4.7k
F. S. Stephens 2.9k 1.1× 1.7k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 436 1.2× 465 1.3× 97 3.3k
D. Kurath 3.8k 1.4× 2.1k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 679 1.8× 157 0.4× 51 4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Alder

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Winther, A. & K. Alder. (1979). Relativistic coulomb excitation. Nuclear Physics A. 319(3). 518–532. 233 indexed citations
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Trautmann, D., et al.. (1977). Semiclassical description of reactions at energies near the Coulomb barrier. The European Physical Journal A. 281(4). 391–394. 2 indexed citations
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Alder, K., et al.. (1976). An addition theorem for the Coulomb function. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 9(6). 905–929. 1 indexed citations
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Raff, Ulrich, Raoul D. Viollier, & K. Alder. (1974). Penetration effects in converted muonic transitions. Nuclear Physics A. 223(3). 429–441. 1 indexed citations
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Rösel, F., J. X. Saladin, & K. Alder. (1974). Quantum mechanical coupled channels code for Coulomb excitation. Computer Physics Communications. 8(1). 35–48. 39 indexed citations
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Viollier, Raoul D., G.R. Plattner, & K. Alder. (1974). The ppπ0 coupling constant and electromagnetic effects in p-p forward dispersion relations. Physics Letters B. 48(2). 99–101. 11 indexed citations
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Alder, K., D. Trautmann, & Raoul D. Viollier. (1973). Anwendung der Padé-Approximation in der Kernphysik / Application of the Padé Approximation in Nuclear Physics. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A. 28(3-4). 321–331. 8 indexed citations
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Alder, K., et al.. (1973). Deviations from the Rutherford scattering due to the ground state quadrupole moment. Annals of Physics. 78(2). 518–534. 6 indexed citations
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Viollier, Raoul D., G.R. Plattner, D. Trautmann, & K. Alder. (1973). Dispersion relations and low-energy elastic scattering of charged particles from nuclei. Nuclear Physics A. 206(3). 498–512. 20 indexed citations
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Götz, U., H.C. Pauli, K. Alder, & K. Junker. (1972). Deformation energies of W, Os, Pt and Hg isotopes for β2-, β4- and γ-distortions. Physics Letters B. 38(5). 274–276. 15 indexed citations
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Alder, K., U. Götz, & D. Trautmann. (1971). The Mott-Schwinger polarization in (d, p) reactions. Nuclear Physics A. 165(2). 433–440. 3 indexed citations
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Alder, K., G. Baur, & Ulrich Raff. (1971). Influence of the chemical environement on α-decay. Physics Letters A. 34(3). 163–164. 5 indexed citations
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Rösel, F., et al.. (1970). Interference between Coulomb and nuclear excitation of Cd114 by alpha particles. Physics Letters B. 32(1). 26–28. 25 indexed citations
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Alder, K., et al.. (1970). Quantum mechanical corrections for double coulomb excitation in 152Sm and the determination of the E4 transition probability. Physics Letters B. 32(8). 645–646. 15 indexed citations
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Alder, K., Joke Hadermann, & Ulrich Raff. (1969). Environmental effects on the electron capture decay rate. Physics Letters A. 30(9). 487–488. 4 indexed citations
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Alder, K. & A. Winther. (1969). On the non-relativistic electromagnetic multipole-multipole interaction between two disjoint charge distributions. Nuclear Physics A. 132(1). 1–4. 24 indexed citations
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Alder, K. & A. Winther. (1956). Tables of the classical orbital integrals in Coulomb excitation. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 31. 1–74. 10 indexed citations
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Alder, K. & A. Winther. (1955). Matrix elements between states in the Coulomb field. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research).
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Alder, K. & A. Winther. (1953). The Theory of Coulomb Excitation of Nuclei. Physical Review. 91(6). 1578–1579. 47 indexed citations
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Alder, K.. (1953). The measurement of nuclear moments of excited states by angular correlation methods. I. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 5 indexed citations

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