K. B. MacAdam

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

K. B. MacAdam is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, K. B. MacAdam has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 33 papers in Spectroscopy and 19 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in K. B. MacAdam's work include Atomic and Molecular Physics (62 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (34 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (31 papers). K. B. MacAdam is often cited by papers focused on Atomic and Molecular Physics (62 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (34 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (31 papers). K. B. MacAdam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ukraine and Denmark. K. B. MacAdam's co-authors include Andy Steinbach, Carl Wieman, M. Eminyan, J Slevin, Hans Kleinpoppen, William H. Wing, Xufei Sun, L. G. Gray, E. Horsdal-Pedersen and G. J. Ferland and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

K. B. MacAdam

75 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

A narrow-band tunable diode laser system with grating feedback, and a saturated absorption spectrometer for Cs and Rb

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. B. MacAdam United States	22	1.6k	475	250	213	156	75	1.8k
Constantine E. Theodosiou United States	22	1.3k 0.8×	332 0.7×	227 0.9×	160 0.8×	206 1.3×	67	1.5k
Kazuhiro Sakimoto Japan	20	1.2k 0.7×	416 0.9×	315 1.3×	138 0.6×	404 2.6×	85	1.6k
W. A. Isaacs United States	15	1.1k 0.7×	293 0.6×	275 1.1×	219 1.0×	116 0.7×	22	1.3k
Isao Shimamura Japan	23	1.4k 0.9×	248 0.5×	337 1.3×	157 0.7×	89 0.6×	74	1.5k
L. P. Presnyakov Russia	13	846 0.5×	290 0.6×	295 1.2×	184 0.9×	108 0.7×	51	938
D. M. Mitnik Argentina	20	1.2k 0.7×	351 0.7×	407 1.6×	269 1.3×	146 0.9×	109	1.4k
T. N. Chang United States	23	1.5k 0.9×	336 0.7×	183 0.7×	167 0.8×	67 0.4×	90	1.6k
M R H Rudge United Kingdom	19	1.2k 0.8×	394 0.8×	290 1.2×	346 1.6×	117 0.8×	65	1.3k
D. A. Church United States	23	1.3k 0.8×	762 1.6×	376 1.5×	218 1.0×	75 0.5×	111	1.5k
Michio Matsuzawa Japan	21	1.5k 0.9×	330 0.7×	143 0.6×	99 0.5×	79 0.5×	77	1.5k

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Dyubko, S. F., et al.. (2013). Laser-microwave spectroscopy of singlet Mg I atoms in S,P,D,F,G Rydberg state. 358–360. 1 indexed citations

Bauman, Robert P., R. L. Porter, G. J. Ferland, & K. B. MacAdam. (2005). J‐Resolved HeiEmission Predictions in the Low‐Density Limit. The Astrophysical Journal. 628(1). 541–554. 26 indexed citations

Nagesha, K. & K. B. MacAdam. (2003). Electron Impact Ionization of Sodium Rydberg Atoms below 2 eV. Physical Review Letters. 91(11). 113202–113202. 14 indexed citations

Horn, Jamie, et al.. (1998). Electrostatic cage “Stark barrel” for rapidly switching a uniform electric field through arbitrary angles. Review of Scientific Instruments. 69(12). 4086–4093. 8 indexed citations

MacAdam, K. B., et al.. (1994). Onset of dipole-allowed transitions in inelastic collisions of charged particles with Na(30s) Rydberg atoms. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 27(6). 1167–1175. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Xufei & K. B. MacAdam. (1993). Angular-momentum distributions following impact of slow ions on Na(nd) Rydberg atoms. Physical Review A. 47(5). 3913–3922. 33 indexed citations

Hansen, Søren B., T. Ehrenreich, E. Horsdal-Pedersen, K. B. MacAdam, & Louis J. Dubé. (1993). Electron capture from circular Rydberg atoms. Physical Review Letters. 71(10). 1522–1525. 60 indexed citations

Gray, L. G., et al.. (1992). Collisions of Na⁺ions with Na Rydberg atoms in electric fields: depopulation cross sections and final-state distributions from 36s and 30p initial states. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 25(10). 2319–2341. 9 indexed citations

MacAdam, K. B.. (1991). How does Rydberg charge transfer vary over the intermediate velocity region?. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 56-57. 253–256. 3 indexed citations

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Singh, J. B., Xufei Sun, & K. B. MacAdam. (1987). rf-Induced Quantum Interference between Low-Field Stark Levels in Rydberg States of Sodium. Physical Review Letters. 58(21). 2201–2204. 8 indexed citations

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Åberg, T., et al.. (1987). Interpretation of final-state distributions in charge transfer from Rydberg atoms. Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics. 20(18). 4795–4814. 2 indexed citations

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MacAdam, K. B., et al.. (1987). Strong-coupling effects in charge transfer and l change observed in intermediate-velocity collisions of ions on Rydberg-atom targets. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 24-25. 280–283. 4 indexed citations

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Hvelplund, P., Lars H. Andersen, A. Bárány, et al.. (1985). Energy-gain spectroscopy studies of state-selective electron capture for multiply charged Ar recoil ions: Comparison with the extended classical barrier model. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 9(4). 421–425. 31 indexed citations

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MacAdam, K. B., et al.. (1985). Linear high-voltage ramp generator for use in selective field ionization of Rydberg atoms. Review of Scientific Instruments. 56(3). 385–388. 16 indexed citations

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MacAdam, K. B., et al.. (1982). Rydberg-to-Rydberg charge transfer in sodium. Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics. 15(7). L243–L246. 10 indexed citations

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MacAdam, K. B., et al.. (1981). Simple fast transient digitizer. Review of Scientific Instruments. 52(2). 297–300. 8 indexed citations

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Ekstrom, Philip A., David A. Crosby, & K. B. MacAdam. (1980). High-voltage linear pulse amplifier. Review of Scientific Instruments. 51(12). 1700–1703. 4 indexed citations

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Farley, John W., K. B. MacAdam, & William H. Wing. (1979). Completely resolved fine structure in D, F, and G Rydberg states of 4 He (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 69. 1410. 1 indexed citations

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Farley, John W., K. B. MacAdam, & William H. Wing. (1979). Fine structure of Rydberg states. IV. Completely resolved fine structure inD,F, andGstates ofHe4. Physical review. A, General physics. 20(5). 1754–1772. 59 indexed citations

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Eminyan, M., K. B. MacAdam, J Slevin, & Hans Kleinpoppen. (1973). Measurements of Complex Excitation Amplitudes in Electron-Helium Collisions by Angular Correlations Using a Coincidence Method. Physical Review Letters. 31(9). 576–579. 132 indexed citations

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