K. Brecher

1.4k total citations
83 papers, 912 citations indexed

About

K. Brecher is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Brecher has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 912 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 21 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 11 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in K. Brecher's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (15 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (13 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (11 papers). K. Brecher is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (15 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (13 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (11 papers). K. Brecher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Brazil. K. Brecher's co-authors include G.J. Caporaso, Ellen B. Basso, G. Chanmugam, P. Morrison, G. R. Burbidge, Edward E. Prather, Timothy F. Slater, A. Frenkel, Ira Wasserman and Brian Rogers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

K. Brecher

80 papers receiving 796 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. Brecher United States 15 527 278 110 79 76 83 912
Daniel M. Siegel United States 18 892 1.7× 423 1.5× 44 0.4× 71 0.9× 55 0.7× 46 1.3k
Owen Gingerich United States 13 856 1.6× 59 0.2× 19 0.2× 75 0.9× 17 0.2× 201 1.4k
Robert D. Mathieu United States 44 4.6k 8.8× 81 0.3× 103 0.9× 99 1.3× 64 0.8× 167 5.0k
J. H. Thomas United States 21 112 0.2× 557 2.0× 51 0.5× 333 4.2× 97 1.3× 69 1.2k
Albert Einstein Switzerland 15 377 0.7× 94 0.3× 40 0.4× 361 4.6× 19 0.3× 86 1.1k
John Wild Australia 18 902 1.7× 136 0.5× 14 0.1× 50 0.6× 89 1.2× 70 1.3k
David E. Anderson Sweden 18 67 0.1× 75 0.3× 37 0.3× 363 4.6× 58 0.8× 44 1.2k
Alan P. Lightman United States 21 2.3k 4.4× 918 3.3× 127 1.2× 379 4.8× 351 4.6× 53 2.8k
David Lindley United States 13 437 0.8× 420 1.5× 10 0.1× 83 1.1× 13 0.2× 112 810
Jay M. Pasachoff United States 21 1.3k 2.4× 83 0.3× 57 0.5× 83 1.1× 19 0.3× 223 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. Brecher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of K. Brecher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of K. Brecher based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with K. Brecher. K. Brecher is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Brecher, K. & Rod Cross. (2019). Physics of the PhiTOP®. The Physics Teacher. 57(2). 74–75. 3 indexed citations
2.
Brecher, K.. (2013). Mathematics, Art and Science of the Pseudosphere. 469–472. 1 indexed citations
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Rogers, Brian & K. Brecher. (2007). Straight Lines, ‘Uncurved Lines’, and Helmholtz's ‘Great Circles on the Celestial Sphere’. Perception. 36(9). 1275–1289. 12 indexed citations
4.
Brecher, K.. (2005). The Red Rectangle: An Astronomical Example of Mach Bands?. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 207. 1 indexed citations
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Prather, Edward E., et al.. (2005). First Results from the Light and Spectroscopy Concept Inventory. AAS. 207. 1 indexed citations
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Brecher, K., et al.. (1990). The ‘‘VideoStrobe’’ water drop gravimeter. The Physics Teacher. 28(2). 108–109. 1 indexed citations
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Chanmugam, G. & K. Brecher. (1987). Binary Millisecond Pulsars. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 19. 1075. 1 indexed citations
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Brecher, K.. (1987). Will Supernova 1987A "Re-explode"?. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 19. 1102. 1 indexed citations
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Brecher, K., Philip M. Sadler, & I. I. Shapiro. (1987). Science Teaching through its Astronomical Roots: Project STAR. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 19. 715. 3 indexed citations
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Mastichiadis, A., K. Brecher, & Alan P. Marscher. (1987). Electromagnetic cascades in the magnetosphere of a very young pulsar - A model for the positron production near the Galactic center. The Astrophysical Journal. 314. 88–88. 2 indexed citations
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Brecher, K.. (1984). The Canterbury Swarm: Ancient and Modern Observations of a New Feature of the Solar System. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 476. 2 indexed citations
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Brecher, K., Robert A. Fesen, S. P. Maran, & John C. Brandt. (1983). Ancient records and the Crab Nebula supernova. Observatory. 103. 106–113. 4 indexed citations
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Brecher, K., et al.. (1980). The Poverty Point Octagon: World's Largest Prehistoric Solstice Marker?. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 12. 795. 7 indexed citations
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Brecher, Aviva & K. Brecher. (1978). On the Observed Relation Between Magnetic Fields and Rotation in Astronomical Objects. LPICo. 348. 7. 2 indexed citations
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Brecher, K. & G. Chanmugam. (1978). Why do collapsed stars rotate so slowly. The Astrophysical Journal. 221. 969–969. 8 indexed citations
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Brecher, K.. (1975). Precession in transient X-ray sources. Nature. 257(5523). 203–203. 3 indexed citations
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Brecher, K.. (1972). Her X-1: A Processing Binary Pulsar?. Nature. 239(5371). 325–326. 35 indexed citations
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Brecher, K.. (1972). Galactic and Metagalactic Magnetic Fields. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 44. 520–525. 1 indexed citations
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Brecher, K., G. R. Burbidge, & P. A. Strittmatter. (1971). X-ray emission from degenerate stars.. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 83. 603.
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Brecher, K., et al.. (1971). Extragalactic Cosmic Rays-A Reappraisal. 3(6). 140–6. 2 indexed citations

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