L. O. Silva

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

L. O. Silva is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mechanics of Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, L. O. Silva has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 39 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 39 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in L. O. Silva's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (68 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (39 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (24 papers). L. O. Silva is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (68 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (39 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (24 papers). L. O. Silva collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United States and United Kingdom. L. O. Silva's co-authors include Ricardo Fonseca, W. B. Mori, J. M. Dawson, F. S. Tsung, J. Vieira, Viktor K. Decyk, Thomas Grismayer, Dean E. Dauger, J. Tonge and M. Opher and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

L. O. Silva

99 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Collisionless shocks in laser-produced plasma generate monoenergetic high-energy proton beams

2011 299 citations Frederico Fiúza, Ricardo Fonseca et al. profile →

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Strong collisionless coupling between an unmagnetized driver plasma and a magnetized background plasma 2023 ·Physics of Plasmas ·(unknown), D. B. Schaeffer, F. Cruz, L. O. Silva	3
2	Magnetic frame-dragging correction to the electromagnetic solution of a compact neutron star 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Thomas Grismayer, F. Cruz, L. O. Silva	1
3	Radiation Reaction Cooling as a Source of Anisotropic Momentum Distributions with Inverted Populations 2023 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), L. O. Silva	12
4	Interaction between electrostatic collisionless shocks generates strong magnetic fields 2022 ·New Journal of Physics ·Elisabetta Boella, K. M. Schoeffler, Nitin Shukla, Maria Elena Innocenti, Giovanni Lapenta, Ricardo Fonseca, L. O. Silva	2
5	A robust plasma-based laser amplifier via stimulated Brillouin scattering 2021 ·Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·E. P. Alves, R. M. G. M. Trines, (unknown), R. Bingham, R. A. Cairns, Frederico Fiúza, Ricardo Fonseca, L. O. Silva	4
6	Neutrino-electron magnetohydrodynamics in an expanding universe 2021 ·Physical review. D ·Lorenzo Perrone, G. Gregori, Brian Reville, L. O. Silva, R. Bingham	1
7	Kinetic Model of Large-amplitude Oscillations in Neutron Star Pair Cascades 2021 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·F. Cruz, Thomas Grismayer, L. O. Silva	15
8	Interplay between the Weibel instability and the Biermann battery in realistic laser-solid interactions 2020 ·Repositório Institucional do ISCTE-IUL (ISCTE-IUL) ·Nitin Shukla, K. M. Schoeffler, Elisabetta Boella, J. Vieira, Ricardo Fonseca, L. O. Silva	17
9	Anisotropic heating and magnetic field generation due to Raman scattering in laser-plasma interactions 2020 ·Physical Review Research ·(unknown), K. M. Schoeffler, J. Vieira, M. Hoshino, Ricardo Fonseca, L. O. Silva	15
10	Conditions for the onset of the current filamentation instability in the laboratory 2018 ·Journal of Plasma Physics ·Nitin Shukla, J. Vieira, P. Muggli, G. Sarri, Ricardo Fonseca, L. O. Silva	22
11	All optical dual stage laser wakefield acceleration driven by two-color laser pulses 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Vishwa Bandhu Pathak, Hyung Taek Kim, J. Vieira, L. O. Silva, Chang Hee Nam	15
12	Advantages to a diverging Raman amplifier 2018 ·Communications Physics ·James Sadler, L. O. Silva, Ricardo Fonseca, K. Glize, Muhammad Kasim, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), R. Bingham, R. M. G. M. Trines, P. A. Norreys	8
13	Extremely intense laser-based electron acceleration in a plasma channel 2017 ·Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·Marija Vranić, Ricardo Fonseca, L. O. Silva	28
14	Magnetic turbulence in a table-top laser-plasma relevant to astrophysical scenarios 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Gourab Chatterjee, K. M. Schoeffler, Prashant Kumar Singh, (unknown), Amit D. Lad, Sudip Sengupta, Predhiman Kaw, L. O. Silva, Amita Das, G. Ravindra Kumar	41
15	Collimated protons accelerated from an overdense gas jet irradiated by a 1 µm wavelength high-intensity short-pulse laser 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·S. N. Chen, Marija Vranić, (unknown), Elisabetta Boella, P. Antici, M. Bailly-Grandvaux, P. Loiseau, H. Pépin, G. Revet, J. J. Santos, (unknown), M. Starodubtsev, O. Willi, L. O. Silva, E. d’Humières, J. Fuchs	31
16	Ponderomotive beatwave ion acceleration using twisted light 2017 ·Physics of Plasmas ·(unknown), J. Vieira, L. O. Silva	4
17	A compact tunable polarized X-ray source based on laser-plasma helical undulators 2016 ·Science and Technology Facilities Council ·Jizhuang Luo, Min Chen, Ming Zeng, J. Vieira, (unknown), Su-Ming Weng, L. O. Silva, D. A. Jaroszynski, Z. M. Sheng, Jie Zhang	31
18	Magnetic field generation during intense laser channelling in underdense plasma 2016 ·Physics of Plasmas ·(unknown), G. Sarri, Marija Vranić, (unknown), D. Doria, E. Guillaume, H. Habara, R. Heathcote, George Hicks, Z. Najmudin, Hirotaka Nakamura, P. A. Norreys, S. Kar, L. O. Silva, K. A. Tanaka, J. Vieira, M. Borghesi	5
19	Shock formation in electron–ion plasmas: mechanism and timing 2015 ·Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) ·A. Stockem, Antoine Bret, Ricardo Fonseca, L. O. Silva	16
20	Vision and Superstition in Mouse and Man 2012 ·Journal of Vision ·Matteo Carandini, L. O. Silva, Laura Busse, Steven C. Dakin	2

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