M. C. Noecker

554 total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 405 citations indexed

About

M. C. Noecker is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, M. C. Noecker has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 405 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 15 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 9 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in M. C. Noecker's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (15 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (13 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (9 papers). M. C. Noecker is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (15 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (13 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (9 papers). M. C. Noecker collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. M. C. Noecker's co-authors include Carl Wieman, B. P. Masterson, S. L. Gilbert, C. E. Wieman, R. N. Watts, J. Cooper, R. D. Reasenberg, James D. Phillips, Marc A. Murison and Brent Ware and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astronomical Journal and Advances in Space Research.

In The Last Decade

M. C. Noecker

23 papers receiving 382 citations

Hit Papers

Precision Measurement of Parity Nonconservation in Atomic... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Precision Measurement of Parity Nonconservation in Atomic Cesium: A Low-Energy Test of the Electroweak Theory
    1988 230 citations M. C. Noecker, B. P. Masterson et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. C. Noecker United States 7 236 192 76 35 28 26 405
K. Johnston United States 10 200 0.8× 89 0.5× 75 1.0× 36 1.0× 22 0.8× 31 379
D. E. Casperson United States 10 132 0.6× 112 0.6× 100 1.3× 21 0.6× 13 0.5× 20 331
H. Nagahama Japan 9 271 1.1× 155 0.8× 36 0.5× 37 1.1× 26 0.9× 14 340
J. Bakos Hungary 12 274 1.2× 90 0.5× 58 0.8× 55 1.6× 8 0.3× 42 376
B. L. Roberts United States 11 159 0.7× 412 2.1× 28 0.4× 36 1.0× 35 1.3× 28 477
P. Platz France 9 116 0.5× 130 0.7× 68 0.9× 24 0.7× 30 1.1× 27 268
J. P. Wessels Germany 8 132 0.6× 316 1.6× 37 0.5× 22 0.6× 40 1.4× 16 377
Stephen Paul United States 10 300 1.3× 54 0.3× 29 0.4× 14 0.4× 7 0.3× 25 345
W. M. Morse United States 9 146 0.6× 322 1.7× 21 0.3× 25 0.7× 11 0.4× 20 386
H. J. Gebauer Germany 11 61 0.3× 502 2.6× 95 1.3× 7 0.2× 43 1.5× 30 596

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. C. Noecker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M. C. Noecker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M. C. Noecker 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 M. C. Noecker. M. C. Noecker 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
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Noecker, M. C., Ilya Poberezhskiy, Brian Kern, & John Krist. (2018). WFIRST: Managing Telescope Wavefront Stability to Meet Coronagraph Performance. AAS. 231. 1 indexed citations
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Noecker, M. C.. (2009). Scaling An External Occulter Coronagraph Mission. 213. 1 indexed citations
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Roberge, Aki, et al.. (2009). Detecting Exoplanets with the New Worlds Observer: The Problem of Exozodiacal Dust. AAS. 213. 1 indexed citations
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Noecker, M. C.. (2007). Alignment of a terrestrial planet finder starshade at 20-100 megameters. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6693. 669306–669306. 9 indexed citations
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Draper, David, N. M. Elias, M. C. Noecker, et al.. (2006). Planet Signal Extraction for theTerrestrial Planet FinderInterferometer. The Astronomical Journal. 131(3). 1822–1836. 6 indexed citations
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Lay, Oliver P., et al.. (2005). Architecture trade study for the Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5905. 590502–590502. 6 indexed citations
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Kasdin, N. Jeremy, Robert A. Brown, C. J. Burrows, et al.. (2004). An optical/UV space coronagraph concept for the terrestrial planet finder. Advances in Space Research. 34(3). 625–630. 3 indexed citations
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Elias, N. M. & M. C. Noecker. (2003). TPF interferometer planet detection sensitivity. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5170. 95–95. 2 indexed citations
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Noecker, M. C., Oliver P. Lay, Brent Ware, & Serge Dubovitsky. (2003). TPF interferometer performance requirements. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5170. 79–79. 3 indexed citations
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Deininger, William D., et al.. (2003). Space technology three: mission overview and spacecraft concept description. Acta Astronautica. 52(2-6). 455–465. 3 indexed citations
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Noecker, M. C., et al.. (1999). Optical design for Terrestrial Planet Finder. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 59–65 vol.4. 1 indexed citations
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Reasenberg, R. D., Marc A. Murison, M. C. Noecker, et al.. (1996). <title>POINTS: high astrometric capacity at modest cost via focused design</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2807. 32–50. 3 indexed citations
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Reasenberg, R. D., Marc A. Murison, M. C. Noecker, et al.. (1994). <title>POINTS: an astrometric spacecraft with multifarious applications</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2200. 2–17. 5 indexed citations
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Noecker, M. C., Marc A. Murison, & R. D. Reasenberg. (1993). <title>Optic-misalignment tolerances for the POINTS interferometers</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1947. 218–231. 2 indexed citations
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Reasenberg, R. D., et al.. (1993). <title>POINTS: the first small step</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1947. 12–29. 1 indexed citations
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Noecker, M. C., et al.. (1993). <title>Internal laser metrology for POINTS</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1947. 174–187. 5 indexed citations
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Noecker, M. C., B. P. Masterson, & Carl Wieman. (1988). Precision Measurement of Parity Nonconservation in Atomic Cesium: A Low-Energy Test of the Electroweak Theory. Physical Review Letters. 61(3). 310–313. 230 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gilbert, S. L., B. P. Masterson, M. C. Noecker, & Carl Wieman. (1986). Precision measurement of the off-diagonal hyperfine interaction. Physical review. A, General physics. 34(4). 3509–3512. 3 indexed citations
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Gilbert, S. L., M. C. Noecker, R. N. Watts, & C. E. Wieman. (1985). Measurement of Parity Nonconservation in Atomic Cesium. Physical Review Letters. 55(24). 2680–2683. 73 indexed citations
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Gilbert, S. L., M. C. Noecker, & Carl Wieman. (1984). Absolute measurement of the photoionization cross section of the excited7Sstate of cesium. Physical review. A, General physics. 29(6). 3150–3153. 18 indexed citations

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