M. H. Key

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

M. H. Key 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, M. H. Key has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 40 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 40 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in M. H. Key's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (44 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (40 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (23 papers). M. H. Key is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (44 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (40 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (23 papers). M. H. Key collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. M. H. Key's co-authors include A. J. Mackinnon, T. E. Cowan, S. P. Hatchett, R. A. Snavely, S. C. Wilks, T. W. Phillips, M. D. Perry, K. Yasuike, J. Johnson and Deanna M. Pennington and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

M. H. Key

64 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Intense High-Energy Proton Beams from Petawatt-Laser Irra... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2003 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. Intense High-Energy Proton Beams from Petawatt-Laser Irradiation of Solids
    2000 1.2k citations R. A. Snavely, M. H. Key et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Isochoric Heating of Solid-Density Matter with an Ultrafast Proton Beam
    2003 452 citations P. K. Patel, A. J. Mackinnon et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers

M. H. Key
K. Eidmann Germany
B. Yaakobi United States
C. Danson United Kingdom
S. Letzring United States
Hiroyuki Daido Japan
P. A. Norreys United Kingdom
J. A. Delettrez United States
J. G. Woodworth United States
M. H. Key United Kingdom
S. Skupsky United States
K. Eidmann Germany
M. H. Key
Citations per year, relative to M. H. Key M. H. Key (= 1×) peers K. Eidmann

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. H. Key

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. H. Key

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M. H. Key. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M. H. Key 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. H. Key. M. H. Key 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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Ma, T., Hiroshi Sawada, P. K. Patel, et al.. (2012). Hot Electron Temperature and Coupling Efficiency Scaling with Prepulse for Cone-Guided Fast Ignition. Physical Review Letters. 108(11). 115004–115004. 44 indexed citations
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Key, M. H.. (2007). Status of and prospects for the fast ignition inertial fusion concept. Physics of Plasmas. 14(5). 115 indexed citations
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Freeman, R. R., D. Batani, S. D. Baton, M. H. Key, & R. B. Stephens. (2006). The Generation and Transport of Large Currents in Dense Materials: The Physics of Electron Transport Relative to Fast Ignition. Fusion Science & Technology. 49(3). 297–315. 38 indexed citations
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Patel, P. K., A. J. Mackinnon, M. H. Key, et al.. (2003). Isochoric Heating of Solid-Density Matter with an Ultrafast Proton Beam. Physical Review Letters. 91(12). 125004–125004. 452 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mackinnon, A. J., M. Borghesi, S. P. Hatchett, et al.. (2001). Effect of Plasma Scale Length on Multi-MeV Proton Production by Intense Laser Pulses. Physical Review Letters. 86(9). 1769–1772. 198 indexed citations
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Yasuike, K., M. H. Key, S. P. Hatchett, R. A. Snavely, & K. B. Wharton. (2001). Hot electron diagnostic in a solid laser target by K-shell lines measurement from ultraintense laser–plasma interactions (3×1020 W/cm2,⩽400 J). Review of Scientific Instruments. 72(1). 1236–1240. 79 indexed citations
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Snavely, R. A., M. H. Key, S. P. Hatchett, et al.. (2000). Intense High-Energy Proton Beams from Petawatt-Laser Irradiation of Solids. Physical Review Letters. 85(14). 2945–2948. 1247 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Jie, M. Zepf, P. A. Norreys, et al.. (1996). Coherence and bandwidth measurements of harmonics generated from solid surfaces irradiated by intense picosecond laser pulses. Physical Review A. 54(2). 1597–1603. 37 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jie, M. H. Key, P. A. Norreys, et al.. (1996). Characteristics of rapidly recombining plasmas suitable for high-gain X-ray laser action. Laser and Particle Beams. 14(1). 71–79. 2 indexed citations
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Teubner, U., I. Uschmann, P. Gibbon, et al.. (1996). Absorption and hot electron production by high intensity femtosecond uv-laser pulses in solid targets. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 54(4). 4167–4177. 62 indexed citations
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Rus, B., C. L. S. Lewis, P. Dhez, et al.. (1995). Demonstration of amplification of a polarized soft-x-ray laser beam in a neonlike germanium plasma. Physical Review A. 51(3). 2316–2327. 27 indexed citations
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Key, M. H.. (1995). Physics at the frontiers of extremely high laser intensity. Physikalische Blätter. 51(7-8). 671–675. 3 indexed citations
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Tallents, G. J., et al.. (1994). Energy transport in plasmas produced by a high brightness krypton fluoride laser focused to a line. Physics of Plasmas. 1(5). 1279–1286. 6 indexed citations
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Harvey, Erol C., C. J. Hooker, M. H. Key, et al.. (1991). Picosecond gain and saturation measurements in a KrF laser amplifier depumped by amplified spontaneous emission. Journal of Applied Physics. 70(10). 5238–5245. 15 indexed citations
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Ahlborn, B., M. H. Key, & A. R. Bell. (1982). An analytic model for laser-driven ablative implosion of spherical shell targets. The Physics of Fluids. 25(3). 541–550. 35 indexed citations
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Key, M. H.. (1981). Interactions of intense laser radiation with plasma. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 300(1456). 599–612. 6 indexed citations
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Hutcheon, R. J., L. Cooke, M. H. Key, C. L. S. Lewis, & G. E. Bromage. (1980). Neon-Like and Fluorine-Like X-Ray Emission Spectra for Elements from Cu to Sr. Physica Scripta. 21(1). 89–97. 40 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Naseer & M. H. Key. (1972). Plasma temperature in laser pulse induced gas breakdown. Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics. 5(4). 866–877. 13 indexed citations
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Gale, B., et al.. (1969). Experimental and theoretical studies of the time and space development of plasma parameters in a laser induced spark in helium. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 310(1501). 231–252. 15 indexed citations
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Key, M. H.. (1969). Ionization effects in a hydrodynamic model of radiation-driven breakdown wave propagation. Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics. 2(5). 544–550. 9 indexed citations

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