M. T. Wolff

6.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
98 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

M. T. Wolff is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. T. Wolff has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 25 papers in Geophysics and 20 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in M. T. Wolff's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (62 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (54 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (28 papers). M. T. Wolff is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (62 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (54 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (28 papers). M. T. Wolff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. M. T. Wolff's co-authors include Peter A. Becker, K. S. Wood, Paul S. Ray, M. N. Lovellette, Suneel I. Sheikh, Darryll J. Pines, James N. Imamura, Sébastien Guillot, Keith C. Gendreau and Slavko Bogdanov and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

M. T. Wolff

89 papers receiving 2.0k 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 NICER View of PSR J0030+0451: Implications for the Dense Matter Equation of State

2019 171 citations Thomas E. Riley, Anna L. Watts et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →
An Updated Mass–Radius Analysis of the 2017–2018 NICER Data Set of PSR J0030+0451

2024 109 citations S. Vinciguerra, Tuomo Salmi et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
The Radius of the High-mass Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 with 3.6 yr of NICER Data

2024 83 citations Tuomo Salmi, Devarshi Choudhury et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
A More Precise Measurement of the Radius of PSR J0740+6620 Using Updated NICER Data

2024 51 citations Alexander J. Dittmann, M. Coleman Miller et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. T. Wolff United States	25	1.9k	618	444	268	242	98	2.2k
C. Bassa Netherlands	30	3.2k 1.7×	650 1.1×	866 2.0×	373 1.4×	103 0.4×	174	3.3k
Adam T. Deller Australia	31	3.8k 2.0×	267 0.4×	1.3k 2.9×	295 1.1×	206 0.9×	153	4.0k
F. Crawford United States	24	2.8k 1.5×	263 0.4×	1.0k 2.4×	379 1.4×	153 0.6×	68	3.1k
W. van Straten Australia	36	3.7k 1.9×	387 0.6×	1.1k 2.4×	601 2.2×	297 1.2×	107	3.9k
R. M. Shannon Australia	38	3.9k 2.1×	393 0.6×	838 1.9×	781 2.9×	235 1.0×	154	4.0k
E. F. Keane United Kingdom	25	2.5k 1.3×	195 0.3×	838 1.9×	189 0.7×	204 0.8×	75	2.6k
D. C. Backer United States	36	3.3k 1.7×	362 0.6×	1.3k 2.9×	447 1.7×	292 1.2×	93	3.4k
N. D’Amico Italy	32	3.6k 1.9×	563 0.9×	963 2.2×	733 2.7×	107 0.4×	75	3.7k
M. Burgay Italy	31	4.9k 2.6×	763 1.2×	1.3k 3.0×	839 3.1×	158 0.7×	157	5.1k
G. Nelemans Netherlands	43	6.6k 3.5×	401 0.6×	715 1.6×	197 0.7×	34 0.1×	218	6.8k

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Mori, Kaya, Charles J. Hailey, D. A. H. Buckley, et al.. (2025). NuSTAR Broadband X-Ray Observation of EF Eri Following its Reawakening into a High Accretion State. The Astrophysical Journal. 987(1). 53–53. 1 indexed citations

Choudhury, Devarshi, Anna L. Watts, Alexander J. Dittmann, et al.. (2024). Exploring Waveform Variations among Neutron Star Ray-tracing Codes for Complex Emission Geometries. The Astrophysical Journal. 975(2). 202–202. 2 indexed citations

Salmi, Tuomo, J. S. Deneva, Paul S. Ray, et al.. (2024). A NICER View of PSR J1231−1411: A Complex Case. The Astrophysical Journal. 976(1). 58–58. 39 indexed citations

Ng, Mason, Paul S. Ray, A. Sanna, et al.. (2024). NICER Discovery that SRGA J144459.2–604207 Is an Accreting Millisecond X-Ray Pulsar. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 968(1). L7–L7. 9 indexed citations

Dittmann, Alexander J., M. Coleman Miller, Frederick K. Lamb, et al.. (2024). A More Precise Measurement of the Radius of PSR J0740+6620 Using Updated NICER Data. The Astrophysical Journal. 974(2). 295–295. 51 indexed citations breakdown →

Salmi, Tuomo, Devarshi Choudhury, Yves Kini, et al.. (2024). The Radius of the High-mass Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 with 3.6 yr of NICER Data. The Astrophysical Journal. 974(2). 294–294. 83 indexed citations breakdown →

Vinciguerra, S., Tuomo Salmi, Anna L. Watts, et al.. (2024). An Updated Mass–Radius Analysis of the 2017–2018 NICER Data Set of PSR J0030+0451. The Astrophysical Journal. 961(1). 62–62. 109 indexed citations breakdown →

Pal, Sabyasachi, Gaurava K. Jaisawal, Keith C. Gendreau, et al.. (2023). Probing spectral and timing properties of the X-ray pulsar RX J0440.9 + 4431 in the giant outburst of 2022–2023. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526(1). 771–781. 4 indexed citations

Salmi, Tuomo, S. Vinciguerra, Devarshi Choudhury, et al.. (2022). The Radius of PSR J0740+6620 from NICER with NICER Background Estimates. The Astrophysical Journal. 941(2). 150–150. 69 indexed citations

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Bult, Peter, D. Altamirano, Zaven Arzoumanian, et al.. (2022). The Discovery of the 528.6 Hz Accreting Millisecond X-Ray Pulsar MAXI J1816–195. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 935(2). L32–L32. 15 indexed citations

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Vasilopoulos, G., Paul S. Ray, Keith C. Gendreau, et al.. (2020). The 2019 super-Eddington outburst of RX J0209.6−7427: detection of pulsations and constraints on the magnetic field strength. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494(4). 5350–5359. 44 indexed citations

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Wolff, M. T., Sébastien Guillot, Wynn C. G. Ho, & Paul S. Ray. (2019). NICER Observations of the Massive Millisecond Pulsar PSR J1614-2230. AAS. 233.

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Bult, Peter, Keith C. Gendreau, Paul S. Ray, et al.. (2018). NICER Detects Pulsations from Swift J1756.9-2508. The astronomer's telegram. 11502. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Ludlam, R. M., J. M. Mïller, Zaven Arzoumanian, et al.. (2018). Initial NICER observation of the new X-ray transient Swift J1858.6-0814. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 12158. 1.

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Deneva, J. S., Paul S. Ray, F. Camilo, et al.. (2016). MULTIWAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS OF THE REDBACK MILLISECOND PULSAR J1048+2339. The Astrophysical Journal. 823(2). 105–105. 31 indexed citations

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Becker, Peter A., D. Klochkov, G. Schönherr, et al.. (2012). Spectral formation in accreting X-ray pulsars: bimodal variation of the cyclotron energy with luminosity. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 106 indexed citations

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Ray, Paul S., M. T. Wolff, Paul Demorest, et al.. (2008). X-ray and Radio Timing of PSR B1821–24. AIP conference proceedings. 983. 157–159. 2 indexed citations

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Wolff, M. T., Paul S. Ray, & K. S. Wood. (2008). EXO0748-676 Currently at Very Low Flux Level. ATel. 1736. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Becker, Peter A., et al.. (2005). Bulk and Thermal Comptonization in Accretion Powered X-Ray Pulsars. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 207.

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Ray, Paul S., K. S. Wood, M. T. Wolff, et al.. (2002). Absolute Timing of the Crab Pulsar: X-ray, Radio, and Optical Observations. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 201. 2 indexed citations

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