Marc D. Rafal

796 total citations
30 papers, 392 citations indexed

About

Marc D. Rafal is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc D. Rafal has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 392 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Instrumentation, 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Marc D. Rafal's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (20 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (18 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (10 papers). Marc D. Rafal is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (20 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (18 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (10 papers). Marc D. Rafal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and South Korea. Marc D. Rafal's co-authors include Gary J. Hill, William T. Joines, Daniel Schaefer, Randy L. Jirtle, Richard Savage, John A. Booth, Brian L. Vattiat, Phillip J. MacQueen, John M. Good and Michael P. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, Review of Scientific Instruments and The Journal of Clinical Monitoring.

In The Last Decade

Marc D. Rafal

30 papers receiving 379 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marc D. Rafal United States	11	198	161	142	116	58	30	392
Raymond G. Ohl United States	11	109 0.6×	126 0.8×	122 0.9×	67 0.6×	67 1.2×	61	312
Thomas A. Sebring United States	7	145 0.7×	120 0.7×	191 1.3×	42 0.4×	32 0.6×	35	305
David W. Palmer United States	12	90 0.5×	256 1.6×	223 1.6×	62 0.5×	13 0.2×	30	474
Hanshin Lee United States	11	251 1.3×	274 1.7×	248 1.7×	133 1.1×	58 1.0×	77	514
S. Vivès France	10	34 0.2×	73 0.5×	154 1.1×	104 0.9×	26 0.4×	73	352
Richard Demers United States	9	84 0.4×	211 1.3×	132 0.9×	90 0.8×	23 0.4×	41	312
Roger Stettner United States	10	141 0.7×	39 0.2×	93 0.7×	40 0.3×	16 0.3×	42	359
Howard A. MacEwen United States	8	89 0.4×	98 0.6×	255 1.8×	48 0.4×	13 0.2×	24	390
Paul A. Lightsey United States	12	206 1.0×	349 2.2×	195 1.4×	111 1.0×	23 0.4×	54	538
Allan Wirth United States	11	88 0.4×	193 1.2×	168 1.2×	86 0.7×	10 0.2×	41	381

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Rafal, Marc D., et al.. (2016). Post launch calibration and testing of the Geostationary Lightning Mapper on GOES-R satellite. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9881. 98812E–98812E. 1 indexed citations

Park, Chan, Kang Min Kim, Sungho Lee, et al.. (2012). IGRINS Mirror Mount Design for Three Off-Axis Collimators and One Slit-Viewer Fold Mirror. Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences. 29(2). 233–244. 3 indexed citations

Tuttle, Sarah, Richard D. Allen, Taylor S. Chonis, et al.. (2012). Initial results from VIRUS production spectrographs. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8446. 84465S–84465S. 7 indexed citations

Hayes, Richard, J.H. Beno, John A. Booth, et al.. (2012). Use of failure modes and effects analysis in design of the tracker system for the HET wide-field upgrade. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8449. 84491K–84491K. 4 indexed citations

Beno, J.H., Gary J. Hill, John M. Good, et al.. (2012). Testing, characterization, and control of a multi-axis, high precision drive system for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Wide Field Upgrade. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8444. 84443X–84443X. 1 indexed citations

Beno, J.H., et al.. (2012). GMTNIRS mechanical design. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8446. 844669–844669. 3 indexed citations

Beno, J.H., et al.. (2012). Design, testing, and installation of a high-precision hexapod for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope dark energy experiment (HETDEX). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8444. 84444O–84444O. 15 indexed citations

Lee, Hanshin, Gary J. Hill, Mark E. Cornell, et al.. (2012). Metrology systems of Hobby-Eberly Telescope wide field upgrade. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8444. 84444S–84444S. 10 indexed citations

Vattiat, Brian L., Gary J. Hill, Hanshin Lee, et al.. (2012). Design, testing, and performance of the Hobby Eberly Telescope prime focus instrument package. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8446. 844672–844672. 9 indexed citations

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Lee, Hanshin, Gary J. Hill, Michael Hart, et al.. (2010). Metrology systems for active alignment control of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope wide field corrector. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7739. 77390U–77390U. 7 indexed citations

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Ramiller, Chuck, et al.. (2010). A new control system hardware architecture for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope prime focus instrument package. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7740. 77403H–77403H. 5 indexed citations

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Lee, Hanshin, Michael Hart, Gary J. Hill, & Marc D. Rafal. (2010). Analysis of active alignment control of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope wide-field corrector using Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7738. 77380I–77380I. 12 indexed citations

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Good, John, Richard Hayes, J.H. Beno, et al.. (2010). Performance verification testing for HET wide-field upgrade tracker in the laboratory. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7739. 77393C–77393C. 8 indexed citations

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Savage, Richard, John A. Booth, Karl Gebhardt, et al.. (2008). Current status of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope wide field upgrade and VIRUS. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7012. 70120B–70120B. 9 indexed citations

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Good, John M., Gary J. Hill, Brian L. Vattiat, et al.. (2008). Current status of the HETDEX fiber optic support system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7014. 70147L–70147L. 4 indexed citations

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Sirianni, M., Mark Clampin, G. Hartig, et al.. (1998). <title>Long-wavelength scattered-light halos in ASC CCDs</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3355. 608–612. 18 indexed citations

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Crocker, James H., et al.. (1986). Hybrid Analog/Digital, Large Format, Photon Counting Detectors For Astronomy. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 627. 631–631. 2 indexed citations

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Block, Frank E., et al.. (1985). Two computer-based anesthetic monitors: The duke automatic monitoring equipment (Dame) system and the microdame. The Journal of Clinical Monitoring. 1(1). 30–51. 28 indexed citations

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Rafal, Marc D. & William T. Joines. (1980). Optimizing the Design of the Six-Port Junction. 437–439. 2 indexed citations

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Rafal, Marc D. & Joshua S. Dranoff. (1966). Efficient Algorithm for Optimization of Multibed Adiabatic Reactor Sequence. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development. 5(2). 129–135. 2 indexed citations

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