Merlin Kole

967 total citations
23 papers, 149 citations indexed

About

Merlin Kole is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Merlin Kole has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 149 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 10 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 9 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Merlin Kole's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (10 papers), Particle Detector Development and Performance (7 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (6 papers). Merlin Kole is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (10 papers), Particle Detector Development and Performance (7 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (6 papers). Merlin Kole collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and China. Merlin Kole's co-authors include M. Pearce, N. Produit, Jianchao Sun, H. Takahashi, J. Greiner, M. Chauvin, M. Kiss, G. Vianello, E. Moretti and J. Michael Burgess and has published in prestigious journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment.

In The Last Decade

Merlin Kole

18 papers receiving 141 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Merlin Kole Switzerland 7 90 70 54 24 24 23 149
M. Kiss Sweden 7 85 0.9× 63 0.9× 62 1.1× 21 0.9× 25 1.0× 15 141
S. Ricciarini Italy 7 38 0.4× 95 1.4× 38 0.7× 23 1.0× 9 0.4× 33 145
T. J. Brandt United States 7 54 0.6× 71 1.0× 21 0.4× 12 0.5× 9 0.4× 15 128
C. Cecchi Italy 6 36 0.4× 58 0.8× 32 0.6× 10 0.4× 9 0.4× 26 98
O. Adriani Italy 7 75 0.8× 174 2.5× 30 0.6× 18 0.8× 5 0.2× 31 208
Christopher M. Bancroft United States 9 45 0.5× 107 1.5× 132 2.4× 9 0.4× 10 0.4× 26 173
C. Kobdaj Thailand 10 35 0.4× 239 3.4× 21 0.4× 12 0.5× 27 1.1× 53 279
Xiangrong Zhu China 9 40 0.4× 180 2.6× 44 0.8× 27 1.1× 10 0.4× 25 260
E. Buis Netherlands 6 28 0.3× 40 0.6× 80 1.5× 22 0.9× 9 0.4× 18 112
Katherine Mesick United States 8 26 0.3× 32 0.5× 65 1.2× 12 0.5× 24 1.0× 12 128

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Fields of papers citing papers by Merlin Kole

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merlin Kole

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Merlin Kole. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Merlin Kole 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 Merlin Kole. Merlin Kole 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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Kole, Merlin, N. Produit, J. Greiner, et al.. (2025). Design and performance of a universal SiPM readout system for X- and gamma-ray missions. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1080. 170782–170782.
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Cadoux, F., et al.. (2025). Optimizing the light output of a plastic scintillator and SiPM based detector through optical characterization and simulation: a case study for POLAR-2. Journal of Instrumentation. 20(2). P02010–P02010. 1 indexed citations
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Kole, Merlin, F. Cadoux, J. Hulsman, et al.. (2024). Response of the first POLAR-2 prototype to polarized beams. Journal of Instrumentation. 19(8). P08002–P08002. 4 indexed citations
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Produit, N., Merlin Kole, X. Wu, et al.. (2023). POLAR-2, the next generation of GRB polarization detector. arXiv (Cornell University). 550–550. 6 indexed citations
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Burgess, J. Michael, F. Cadoux, J. Greiner, et al.. (2023). Energy-dependent polarization of Gamma-Ray Bursts' prompt emission with the POLAR and POLAR-2 instruments. arXiv (Cornell University). 619–619. 2 indexed citations
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Kole, Merlin, Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Mancarella, & N. Produit. (2022). Adding gamma-ray polarimetry to the multi-messenger era. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 669. A77–A77. 1 indexed citations
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Hulsman, J., Merlin Kole, Hancheng Li, et al.. (2022). Proton irradiation of SiPM arrays for POLAR-2. Experimental Astronomy. 55(2). 343–371. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Hancheng, N. Produit, Shuang‐Nan Zhang, et al.. (2022). Gamma-ray polarimetry of the Crab pulsar observed by POLAR. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512(2). 2827–2840. 4 indexed citations
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Kuulkers, E., et al.. (2021). Re-evaluation of Lunar X-ray observations by Apollo 15 and 16. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 649. A174–A174. 1 indexed citations
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Burgess, J. Michael, Merlin Kole, J. Greiner, et al.. (2019). Time-resolved GRB polarization with POLAR and GBM. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 627. A105–A105. 30 indexed citations
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Burgess, J. Michael, Merlin Kole, J. Greiner, et al.. (2019). Time-resolved GRB polarization with POLAR and GBM - Simultaneous spectral and polarization analysis with synchrotron emission. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 627. 8 indexed citations
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Ambrosi, G., P. Azzarello, B. Bergmann, et al.. (2019). The Penetrating particle ANalyzer (PAN) instrument for measurements of low energy cosmic rays. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1–8.
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Kole, Merlin. (2017). First Results of POLAR: A dedicated Gamma-Ray Burst Polarimeter. Proceedings of 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2017). 852–852.
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Chauvin, M., M. Jackson, T. Kawano, et al.. (2016). Optimising a balloon-borne polarimeter in the hard X-ray domain: From the PoGOLite Pathfinder to PoGO+. Astroparticle Physics. 82. 99–107. 8 indexed citations
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Chauvin, M., M. Jackson, T. Kawano, et al.. (2015). Preflight performance studies of the PoGOLite hard X-ray polarimeter. Astroparticle Physics. 72. 1–10. 4 indexed citations
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Kole, Merlin. (2014). Background Studies for the Balloon-Borne Hard X-ray Polarimeter PoGOLite. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations
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Kole, Merlin, M. Chauvin, Y. Fukazawa, et al.. (2014). PoGOLino: A scintillator-based balloon-borne neutron detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 770. 68–75. 40 indexed citations
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Kole, Merlin, et al.. (2014). A model of the cosmic ray induced atmospheric neutron environment. Astroparticle Physics. 62. 230–240. 15 indexed citations
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Kole, Merlin. (2012). PoGOLite: 2011 flight results and 2012 pre-flight predictions. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology).

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