Michael Petersen

1.5k total citations
54 papers, 936 citations indexed

About

Michael Petersen is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Petersen has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 936 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 15 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 9 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Michael Petersen's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (21 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (16 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (13 papers). Michael Petersen is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (21 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (16 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (13 papers). Michael Petersen collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Michael Petersen's co-authors include Jorge Peñarrubia, Martin D. Weinberg, Brian D. Adams, Neal Katz, Rodolphe Boudot, D. M. Elmegreen, Bruce G. Elmegreen, K. Shahinyan, Alex E. Finkbeiner and David N. Collins and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Michael Petersen

50 papers receiving 830 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Petersen United States 18 438 239 203 111 74 54 936
Jayant Murthy India 20 1.0k 2.3× 63 0.3× 156 0.8× 26 0.2× 2 0.0× 139 1.4k
Andrew Walker United Kingdom 8 501 1.1× 24 0.1× 187 0.9× 23 0.2× 16 647
Kiyoshi Hayashida Japan 18 944 2.2× 48 0.2× 68 0.3× 28 0.3× 93 1.2k
Jianghui Ji China 15 732 1.7× 6 0.0× 104 0.5× 28 0.3× 101 847
William T. Payne United States 5 131 0.3× 73 0.3× 139 1.3× 13 0.2× 9 462
M. F. Cawley United States 12 391 0.9× 14 0.1× 10 0.0× 13 0.1× 5 0.1× 45 729
Nobuyuki Sakai Japan 19 731 1.7× 58 0.2× 8 0.0× 28 0.3× 60 1.1k
A. Collura Italy 13 410 0.9× 81 0.3× 32 0.2× 7 0.1× 79 689
Neil A. Salmon United Kingdom 14 152 0.3× 85 0.4× 12 0.1× 8 0.1× 4 0.1× 70 606
Emiliano Diolaiti Italy 15 541 1.2× 608 2.5× 214 1.1× 145 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Petersen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Petersen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Petersen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Petersen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Petersen 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 Michael Petersen. Michael Petersen 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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Petersen, Michael & Martin D. Weinberg. (2025). EXP: a Python/C++ package for basis function expansion methods in galactic dynamics. The Journal of Open Source Software. 10(109). 7302–7302. 2 indexed citations
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Bernet, Marcel, P. Ramos, T. Antoja, et al.. (2025). Dark matter spiral arms in Milky Way-like halos. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 697. A214–A214.
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Garavito-Camargo, Nicolás, Robyn E. Sanderson, Martin D. Weinberg, et al.. (2025). Shaping the Milky Way: The Interplay of Mergers and Cosmic Filaments. The Astrophysical Journal. 988(2). 190–190. 4 indexed citations
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Horta, Danny, Michael Petersen, & Jorge Peñarrubia. (2025). Disentangling the Galaxy’s Gordian knot: evidence from APOGEE–Gaia for a knotted and slower bar in the Milky Way. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 538(2). 998–1018. 5 indexed citations
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Petersen, Michael, Martin D. Weinberg, & Neal Katz. (2024). Measuring the dynamical length of galactic bars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 531(1). 751–763. 2 indexed citations
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Petersen, Michael, et al.. (2024). lintsampler: Easy random sampling via linearinterpolation. The Journal of Open Source Software. 9(102). 6906–6906.
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Sanders, Jason L., et al.. (2024). Action and energy clustering of stellar streams in deforming Milky Way dark matter haloes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 532(2). 2657–2673. 9 indexed citations
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Petersen, Michael, et al.. (2023). Correlating Changes in Spot Filling Factors with Stellar Rotation: The Case of LkCa 4. The Astrophysical Journal. 946(1). 10–10. 6 indexed citations
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Eckner, Christopher, et al.. (2022). How do the dynamics of the Milky Way–Large Magellanic Cloud system affect gamma-ray constraints on particle dark matter?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(3). 4138–4158. 2 indexed citations
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Petersen, Michael, Denis Erkal, Jorge Peñarrubia, et al.. (2022). The effect of the deforming dark matter haloes of the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud on the Orphan–Chenab stream. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(1). 774–790. 43 indexed citations
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Petersen, Michael, et al.. (2021). Short-term stability of Cs microcell-stabilized lasers using dual-frequency sub-Doppler spectroscopy. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 38(11). 3254–3254. 17 indexed citations
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Petersen, Michael, Martin D. Weinberg, & Neal Katz. (2021). exp: N-body integration using basis function expansions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 510(4). 6201–6217. 26 indexed citations
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Petersen, Michael, Martin D. Weinberg, & Neal Katz. (2019). Using torque to understand barred galaxy models. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 490(3). 3616–3632. 24 indexed citations
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Petersen, Michael, et al.. (2018). First uncertainty evaluation of the FoCS-2 primary frequency standard. Metrologia. 55(3). 366–385. 16 indexed citations
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Benatto, Gisele Alves dos Reis, Michael Petersen, Sergiu Spataru, et al.. (2017). Development of outdoor luminescence imaging for drone-based PV array inspection. 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC). 2682–2687. 24 indexed citations
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Viallon, Joële, et al.. (2015). Accurate measurements of ozone absorption cross-sections in the Hartley band. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 8(3). 1245–1257. 23 indexed citations
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Benatto, Gisele Alves dos Reis, Nicholas Riedel, Sune Thorsteinsson, et al.. (2009). Development of outdoor luminescence imaging for drone-based PV array inspection. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 1 indexed citations
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Petersen, Michael, Radu Chicireanu, S. T. Dawkins, et al.. (2008). Doppler-Free Spectroscopy of theS01−P03Optical Clock Transition in Laser-Cooled Fermionic Isotopes of Neutral Mercury. Physical Review Letters. 101(18). 183004–183004. 57 indexed citations
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Petersen, Michael & Brian D. Adams. (1993). Biomechanical evaluation of distal radioulnar reconstructions. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 18(2). 328–334. 77 indexed citations

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