Michael T. Lam

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 557 citations indexed

About

Michael T. Lam is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael T. Lam has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 557 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Michael T. Lam's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (14 papers), Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (9 papers) and Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (6 papers). Michael T. Lam is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (14 papers), Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (9 papers) and Advanced Frequency and Time Standards (6 papers). Michael T. Lam collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Michael T. Lam's co-authors include M. A. McLaughlin, S. M. Ransom, Megan L. Jones, L. Levin, Timothy Dolch, Paul Demorest, Timothy T. Pennucci, Justin A. Ellis, Joseph K. Swiggum and Marjorie Gonzalez and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physical review. D.

In The Last Decade

Michael T. Lam

15 papers receiving 534 citations

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THE NANOGRAV NINE-YEAR DATA SET: MASS AND GEOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF BINARY MILLISECOND PULSARS

2016 420 citations Emmanuel Fonseca, Timothy T. Pennucci et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael T. Lam United States	8	546	166	165	95	76	17	557
Emmanuel Fonseca Canada	8	717 1.3×	202 1.2×	179 1.1×	124 1.3×	84 1.1×	22	734
Timothy Dolch United States	6	513 0.9×	180 1.1×	162 1.0×	85 0.9×	75 1.0×	10	525
Zorawar Wadiasingh United States	14	605 1.1×	137 0.8×	167 1.0×	72 0.8×	46 0.6×	40	638
S. K. Greif Netherlands	3	507 0.9×	132 0.8×	168 1.0×	130 1.4×	75 1.0×	3	538
Sho Fujibayashi Japan	14	1.1k 1.9×	356 2.1×	158 1.0×	71 0.7×	29 0.4×	34	1.1k
Shao-Peng Tang China	14	434 0.8×	127 0.8×	77 0.5×	89 0.9×	35 0.5×	32	464
Manjari Bagchi India	11	497 0.9×	137 0.8×	92 0.6×	90 0.9×	35 0.5×	36	510
Eric M. Splaver United States	4	297 0.5×	70 0.4×	75 0.5×	87 0.9×	51 0.7×	7	309
A. G. Grunfeld Argentina	16	581 1.1×	470 2.8×	219 1.3×	53 0.6×	143 1.9×	49	789
D. Kandel United States	9	591 1.1×	118 0.7×	95 0.6×	113 1.2×	57 0.8×	11	613

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17 of 17 papers shown

Prinoth, Bibiana, H. J. Hoeijmakers, Brett M. Morris, et al.. (2024). An atlas of resolved spectral features in the transmission spectrum of WASP-189 b with MAROON-X. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 685. A60–A60. 11 indexed citations

Sheikh, Sofia Z., T. Nguyen, Shijun You, et al.. (2024). Scintillation Bandwidth Measurements from 23 Pulsars from the AO327 Survey. The Astrophysical Journal. 976(2). 225–225.

Young, Olivia & Michael T. Lam. (2024). Redeveloping a CLEAN Deconvolution Algorithm for Scatter-broadened Radio Pulsar Signals. The Astrophysical Journal. 962(2). 131–131. 1 indexed citations

Widrow, Lawrence M., et al.. (2024). Galactic structure from binary pulsar accelerations: Beyond smooth models. Physical review. D. 110(2). 10 indexed citations

Lam, Michael T. & Jeffrey S. Hazboun. (2021). Precision Timing of PSR J0437–4715 with the IAR Observatory and Implications for Low-frequency Gravitational Wave Source Sensitivity. The Astrophysical Journal. 911(2). 137–137.

Jones, Megan L., M. A. McLaughlin, Jayanta Roy, et al.. (2021). Evaluating Low-frequency Pulsar Observations to Monitor Dispersion with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope. The Astrophysical Journal. 915(1). 15–15. 2 indexed citations

Hazboun, Jeffrey S., Brent J. Shapiro-Albert, P. T. Baker, et al.. (2021). The Pulsar Signal Simulator: A Python package for simulating radio signal data from pulsars. The Journal of Open Source Software. 6(58). 2757–2757. 1 indexed citations

Lam, Michael T.. (2021). Evidence for Multiple Pulse-shape Changes during the Third Chromatic Timing Event of PSR J1713 + 0747. Research Notes of the AAS. 5(7). 167–167. 2 indexed citations

Dolch, Timothy, Daniel R. Stinebring, Glenn Jones, et al.. (2021). Deconvolving Pulsar Signals with Cyclic Spectroscopy: A Systematic Evaluation. The Astrophysical Journal. 913(2). 98–98. 8 indexed citations

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Hazboun, Jeffrey S., et al.. (2020). The NANOGrav 11 yr Data Set: Evolution of Gravitational-wave Background Statistics. Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences). 16 indexed citations

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Stinebring, Daniel R., Shami Chatterjee, Susan E. Clark, et al.. (2019). Twelve Decades: Probing the Interstellar Medium from kiloparsec to sub-AU scales. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 51(3). 492. 2 indexed citations

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Ransom, S. M., Adam Brazier, Shami Chatterjee, et al.. (2019). The NANOGrav Program for Gravitational Waves and Fundamental Physics. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 51(7). 195. 7 indexed citations

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Lynch, Ryan S., Paul R. Brook, Shami Chatterjee, et al.. (2019). The Virtues of Time and Cadence for Pulsars and Fast Transients. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 51(3). 461. 1 indexed citations

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Pol, Nihan S., et al.. (2019). NihanPol/DM_IGM v1.0.0. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 31 indexed citations

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Fonseca, Emmanuel, Timothy T. Pennucci, Justin A. Ellis, et al.. (2016). THE NANOGRAV NINE-YEAR DATA SET: MASS AND GEOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF BINARY MILLISECOND PULSARS. The Astrophysical Journal. 832(2). 167–167. 420 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lam, Michael T.. (2016). Characterization Of A Precision Pulsar Timing Gravitational Wave Detector. eCommons (Cornell University). 235. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Weiwei, I. H. Stairs, Paul Demorest, et al.. (2015). TESTING THEORIES OF GRAVITATION USING 21-YEAR TIMING OF PULSAR BINARY J1713+0747. The Astrophysical Journal. 809(1). 41–41. 44 indexed citations

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