Patrick J. McCarthy

21.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
236 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Patrick J. McCarthy is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick J. McCarthy has authored 236 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 100 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 54 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Patrick J. McCarthy's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (75 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (69 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (54 papers). Patrick J. McCarthy is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (75 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (69 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (54 papers). Patrick J. McCarthy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Patrick J. McCarthy's co-authors include Wil van Breugel, Hyron Spinrad, Roberto Abraham, Karl Glazebrook, Stefi A. Baum, Hsiao‐Wen Chen, Ronald O. Marzke, D. Crampton, S. Savaglio and Inger Jørgensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Patrick J. McCarthy

228 papers receiving 7.3k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick J. McCarthy United States	44	6.6k	3.0k	2.1k	490	445	236	7.6k
A. Marconi Italy	53	9.1k 1.4×	1.9k 0.6×	2.5k 1.2×	319 0.7×	63 0.1×	237	9.7k
C. Jones United States	57	14.2k 2.2×	5.3k 1.8×	3.3k 1.5×	497 1.0×	423 1.0×	324	14.8k
Scott Burles United States	44	6.9k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	713 1.5×	289 0.6×	73	7.6k
Piero Madau United States	65	15.8k 2.4×	5.2k 1.7×	4.6k 2.2×	553 1.1×	481 1.1×	189	16.6k
Edward J. Wollack United States	35	17.3k 2.6×	11.2k 3.7×	1.4k 0.7×	637 1.3×	1.2k 2.6×	283	18.8k
Petra Schneider Germany	47	10.2k 1.6×	2.4k 0.8×	3.2k 1.5×	1.6k 3.3×	555 1.2×	259	11.2k
G. J. Ferland United States	48	9.7k 1.5×	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 2.7×	112 0.3×	329	10.6k
F. X. Timmes United States	34	8.8k 1.3×	2.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	458 0.9×	128 0.3×	121	10.3k
Matthias Bartelmann Germany	37	7.8k 1.2×	2.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	638 1.3×	491 1.1×	186	8.6k
J. X. Prochaska United States	74	17.1k 2.6×	4.2k 1.4×	3.9k 1.8×	742 1.5×	465 1.0×	435	18.0k

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Giannone, L., M. Weiland, R. Fischer, et al.. (2024). Magnetics only real-time equilibrium reconstruction on ASDEX Upgrade. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 66(4). 45017–45017. 3 indexed citations

Battisti, Andrew, Micaela B. Bagley, Ivano Baronchelli, et al.. (2022). The average dust attenuation curve at z ∼ 1.3 based on HST grism surveys. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 513(3). 4431–4450. 11 indexed citations

Gobbin, M., L. Marrelli, M. Valisa, et al.. (2021). The role of 3D fields on runaway electron mitigation in ASDEX Upgrade: a numerical test particle approach. Nuclear Fusion. 61(6). 66037–66037. 4 indexed citations

McCarthy, Patrick J., et al.. (2017). Time-dependent ELM-resolved equilibrium reconstruction on ASDEX Upgrade. Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology).

Sawicki, Marcin, Alaina Henry, Crystal L. Martin, Alan Dressler, & Patrick J. McCarthy. (2015). The faint-end slope of the redshift 5.7 Ly[alpha] luminosity function. Saint Mary's University Institutional Repository (Saint Mary's University). 17 indexed citations

Johns, Matt, et al.. (2012). Giant Magellan Telescope: overview. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8444. 84441H–84441H. 81 indexed citations

McCarthy, Patrick J.. (2008). Improved thunderstorm detection, tracking and assessment products for Environment Canada radars.

Suttrop, W., M. Maraschek, G. D. Conway, et al.. (2003). ELM-free stationary H-mode plasmas in ASDEX Upgrade. Acta Radiologica Oncology. 23(1). 15–9. 1 indexed citations

McCarthy, Patrick J., G. K. Miley, Sigrid de Koff, et al.. (1997). Hubble Space Telescope Snapshot Survey of 3CR Radio Source Counterparts. II. Radio Galaxies with z > 0.5. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 112(2). 415–421. 37 indexed citations

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Baum, Sebastian, J. A. Biretta, Daniel Golombek, et al.. (1994). The 3CR WFPC2 HST Snapshot Survey. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 26. 1499. 4 indexed citations

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Bruhns, H., K. Lackner, Patrick J. McCarthy, et al.. (1989). The control system for ASDEX Upgrade. Max Planck Digital Library. 1653–1657. 6 indexed citations

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Djorgovski, S. G., Hyron Spinrad, Patrick J. McCarthy, et al.. (1988). Identifications and redshifts of faint 3CR radio sources. The Astronomical Journal. 96. 836–836. 14 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Patrick J.. (1978). Lifting of projective representations of the Bondi—Metzner—Sachs group. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 358(1693). 141–171. 11 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Patrick J.. (1978). Hyperfunctions and asymptotic symmetries. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 358(1695). 495–498. 3 indexed citations

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Crampin, M. & Patrick J. McCarthy. (1976). Representations of the Bondi-Metzner-Sachs group IV. Cantoni representations are induced. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 351(1664). 55–70. 5 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Patrick J.. (1975). The Bondi—Metzner—Sachs group in the nuclear topology. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 343(1635). 489–523. 20 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Patrick J. & M. Crampin. (1973). Representations of the Bondi-Metzner—Sachs group III. Poincaré spin multiplicities and irreducibility. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 335(1602). 301–311. 20 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Patrick J.. (1973). Representations of the Bondi-Metzner-Sachs group - II. Properties and classification of the representations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 333(1594). 317–336. 34 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Patrick J.. (1972). Representations of the Bondi—Metzner—Sachs group I. Determination of the representations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 330(1583). 517–535. 39 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Patrick J.. (1967). Maximal fields disjoint from certain sets. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 18(2). 347–351. 5 indexed citations

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