R. A. Snavely

9.2k citations

28 papers · 4.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 16

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.2%
Mechanics of Materials top 0.1%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 1%
Geophysics top 1%
Radiation top 1%

Co-authors: S. P. Hatchett S. C. Wilks T. E. Cowan Deanna M. Pennington A. J. Mackinnon M. H. Key M. S. Singh M. D. Perry
Topics: Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (26 papers)Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (19 papers)High-pressure geophysics and materials (15 papers)
Cited by: Nuclear and High Energy Physics Geophysics Mechanics of Materials
Journals: Physical Review Letters Review of Scientific Instruments Physics of Plasmas
Partner nations: United States Japan Germany

In The Last Decade

R. A. Snavely

26 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Energetic proton generation in ultra-intense laser–solid interactions

2001 1.3k citations S. C. Wilks, A. B. Langdon et al. Physics of Plasmas profile →
Intense High-Energy Proton Beams from Petawatt-Laser Irradiation of Solids

2000 1.2k citations R. A. Snavely, M. H. Key et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Fast Ignition by Intense Laser-Accelerated Proton Beams

2001 1.0k citations M. Roth, T. E. Cowan et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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1	Relativistic laser channeling in plasmas for fast ignition 2007 ·Physical Review E ·Anle Lei,A. Pukhov,R. Kodama,T. Yabuuchi,(unknown),Kazuhiko Endo,R. R. Freeman,H. Habara,Y. Kitagawa,K. Kondo,G. Ravindra Kumar,Takeshi Matsuoka,K. Mima,Hideo Nagatomo,T. Norimatsu,O. A. Shorokhov,R. A. Snavely,(unknown),Jian Zheng,K. A. Tanaka	22
2	Application of imaging plates to x-ray imaging and spectroscopy in laser plasma experiments (invited) 2006 ·Review of Scientific Instruments ·N. Izumi,R. A. Snavely,(unknown),Joachim Koch,(unknown),B. A. Remington	50
3	Measurements of electron and proton heating temperatures from extreme-ultraviolet light images at 68eV in petawatt laser experiments 2006 ·Review of Scientific Instruments ·(unknown),(unknown),M. H. Key,S. P. Hatchett,Troy W. Barbee,R. R. Freeman,K. U. Akli,D. Hey,J. A. King,A. J. Mackinnon,R. A. Snavely,R. B. Stephens	6
4	Simulations of electron transport for fast ignition using LSP 2005 ·Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·R. P. J. Town,(unknown),(unknown),M. H. Key,W. L. Kruer,A. B. Langdon,B. F. Lasinski,R. A. Snavely,C. H. Still,M. Tabak,D. R. Welch,S. C. Wilks	19
5	X-Ray Line Emission Spectroscopy of 100-TW Laser-Pulse--Generated Plasmas for Backlighter Development of Cryogenic Implosion Capsules 2004 ·APS ·W. Theobald,C. Stöeckl,T. C. Sangster,J. Kuba,R. A. Snavely,M. H. Key,R. Heathcote,D. Neely,P. A. Norreys	1
6	K-Shell Spectroscopy Using a Single-Photon--Counting X-Ray CCD Camera Spectrometer in Ultrafast Laser--Plasma Interaction Experiments 2004 ·APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts ·C. Stöeckl,W. Theobald,J. A. Delettrez,J. F. Myatt,S. P. Regan,Hideaki Sawada,T. C. Sangster,M. H. Key,P. K. Patel,R. A. Snavely,R. H. Clarke,S. Karsch,P. A. Norreys	0
7	Understanding the role of fast electrons in the heating of dense matter: experimental techniques and recent results 2003 ·Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer ·R. R. Freeman,(unknown),J. Hill,J. A. King,R. A. Snavely,S. P. Hatchett,M. H. Key,Joachim Koch,A. J. Mackinnon,R. B. Stephens,T. E. Cowan	7
8	High-intensity lasers and controlled fusion 2003 ·The European Physical Journal D ·R. R. Freeman,(unknown),J. Hill,J. A. King,R. A. Snavely,S. P. Hatchett,(unknown),Joachim Koch,A. J. Mackinnon,R. B. Stephens,T. E. Cowan	1
9	Enhancement of Proton Acceleration by Hot-Electron Recirculation in Thin Foils Irradiated by Ultraintense Laser Pulses 2002 ·Physical Review Letters ·A. J. Mackinnon,Y. Sentoku,P. K. Patel,D. Price,S. P. Hatchett,M. H. Key,Charlotte Uggerhøj Andersen,R. A. Snavely,R. R. Freeman	336
10	Fast electron transport and heating in solid-density matter 2002 ·Laser and Particle Beams ·E. Martinolli,D. Batani,E. Perelli Cippo,Francesca Scianitti,M. Kœnig,J. J. Santos,F. Amiranoff,S. D. Baton,T. A. Hall,M. H. Key,A. J. Mackinnon,R. A. Snavely,R. R. Freeman,Charlotte Uggerhøj Andersen,J. S. King,R. B. Stephens,M. Rabec Le Gloahec,C. Rousseaux,T. E. Cowan	10
11	Effect of Plasma Scale Length on Multi-MeV Proton Production by Intense Laser Pulses 2001 ·Physical Review Letters ·A. J. Mackinnon,M. Borghesi,S. P. Hatchett,M. H. Key,P. K. Patel,(unknown),A. Schiavi,R. A. Snavely,S. C. Wilks,O. Willi	198
12	Intense ion beams accelerated by Petawatt-class Lasers 2001 ·Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·M. Roth,T. E. Cowan,C. Brown,M. J. Christl,W. F. Fountain,S. P. Hatchett,J. Johnson,M. H. Key,Deanna M. Pennington,M. D. Perry,T. W. Phillips,T. C. Sangster,M. S. Singh,R. A. Snavely,M. A. Stoyer,Yoshiyuki Takahashi,S. C. Wilks,K. Yasuike	6
13	Hot electron diagnostic in a solid laser target by K-shell lines measurement from ultraintense laser–plasma interactions (3×1020 W/cm2,⩽400 J) 2001 ·Review of Scientific Instruments ·K. Yasuike,M. H. Key,S. P. Hatchett,R. A. Snavely,K. B. Wharton	79
14	Fast Ignition by Intense Laser-Accelerated Proton Beamsbreakdown → 2001 ·Physical Review Letters ·M. Roth,T. E. Cowan,M. H. Key,S. P. Hatchett,C. Brown,W. F. Fountain,J. Johnson,Deanna M. Pennington,R. A. Snavely,S. C. Wilks,K. Yasuike,H. Rühl,Ф. Пегораро,S. V. Bulanov,E. M. Campbell,M. D. Perry,H. T. Powell	1002
15	Energetic proton generation in ultra-intense laser–solid interactionsbreakdown → 2001 ·Physics of Plasmas ·S. C. Wilks,A. B. Langdon,T. E. Cowan,M. Roth,M. S. Singh,S. P. Hatchett,M. H. Key,Deanna M. Pennington,A. J. Mackinnon,R. A. Snavely	1284
16	Intense High-Energy Proton Beams from Petawatt-Laser Irradiation of Solidsbreakdown → 2000 ·Physical Review Letters ·R. A. Snavely,M. H. Key,S. P. Hatchett,T. E. Cowan,M. Roth,T. W. Phillips,M. A. Stoyer,E. A. Henry,T. C. Sangster,M. S. Singh,S. C. Wilks,A. J. Mackinnon,A. A. Offenberger,Deanna M. Pennington,K. Yasuike,A. B. Langdon,B. F. Lasinski,J. Johnson,M. D. Perry,E. M. Campbell	1247
17	Petawatt laser system and experiments 2000 ·IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics ·Deanna M. Pennington,C. Brown,T. E. Cowan,S. P. Hatchett,E. A. Henry,S. Herman,Michael W. Kartz,M. H. Key,Joachim Koch,A. J. Mackinnon,M. D. Perry,T. W. Phillips,M. Roth,T. C. Sangster,M. S. Singh,R. A. Snavely,M. A. Stoyer,Brent C. Stuart,S. C. Wilks	32
18	Photonuclear Fission from High Energy Electrons from Ultraintense Laser-Solid Interactions 2000 ·Physical Review Letters ·T. E. Cowan,A. Hunt,T. W. Phillips,S. C. Wilks,M. D. Perry,C. Brown,W. F. Fountain,S. P. Hatchett,J. Johnson,M. H. Key,T. A. Parnell,Deanna M. Pennington,R. A. Snavely,Y. Takahashi	169
19	Hard x-ray production from high intensity laser solid interactions (invited) 1999 ·Review of Scientific Instruments ·M. D. Perry,Ján Šefčı́k,T. E. Cowan,S. P. Hatchett,A. Hunt,Matthew Moran,Deanna M. Pennington,R. A. Snavely,S. C. Wilks	81
20	The Potential of Fast Ignition and Related Experiments with a Petawatt Laser Facility 1998 ·Journal of Fusion Energy ·M. H. Key,E. M. Campbell,T. E. Cowan,S. P. Hatchett,E. A. Henry,Joachim Koch,A. B. Langdon,B. F. Lasinski,A. J. Mackinnon,A. A. Offenberger,Deanna M. Pennington,M. D. Perry,T. J. Phillips,T. C. Sangster,M. S. Singh,R. A. Snavely,M. A. Stoyer,M. Tsukamoto,K. B. Wharton,S. C. Wilks	15

About R. A. Snavely

R. A. Snavely is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geophysics and Mechanics of Materials, having authored 28 papers that have together received 4.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (26 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (19 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (4.7k citations), Geophysics (1.9k citations) and Mechanics of Materials (3.1k citations). R. A. Snavely has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Frequent co-authors include S. P. Hatchett, S. C. Wilks, T. E. Cowan, Deanna M. Pennington, A. J. Mackinnon, M. H. Key, M. S. Singh, M. D. Perry, K. Yasuike and J. Johnson. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Review of Scientific Instruments and Physics of Plasmas.

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