R. E. Olson

8.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
226 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

R. E. Olson is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Radiation and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, R. E. Olson has authored 226 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 215 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 81 papers in Radiation and 72 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in R. E. Olson's work include Atomic and Molecular Physics (190 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (79 papers) and X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (75 papers). R. E. Olson is often cited by papers focused on Atomic and Molecular Physics (190 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (79 papers) and X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (75 papers). R. E. Olson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Argentina. R. E. Olson's co-authors include A. Salop, Felix T. Smith, B. Liu, C. O. Reinhold, E. Bauer, David Schultz, H. Schmidt‐Böcking, Edward J. Shipsey, R. Dörner and James C. Browne and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

R. E. Olson

224 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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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.

Charge-transfer and impact-ionization cross sections for fully and partially stripped positive ions colliding with atomic hydrogen

1977 613 citations R. E. Olson et al. Physical review. A, General physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. E. Olson United States	45	6.9k	2.4k	2.0k	1.3k	1.2k	226	7.3k
H B Gilbody United Kingdom	39	5.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	816 0.7×	211	5.9k
M. E. Rudd United States	37	4.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	520 0.4×	91	5.7k
M. S. Pindzola United States	44	7.4k 1.1×	2.9k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	2.3k 1.8×	824 0.7×	397	7.9k
H. Schmidt‐Böcking Germany	47	7.6k 1.1×	3.2k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	958 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	254	8.5k
D. H. Madison United States	42	5.7k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	917 0.8×	227	6.0k
J. H. Macek United States	37	5.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	886 0.7×	758 0.6×	210	6.0k
S. Datz United States	43	3.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	482 0.4×	506 0.4×	207	5.7k
Charlotte Froese Fischer United States	47	9.0k 1.3×	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.5×	203	9.9k
D. Schwalm Germany	48	5.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	744 0.6×	3.3k 2.7×	328	8.1k
L. Schweikhard Germany	46	4.7k 0.7×	2.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	497 0.4×	3.1k 2.6×	303	7.4k

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Olson, R. E., D. G. Hicks, N. B. Meezan, Joachim Koch, & O. L. Landen. (2012). Comparisons of NIF convergent ablation simulations with radiograph data. Review of Scientific Instruments. 83(10). 10D310–10D310. 5 indexed citations

Otranto, S., et al.. (2010). Triply Differential Single Ionization of Argon: Charge Effects for Positron and Electron Impact. Physical Review Letters. 104(16). 163201–163201. 31 indexed citations

Olson, R. E., et al.. (2010). State-selective charge exchange from H(1s), H(n= 2), Li and Na targets by very highly charged ions. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 43(14). 144004–144004. 3 indexed citations

Olson, R. E. & J.J. Fiol. (2005). Extreme Sensitivity of Differential Momentum Transfer Cross Sections to Target Atom Initial Conditions. Physical Review Letters. 95(26). 263203–263203. 19 indexed citations

Fiol, J.J., R. E. Olson, R. Moshammer, & J. Ullrich. (2003). Dynamical electron electron correlation in C² He simultaneous target projectile collisional ionization. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 36(4). L99–L105. 1 indexed citations

Cook, D. L., J.J. Ramirez, Gary E Rochau, et al.. (2002). X-1: the challenge of high fusion yield. 1. 171–174.

Olson, R. E., et al.. (2000). State-selective cross section scalings for electron capture collisions. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 33(11). 2017–2035. 20 indexed citations

Dörner, R., V. Mergel, L. Spielberger, et al.. (1997). Kinematically complete experiments using cold target recoil ion momentum spectroscopy. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 124(2-3). 225–231. 40 indexed citations

Moshammer, R., J. Ullrich, M. Unverzagt, et al.. (1996). The dynamics of target ionization by fast highly charged projectiles. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 107(1-4). 62–66. 12 indexed citations

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Dörner, R., V. Mergel, R. Ali, et al.. (1994). Electron-electron interaction in projectile ionization investigated by high resolution recoil ion momentum spectroscopy. Physical Review Letters. 72(20). 3166–3169. 71 indexed citations

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Olson, R. E., et al.. (1993). Recent advances and challenges of heavy-particle collision theories. AIP conference proceedings. 295. 520–533. 4 indexed citations

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Schmidt‐Böcking, H., Ulla Ramm, Gerhard Kraft, et al.. (1992). °-Electron emission in fast heavy ion atom collisions. Advances in Space Research. 12(2-3). 7–15. 13 indexed citations

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Reinhold, C. O., David Schultz, & R. E. Olson. (1990). Theoretical description of the binary peak in clothed ion-atom collisions. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 23(19). L591–L596. 44 indexed citations

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Schultz, David, R. E. Olson, C. O. Reinhold, et al.. (1990). Coincident charge state production in F⁶⁺+Ne collisions. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 23(21). 3839–3847. 28 indexed citations

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Kimura, Masahiro, et al.. (1985). Laser-assisted charge-transfer collisions:K++Na. Physical review. A, General physics. 31(2). 576–584. 20 indexed citations

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Schlachter, A. S., et al.. (1982). D−production by charge transfer of (0.3 - 3)-keVD+in thick alkaline-earth vapor targets: Interaction energies forCaH+, CaH, andCaH−. Physical review. A, General physics. 26(2). 775–785. 21 indexed citations

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Olson, R. E. & A. D. MacKellar. (1981). Ion Collisions with Rydberg Atoms in Strong Electric Fields. Physical Review Letters. 46(22). 1451–1454. 11 indexed citations

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Shipsey, Edward J., James C. Browne, & R. E. Olson. (1981). Electron capture and ionisation in C⁵⁺, N⁵⁺, O⁶⁺+H collisions. Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics. 14(5). 869–880. 29 indexed citations

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Olson, R. E. & B. Liu. (1978). Self-consistent-field potential energies for the ground negative-ion and neutral states of HeH, ArH, and ArCl. Physical review. A, General physics. 17(5). 1568–1574. 55 indexed citations

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Olson, R. E.. (1972). Energy dependence for Ne*(2p53s3P) + Ar ionization total cross sections. Chemical Physics Letters. 13(3). 307–309. 22 indexed citations

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