R. N. Sudan

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
206 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

R. N. Sudan is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. N. Sudan has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 84 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 78 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in R. N. Sudan's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (74 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (69 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (57 papers). R. N. Sudan is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (74 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (69 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (57 papers). R. N. Sudan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. R. N. Sudan's co-authors include Edward Ott, M. N. Rosenbluth, A. A. Galeev, John M. Dawson, S. Humphries, R. V. E. Lovelace, J. Denavit, D. T. Farley, M. J. Keskinen and L.E. Thode and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

R. N. Sudan

199 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

Spontaneous Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Spontaneous Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas
    1971 423 citations R. N. Sudan et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. N. Sudan United States 46 3.5k 3.4k 2.5k 1.0k 1000 206 7.1k
N. A. Krall United States 25 2.7k 0.8× 3.1k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 1.0k 1.0× 568 0.6× 113 5.6k
A. W. Trivelpiece United States 18 1.7k 0.5× 1.9k 0.6× 2.2k 0.9× 1.5k 1.4× 391 0.4× 48 4.7k
Ira B. Bernstein United States 32 3.0k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 2.5k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 625 0.6× 91 6.0k
J. M. Dawson United States 47 9.2k 2.6× 4.0k 1.2× 5.8k 2.3× 2.2k 2.1× 1.4k 1.4× 175 12.4k
T. Tajima United States 23 4.2k 1.2× 1.4k 0.4× 2.7k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 691 0.7× 83 5.8k
Ronald C. Davidson United States 42 5.0k 1.4× 2.7k 0.8× 3.4k 1.4× 2.9k 2.8× 358 0.4× 452 8.3k
R. Bingham United Kingdom 41 3.1k 0.9× 3.9k 1.1× 4.4k 1.8× 542 0.5× 1.7k 1.7× 410 7.2k
B. I. Cohen United States 37 4.0k 1.2× 2.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 710 0.7× 341 0.3× 162 5.3k
P. K. Kaw India 43 3.8k 1.1× 3.2k 0.9× 3.7k 1.5× 782 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 205 6.6k
Martin D. Kruskal United States 35 2.7k 0.8× 3.2k 0.9× 4.2k 1.7× 680 0.7× 582 0.6× 73 14.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. N. Sudan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Blix, T. A., E. V. Thrane, S. Kirkwood, Y. S. Dimant, & R. N. Sudan. (1996). Experimental evidence for unstable waves in the lower E/Upper D‐region excited near the bisector between the electric field and the drift velocity. Geophysical Research Letters. 23(16). 2137–2140. 15 indexed citations
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Sudan, R. N., Y. S. Dimant, & O. B. Shiryaev. (1996). One-Dimensional Intense Laser Pulse Solitons in a Plasma. APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Ryutov, D. D. & R. N. Sudan. (1994). Quasicontinuous model for electron flow in magnetically insulated multigap inductive accelerator. 1. 144–149.
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Sudan, R. N., et al.. (1993). Magnetoconvection Dynamics in a Stratified Layer. I. 2D Simulations and Visualization. 2 indexed citations
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Sudan, R. N.. (1993). Mechanism for the generation of109G magnetic fields in the interaction of ultraintense short laser pulse with an overdense plasma target. Physical Review Letters. 70(20). 3075–3078. 154 indexed citations
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Pedrow, Patrick, et al.. (1985). Proton ring trapping in a gated magnetic mirror. Applied Physics Letters. 47(3). 225–226. 4 indexed citations
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Tang, Cha‐Mei, P. Sprangle, & R. N. Sudan. (1984). Excitation of the plasma waves in the laser beat wave accelerator. Applied Physics Letters. 45(4). 375–377. 46 indexed citations
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Galeev, A. A. & R. N. Sudan. (1984). Basic Plasma Physics, Volumes I and II.
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Litwin, C., R. N. Sudan, & A. D. Turnbull. (1984). Stabilization of the spheromak tilt instability. The Physics of Fluids. 27(12). 2791–2793. 10 indexed citations
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Finn, John M. & R. N. Sudan. (1982). Field-reversed configurations with a component of energetic particles. Nuclear Fusion. 22(11). 1443–1518. 67 indexed citations
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Sudan, R. N.. (1976). Propagation and Defocusing of Intense Ion Beams in a Background Plasma. Physical Review Letters. 37(24). 1613–1615. 24 indexed citations
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Sudan, R. N.. (1975). Accelerators for the Fusion Program. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 22(3). 1736–1742. 6 indexed citations
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Thode, L.E. & R. N. Sudan. (1975). Plasma heating by relativistic electron beams. II. Return current interaction. The Physics of Fluids. 18(11). 1564–1573. 16 indexed citations
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McDonald, B. Edward, Timothy Coffey, S. L. Ossakow, & R. N. Sudan. (1974). Preliminary report of numerical simulation of Type 2 irregularities in the equatorial electrojet. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 79(16). 2551–2554. 47 indexed citations
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Rosenbluth, M. N., B. Coppi, & R. N. Sudan. (1969). NON-LINEAR INTERACTIONS OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ENERGY MODES IN PLASMAS.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 7(3). 280–2. 3 indexed citations
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Einaudi, Franco & R. N. Sudan. (1969). A review of the nonlinear theory of plasma oscillations. Plasma Physics. 11(5). 359–389. 16 indexed citations
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Rosenbluth, M. N., B. Coppi, & R. N. Sudan. (1969). Nonlinear interactions of positive and negative energy modes in rarefied plasmas (II). Annals of Physics. 55(2). 248–270. 68 indexed citations
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Sudan, R. N., et al.. (1966). Ein Beitrag zum elektrischen Durschschlag im Vakuum. Electrical Engineering. 51(2). 101–109. 2 indexed citations
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Sudan, R. N.. (1965). Growing Waves in a Nongyrotropic Plasma. The Physics of Fluids. 8(10). 1915–1918. 29 indexed citations
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Sudan, R. N., et al.. (1964). Field Emission from Vacuum-Deposited Metallic Film and its Role in Electric Breakdown in Vacuum. Journal of Applied Physics. 35(7). 2269–2270. 3 indexed citations

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