Rainer Weiß

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Rainer Weiß is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Weiß has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 9 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 6 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rainer Weiß's work include Geophysics and Sensor Technology (6 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (6 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (5 papers). Rainer Weiß is often cited by papers focused on Geophysics and Sensor Technology (6 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (6 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (5 papers). Rainer Weiß collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Australia. Rainer Weiß's co-authors include B. C. Barish, D. H. Shoemaker, M. E. Zucker, W. E. Althouse, L. Sievers, F. J. Raab, Kip S. Thorne, Stanley Whitcomb, Yekta Gürsel and Robert Spero and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Weiß

27 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

1992 1.5k citations D. H. Shoemaker, Rainer Weiß et al. profile →
LIGO and the Detection of Gravitational Waves

1999 249 citations Rainer Weiß et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Weiß United States	14	1.4k	1.0k	498	354	303	29	2.3k
F. J. Raab United States	18	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	582 1.2×	582 1.6×	243 0.8×	34	2.7k
M. E. Zucker United States	11	1.3k 0.9×	980 1.0×	561 1.1×	305 0.9×	237 0.8×	16	2.0k
Robert Spero United States	15	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	548 1.1×	442 1.2×	287 0.9×	45	2.5k
Stanley Whitcomb United States	6	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	496 1.0×	256 0.7×	570 1.9×	7	2.2k
R. E. Vogt United States	17	1.7k 1.2×	737 0.7×	448 0.9×	472 1.3×	199 0.7×	45	2.3k
F. B. Estabrook United States	21	1.6k 1.1×	737 0.7×	215 0.4×	505 1.4×	102 0.3×	65	3.0k
Achim Peters Germany	33	784 0.6×	3.5k 3.4×	439 0.9×	534 1.5×	607 2.0×	156	4.5k
R. W. P. Drever United States	15	1.6k 1.2×	4.1k 4.0×	847 1.7×	528 1.5×	1.5k 5.0×	46	5.7k
G. M. Tino Italy	36	385 0.3×	3.4k 3.4×	230 0.5×	204 0.6×	356 1.2×	128	4.0k
G. D. Doolen United States	22	346 0.2×	974 1.0×	66 0.1×	241 0.7×	312 1.0×	50	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Weiß

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Weiß

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Weiß

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rainer Weiß. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rainer Weiß based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rainer Weiß. Rainer Weiß is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Weiß, Rainer. (2022). Republication of: Electromagnetically coupled broadband gravitational antenna. General Relativity and Gravitation. 54(11). 3 indexed citations

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Hall, E. D., K. Kuns, J. R. Smith, et al.. (2021). Gravitational-wave physics with Cosmic Explorer: Limits to low-frequency sensitivity. Physical review. D. 103(12). 54 indexed citations

3.

Richardson, J. W., H.R. Gustafson, Craig J. Hogan, et al.. (2021). Interferometric Constraints on Spacelike Coherent Rotational Fluctuations. Physical Review Letters. 126(24). 241301–241301. 11 indexed citations

4.

Weiß, Rainer. (2018). LIGO and the Discovery of Gravitational Waves, I: Nobel Lecture, December 8, 2017. Annalen der Physik. 531(1). 2 indexed citations

5.

Weiß, Rainer. (2018). Nobel Lecture: LIGO and the discovery of gravitational waves I. Reviews of Modern Physics. 90(4). 17 indexed citations

6.

Chou, A., R. Gustafson, Craig J. Hogan, et al.. (2017). MHz gravitational wave constraints with decameter Michelson interferometers. Physical review. D. 95(6). 45 indexed citations

7.

Weiß, Rainer. (2017). Ronald Drever (1931–2017). Nature. 544(7650). 298–298.

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Chou, A., R. Gustafson, Craig J. Hogan, et al.. (2016). First Measurements of High Frequency Cross-Spectra from a Pair of Large Michelson Interferometers. Physical Review Letters. 117(11). 111102–111102. 23 indexed citations

9.

Rollins, J. G., et al.. (2004). Solid-state laser intensity stabilization at the 10^-8 level. Optics Letters. 29(16). 1876–1876. 30 indexed citations

10.

Camp, Jordan, G. Billingsley, A. Lazzarini, et al.. (2002). LIGO optics: initial and advanced. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4679. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

11.

Weiß, Rainer. (1998). Ich habe ein Wunschpotential : Gespräche mit Martin Walser. Suhrkamp eBooks.

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Fritschel, P. & Rainer Weiß. (1992). Frequency match of the Nd:YAG laser at 1064 μm with a line in CO_2. Applied Optics. 31(12). 1910–1910. 11 indexed citations

13.

Fritschel, P., D. H. Shoemaker, & Rainer Weiß. (1992). Demonstration of light recycling in a Michelson interferometer with Fabry–Perot cavities. Applied Optics. 31(10). 1412–1412. 28 indexed citations

14.

Halpern, M., et al.. (1988). Measurements of the anisotropy of the cosmic background radiation and diffuse galactic emission at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths. The Astrophysical Journal. 332. 596–596. 7 indexed citations

15.

Weiß, Rainer, et al.. (1985). Sound pattern recognition supports automatic inspection. Sensor Review. 5(1). 13–17. 6 indexed citations

16.

Owens, D.K. & Rainer Weiß. (1974). Measurement of the phase fluctuations in a He–Ne Zeeman laser. Review of Scientific Instruments. 45(9). 1060–1062. 5 indexed citations

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Muehlner, D.J. & Rainer Weiß. (1973). Further Measurements of the Submillimeter Background at Balloon Altitude. Physical Review Letters. 30(16). 757–760. 10 indexed citations

18.

Muehlner, D.J. & Rainer Weiß. (1970). Measurement of the Isotropic Background Radiation in the Far Infrared. Physical Review Letters. 24(13). 742–746. 30 indexed citations

19.

Weiß, Rainer. (1963). Stark Effect and Hyperfine Structure of Hydrogen Fluoride. Physical Review. 131(2). 659–665. 51 indexed citations

20.

Weiß, Rainer. (1961). Molecular Beam Electron Bombardment Detector. Review of Scientific Instruments. 32(4). 397–401. 66 indexed citations

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