Ralf Palsa

597 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 397 citations indexed

About

Ralf Palsa is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Palsa has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 397 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Instrumentation, 9 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ralf Palsa's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (12 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (8 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (7 papers). Ralf Palsa is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (12 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (8 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (7 papers). Ralf Palsa collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Chile. Ralf Palsa's co-authors include O. Streicher, Peter M. Weilbacher, F. Selman, Johan Richard, Arlette Pécontal-Rousset, Andreas Kelz, L. Wisotzki, Martin M. Roth, Aurélien Jarno and T. Urrutia and has published in prestigious journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique) and Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology).

In The Last Decade

Ralf Palsa

17 papers receiving 370 citations

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The data processing pipeline for the MUSE instrument

2020 204 citations Peter M. Weilbacher, Ralf Palsa et al. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ralf Palsa Germany	9	366	167	58	36	15	17	397
O. Streicher Germany	7	329 0.9×	155 0.9×	43 0.7×	36 1.0×	10 0.7×	21	370
Matthew V. Radovan United States	5	253 0.7×	80 0.5×	35 0.6×	34 0.9×	6 0.4×	14	273
Moo‐Young Chun South Korea	13	471 1.3×	170 1.0×	39 0.7×	33 0.9×	15 1.0×	33	487
Kurt T. Soto Switzerland	5	273 0.7×	129 0.8×	32 0.6×	30 0.8×	6 0.4×	5	283
Tim Rawle United States	14	420 1.1×	235 1.4×	25 0.4×	49 1.4×	12 0.8×	37	444
J. Carson United States	14	529 1.4×	135 0.8×	55 0.9×	32 0.9×	26 1.7×	38	550
D. G. Currie Italy	4	335 0.9×	84 0.5×	46 0.8×	25 0.7×	10 0.7×	15	355
Allan Lankshear Australia	7	246 0.7×	175 1.0×	57 1.0×	10 0.3×	15 1.0×	8	284
Gabe Bloxham Australia	8	390 1.1×	177 1.1×	97 1.7×	29 0.8×	10 0.7×	18	425
Ken Magnone United States	3	247 0.7×	136 0.8×	30 0.5×	17 0.5×	9 0.6×	3	275

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Weilbacher, Peter M., Ralf Palsa, O. Streicher, et al.. (2020). The data processing pipeline for the MUSE instrument. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 204 indexed citations breakdown →

Weilbacher, Peter M., O. Streicher, & Ralf Palsa. (2016). MUSE-DRP: MUSE Data Reduction Pipeline. Astrophysics Source Code Library. 17 indexed citations

Monreal‐Ibero, A., W. Kollatschny, Adam Ginsburg, et al.. (2015). A MUSE map of the central Orion Nebula (M 42). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 582. A114–A114. 50 indexed citations

Pasquini, L., et al.. (2012). Lithium abundance in the metal-poor open cluster NGC 2243. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 17 indexed citations

Ballester, P., S. Castro, R. W. Hanuschik, et al.. (2006). Data reduction pipelines for the Very Large Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6270. 62700T–62700T. 5 indexed citations

Delplancke, F., Samuel Lévêque, P. Ballester, et al.. (2006). PRIMA for the VLTI: a status report. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6268. 62680U–62680U. 9 indexed citations

Ballester, P., et al.. (2004). The Common Pipeline Library - a silver bullet for standardising pipelines?. ASPC. 314. 392. 2 indexed citations

Palsa, Ralf, et al.. (2004). Gasgano & ESO VIMOS Pipeline released. Msngr. 117. 33–35. 4 indexed citations

McKay, D. J., et al.. (2004). The common pipeline library: standardizing pipeline processing. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5493. 444–444. 6 indexed citations

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Sartoretti, P., Ralf Palsa, G. Marconi, et al.. (2004). Quality control of VLT-VIMOS data. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5493. 555–555. 1 indexed citations

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Pasquini, L., R. Castillo, H. Dekker, et al.. (2004). Performance of FLAMES at the VLT: one year of operation. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5492. 136–136. 11 indexed citations

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Hanuschik, R. W., et al.. (2004). Quality control of VLT FLAMES/GIRAFFE data. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5493. 564–564. 2 indexed citations

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Royer, F., A. Blécha, P. North, et al.. (2002). Toward accurate radial velocities with the fiber-fed GIRAFFE multi-object VLT spectrograph. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4847. 184–184. 11 indexed citations

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Kerber, F., et al.. (2000). Unlocking the Past of Sakurai's Object Using FORS/VLT. The Messenger. 101. 27–30. 6 indexed citations

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Pasquini, L., Gerardo Ávila, P. Ballester, et al.. (2000). FLAMES: a multi-object fiber facility for the VLT. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4008. 129–129. 42 indexed citations

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Feldmeier, A., R. P. Kudritzki, Ralf Palsa, A. W. A. Pauldrach, & J. Puls. (1997). The X-ray emission from shock cooling zones in O star winds.. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 320(3). 899–912. 9 indexed citations

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Kudritzki, R. P., et al.. (1996). The X-ray emission from O stars.. 9. 1 indexed citations

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