Robert B. Walker

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Robert B. Walker is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert B. Walker has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 23 papers in Spectroscopy and 14 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Robert B. Walker's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (42 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (13 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (12 papers). Robert B. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (42 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (13 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (12 papers). Robert B. Walker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. Robert B. Walker's co-authors include John C. Light, Russell T Pack, Edward F. Hayes, Ellen B. Stechel, Brian K. Kendrick, J. C. Light, Richard K. Preston, M.G. Sheppard, Róbert E. Wyatt and Dmitri Babikov and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

Robert B. Walker

65 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

An R matrix approach to the solution of coupled equations for atom–molecule reactive scattering

1976 527 citations Robert B. Walker et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert B. Walker United States	32	2.9k	1.3k	752	276	171	65	3.6k
Gregory A. Parker United States	33	3.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	670 0.9×	226 0.8×	161 0.9×	69	3.9k
F. H. Mies United States	38	4.1k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	452 0.6×	165 0.6×	227 1.3×	59	4.5k
M. Shapiro Israel	33	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	361 0.5×	211 0.8×	175 1.0×	90	3.3k
J. N. L. Connor United Kingdom	40	4.8k 1.6×	1.6k 1.3×	721 1.0×	803 2.9×	189 1.1×	180	5.2k
J. Cooper United States	36	3.3k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	407 0.5×	181 0.7×	558 3.3×	145	4.0k
John C. Light United States	33	5.4k 1.8×	2.4k 1.9×	1.1k 1.4×	566 2.1×	296 1.7×	83	6.1k
K. T. Tang United States	35	4.9k 1.7×	1.0k 0.8×	493 0.7×	245 0.9×	194 1.1×	142	5.5k
W. Ronald Gentry United States	32	2.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	513 0.7×	77 0.3×	204 1.2×	69	2.8k
K. H. Welge Germany	40	3.1k 1.0×	2.0k 1.6×	1.0k 1.4×	709 2.6×	454 2.7×	97	4.2k
W. Hogervorst Netherlands	35	3.1k 1.1×	917 0.7×	269 0.4×	172 0.6×	561 3.3×	159	3.7k

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Babikov, Dmitri, Brian K. Kendrick, Robert B. Walker, Reinhard Schinke, & Russell T Pack. (2003). Quantum origin of an anomalous isotope effect in ozone formation. Chemical Physics Letters. 372(5-6). 686–691. 65 indexed citations

Parker, Gregory A., Robert B. Walker, Brian K. Kendrick, & Russell T Pack. (2002). Accurate quantum calculations on three-body collisions in recombination and collision-induced dissociation. I. Converged probabilities for the H+Ne2 system. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 117(13). 6083–6102. 53 indexed citations

Schmidt, Margit, Robert B. Walker, Donald R. Hoffman, & Thomas J. McConnell. (1993). Nucleotide sequence of cDNA encoding the fire ant venom protein Sol i II. FEBS Letters. 319(1-2). 138–140. 20 indexed citations

Manolopoulos, David E., Michael D’Mello, Róbert E. Wyatt, & Robert B. Walker. (1990). Converged variational quantum scattering results for the three-dimensional F+HD reaction. Chemical Physics Letters. 169(6). 482–488. 26 indexed citations

Pruneau, C. A., G. C. Ball, E. Hagberg, et al.. (1990). New and improved phoswich detectors manufactured by a heat press technique. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 297(3). 404–409. 21 indexed citations

Walker, Robert B. & Edward F. Hayes. (1989). Direct determination of scattering time delays using the R-matrix propagation method. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 91(7). 4106–4110. 17 indexed citations

Hayes, Edward F. & Robert B. Walker. (1988). Angular momentum dependent barriers: Possible key to understanding angular distributions for the reactions of fluorine with H2, D2, and HD. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 89(9). 5598–5606. 22 indexed citations

Hayes, Edward F. & Robert B. Walker. (1988). Prediction of angular distributions for the F+H2 and F+D2 reactions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 88(9). 5978–5979. 17 indexed citations

Hayes, Edward F. & Robert B. Walker. (1984). Reactive differential cross sections in the rotating linear model. Reactions of fluorine atoms with hydrogen molecules and their isotopic variants. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 88(15). 3318–3325. 27 indexed citations

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Sheppard, M.G. & Robert B. Walker. (1983). Wigner method studies of ozone photodissociation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 78(12). 7191–7199. 113 indexed citations

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Bowman, Joel M., Ki Tung Lee, & Robert B. Walker. (1983). Reduced dimensionality quantum rate constants for the D+H2(v=0) and D+H2(v=1) reactions on the LSTH surface. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 79(8). 3742–3745. 42 indexed citations

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Hayes, Edward F. & Robert B. Walker. (1982). Theoretical analysis of the reaction atomic fluorine + molecular hydrogen (v = 0) .fwdarw. hydrogen fluoride (v = 0, 1, 2, 3) + atomic hydrogen. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 86(1). 85–91. 13 indexed citations

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Hay, Phillipa, et al.. (1982). Photodissociation of ozone in the Hartley band. Exploratory potential energy surfaces and molecular dynamics. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 86(6). 862–865. 127 indexed citations

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Garrett, Bruce C., Donald G. Truhlar, Roger S. Grev, George C. Schatz, & Robert B. Walker. (1981). Reaction probabilities, resonances, and thermal rate constants for the collinear reactions H + FH and D + FD on a low-barrier surface. Close-coupling and tunneling calculations, variational transition-state theory, and the unified statistical model. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 85(25). 3806–3817. 39 indexed citations

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Thomas, L. D., Millard H. Alexander, Bruce R. Johnson, et al.. (1981). Comparison of numerical methods for solving the second-order differential equations of molecular scattering theory. Journal of Computational Physics. 41(2). 407–426. 77 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert B. & Richard K. Preston. (1977). Quantum versus classical dynamics in the treatment of multiple photon excitation of the anharmonic oscillator. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 67(5). 2017–2028. 221 indexed citations

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Macdonald, J. A., et al.. (1976). A fast tape transport system for use with on-line separators. Nuclear Instruments and Methods. 139. 355–357. 5 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert B., et al.. (1976). Chemical reaction theory for asymmetric atom–molecule collisions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 64(3). 1166–1181. 46 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert B.. (1975). Rapid computation of rotation functions. Journal of Computational Physics. 17(4). 437–439. 2 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert B. & Róbert E. Wyatt. (1972). DWBA study of the collinear H + H2 reaction. Chemical Physics Letters. 16(1). 52–56. 20 indexed citations

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