Samuel Devons

2.9k total citations
48 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Samuel Devons is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel Devons has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 11 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Samuel Devons's work include Nuclear physics research studies (11 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (9 papers) and Muon and positron interactions and applications (8 papers). Samuel Devons is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear physics research studies (11 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (9 papers) and Muon and positron interactions and applications (8 papers). Samuel Devons collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Samuel Devons's co-authors include James Dewey Watson, Richard S. Westfall, R. C. Cohen, A.D. Kanaris, G. Goldring, G. Manning, Roger H. Stuewer, Chenye Wu, D. G. Hitlin and J. Rainwater and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physics Today and Physics Letters B.

In The Last Decade

Samuel Devons

46 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Samuel Devons United States 20 737 455 251 169 156 48 1.7k
Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky United States 21 688 0.9× 787 1.7× 246 1.0× 76 0.4× 131 0.8× 81 2.3k
Robert K. Adair United States 29 1.1k 1.4× 457 1.0× 358 1.4× 35 0.2× 53 0.3× 129 2.9k
Michael J. Moravcsik United States 30 1.4k 1.9× 809 1.8× 314 1.3× 181 1.1× 21 0.1× 226 3.5k
David Layzer United States 21 560 0.8× 747 1.6× 59 0.2× 60 0.4× 170 1.1× 73 2.1k
Martin Deutsch United States 23 653 0.9× 560 1.2× 333 1.3× 19 0.1× 344 2.2× 100 2.4k
Victor F. Weisskopf United States 20 1.4k 1.9× 1.0k 2.3× 441 1.8× 63 0.4× 43 0.3× 105 2.7k
Leon M. Lederman United States 34 3.4k 4.7× 680 1.5× 288 1.1× 46 0.3× 391 2.5× 167 4.5k
Jeremy Bernstein United States 23 1.7k 2.3× 623 1.4× 104 0.4× 92 0.5× 78 0.5× 114 2.5k
Charles H. Holbrow United States 19 513 0.7× 809 1.8× 287 1.1× 21 0.1× 37 0.2× 62 1.7k
Richard L. Garwin United States 23 689 0.9× 600 1.3× 176 0.7× 44 0.3× 239 1.5× 126 1.9k

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All Works

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Devons, Samuel. (2001). Rutherford: Scientist Supreme. Physics Today. 54(2). 60–61. 21 indexed citations
2.
Devons, Samuel. (1991). Rutherford and the science of his day. Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science. 45(2). 221–242. 1 indexed citations
3.
Devons, Samuel. (1987). The art of experiment: Teaching science teachers. Hyperfine Interactions. 33(1-4). 315–326. 1 indexed citations
4.
Cochran, William G. & Samuel Devons. (1981). Norman Feather, 16 November 1904 - 14 August 1978. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 254–282. 1 indexed citations
5.
Devons, Samuel. (1978). The search for electromagnetic induction. The Physics Teacher. 16(9). 625–631. 5 indexed citations
6.
Devons, Samuel & Roger H. Stuewer. (1976). The Compton Effect: Turning Point in Physics. Technology and Culture. 17(1). 154–154. 42 indexed citations
7.
Devons, Samuel, et al.. (1973). Rutherford: Recollections of the Cambridge Days. Physics Today. 26(3). 71–75. 9 indexed citations
8.
Devons, Samuel, J. Grunhaus, T. Kozłowski, et al.. (1970). Neutral Decay Modes of theη0Meson. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 1(7). 1936–1945. 2 indexed citations
9.
Devons, Samuel, et al.. (1970). A history-of-physics laboratory. Physics Today. 23(2). 44–49. 18 indexed citations
10.
Bernow, Stephen, Samuel Devons, I. P. Duerdoth, et al.. (1968). Measurements of the Nuclear Gamma Rays in Muonic Atoms of Several Deformed Nuclei. Physical Review Letters. 21(7). 457–461. 32 indexed citations
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Frati, W., Joshua B. Halpern, A. Kanofsky, et al.. (1967). Cross-section for the reaction π− + p → n + particles for pions in the momentum range 0.78 to 5.3 GeV/c. Nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. A, Nuclei, particles and fields. 50(1). 89–94. 8 indexed citations
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Bardin, Thomas, R. C. Barrett, R. C. Cohen, et al.. (1966). ISOTOPE SHIFTS IN MUONIC X RAYS OF $sup 118$,$sup 119$,$sup 120$Sn, $sup 142$,$sup 144$,$sup 146$Nd AND $sup 182$,$sup 184$,$sup 186$W. Physical Review Letters. 13 indexed citations
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Bardin, Thomas, R. C. Barrett, R. C. Cohen, et al.. (1966). Isotope Shifts in Muonic X Rays ofSn118,119,120,Nd142,144,146, andW182,184,186. Physical Review Letters. 16(16). 718–721. 21 indexed citations
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Chasman, C., et al.. (1965). High-Resolution Measurements of the Isotope Shift, Fine-Structure Splitting, and Energy of theKαMuonic X Rays ofMo96andMo98. Physical Review Letters. 14(6). 181–183. 17 indexed citations
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Bartlett, D. F., Samuel Devons, Sven Meyer, & J. Rosen. (1964). Measurements of the Rates of the Decayπ+→π0+e++νand ofπ−Capture in LiH, CH2, and CH. Physical Review. 136(5B). B1452–B1463. 16 indexed citations
16.
Devons, Samuel, et al.. (1963). μCapture in Oxygen. Physical Review Letters. 11(3). 134–137. 25 indexed citations
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Bartlett, D. F., Samuel Devons, & A. M. Sachs. (1962). Search for the Decay Mode:μ→e+γ. Physical Review Letters. 8(3). 120–123. 26 indexed citations
18.
Devons, Samuel, G. Gidal, Leon M. Lederman, & G. Shapiro. (1960). Muon Mass and Charge by Critical Absorption of Mesonic X Rays. Physical Review Letters. 5(7). 330–332. 29 indexed citations
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Alburger, D. E., I. Perlman, J. O. Rasmussen, et al.. (1957). Kernreaktionen III / Nuclear Reactions III. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations
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Devons, Samuel, G. Manning, & J.H. Towle. (1956). Measurement of  -Transition Lifetimes by Recoil Methods III: E2 Transitions in some Even-Even Nuclei. Proceedings of the Physical Society Section A. 69(2). 173–177. 18 indexed citations

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