Seth Putterman

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
173 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Seth Putterman is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Seth Putterman has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 70 papers in Materials Chemistry and 51 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Seth Putterman's work include Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena (57 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (30 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (23 papers). Seth Putterman is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena (57 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (30 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (23 papers). Seth Putterman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Seth Putterman's co-authors include Bradley P. Barber, Keith Weninger, Robert A. Hiller, Ritva Löfstedt, Carlos G. Camara, Andrés Larraza, Raffi Budakian, William Wright, Brian Naranjo and Jonathan Hird and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Seth Putterman

168 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Defining the unknowns of ... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Defining the unknowns of sonoluminescence
    1997 401 citations Seth Putterman, Keith Weninger et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Seth Putterman 3.3k 2.7k 1.3k 635 600 173 5.6k
Michael R. Moldover 1.1k 0.3× 3.1k 1.2× 1.8k 1.4× 165 0.3× 929 1.5× 178 6.5k
David B. Newell 1.2k 0.4× 842 0.3× 2.9k 2.3× 997 1.6× 340 0.6× 145 6.4k
H. Z. Cummins 4.4k 1.3× 1.3k 0.5× 2.3k 1.7× 54 0.1× 253 0.4× 151 7.4k
R. Merlín 5.4k 1.6× 1.7k 0.6× 5.2k 4.0× 175 0.3× 372 0.6× 185 10.8k
D. Weaire 7.1k 2.1× 1.8k 0.7× 2.2k 1.7× 89 0.1× 472 0.8× 314 11.8k
R. F. Wallis 2.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.6× 4.2k 3.2× 103 0.2× 488 0.8× 206 7.2k
Robert E. Apfel 2.2k 0.7× 3.4k 1.3× 318 0.2× 495 0.8× 98 0.2× 150 5.1k
Raymond J. Seeger 760 0.2× 909 0.3× 1.7k 1.3× 188 0.3× 840 1.4× 62 5.9k
A. A. Maradudin 1.6k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 3.7k 2.9× 78 0.1× 444 0.7× 177 6.3k
J. E. Hilliard 7.3k 2.2× 2.0k 0.7× 1.7k 1.3× 85 0.1× 769 1.3× 67 12.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Seth Putterman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seth Putterman

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All Works

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Lu, Haotian, Huachen Cui, Gengxi Lu, et al.. (2023). 3D Printing and processing of miniaturized transducers with near-pristine piezoelectric ceramics for localized cavitation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2418–2418. 69 indexed citations
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Porrati, Massimo & Seth Putterman. (2020). Prediction of Short Time Qubit Readout via Measurement of the Next Quantum Jump of a Coupled Damped Driven Harmonic Oscillator. Physical Review Letters. 125(26). 260403–260403. 2 indexed citations
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Bataller, Alexander, et al.. (2016). Observation of Shell Structure, Electronic Screening, and Energetic Limiting in Sparks. Physical Review Letters. 117(8). 85001–85001. 11 indexed citations
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Bataller, Alexander, et al.. (2014). Blackbody Emission from Laser Breakdown in High-Pressure Gases. Physical Review Letters. 113(7). 75001–75001. 19 indexed citations
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Bataller, Alexander, et al.. (2013). Energy Balance for a Sonoluminescence Bubble Yields a Measure of Ionization Potential Lowering. Physical Review Letters. 111(23). 234301–234301. 17 indexed citations
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Shahzad, Khalid, et al.. (2012). Opacity and Transport Measurements Reveal That Dilute Plasma Models of Sonoluminescence Are Not Valid. Physical Review Letters. 108(10). 104302–104302. 20 indexed citations
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Naranjo, Brian, Alessandra Valloni, Seth Putterman, & J. B. Rosenzweig. (2012). Stable Charged-Particle Acceleration and Focusing in a Laser Accelerator Using Spatial Harmonics. Physical Review Letters. 109(16). 164803–164803. 71 indexed citations
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Shahzad, Khalid, et al.. (2011). Phase Transition to an Opaque Plasma in a Sonoluminescing Bubble. Physical Review Letters. 106(23). 234302–234302. 20 indexed citations
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Shahzad, Khalid, et al.. (2011). 100-watt sonoluminescence generated by 2.5-atmosphere-pressure pulses. Physical Review E. 83(5). 56304–56304. 10 indexed citations
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Ruuth, Steven J., et al.. (2008). Molecular Dynamics of Extreme Mass Segregation in a Rapidly Collapsing Bubble. Physical Review Letters. 101(23). 234301–234301. 30 indexed citations
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Putterman, Seth. (2008). Journal club. Nature. 454(7202). 257–257. 1 indexed citations
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Camara, Carlos G., Stephen D. Hopkins, Kenneth S. Suslick, & Seth Putterman. (2007). Upper Bound for Neutron Emission from Sonoluminescing Bubbles in Deuterated Acetone. Physical Review Letters. 98(6). 64301–64301. 16 indexed citations
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Naranjo, Brian, James K. Gimzewski, & Seth Putterman. (2005). Observation of nuclear fusion driven by a pyroelectric crystal. Nature. 434(7037). 1115–1117. 142 indexed citations
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Hopkins, Stephen D., et al.. (2005). Dynamics of a Sonoluminescing Bubble in Sulfuric Acid. Physical Review Letters. 95(25). 254301–254301. 67 indexed citations
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Camara, Carlos G., Seth Putterman, & Emil Kirilov. (2004). Sonoluminescence from a Single Bubble Driven at 1 Megahertz. Physical Review Letters. 92(12). 124301–124301. 45 indexed citations
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Weninger, Keith, Paul G. Evans, & Seth Putterman. (2001). Comment on “Mie scattering from a sonoluminescing bubble with high spatial and temporal resolution” [Physical Review E61, 5253 (2000)]. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 64(3). 38301–38301. 3 indexed citations
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Putterman, Seth, et al.. (2001). Is there a simple theory of sonoluminescence?. Nature. 409(6822). 782–783. 56 indexed citations
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Putterman, Seth, et al.. (2000). Temperature and Pressure Dependence of Sonoluminescence. Physical Review Letters. 85(14). 3037–3040. 63 indexed citations
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Putterman, Seth & Paul Roberts. (1993). Nonlinear theory of modulated standing waves; domain walls, kinks and breathers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 440(1908). 135–148. 8 indexed citations

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