Silke Weinfurtner

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Silke Weinfurtner is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Silke Weinfurtner has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 41 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 28 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Silke Weinfurtner's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (38 papers), Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (35 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (17 papers). Silke Weinfurtner is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (38 papers), Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (35 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (17 papers). Silke Weinfurtner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand. Silke Weinfurtner's co-authors include Matt Visser, Thomas P. Sotiriou, W. G. Unruh, Edmund W. Tedford, Maurício Richartz, Sam Patrick, Antonin Coutant, Gregory A. Lawrence, Stefano Liberati and Théo Torres and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Silke Weinfurtner

58 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Measurement of Stimulated Hawking Emission in an Analogue... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Measurement of Stimulated Hawking Emission in an Analogue System
    2011 321 citations Silke Weinfurtner, Edmund W. Tedford et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Silke Weinfurtner United Kingdom 26 1.5k 1.4k 1.0k 879 82 59 2.2k
Carlos Barceló Spain 28 2.5k 1.7× 2.0k 1.5× 1.8k 1.7× 1.1k 1.3× 76 0.9× 87 3.2k
Renaud Parentani France 27 1.6k 1.1× 1.8k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 774 0.9× 142 1.7× 88 2.3k
Luís C. B. Crispino Brazil 31 2.8k 1.9× 970 0.7× 2.3k 2.2× 587 0.7× 36 0.4× 140 3.3k
Luis J. Garay Spain 27 1.9k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 1.7k 1.7× 1.7k 1.9× 51 0.6× 109 3.1k
Sergio L. Cacciatori Italy 22 891 0.6× 734 0.5× 802 0.8× 577 0.7× 80 1.0× 100 1.6k
George E. A. Matsas Brazil 24 1.2k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 781 0.8× 697 0.8× 69 0.8× 85 2.0k
Giampiero Esposito Italy 22 848 0.6× 622 0.5× 681 0.7× 736 0.8× 72 0.9× 126 1.4k
A. Ortolan Italy 21 742 0.5× 697 0.5× 542 0.5× 256 0.3× 9 0.1× 109 1.4k
Mariangela Lisanti United States 29 1.3k 0.9× 623 0.5× 1.9k 1.9× 161 0.2× 93 1.1× 72 2.4k
Antoine Folacci France 19 934 0.6× 370 0.3× 840 0.8× 282 0.3× 14 0.2× 46 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Silke Weinfurtner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Silke Weinfurtner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jenkins, A. C., Jonathan Braden, Hiranya V. Peiris, et al.. (2024). Analog vacuum decay from vacuum initial conditions. Physical review. D. 109(2). 11 indexed citations
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MacDonald, J. Fred, et al.. (2024). Rotating curved spacetime signatures from a giant quantum vortex. Nature. 628(8006). 66–70. 25 indexed citations
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Mann, Robert B., et al.. (2024). Vacuum entanglement probes for ultra-cold atom systems. New Journal of Physics. 26(10). 105001–105001. 7 indexed citations
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Braden, Jonathan, Matthew C. Johnson, Hiranya V. Peiris, Andrew Pontzen, & Silke Weinfurtner. (2023). Mass renormalization in lattice simulations of false vacuum decay. Physical review. D. 107(8). 9 indexed citations
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Weinfurtner, Silke, et al.. (2023). Non-linear effective field theory simulators in two-fluid interfaces. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2531(1). 12003–12003. 3 indexed citations
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Patrick, Sam, et al.. (2022). Quantum vortex instability and black hole superradiance. Physical Review Research. 4(3). 13 indexed citations
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Patrick, Sam, et al.. (2021). Backreaction in an Analogue Black Hole Experiment. Physical Review Letters. 126(4). 41105–41105. 31 indexed citations
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Torres, Théo, Sam Patrick, Maurício Richartz, & Silke Weinfurtner. (2020). Quasinormal Mode Oscillations in an Analogue Black Hole Experiment. Physical Review Letters. 125(1). 11301–11301. 61 indexed citations
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Biermann, Steffen, Sebastian Erne, Jorma Louko, et al.. (2020). Unruh and analogue Unruh temperatures for circular motion in 3+1 and 2+1 dimensions. Physical review. D. 102(8). 31 indexed citations
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Patrick, Sam & Silke Weinfurtner. (2020). Superradiance in dispersive black hole analogues. Physical review. D. 102(8). 14 indexed citations
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Braden, Jonathan, Matthew C. Johnson, Hiranya V. Peiris, Andrew Pontzen, & Silke Weinfurtner. (2019). New Semiclassical Picture of Vacuum Decay. Physical Review Letters. 123(3). 31601–31601. 49 indexed citations
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Torres, Théo, et al.. (2019). Analog cosmology with two-fluid systems in a strong gradient magnetic field. Physical review. E. 99(3). 31101–31101. 8 indexed citations
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Torres, Théo, Sam Patrick, Antonin Coutant, et al.. (2017). Rotational superradiant scattering in a vortex flow. Nature Physics. 13(9). 833–836. 152 indexed citations
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Cardoso, Vítor, Antonin Coutant, Maurício Richartz, & Silke Weinfurtner. (2016). Detecting Rotational Superradiance in Fluid Laboratories. Physical Review Letters. 117(27). 271101–271101. 32 indexed citations
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Weinfurtner, Silke, et al.. (2011). Measurement of Stimulated Hawking Emission in an Analogue System. Physical Review Letters. 106(2). 21302–21302. 321 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sotiriou, Thomas P., Matt Visser, & Silke Weinfurtner. (2011). Spectral Dimension as a Probe of the Ultraviolet Continuum Regime of Causal Dynamical Triangulations. Physical Review Letters. 107(13). 131303–131303. 42 indexed citations
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Richartz, Maurício, et al.. (2009). General universal superradiant scattering. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Sotiriou, Thomas P., Matt Visser, & Silke Weinfurtner. (2009). Phenomenologically Viable Lorentz-Violating Quantum Gravity. Physical Review Letters. 102(25). 251601–251601. 193 indexed citations
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Weinfurtner, Silke, Stefano Liberati, & Matt Visser. (2006). Modelling Planck-scale Lorentz violation via analogue models. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 33. 373–385. 11 indexed citations
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Liberati, Stefano, Matt Visser, & Silke Weinfurtner. (2006). Naturalness in an Emergent Analogue Spacetime. Physical Review Letters. 96(15). 151301–151301. 35 indexed citations

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