T. C. Killian

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
113 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

T. C. Killian is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, T. C. Killian has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 21 papers in Spectroscopy and 10 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in T. C. Killian's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (84 papers), Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (31 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (25 papers). T. C. Killian is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (84 papers), Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (31 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (25 papers). T. C. Killian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. T. C. Killian's co-authors include S. L. Rolston, Scott Bergeson, S. A. Kulin, P. G. Mickelson, B. J. DeSalvo, Daniel Kleppner, Thomas Pohl, Mi Yan, Thomas J. Greytak and Glauco R. Souza and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

T. C. Killian

108 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Three-dimensional tissue culture based on magnetic cell levitation

2010 524 citations Glauco R. Souza, Robert M. Raphael et al. profile →
Bose-Einstein Condensation of Atomic Hydrogen

1998 503 citations T. C. Killian 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						Papers	Cites
T. C. Killian United States	40	4.4k	832	644	472	415	113	5.7k
Alfred Leitenstorfer Germany	51	7.8k 1.8×	2.1k 2.5×	1.3k 2.0×	439 0.9×	496 1.2×	248	11.3k
Theodore B. Norris United States	45	4.2k 1.0×	2.5k 3.0×	645 1.0×	261 0.6×	163 0.4×	256	8.2k
Wayne H. Knox United States	45	5.3k 1.2×	591 0.7×	549 0.9×	143 0.3×	150 0.4×	229	6.7k
Franz X. Kärtner United States	66	13.7k 3.1×	2.6k 3.1×	1.5k 2.3×	406 0.9×	86 0.2×	650	18.3k
Satoshi Watanabe Japan	45	3.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	343 0.5×	52 0.1×	713 1.7×	441	7.7k
M. M. T. Loy Hong Kong	40	2.9k 0.7×	581 0.7×	694 1.1×	47 0.1×	168 0.4×	137	4.7k
David A. Reis United States	36	5.3k 1.2×	389 0.5×	452 0.7×	121 0.3×	338 0.8×	113	6.9k
Andrea Fiore Netherlands	43	4.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	297 0.5×	129 0.3×	254 0.6×	288	7.1k
J. D. Doll United States	46	4.5k 1.0×	460 0.6×	558 0.9×	74 0.2×	641 1.5×	138	6.4k
Michael A. Stroscio United States	43	2.9k 0.7×	1.6k 1.9×	389 0.6×	116 0.2×	1.3k 3.1×	357	6.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of T. C. Killian

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All Works

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Ding, Roger, J. D. Whalen, S. Yoshida, et al.. (2018). Spectroscopy of 87 Sr triplet Rydberg states. 2018. 1 indexed citations

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Langin, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Laser Cooling of Ions in a Neutral Plasma. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2018. 1 indexed citations

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Camargo, Franco V. A., J. D. Whalen, Roger Ding, et al.. (2016). Lifetimes of ultra-long-range strontium Rydberg molecules. Physical review. A. 93(2). 31 indexed citations

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Dunning, F. B., T. C. Killian, S. Yoshida, & Joachim Burgdörfer. (2016). Recent advances in Rydberg physics using alkaline-earth atoms. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 49(11). 112003–112003. 36 indexed citations

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DeSalvo, B. J., et al.. (2016). Trap losses induced by near-resonant Rydberg dressing of cold atomic gases. Physical review. A. 93(4). 28 indexed citations

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Langin, Thomas, et al.. (2014). Adiabatic expansion cooling of ions in ultracold neutral plasmas. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Tseng, Hubert, Jacob A. Gage, Robert M. Raphael, et al.. (2013). Assembly of a Three-Dimensional Multitype Bronchiole Coculture Model Using Magnetic Levitation. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 19(9). 665–675. 113 indexed citations

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Killian, T. C., et al.. (2013). Strongly Coupled Plasmas via Rydberg Blockade of Cold Atoms. Physical Review Letters. 110(25). 253003–253003. 41 indexed citations

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Yan, Mi, B. J. DeSalvo, B. Ramachandhran, Han Pu, & T. C. Killian. (2013). Controlling Condensate Collapse and Expansion with an Optical Feshbach Resonance. Physical Review Letters. 110(12). 123201–123201. 86 indexed citations

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Yan, Mi, B. J. DeSalvo, Ying Huang, Pascal Naidon, & T. C. Killian. (2013). Rabi Oscillations between Atomic and Molecular Condensates Driven with Coherent One-Color Photoassociation. Physical Review Letters. 111(15). 150402–150402. 25 indexed citations

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Haisler, William L., et al.. (2013). Three-dimensional cell culturing by magnetic levitation. Nature Protocols. 8(10). 1940–1949. 210 indexed citations

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Pohl, Thomas, et al.. (2012). Velocity Relaxation in a Strongly Coupled Plasma. Physical Review Letters. 109(18). 185008–185008. 43 indexed citations

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Choi, Yoonsu, Carrie Yuen, Sourindra N. Maiti, et al.. (2010). A high throughput microelectroporation device to introduce a chimeric antigen receptor to redirect the specificity of human T cells. Biomedical Microdevices. 12(5). 855–863. 23 indexed citations

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Stark, Daniel, Yoonsu Choi, Sourindra Maiti, et al.. (2008). Modification of cells using a high-throughput microelectroporator.

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Killian, T. C., Thomas Pattard, Thomas Pohl, & Jan M. Rost. (2007). Ultracold neutral plasmas. Physics Reports. 449(4-5). 77–130. 244 indexed citations

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Gupta, Priya, S. Laha, Clayton Simien, et al.. (2007). Electron-Temperature Evolution in Expanding Ultracold Neutral Plasmas. Physical Review Letters. 99(7). 75005–75005. 47 indexed citations

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Killian, T. C.. (2007). Ultracold Neutral Plasmas. Science. 316(5825). 705–708. 118 indexed citations

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Mickelson, P. G., Y. N. Martinez, Sarah Nagel, & T. C. Killian. (2006). Saturation Effects in Photoassociation Spectroscopy of ^86Sr. 37. 1 indexed citations

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Simien, Clayton, Ying-Cheng Chen, Priya Gupta, et al.. (2004). Using Absorption Imaging to Study Ion Dynamics in an Ultracold Neutral Plasma. Physical Review Letters. 92(14). 143001–143001. 106 indexed citations

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Vrtilek, J. M., J. Cernicharo, C. A. Gottlieb, et al.. (1990). Astronomical Detection of H 2 CCC and H 2 CCCC: A New Sequence of Highly Polar Carbon Chains in Space. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 22. 1247. 1 indexed citations

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