Thomas F. O'Malley

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas F. O'Malley is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas F. O'Malley has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 8 papers in Spectroscopy and 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas F. O'Malley's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (22 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (21 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (8 papers). Thomas F. O'Malley is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (22 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (21 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (8 papers). Thomas F. O'Malley collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Thomas F. O'Malley's co-authors include Larry Spruch, Leonard Rosenberg, S. Geltman, Yukap Hahn, Howard S. Taylor, R. W. Crompton, A. J. Cunningham, R. M. Hobson, P G Burke and K A Berrington and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Thomas F. O'Malley

38 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Theory of Dissociative At... 1961 2026 1982 2004 1966 1961 100 200 300 400
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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. Theory of Dissociative Attachment
    1966 453 citations Thomas F. O'Malley Physical Review profile →
  2. Modification of Effective-Range Theory in the Presence of a Long-Range (r−4) Potential
    1961 397 citations Thomas F. O'Malley, Larry Spruch et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas F. O'Malley United States 26 3.0k 626 420 335 264 39 3.3k
S. Geltman United States 32 3.1k 1.1× 776 1.2× 414 1.0× 533 1.6× 283 1.1× 94 3.6k
D. W. Norcross United States 31 2.6k 0.9× 574 0.9× 274 0.7× 426 1.3× 318 1.2× 68 2.8k
A. Temkin United States 30 3.6k 1.2× 608 1.0× 267 0.6× 706 2.1× 376 1.4× 114 3.7k
G V Marr United Kingdom 26 1.8k 0.6× 638 1.0× 267 0.6× 225 0.7× 350 1.3× 77 2.3k
A. Herzenberg United Kingdom 24 2.0k 0.7× 580 0.9× 328 0.8× 142 0.4× 131 0.5× 52 2.3k
R. P. Madden United States 25 2.1k 0.7× 675 1.1× 329 0.8× 275 0.8× 508 1.9× 58 2.9k
K Blum Germany 20 2.7k 0.9× 437 0.7× 314 0.7× 275 0.8× 305 1.2× 74 3.0k
Gregory H. Wannier United States 25 3.6k 1.2× 922 1.5× 774 1.8× 265 0.8× 158 0.6× 49 4.5k
Kazuo Takayanagi Japan 26 2.0k 0.7× 534 0.9× 646 1.5× 294 0.9× 141 0.5× 110 3.1k
A. W. Weiss United States 22 2.5k 0.8× 559 0.9× 142 0.3× 266 0.8× 125 0.5× 34 2.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spott, Alexander, Tom Baehr‐Jones, Ran Ding, et al.. (2011). Photolithographically fabricated low-loss asymmetric silicon slot waveguides. Optics Express. 19(11). 10950–10950. 39 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F., et al.. (1997). Eye Drops and Lethargy. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 90(3). 155–155. 4 indexed citations
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Petrović, Zoran, Thomas F. O'Malley, & RW Crompton. (1995). e--Ar scattering length from drift velocities measured in argon-hydrogen mixtures. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 28(15). 3309–3323. 23 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F.. (1989). Electron distribution and mobility in a dense gas of repulsive scatterers. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 22(22). 3701–3708. 4 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F.. (1983). Electron diffusion and the Einstein relation in high-density gases. Physics Letters A. 95(1). 32–34. 3 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F.. (1981). Rydberg levels and structure in dissociative recombination cross sections. Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics. 14(7). 1229–1238. 19 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F.. (1980). Multiple scattering effect on electron mobilities in dense gases. Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics. 13(7). 1491–1504. 38 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F. & R. W. Crompton. (1980). Electron-neon scattering length and S-wave phaseshifts from drift velocities. Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics. 13(17). 3451–3464. 95 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F., A. J. Cunningham, & R. M. Hobson. (1972). Dissociative recombination at elevated temperatures. II. Comparison between theory and experiment in neon and argon afterglows. Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics. 5(11). 2126–2133. 29 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F.. (1970). Simple Model for the High Energy Reaction of O+ Ions with N2. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 52(6). 3269–3277. 34 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F. & Howard S. Taylor. (1968). Angular Dependence of Scattering Products in Electron-Molecule Resonant Excitation and in Dissociative Attachment. Physical Review. 176(1). 207–221. 183 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F.. (1967). Inverse Isotope Effect in Dissociative Attachment of Electrons in Methane. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 47(12). 5457–5458. 10 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F.. (1967). Calculation of Dissociative Attachment in HotO2. Physical Review. 155(1). 59–63. 144 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F.. (1965). Effect of Long-Range Final-State Forces on the Negative-Ion Photodetachment Cross Section near Threshold. Physical Review. 137(6A). A1668–A1672. 114 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F.. (1963). Extrapolation of Electron-Rare Gas Atom Cross Sections to Zero Energy. Physical Review. 130(3). 1020–1029. 375 indexed citations
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Hahn, Yukap, Thomas F. O'Malley, & Larry Spruch. (1963). Improved Minimum Principle for Single-Channel Scattering. Physical Review. 130(1). 381–394. 51 indexed citations
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Hahn, Yukap, Thomas F. O'Malley, & Larry Spruch. (1962). Static Approximation and Bounds on Single-Channel Phase Shifts. Physical Review. 128(2). 932–942. 156 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F., Leonard Rosenberg, & Larry Spruch. (1962). Low-Energy Scattering of a Charged Particle by a Neutral Polarizable System. Physical Review. 125(4). 1300–1310. 169 indexed citations
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O'Malley, Thomas F.. (1961). Upper Bounds on Scattering Lengths when Composite Bound States Exist.. PhDT. 1 indexed citations
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Rosenberg, Leonard, Larry Spruch, & Thomas F. O'Malley. (1960). Upper Bounds on Scattering Lengths When Composite Bound States Exist. Physical Review. 118(1). 184–192. 88 indexed citations

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