W. S. Varnum

1.5k citations
15 papers · 580 indexed · h-index 11
Topics
Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (12 papers)Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (7 papers)High-pressure geophysics and materials (5 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesGermany

In The Last Decade

W. S. Varnum

15 papers receiving 530 citations

Peers

W. S. Varnum
Comparison fields: 5 of 44
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 429
  • Mechanics of Materials 205
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 202
  • Geophysics 196
  • Computational Mechanics 94
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. S. Varnum

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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1 50
2 24
3 26
4 122
5 46
6 17
7 4
8 105
9 15
10 81
11 1
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13 13
14 73
15 2

About W. S. Varnum

W. S. Varnum is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geophysics and Mechanics of Materials, having authored 15 papers that have together received 580 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (12 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (7 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (429 citations), Geophysics (196 citations) and Mechanics of Materials (205 citations). W. S. Varnum has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include P. Stubbe, D. E. Hinkel, D. C. Wilson, Peter Amendt, R. G. Watt, J. D. Colvin, S. W. Haan, Paul A. Bradley, Robert Tipton and John D. Ramshaw. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physics of Plasmas and Planetary and Space Science.

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