William D. Vacca

9.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
114 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

William D. Vacca is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Vacca has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 36 papers in Instrumentation and 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in William D. Vacca's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (75 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (54 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (36 papers). William D. Vacca is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (75 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (54 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (36 papers). William D. Vacca collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. William D. Vacca's co-authors include Michael C. Cushing, John Rayner, Peter S. Conti, C. D. Garmany, J. Michael Shull, Peter M. Onaka, Douglas W. Toomey, Anthony J. Denault, Werner E. Stahlberger and Claus Leitherer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

William D. Vacca

104 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

SpeX: A Medium‐Resolution 0.8–5.5 Micron Spectrograph and Imager for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility

2003 758 citations John Rayner, William D. Vacca et al. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific profile →
Spextool: A Spectral Extraction Package for SpeX, a 0.8–5.5 Micron Cross‐Dispersed Spectrograph

2004 668 citations Michael C. Cushing, William D. Vacca et al. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific profile →
A Method of Correcting Near‐Infrared Spectra for Telluric Absorption1

2003 548 citations William D. Vacca, Michael C. Cushing et al. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific profile →
The Lyman-Continuum Fluxes and Stellar Parameters of O and Early B-Type Stars

1996 528 citations William D. Vacca et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Electron Density Distribution in H ii Regions in IC 10 2024 ·The Astronomical Journal ·F. L. Polles, D. Fadda, William D. Vacca, N. P. Abel, Mélanie Chevance, Christian Fischer, James M. Jackson, V. Lebouteiller, S. C. Madden, Lise Ramambason	1
2	GHOST Reduced Data Products for the Gemini Observatory Community and Beyond 2024 ·Research Notes of the AAS ·Vinicius M. Placco, David Herrera, (unknown), (unknown), Paul Hirst, Kathleen Labrie, Chris Simpson, James Turner, William D. Vacca, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), V. M. Kalari, Henrique Reggiani, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
3	Characterization and Absolute Calibration of the Far-infrared Field Integral Line Spectrometer for SOFIA 2023 ·The Astronomical Journal ·D. Fadda, (unknown), Christian Fischer, William D. Vacca, J. Chu, Melanie Clarke, R. Klein, A. Krabbe, Robert Minchin, A. Poglitsch	2
4	DRAGONS—A Quick Overview 2023 ·Research Notes of the AAS ·Kathleen Labrie, Chris Simpson, (unknown), Jeannine E. Turner, (unknown), Bruno Quint, (unknown), Vinicius M. Placco, (unknown), (unknown), Simon Conseil, William D. Vacca, (unknown)	14
5	SOFIA Observations of 30 Doradus. II. Magnetic Fields and Large-scale Gas Kinematics 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Le Ngoc Tram, (unknown), Yue Hu, Enrique López-Rodríguez, Jordan A. Guerra, P. Lesaffre, A. Gusdorf, Thiem Hoang, Min-Young Lee, A. Lazarian, B. G. Andersson, Simon Coudé, Archana Soam, William D. Vacca, Hyeseung Lee, Michael Gordon	16
6	SOFIA Observations of Far-IR Fine-structure Lines in Galaxies to Measure Metallicity 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·L. Spinoglio, J. A. Fernández-Ontiveros, Matthew A. Malkan, (unknown), M. Pereira-Santaella, (unknown), E. Pérez‐Montero, A. Krabbe, William D. Vacca, (unknown), Christian Fischer	10
7	iSHELL: a 1–5 micron R = 80,000 Immersion Grating Spectrograph for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility 2022 ·Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·John Rayner, A. T. Tokunaga, D. T. Jaffe, Timothy N. Bond, (unknown), Gregory K. Ching, Michael S. Connelley, Michael C. Cushing, (unknown), (unknown), William D. Vacca, (unknown)	23
8	Extragalactic Magnetism with SOFIA (SALSA Legacy Program). III. First Data Release and On-the-fly Polarization Mapping Characterization* 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Enrique López-Rodríguez, Melanie Clarke, S. Shenoy, William D. Vacca, Simon Coudé, (unknown), Peter R. Ashton, Sarah Eftekharzadeh, Rainer D. Beck, J. E. Beckman, Alejandro S. Borlaff, Susan E. Clark, Daniel A. Dale, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Evangelia Ntormousi, W. T. Reach, Julia Román-Duval, Konstantinos Tassis, (unknown), Pamela M. Marcum	0
9	Extragalactic Magnetism with SOFIA (SALSA Legacy Program). III. First Data Release and On-the-fly Polarization Mapping Characterization 2022 ·Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa ·Enrique López-Rodríguez, Melanie Clarke, S. Shenoy, William D. Vacca, Simon Coudé, (unknown), Peter Ashton, Sarah Eftekharzadeh, R. Beck, J. E. Beckman, Alejandro S. Borlaff, Susan E. Clark, Daniel A. Dale, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Evangelia Ntormousi, W. T. Reach, Julia Román-Duval, Konstantinos Tassis, D. A. Harper, Pamela M. Marcum	17
10	New Infrared Emission Lines of the s-Process Enriched Neutron-Capture Elements Br and Rb in Planetary Nebulae 2021 ·American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts ·H. L. Dinerstein, N. C. Sterling, William D. Vacca, M. A. Bautista	0
11	SOFIA-EXES Mid-IR Observations of Emission from the Extended Atmosphere of Betelgeuse 2017 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·G. M. Harper, Curtis DeWitt, Matthew J. Richter, T. K. Greathouse, N. Ryde, E. F. Guinan, E. O’Gorman, William D. Vacca	8
12	Rise and fall of the dust shell of the classical nova V339 Delphini 2016 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·A. Evans, D. P. K. Banerjee, R. D. Gehrz, Vishal Joshi, N. M. Ashok, V. A. R. M. Ribeiro, M. J. Darnley, C. E. Woodward, David J. Sand, G. H. Marion, T. Diamond, S. P. S. Eyres, R. M. Wagner, L. A. Helton, S. Starrfield, D. Shenoy, J. Krautter, William D. Vacca, M. T. Rushton	19
13	THE EARLY INFRARED TEMPORAL DEVELOPMENT OF NOVA DELPHINI 2013 (V339 DEL) OBSERVED WITH THE STRATOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY FOR INFRARED ASTRONOMY (SOFIA) AND FROM THE GROUND 2015 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·R. D. Gehrz, A. Evans, L. A. Helton, D. Shenoy, D. P. K. Banerjee, C. E. Woodward, William D. Vacca, (unknown), N. M. Ashok, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), S. P. S. Eyres, Vishal Joshi, L. D. Keller, J. Krautter, T. Liimets, M. T. Rushton, (unknown)	16
14	Redux: A Common Interface for SOFIA Data Reduction Pipelines 2015 ·ASPC ·(unknown), William D. Vacca, R. Y. Shuping	0
15	The Dusty Nova: An Examination of Dust Production and Processing in the Ejecta of Classical Novae 2014 ·ASPC ·L. A. Helton, A. Evans, C. E. Woodward, R. D. Gehrz, William D. Vacca	1
16	Multi-Wavelength Study of W40 HII Region 2013 ·AAS ·S. Shenoy, (unknown), William D. Vacca	1
17	Young star clusters in interacting galaxies – NGC 1487 and NGC 4038/4039 2008 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·S. Mengel, M. D. Lehnert, Niranjan Thatte, William D. Vacca, Brad Whitmore, Rupali Chandar	19
18	A mid-infrared spectroscopic survey of starburst galaxies: Excitation and abundances 2003 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·A. Verma, D. Lutz, E. Sturm, (unknown), R. Genzel, William D. Vacca	69
19	Infrared Investigation of Parent Molecules in Comet C/Lee (1999 H1) 1999 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·H. A. Weaver, J. K. Davies, T. H. Kerr, William D. Vacca, N. Biver, D. Bockelée–Morvan, J. Crovisier, T. Y. Brooke, G. Chin, (unknown)	7
20	Determinations of the interstellar reddening toward Wolf-Rayet stars of the nitrogen sequence from observed UBV color indices. 1991 ·Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series ·W. Schmütz, William D. Vacca	0

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