A. Kaufer

7.5k citations

132 papers · 3.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 31

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Instrumentation top 0.5%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 103
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 90
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 45
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 20
- Astro and Planetary Science 18
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 10
Instrumentation 78
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 78

Co-authors: Kim A. Venn (20 shared papers)Eline Tolstoy (17 shared papers)F. Primas (19 shared papers)H. Dekker (9 shared papers)S. D’Odorico (6 shared papers)O. Stahl (38 shared papers)V. Hill (15 shared papers)Matthew Shetrone (14 shared papers)
Journals: Astronomy and Astrophysics (28 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (6 papers)The Astronomical Journal (3 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series (1 paper)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters (1 paper)
Partner nations: Germany Chile United States

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A. Kaufer

120 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Design, construction, and performance of UVES, the echelle spectrograph for the UT2 Kueyen Telescope at the ESO Paranal Observatory 2000 · 513 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2000 Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

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1	Design, construction, and performance of UVES, the echelle spectrograph for the UT2 Kueyen Telescope at the ESO Paranal Observatory Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·H. Dekker, S. D’Odorico, A. Kaufer, Bernard Délabre, Heinz Kotzlowski Hit paper breakdown →	2000	513
2	VLT/UVES Abundances in Four Nearby Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies. I. Nucleosynthesis and Abundance Ratios The Astronomical Journal ·Matthew Shetrone, Kim A. Venn, Eline Tolstoy, F. Primas, V. Hill, A. Kaufer	2003	323
3	Two Distinct Ancient Components in the Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy: First Results from the Dwarf Abundances and Radial Velocities Team The Astrophysical Journal ·Eline Tolstoy, M. J. Irwin, A. Helmi, G. Battaglia, P. Jablonka, V. Hill, Kim A. Venn, Matthew Shetrone, B. Letarte, Andrew A. Cole, F. Primas, P. François, N. Arimoto, Kunihiko Sadakane, A. Kaufer, T. Szeifert, Tom Abel	2004	248
4	A high-resolution VLT/FLAMES study of individual stars in the centre of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy Astronomy and Astrophysics ·B. Letarte, V. Hill, Eline Tolstoy, P. Jablonka, Matthew Shetrone, Kim A. Venn, M. Spite, M. J. Irwin, G. Battaglia, A. Helmi, F. Primas, P. François, A. Kaufer, T. Szeifert, N. Arimoto, Kunihiko Sadakane	2010	139
5	The UVES Data Reduction Pipeline The Messenger ·P. Ballester, A. Modigliani, O. Boitquin, S. Cristiani, R. W. Hanuschik, A. Kaufer, Sebastian Wolf	2000	138
6	A new view of the dwarf spheroidal satellites of the Milky Way from VLT/FLAMES: Where are the very metal poor stars? University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) ·A. Helmi, M. J. Irwin, Eline Tolstoy, G. Battaglia, V. Hill, P. Jablonka, Kim A. Venn, Matthew Shetrone, B. Letarte, N. Arimoto, Tom Abel, P. François, A. Kaufer, F. Primas, Kunihiko Sadakane, T. Szeifert	2006	108
7	Extremely metal-poor stars in classical dwarf spheroidal galaxies: Fornax, Sculptor, and Sextans Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. Tafelmeyer, P. Jablonka, V. Hill, Matthew Shetrone, Eline Tolstoy, M. J. Irwin, G. Battaglia, A. Helmi, Else Starkenburg, Kim A. Venn, Tom Abel, P. François, A. Kaufer, P. North, F. Primas, T. Szeifert	2010	102
8	η Carinae: Binarity Confirmed The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Damineli, A. Kaufer, B. Wolf, O. Stahl, Dalton F. Lopes, F. X. de Araújo	2000	99
9	NUCLEOSYNTHESIS AND THE INHOMOGENEOUS CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE CARINA DWARF GALAXY The Astrophysical Journal ·Kim A. Venn, Matthew Shetrone, (unknown), V. Hill, P. Jablonka, Eline Tolstoy, Bertrand Lemasle, Mike Divell, Else Starkenburg, B. Letarte, C. S. Baldner, G. Battaglia, A. Helmi, A. Kaufer, F. Primas	2012	98
10	First Stellar Abundances in NGC 6822 from VLT‐UVES and Keck‐HIRES Spectroscopy The Astrophysical Journal ·Kim A. Venn, D. J. Lennon, A. Kaufer, James K. McCarthy, N. Przybilla, Rolf‐Peter Kudritzki, Michael Lemke, Evan D. Skillman, S. J. Smartt	2001	91
11	Rapid-response mode VLT/UVES spectroscopy of GRB 060418 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. M. Vreeswijk, C. Ledoux, A. Smette, Sara L. Ellison, A. O. Jaunsen, M. I. Andersen, A. S. Fruchter, J. P. U. Fynbo, J. Hjorth, A. Kaufer, P. Møller, P. Petitjean, S. Savaglio, R. A. M. J. Wijers	2007	86
12	The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: stellar parameters and rotational velocities in NGC 3293, NGC 4755 and NGC 6611 Astronomy and Astrophysics ·P. L. Dufton, S. J. Smartt, J.-K. Lee, R. S. I. Ryans, I. Hunter, C. J. Evans, A. Herrero, C. Trundle, D. J. Lennon, M. J. Irwin, A. Kaufer	2006	84
13	The low-level radial velocity variability in Barnard's star (= GJ 699) Astronomy and Astrophysics ·M. Kürster, Michael Endl, F. Rouesnel, S. Els, A. Kaufer, S. Brillant, A. P. Hatzes, Steven H. Saar, William D. Cochran	2003	83
14	Performance of UVES, the echelle spectrograph for the ESO VLT and highlights of the first observations of stars and quasars Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·S. D’Odorico, S. Cristiani, H. Dekker, V. Hill, A. Kaufer, Tae‐Sun Kim, F. Primas	2000	74
15	Chemical composition of extremely metal-poor stars in the Sextans dwarf spheroidal galaxy Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Wako Aoki, N. Arimoto, Kunihiko Sadakane, Eline Tolstoy, G. Battaglia, P. Jablonka, Matthew Shetrone, B. Letarte, Michael J. Irwin, V. Hill, P. François, Kim A. Venn, F. Primas, A. Helmi, A. Kaufer, M. Tafelmeyer, T. Szeifert, C. Babusiaux	2009	69
16	Long-term spectroscopic monitoring of the Luminous Blue Variable AG Carinae Astronomy and Astrophysics ·O. Stahl, I. Jankovics, J. Kovács, B. Wolf, W. Schmütz, A. Kaufer, Th. Rivinius, T. Szeifert	2001	62
17	The low-level radial velocity variability in Barnard's star (=GJ 699). Secular acceleration, indications for convective redshift, and planet mass limits CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·M. Kürster, Michael Endl, F. Rouesnel, S. Els, A. Kaufer, S. Brillant, A. P. Hatzes, Steven H. Saar, William D. Cochran	2003	56
18	Pristine CNO abundances from Magellanic Cloud B stars Astronomy and Astrophysics ·A. J. Korn, S. Keller, A. Kaufer, N. Langer, N. Przybilla, O. Stahl, B. Wolf	2002	55
19	First Stellar Abundances in the Dwarf Irregular Galaxy Sextans A The Astronomical Journal ·A. Kaufer, Kim A. Venn, Eline Tolstoy, C. Pinte, Rolf P. Kudritzki	2004	54
20	The Chemical Composition of Two Supergiants in the Dwarf Irregular Galaxy WLM The Astronomical Journal ·Kim A. Venn, Eline Tolstoy, A. Kaufer, Evan D. Skillman, Sonya M. Clarkson, S. J. Smartt, D. J. Lennon, Rolf P. Kudritzki	2003	50

About A. Kaufer

A. Kaufer is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Computational Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 132 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (90 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (78 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (45 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (24 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (20 papers), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (19 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (18 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (1.4k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.5k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (231 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (199 citations) and Atmospheric Science (92 citations). A. Kaufer has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Chile and United States. Frequent co-authors include Kim A. Venn, Eline Tolstoy, F. Primas, H. Dekker, S. D’Odorico, O. Stahl, V. Hill, Matthew Shetrone, Bernard Délabre and B. Wolf. Their work appears in journals such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters.

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