D. Renker

51.6k citations

89 papers · 2.2k · 1 hit paper · h-index 24

Impact in

Radiation top 0.2%
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
Instrumentation top 2%
- Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies

Papers in

Radiation 59
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies 49
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 58
- Particle Detector Development and Performance 30
- Nuclear physics research studies 20
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 18
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 9

Co-authors: E. Lorenz (16 shared papers)I. Britvitch (12 shared papers)J. Swain (10 shared papers)I. Holl (4 shared papers)K. Deiters (15 shared papers)J.-F. Loude (14 shared papers)P. Truöl (14 shared papers)J.-P. Perroud (14 shared papers)
Journals: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment (39 papers)Physical Review Letters (7 papers)Journal of Instrumentation (5 papers)Nuclear Physics A (3 papers)Physics Letters B (3 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland Germany United States

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83 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes, history, properties and problems 2006 · 396 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2006 Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

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1	Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes, history, properties and problems Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·D. Renker Hit paper breakdown →	2006	396
2	Advances in solid state photon detectors Journal of Instrumentation ·D. Renker, E. Lorenz	2009	267
3	Branching ratio for the rare pion decay into positron and neutrino Physical Review Letters ·G. Czapek, Andrea Federspiel, A. Flükiger, D. Frei, B. Hahn, C. Hug, E. Hugentobler, Wolfgang Krebs, U. Moser, Daniel Muster, E. Ramseyer, H. Scheidiger, P. Schlatter, G. Stucki, R. Abela, D. Renker, Erich Steiner	1993	96
4	New trends on photodetectors Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·D. Renker	2006	90
5	Analyzing power in pion-proton bremsstrahlung, and theΔ++(1232)magnetic moment PubMed ·A. Bosshard, C. Amsler, M. Döbeli, M. Doser, M. W. Schaad, J. Riedlberger, P. Truöl, J. Bistirlich, K.M. Crowe, S. Ljungfelt, C. A. Meyer, B. van den Brandt, J.A. Konter, S. Mango, D. Renker, J.-F. Loude, J.-P. Perroud, R.P. Haddock, D. I. Sober	1991	71
6	n−nScattering Length from the Photon Spectra of the Reactionsπ−d→γnnandπ−p→γn Physical Review Letters ·B. Gabioud, J.C. Alder, C. Joseph, J.-F. Loude, N. Morel, Alexandre Grand‐Guillaume Perrenoud, J.-P. Perroud, M. T. Trân, E. Winkelmann, W. Dahme, H. Panke, D. Renker, Č. Zupančič, G. Strassner, P. Truöl	1979	69
7	Design and performance of the angle integrating Čerenkov array AIROBICC Astroparticle Physics ·A. Karle, M. Merck, R. Plaga, F. Arqueros, V. Haustein, G. Heinzelmann, I. Holl, V. Fonseca, E. Lorenz, S. Martínez, V. Matheis, H. Meyer, R. Mirzoyan, J. Prahal, D. Renker, M. Różańska, M. Samorski	1995	55
8	Coherent Diffractive Imaging Using Phase Front Modifications Physical Review Letters ·I. Johnson, Konstantins Jefimovs, Oliver Bunk, Christian Dávid, Martin Dierolf, Joe W. Gray, D. Renker, Franz Pfeiffer	2008	54
9	Feasibility study of an avalanche photodiode readout for a high resolution PET with nsec time resolution IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science ·Christoph Schmelz, Stella Bradbury, I. Holl, E. Lorenz, D. Renker, Sibylle Ziegler	1995	47
10	nn Scattering parameters ann and rnn from the photon spectrum of the reaction π−d → γnn Nuclear Physics A ·B. Gabioud, J.C. Alder, C. Joseph, J.-F. Loude, N. Morel, Alexandre Grand‐Guillaume Perrenoud, J.-P. Perroud, M. T. Trân, E. Winkelmann, W. Dahme, H. Panke, D. Renker, G. Strassner, P. Truöl, Guy F. de Téramond	1984	41
11	New developments on photosensors for particle physics Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·D. Renker	2008	41
12	Properties of the most recent avalanche photodiodes for the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·K. Deiters, N. Marinelli, S. Nicol, B. S. Patel, D. Renker, S. Reucroft, R. Rusack, T. Sakhelashvili, J. Swain, P. Vikas	2000	36
13	Some studies of avalanche photodiode readout of fast scintillators IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science ·I. Holl, E. Lorenz, S. Natkaniez, D. Renker, Christoph Schmelz, B. Schwartz	1995	34
14	n-n Effective range from the photon spectrum of the reaction π−d→γnn Physics Letters B ·B. Gabioud, J.C. Alder, C. Joseph, J.-F. Loude, N. Morel, Alexandre Grand‐Guillaume Perrenoud, J.-P. Perroud, M. T. Trân, E. Winkelmann, W. Dahme, H. Panke, D. Renker, G. Strassner, P. Truöl, Guy F. de Téramond	1981	34
15	Interference Effects inO16(π±,π±p)N15andΔ-Nucleus Interactions Physical Review Letters ·G. S. Kyle, P. Amaudruz, Thomas Bauer, J. Domingo, C.H.Q. Ingram, John A. Jansen, D. Renker, J. Zichy, R. Stamminger, F. Vogler	1984	32
16	Properties of the avalanche photodiodes for the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·K. Deiters, Q. Ingram, N. Marinelli, S. Nicol, P. M. Patel, D. Renker, S. Reucroft, R. Rusack, T. Sakhelashvili, J. Swain, P. Vikas	2000	32
17	Characterisation of Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes for medical imaging applications Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·I. Britvitch, I. Johnson, D. Renker, A. Stoykov, E. Lorenz	2006	30
18	Radiation hard avalanche photodiodes for the CMS detector Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·Ž. Antunović, I. Britvitch, K. Deiters, N. Godinović, Q. Ingram, С. А. Кузнецов, N. Marinelli, I. Puljak, D. Renker, S. Reucroft, R. Rusack, T. Sakhelashvili, A. Singovski, I. Sorić, J. Swain	2004	29
19	Fast readout of plastic and crystal scintillators by avalanche photodiodes Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·E. Lorenz, S. Natkaniec, D. Renker, B. Schwartz	1994	28
20	A small animal PET prototype based on LSO crystals read out by avalanche photodiodes Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·O. Fries, Stella Bradbury, J. Gebauer, I. Holl, E. Lorenz, D. Renker, S.I. Ziegler	1997	28

About D. Renker

D. Renker is a scholar working on Radiation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 89 papers that have together received 2.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (49 papers), Particle Detector Development and Performance (30 papers), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (24 papers), Nuclear physics research studies (20 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (18 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (13 papers), Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies (11 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Radiation (1.3k citations), Instrumentation (320 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.1k citations), Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (591 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (628 citations). D. Renker has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include E. Lorenz, I. Britvitch, J. Swain, I. Holl, K. Deiters, J.-F. Loude, P. Truöl, J.-P. Perroud, S. Reucroft and T. Sakhelashvili. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Physical Review Letters, Journal of Instrumentation, Nuclear Physics A and Physics Letters B.

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