F.A. Beck

3.9k citations

123 papers · 3.4k · 1 hit paper · h-index 27

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Neutrino Physics Research
Radiation top 1%
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 121
- Nuclear physics research studies 110
- Particle Detector Development and Performance 13
Radiation 14
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies 14

Co-authors: T. Byrski (57 shared papers)Paul J. Nolan (4 shared papers)Gilbert Duchêne (26 shared papers)D. Curien (24 shared papers)P.J. Twin (12 shared papers)Gilles de France (13 shared papers)David B. Fossan (1 shared paper)M. A. Bentley (7 shared papers)
Journals: Nuclear Physics A (26 papers)Physical Review C (19 papers)The European Physical Journal A (15 papers)Physical Review Letters (13 papers)Physics Letters B (12 papers)
Partner nations: France United Kingdom Poland

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F.A. Beck

119 papers receiving 3.3k citations

F.A. Beck's Hit Papers

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AGATA—Advanced GAmma Tracking Array 2011 · 367 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2011 Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

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1	AGATA—Advanced GAmma Tracking Array Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·S. Akkoyun, Alejandro Algora, Babak Alikhani, F. Ameil, G. de Angelis, L. Arnold, A. Ataç Nyberg, C. Aufranc Hit paper breakdown →	2011	367
2	The Clover: a new generation of composite Ge detectors Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·Gilbert Duchêne, F.A. Beck, P.J. Twin, Gilles de France, D. Curien, Li Han, C. W. Beausang, M. A. Bentley	1999	312
3	Measurements on prototype Ge and BGO detectors for the Eurogam array Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·C. W. Beausang, S. A. Forbes, Paul Fallon, Paul J. Nolan, P.J. Twin, J.N. Mo, J.C. Lisle, M. A. Bentley	1992	234
4	Large Arrays of Escape-Suppressed Gamma-Ray Detectors Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science ·Paul J. Nolan, F.A. Beck, David B. Fossan	1994	213
5	Observation of identical superdeformed bands inN=86 nuclei Physical Review Letters ·T. Byrski, F.A. Beck, D. Curien, Carsten Schuck, Paul Fallon, Andrew Alderson, M. A. Bentley, Alison Bruce	1990	203
6	Calibration of the new composite “clover” detector as a Compton polarimeter for the EUROGAM array Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·F.A. Beck, Peter A. Butler, T. Byrski, Gilbert Duchêne, Gilles de France, F. Hannachi, G.D. Jones, Bachir Kharraja +2 others	1995	146
7	EUROBALL: Large gamma ray spectrometers through european collaborations Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics ·F.A. Beck	1992	128
8	ΔI=4 bifurcation in a superdeformed band: Evidence for a C4 symmetry Physical Review Letters ·Stéphane Flibotte, H.R. Andrews, Gordon Ball, C. W. Beausang, F.A. Beck, G. Bélier, T. Byrski, D. Curien	1993	113
9	Superdeformed bands in 150Gd and 151Tb: Evidence for the influence of high-N intruder states at large deformations Physics Letters B ·Paul Fallon, Andrew Alderson, M. A. Bentley, Alison Bruce, P.D. Forsyth, David Howe, Joseph W. Roberts, John F. Sharpey-Schafer	1989	61
10	Strong Angular Momentum Effects in Near-Barrier Fusion Reactions Physical Review Letters ·Bernard Haas, Gilbert Duchêne, F.A. Beck, T. Byrski, C. Gehringer, J.C. Merdinger, A. Nourredine, V. Rauch	1985	55
11	High-spin excitations of 187, 188Hg Nuclear Physics A ·F. Hannachi, G. Bastin, Marie-Geneviève Porquet, Carsten Schuck, J. P. Thibaud, C. Bourgeois, L. Hildingsson, Dan Jerrestam	1988	55
12	Lifetime Measurements of Superdeformed Bands in 148–149Gd and 152Dy :Evidence for Structure-Dependent Elongations Physical Review Letters ·H. Savajols, A. Korichi, D. Ward, Duncan Appelbe, Gordon Ball, C. W. Beausang, F.A. Beck, T. Byrski	1996	55
13	Yrast Isomers and Possible Oblate Shape in Dy152 Physical Review Letters ·J.C. Merdinger, F.A. Beck, T. Byrski, C. Gehringer, J. P. Vivien, E. Bożek, Jan Styczen	1979	52
14	Excited bands in the doubly-magic superdeformed 152Dy nucleus: evidence for the first N = 7 proton hyper-intruder orbital Physics Letters B ·P. J. Dagnall, C. W. Beausang, P.J. Twin, M. A. Bentley, F.A. Beck, T. Byrski, D. Curien, Gilbert Duchêne	1994	51
15	Second Irregularity in the Yrast Line of Yb160 Physical Review Letters ·F.A. Beck, E. Bożek, T. Byrski, C. Gehringer, J.C. Merdinger, Yves Roland Schutz, Jan Styczen, J. P. Vivien	1979	45
16	Multi-particle excitations in the superdeformed 149Gd nucleus Nuclear Physics A ·Stéphane Flibotte, Greg Hackman, I. Ragnarsson, Ch. Theisen, H.R. Andrews, Gordon Ball, C. W. Beausang, F.A. Beck	1995	43
17	Consistency study of DSA lifetime measurements Nuclear Physics A ·C. Broude, F.A. Beck, P. Engelstein	1973	39
18	Search for correlations between prolate-shape collective and oblate-shape non-collective nuclear rotation: High-spin states in 159,160Yb Nuclear Physics A ·T. Byrski, F.A. Beck, J.C. Merdinger, A. Nourreddine, H. W. Cranmer-Gordon, D. Elenkov, P.D. Forsyth, David Howe	1987	37
19	γ rays in the 2–18 MeV range from the reaction 120 Sn( 28 Si, 4n) 144 Gd Physics Letters B ·Bernard Haas, D. C. Radford, F.A. Beck, T. Byrski, C. Gehringer, J.C. Merdinger, A. Nourredine, Yves Roland Schutz	1983	35
20	High-spin structure of Tl189 : Role of h9/2 protons in the prolate minimum of light Hg isotopes Physical Review C ·Marie-Geneviève Porquet, Andres Juan Kreiner, F. Hannachi, Vito Roberto Vanin, G. Bastin, C. Bourgeois, Jorge Davidson, Mario Ernesto Debray	1991	31

About F.A. Beck

F.A. Beck is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Control and Systems Engineering, having authored 123 papers that have together received 3.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nuclear physics research studies (110 papers), Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (14 papers), Particle Detector Development and Performance (13 papers), Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials (5 papers), Ion-surface interactions and analysis (1 paper), Atomic and Molecular Physics (1 paper), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (1 paper) and Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (3.2k citations), Radiation (434 citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (95 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (34 citations) and Control and Systems Engineering (21 citations). F.A. Beck has collaborated with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Poland. Frequent co-authors include T. Byrski, Paul J. Nolan, Gilbert Duchêne, D. Curien, P.J. Twin, Gilles de France, David B. Fossan, M. A. Bentley, J. P. Vivien and J.C. Merdinger. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Physics A, Physical Review C, The European Physical Journal A, Physical Review Letters and Physics Letters B.

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