P. M. Walker

11k citations

425 papers · 9.2k · 1 hit paper · h-index 48

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Astronomical and nuclear sciences
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
Radiation top 2%
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 417
- Nuclear physics research studies 412
- Astronomical and nuclear sciences 14
- Particle Detector Development and Performance 2
Radiation 8
- Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques 5
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies 3

Co-authors: G.D. Dracoulis (57 shared papers)Furong Xu (40 shared papers)Ramon A. Wyss (8 shared papers)F. G. Kondev (22 shared papers)A.P. Byrne (29 shared papers)Patrick Regan (29 shared papers)T. Kibédi (28 shared papers)Javid A. Sheikh (7 shared papers)
Journals: Physical Review C (107 papers)Physics Letters B (62 papers)Nuclear Physics A (43 papers)Physical Review Letters (25 papers)Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics (19 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Germany United States

In The Last Decade

P. M. Walker

408 papers receiving 9.1k citations

P. M. Walker'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	Energy traps in atomic nuclei Nature ·P. M. Walker, G.D. Dracoulis	1999	387
2	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
3	Multi-quasiparticle potential-energy surfaces Physics Letters B ·Furong Xu, P. M. Walker, Javid A. Sheikh, Ramon A. Wyss	1998	163
4	Enhanced Stability of Superheavy Nuclei Due to High-Spin Isomerism Physical Review Letters ·Furong Xu, En-Guang Zhao, Ramon A. Wyss, P. M. Walker	2004	129
5	Review of metastable states in heavy nuclei Reports on Progress in Physics ·G.D. Dracoulis, P. M. Walker, F. G. Kondev	2016	127
6	β -Decay Half-Lives of Very Neutron-Rich Kr to Tc Isotopes on the Boundary of the r -Process Path: An Indication of Fast r -Matter Flow Physical Review Letters ·Shunji Nishimura, Zhuo Dai LI, H. Watanabe, Kenta Yoshinaga, Toshiyuki Sumikama, Kizashi Yamaguchi, Mizuki Kurata-Nishimura, Giuseppe Lorusso	2011	118
7	Physics book: CRYRING@ESR The European Physical Journal Special Topics ·M. Lestinsky, Victor A. Andrianov, B. Aurand, V. Bagnoud, Dietrich Bernhardt, Heinrich Beyer, Shawn Bishop, Klaus Blaum	2016	116
8	Multi-quasiparticle states in the mass-180 region Nuclear Physics A ·Kiran Jain, O. Burglin, G.D. Dracoulis, B. Fabricius, N. Rowley, P. M. Walker	1995	109
9	Nuclear structure studies of short-lived neutron-rich nuclei with the novel large-scale isochronous mass spectrometry at the FRS-ESR facility Nuclear Physics A ·Bao-Hua Sun, R. Knöbel, Yu. A. Litvinov, Hans Geissel, Jie Meng, K. Beckert, F. Bosch, D. Boutin	2008	102
10	Storage ring at HIE-ISOLDE The European Physical Journal Special Topics ·Manfred Grieser, Yu. A. Litvinov, R. Raabe, Klaus Blaum, Y. Blumenfeld, Peter A. Butler, F. Wenander, P. J. Woods	2012	98
11	Decay of high-spin isomers in Os nuclei by barrier penetration Nuclear Physics A ·P. Chowdhury, B. Fabricius, Carl J. Christensen, Fatma Azgui, S. Bjørnholm, J. Borggreen, J. Pedersen, Geirr Sletten	1988	92
12	Multi-quasiparticle and rotational structures in 179W: Fermi alignment, the ifK-selection rule and blocking Nuclear Physics A ·P. M. Walker, G.D. Dracoulis, A.P. Byrne, B. Fabricius, T. Kibédi, Andrew E. Stuchbery, N. Rowley	1994	88
13	Study of 170,171,173Ta isotopes at high spinṡ Nuclear Physics A ·J. C. S. Bacelar, R. Chapman, J. R. Leslie, J.C. Lisle, J.N. Mo, E. S. Paul, A. Simcock, J C Willmott	1985	85
14	Exotic Isomers in Deformed Atomic Nuclei Hyperfine Interactions ·P. M. Walker, G.D. Dracoulis	2001	81
15	Recent results in fragmentation isomer spectroscopy with rising Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms ·S. Piétri, Patrick Regan, Zs. Podolyák, D. Rudolph, S. J. Steer, A. B. Garnsworthy, E. Werner-Malento, R. Hoischen	2007	80
16	94 β -Decay Half-Lives of Neutron-Rich Cs55 to Ho67 : Experimental Feedback and Evaluation of the r -Process Rare-Earth Peak Formation Physical Review Letters ·Jin Wu, Shunji Nishimura, Giuseppe Lorusso, Peter Möller, E. Ideguchi, Patrick Regan, Gary S. Simpson, P.-A. Söderström	2017	80
17	K-forbidden transitions from multi-quasiparticle states Physics Letters B ·P. M. Walker, D. M. Cullen, C.S. Purry, Duncan Appelbe, A.P. Byrne, G.D. Dracoulis, T. Kibédi, F. G. Kondev	1997	79
18	Oblate stability of A ≈ 110 nuclei near the r -process path Physical Review C ·Furong Xu, P. M. Walker, Ramon A. Wyss	2002	79
19	Isomeric states observed in heavy neutron-rich nuclei populated in the fragmentation of a 208 Pb beam Physical Review C ·S. J. Steer, Zs. Podolyák, S. Piétri, Magda Gorska Grginovic, Hubert Grawe, K. H. Maier, Patrick Regan, D. Rudolph	2011	73
20	Isomer spectroscopy of neutron rich 190W116 Physics Letters B ·Zs. Podolyák, Patrick Regan, Marek Pfützner, Jürgen Gerl, M. Hellström, M. Caamaño, P. Mayet, C. Schlegel	2000	71

About P. M. Walker

P. M. Walker is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Aerospace Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics, having authored 425 papers that have together received 9.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nuclear physics research studies (412 papers), Astronomical and nuclear sciences (14 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (9 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (6 papers), Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques (5 papers), Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (3 papers), Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena (2 papers) and Particle Detector Development and Performance (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (8.8k citations), Radiation (406 citations), Nuclear Energy and Engineering (7 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (360 citations) and Aerospace Engineering (179 citations). P. M. Walker has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include G.D. Dracoulis, Furong Xu, Ramon A. Wyss, F. G. Kondev, A.P. Byrne, Patrick Regan, T. Kibédi, Javid A. Sheikh, B. Fabricius and Geirr Sletten. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review C, Physics Letters B, Nuclear Physics A, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics.

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