R. Cester

12.2k citations

167 papers · 7.8k · 3 hit papers · h-index 45

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 2%
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Neutrino Physics Research
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 148
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 72
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 70
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena 61
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 59
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research 33
- Neutrino Physics Research 30
- Nuclear physics research studies 20
Astronomy and Astrophysics 29
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology 17

Co-authors: Val L. Fitch (8 shared papers)M. S. Witherell (8 shared papers)R. Webb (8 shared papers)Morgan May (9 shared papers)G. Rinaudo (11 shared papers)V. Bisi (8 shared papers)L. Tallone (2 shared papers)A. Marzari Chiesa (3 shared papers)
Journals: Physics Letters B (21 papers)Physical Review Letters (20 papers)Astroparticle Physics (12 papers)Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment (12 papers)Physical review. D (4 papers)
Partner nations: Italy United States Argentina

In The Last Decade

R. Cester

164 papers receiving 7.4k citations

R. Cester's Hit Papers

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Observation of the Suppression of the Flux of Cosmic Rays above 4 × 10 19 eV 2008 · 420 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2008 Physical Review Letters
2007 Science
2004 Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

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1	Properties and performance of the prototype instrument for the Pierre Auger Observatory Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·J. Abraham, M. Aglietta, I.C. Aguirre, Michael G. Albrow, D. Allard, I. Allekotte, P. Allison, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz Hit paper breakdown →	2004	498
2	Correlation of the Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays with Nearby Extragalactic Objects Science ·J. Abraham, Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, Carlos Aguirre, D. Allard, I. Allekotte, J. Allen, P. Allison Hit paper breakdown →	2007	452
3	Observation of the Suppression of the Flux of Cosmic Rays above 4 × 10 19 eV Physical Review Letters ·J. Abraham, Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, Carlos Aguirre, D. Allard, I. Allekotte, J. Allen, P. Allison Hit paper breakdown →	2008	420
4	Measurement of the Depth of Maximum of Extensive Air Showers above 10 18 eV Physical Review Letters ·J. Abraham, Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, E. J. Ahn, D. Allard, I. Allekotte, Jeff Allen, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz	2010	334
5	Measurement of the energy spectrum of cosmic rays above 1018 eV using the Pierre Auger Observatory Physics Letters B ·J. Abraham, Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, E. J. Ahn, D. Allard, Jeff Allen, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, M. Ambrosio	2010	301
6	Depth of maximum of air-shower profiles at the Pierre Auger Observatory. I. Measurements at energies above 1 0 17.8 eV Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·A. Aab, Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, E. J. Ahn, I. Al Samarai, I. F. M. Albuquerque, I. Allekotte, J. Allen	2014	274
7	Correlation of the highest-energy cosmic rays with the positions of nearby active galactic nuclei Astroparticle Physics ·J. Abraham, Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, Carlos Aguirre, D. Allard, I. Allekotte, Jeff Allen, P. Allison	2008	224
8	Depth of maximum of air-shower profiles at the Pierre Auger Observatory. II. Composition implications Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·A. Aab, Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, E. J. Ahn, I. Al Samarai, I. F. M. Albuquerque, I. Allekotte, J. Allen	2014	224
9	The fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·J. Abraham, Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, Carlos Aguirre, E. J. Ahn, D. Allard, I. Allekotte, Jeff Allen	2010	219
10	Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Mean number in highly inclined events Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·A. Aab, Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, E. J. Ahn, I. Al Samarai, I. F. M. Albuquerque, I. Allekotte, J. Allen	2015	176
11	Measurement of the Proton-Air Cross Section at s=57 TeV with the Pierre Auger Observatory Physical Review Letters ·Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, E. J. Ahn, I. F. M. Albuquerque, D. Allard, I. Allekotte, Jeff Allen, P. Allison	2012	173
12	The Pierre Auger Collaboration EPJ Web of Conferences ·Martin Will, Lawrence Wiencke, B WilczyÅska, H WilczyÅski, B. J. Whelan, A. Widom, G. Wieczorek, S. Westerhoff	2013	171
13	A new measurement of direct CP violation in two pion decays of the neutral kaon Physics Letters B ·Viviana Fanti, Adriano Lai, D. Marras, Luciano Musa, Adrian John Bevan, T. J. Gershon, Bruce A. Hay, Roger Moore	1999	167
14	Testing Hadronic Interactions at Ultrahigh Energies with Air Showers Measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory Physical Review Letters ·A. Aab, Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, E. J. Ahn, I. Al Samarai, I. F. M. Albuquerque, I. Allekotte, J.D. Allen	2016	162
15	SEARCHES FOR ANISOTROPIES IN THE ARRIVAL DIRECTIONS OF THE HIGHEST ENERGY COSMIC RAYS DETECTED BY THE PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Aab, Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, E. J. Ahn, I. Al Samarai, I. F. M. Albuquerque, I. Allekotte, J. Allen	2015	146
16	Trigger and aperture of the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·J. Abraham, Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, E. J. Ahn, D. Allard, I. Allekotte, J. Allen, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz	2010	141
17	Upper limit on the cosmic-ray photon flux above 1019eV using the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory Astroparticle Physics ·J. Abraham, Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, Carlos Aguirre, D. Allard, I. Allekotte, J. Allen, P. Allison	2008	126
18	Improved limit to the diffuse flux of ultrahigh energy neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·A. Aab, Pedro T. Abreu, M. Aglietta, E. J. Ahn, I. Al Samarai, I. F. M. Albuquerque, I. Allekotte, P. Allison	2015	121
19	Observation of Levels in CΛ13 , NΛ14 , and OΛ18 Hypernuclei Physical Review Letters ·Morgan May, Henryk Piekarz, Robert E. Chrien, S. Chen, D. Maurizio, Harry Palevsky, Reto Sutter, Y. Xu	1981	109
20	Observation of the 1 P1 state of charmonium Physical Review Letters ·T. A. Armstrong, Diego Bettoni, Venkata Krishna Bharadwaj, Cristina Biino, G. Borreani, D. Broemmelsiek, A. Buzzo, Roberto Calabrese	1992	107

About R. Cester

R. Cester is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Radiation, Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Science, having authored 167 papers that have together received 7.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (72 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (70 papers), Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (61 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (59 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (33 papers), Neutrino Physics Research (30 papers), Nuclear physics research studies (20 papers) and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (7.4k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.7k citations), Radiation (162 citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (232 citations) and Atmospheric Science (220 citations). R. Cester has collaborated with scholars based in Italy, United States and Argentina. Frequent co-authors include Val L. Fitch, M. S. Witherell, R. Webb, Morgan May, G. Rinaudo, V. Bisi, L. Tallone, A. Marzari Chiesa, Anne Kernan and Alan S. Carroll. Their work appears in journals such as Physics Letters B, Physical Review Letters, Astroparticle Physics, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment and Physical review. D.

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