T. E. Cowan

20.8k citations

227 papers · 11.4k · 5 hit papers · h-index 47

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.05%
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
Mechanics of Materials top 0.02%
- Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 181
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 154
Mechanics of Materials 124
- Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma 101
- Muon and positron interactions and applications 23

Co-authors: R. A. Snavely (13 shared papers)S. P. Hatchett (13 shared papers)S. C. Wilks (11 shared papers)Deanna M. Pennington (10 shared papers)A. J. Mackinnon (10 shared papers)H. Rühl (19 shared papers)M. H. Key (7 shared papers)M. Roth (18 shared papers)
Journals: Physics of Plasmas (27 papers)Physical Review Letters (22 papers)Review of Scientific Instruments (10 papers)Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment (9 papers)Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (9 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States France

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T. E. Cowan

213 papers receiving 11.0k citations

T. E. Cowan's Hit Papers

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Isochoric Heating of Solid-Density Matter with an Ultrafast Proton Beam 2003 · 458 citations

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

it has ≥500 total citations;
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.

2003 Physical Review Letters
2001 Physical Review Letters
2001 Physics of Plasmas
2000 Physical Review Letters
1999 Nature

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1	Energetic proton generation in ultra-intense laser–solid interactions Physics of Plasmas ·S. C. Wilks, A. B. Langdon, T. E. Cowan, M. Roth, M. S. Singh, S. P. Hatchett, M. H. Key, Deanna M. Pennington, A. J. Mackinnon, R. A. Snavely Hit paper breakdown →	2001	1303
2	Intense High-Energy Proton Beams from Petawatt-Laser Irradiation of Solids Physical Review Letters ·R. A. Snavely, M. H. Key, S. P. Hatchett, T. E. Cowan, M. Roth, T. W. Phillips, M. A. Stoyer, E. A. Henry, T. C. Sangster, M. S. Singh, S. C. Wilks, A. J. Mackinnon, A. A. Offenberger, Deanna M. Pennington, K. Yasuike, A. B. Langdon, B. F. Lasinski, J. Johnson, M. D. Perry, E. M. Campbell Hit paper breakdown →	2000	1256
3	Fast Ignition by Intense Laser-Accelerated Proton Beams Physical Review Letters ·M. Roth, T. E. Cowan, M. H. Key, S. P. Hatchett, C. Brown, W. F. Fountain, J. Johnson, Deanna M. Pennington, R. A. Snavely, S. C. Wilks, K. Yasuike, H. Rühl, Ф. Пегораро, S. V. Bulanov, E. M. Campbell, M. D. Perry, H. T. Powell Hit paper breakdown →	2001	1014
4	Nuclear fusion from explosions of femtosecond laser-heated deuterium clusters Nature ·(unknown), J. Zweiback, V. Yanovsky, T. E. Cowan, Graeme C. Hays, K. B. Wharton Hit paper breakdown →	1999	619
5	Isochoric Heating of Solid-Density Matter with an Ultrafast Proton Beam Physical Review Letters ·P. K. Patel, A. J. Mackinnon, M. H. Key, T. E. Cowan, Mark Foord, M. Allen, D. Price, H. Rühl, P. T. Springer, R. B. Stephens Hit paper breakdown →	2003	458
6	MeV Ion Jets from Short-Pulse-Laser Interaction with Thin Foils Physical Review Letters ·B. M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, G. Pretzler, D. Habs, K. Witte, William B. Guenther, M. Allen, A. Blažević, J. Fuchs, J. C. Gauthier, Matthias Geißel, P. Audebert, T. E. Cowan, M. Roth	2002	327
7	Observation of correlated narrow-peak structures in positron and electron spectra from superheavy collision systems Physical Review Letters ·T. E. Cowan, H. Backe, Κ. Bethge, H. Bokemeyer, H. Folger, J. S. Greenberg, K. Sakaguchi, D. Schwalm, J.E. Schweppe, K. E. Stiebing, P. Vincent	1986	260
8	Nuclear Fusion Driven by Coulomb Explosions of Large Deuterium Clusters Physical Review Letters ·J. Zweiback, Russell Smith, T. E. Cowan, Graeme C. Hays, K. B. Wharton, V. Yanovsky, (unknown)	2000	239
9	Observation of a Peak Structure in Positron Spectra from U+Cm Collisions Physical Review Letters ·J.E. Schweppe, A. Gruppe, Κ. Bethge, H. Bokemeyer, T. E. Cowan, H. Folger, J. S. Greenberg, H. Grein, S. Ito, Roland Schüle, D. Schwalm, K. E. Stiebing, Ν. Trautmann, P. Vincent, M. Waldschmidt	1983	232
10	High energy proton acceleration in interaction of short laser pulse with dense plasma target Physics of Plasmas ·Y. Sentoku, T. E. Cowan, A. Kemp, H. Rühl	2003	223
11	Anomalous Positron Peaks from Supercritical Collision Systems Physical Review Letters ·T. E. Cowan, H. Backe, Marianne H. Begemann, Κ. Bethge, H. Bokemeyer, H. Folger, J. S. Greenberg, H. Grein, A. Gruppe, Yoshiaki Kido, M. Klüver, D. Schwalm, J.E. Schweppe, K. E. Stiebing, Ν. Trautmann, P. Vincent	1985	214
12	Dynamics of Electric Fields Driving the Laser Acceleration of Multi-MeV Protons Physical Review Letters ·L. Romagnani, J. Fuchs, M. Borghesi, P. Antici, P. Audebert, F. Ceccherini, T. E. Cowan, Thomas Grismayer, S. Kar, Andrea Macchi, P. Mora, G. Pretzler, A. Schiavi, T. Toncian, O. Willi	2005	209
13	Energetic ions generated by laser pulses: A detailed study on target properties Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams ·M. Roth, A. Blažević, Matthias Geißel, T. Schlegel, T. E. Cowan, M. Allen, J. C. Gauthier, P. Audebert, J. Fuchs, J. Meyer‐ter‐Vehn, B. M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, A. Pukhov	2002	178
14	Photonuclear Fission from High Energy Electrons from Ultraintense Laser-Solid Interactions Physical Review Letters ·T. E. Cowan, A. Hunt, T. W. Phillips, S. C. Wilks, M. D. Perry, C. Brown, W. F. Fountain, S. P. Hatchett, J. Johnson, M. H. Key, T. A. Parnell, Deanna M. Pennington, R. A. Snavely, Y. Takahashi	2000	170
15	The scaling of proton energies in ultrashort pulse laser plasma acceleration New Journal of Physics ·Karl Zeil, Stephan Kraft, Stefan Bock, Michael Bußmann, T. E. Cowan, T. Kluge, Josefine Metzkes-Ng, Tim Richter, R. Sauerbrey, U. Schramm	2010	153
16	The use of an electron beam ion trap in the study of highly charged ions Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms ·M. A. Levine, R. E. Marrs, J. N. Bardsley, P. Beiersdörfer, C. L. Bennett, M.H. Chen, T. E. Cowan, D. D. Dietrich, J. Henderson, D. A. Knapp, A. L. Osterheld, B. M. Penetrante, M. B. Schneider, J. H. Scofield	1989	147
17	Laser light and hot electron micro focusing using a conical target Physics of Plasmas ·Y. Sentoku, K. Mima, H. Rühl, Yusuke Toyama, R. Kodama, T. E. Cowan	2004	140
18	Spatial Uniformity of Laser-Accelerated Ultrahigh-Current MeV Electron Propagation in Metals and Insulators Physical Review Letters ·J. Fuchs, T. E. Cowan, P. Audebert, H. Rühl, L. Grémillet, A. Kemp, M. Allen, A. Blažević, J. C. Gauthier, Matthias Geißel, B. M. Hegelich, S. Karsch, P.B. Parks, M. Roth, Y. Sentoku, R. B. Stephens, E. M. Campbell	2003	136
19	Characterization of Fusion Burn Time in Exploding Deuterium Cluster Plasmas Physical Review Letters ·J. Zweiback, T. E. Cowan, R. A. Smith, J. H. Hartley, R. H. Howell, C. A. Steinke, Graeme C. Hays, K. B. Wharton, John K. Crane, (unknown)	2000	133
20	Increased laser-accelerated proton energies via direct laser-light-pressure acceleration of electrons in microcone targets Physics of Plasmas ·Ségolène Gaillard, T. Kluge, Kirk Flippo, Michael Bußmann, B. Gall, T. Lockard, Matthias Geißel, Dustin Offermann, Marius Schollmeier, Y. Sentoku, T. E. Cowan	2011	125

About T. E. Cowan

T. E. Cowan is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mechanics of Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Geophysics and Radiation, having authored 227 papers that have together received 11.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (154 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (101 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (60 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (48 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (26 papers), Muon and positron interactions and applications (23 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (22 papers) and Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (9.7k citations), Mechanics of Materials (6.4k citations), Geophysics (3.3k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (6.0k citations) and Radiation (1.4k citations). T. E. Cowan has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include R. A. Snavely, S. P. Hatchett, S. C. Wilks, Deanna M. Pennington, A. J. Mackinnon, H. Rühl, M. H. Key, M. Roth, M. S. Singh and J. Zweiback. Their work appears in journals such as Physics of Plasmas, Physical Review Letters, Review of Scientific Instruments, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment and Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion.

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