2026 Brenda Dingus: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	81	2903	2756	1414	1316	490	29485

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Research.com Recognitions

2006 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For her pioneering work on understanding the highest energy gammaray emission from gammaray bursts

Overview

Brenda Dingus is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on Nuclear and High Energy Physics as well as Astronomy and Astrophysics. Additional subfields they work in include Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Radiation, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their publications cover a range of topics related to astrophysics and cosmic phenomena, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, dark matter and cosmic phenomena, particle detector development and performance, particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, pulsars and gravitational waves research, and broader astrophysical phenomena and observations.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include:

Kwok Lung Fan
F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla
H. A. Ayala Solares
J. A. García-González
J. A. Goodman

Common venues for publication feature:

Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference - PoS(ICRC2021)
arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

Selected recent publications include:

Evidence of 200 TeV Photons from HAWC J1825-134, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory in México: The primary detector, 2023, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
Lightning Interferometry Uncertainty, Beam Steering Interferometry, and Evidence of Lightning Being Ignited by a Cosmic Ray Shower, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Constraining the local burst rate density of primordial black holes with HAWC, 2020, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Search for gamma-ray spectral lines from dark matter annihilation in dwarf galaxies with the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov observatory, 2020, Physical Review D

In 2006, Brenda Dingus was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for pioneering work on understanding the highest energy gamma-ray emissions from gamma-ray bursts.

Best Publications

The Third Egret Catalog of High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources

R. C. Hartman;D. L. Bertsch;S. D. Bloom;S. D. Bloom;A. W. Chen

2722
Citations
The Likelihood Analysis of EGRET Data

J. R. Mattox;D. L. Bertsch;J. Chiang;B. L. Dingus

1569
Citations
EGRET Observations of the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission from the Galactic Plane

S. D. Hunter;D. L. Bertsch;J. R. Catelli;J. R. Catelli;T. M. Dame

1251
Citations
EGRET Observations of the Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Emission

P. Sreekumar;P. Sreekumar;D. L. Bertsch;B. L. Dingus;J. A. Esposito;J. A. Esposito

1122
Citations
Detection of a γ-ray burst of very long duration and very high energy

K. Hurley;B. L. Dingus;B. L. Dingus;R. Mukherjee;R. Mukherjee;P. Sreekumar;P. Sreekumar

962
Citations
A limit on the variation of the speed of light arising from quantum gravity effects

A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;K. Asano

755
Citations
The Second EGRET Catalog of High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources

D. J. Thompson;D. L. Bertsch;B. L. Dingus;J. A. Esposito

691
Citations
High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from Active Galaxies: EGRET Observations and Their Implications

C. von Montigny;D. L. Bertsch;J. Chiang;B. L. Dingus

665
Citations
Fermi Observations of GRB 090902B: A Distinct Spectral Component in the Prompt and Delayed Emission

A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;K. Asano

588
Citations
The First Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) Source Catalog

C. E. Fichtel;D. L. Bertsch;J. Chiang;B. L. Dingus

529
Citations
Fermi observations of GRB 090510 : A short-hard gamma-ray burst with an additional, hard power-law component from 10 keV to GeV energies

Markus Ackermann;K. Asano;W. B. Atwood;Magnus Axelsson;Magnus Axelsson

483
Citations
Extended gamma-ray sources around pulsars constrain the origin of the positron flux at Earth

A. U. Abeysekara;A. Albert;R. Alfaro;C. Alvarez

468
Citations
EGRET Observations of High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from Blazars: An Update

R. Mukherjee;R. Mukherjee;R. Mukherjee;D. L. Bertsch;S. D. Bloom;B. L. Dingus;B. L. Dingus;B. L. Dingus

417
Citations
TeV Gamma-ray Sources from a survey of the Galactic Plane with Milagro

A. A. Abdo;B. Allen;D. Berley;S. Casanova

384
Citations
The First FERMI-LAT Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog

M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;K. Asano;M. Axelsson;M. Axelsson

382
Citations
A γ-ray burst with a high-energy spectral component inconsistent with the synchrotron shock model

M. M. González;M. M. González;B. L. Dingus;B. L. Dingus;Y. Kaneko;R. D. Preece

377
Citations
The 2HWC HAWC Observatory Gamma-Ray Catalog

A. U. Abeysekara;A. Albert;R. Alfaro;C. Alvarez

354
Citations
Observation of the Crab Nebula with the HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory

A. U. Abeysekara;A. Albert;R. Alfaro;C. Alvarez

343
Citations
High-energy gamma-ray emission from the Galactic Center

H. A. Mayer-Hasselwander;D. L. Bertsch;B. L. Dingus;A. Eckart

311
Citations
Discovery of TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from the Cygnus Region of the Galaxy

A. A. Abdo;B. Allen;D. Berley;E. Blaufuss

302
Citations