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D. D. Meyerhofer publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where D. D. Meyerhofer sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 691 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

D. D. Meyerhofer D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where D. D. Meyerhofer sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his significant contributions and leadership in the areas of directdrive inertial confinement fusion and highintensity lasermatter interactions, including the observation of photonphoton pair production

Overview

D. D. Meyerhofer is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Meyerhofer's research focuses on the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering, with particular emphasis on subfields including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics such as Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Laser-induced Spectroscopy and Plasma, Nuclear Physics and Applications, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, and Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae.

Meyerhofer has published extensively in several peer-reviewed venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Physics of Plasmas
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Review of Scientific Instruments
  • Physical review. B.
  • High Energy Density Physics

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Meyerhofer are:

  • Measurement of the sound velocity and Grüneisen parameter of polystyrene at inertial confinement fusion conditions, 2020, Physical review. B.
  • Same-sided successive-shock HED instability experiments, 2023, Physics of Plasmas
  • Demonstration of low-mode shape control in indirect-drive double shell implosions at the NIF, 2024, Physics of Plasmas
  • Inferring the temperature profile of the radiative shock in the COAX experiment with shock radiography, Dante, and spectral temperature diagnostics, 2022, Physics of Plasmas
  • Major Scientific Challenges and Opportunities in Understanding Magnetic Reconnection and Related Explosive Phenomena throughout the Universe, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent collaborators include H. F. Robey, Tom Byvank, Chris L. Fryer, Christopher J. Fontes, and Pawel Kozłowski, each having co-authored multiple publications alongside Meyerhofer.

Meyerhofer received recognition as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2002 for contributions in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion and high-intensity laser-matter interactions, including the observation of photon-photon pair production.

Best Publications

  • Positron Production in Multiphoton Light-by-Light Scattering

    D. L. Burke;R. C. Field;G. Horton-Smith;J. E. Spencer

  • Tunneling ionization of noble gases in a high-intensity laser field.

    S. Augst;D. Strickland;D. D. Meyerhofer;S. L. Chin

  • Laser ionization of noble gases by Coulomb-barrier suppression

    S. Augst;D. D. Meyerhofer;D. Strickland;S. L. Chin

  • Observation of Nonlinear Effects in Compton Scattering

    C. Bula;K. T. McDonald;E. J. Prebys;C. Bamber

  • Point design targets, specifications, and requirements for the 2010 ignition campaign on the National Ignition Facility

    S. W. Haan;J. D. Lindl;D. A. Callahan;D. S. Clark

  • Direct-drive inertial confinement fusion: A review

    R. S. Craxton;K. S. Anderson;T. R. Boehly;V. N. Goncharov

  • Studies of nonlinear QED in collisions of 46.6-GeV electrons with intense laser pulses

    C. Bamber;S. J. Boege;T. Koffas;T. Kotseroglou

  • Making relativistic positrons using ultraintense short pulse lasers

    Hui Chen;S. C. Wilks;J. D. Bonlie;S. N. Chen

  • Spectrometry of charged particles from inertial-confinement-fusion plasmas

    F. H. Séguin;J. A. Frenje;C. K. Li;D. G. Hicks

  • High-Energy Petawatt Capability for the Omega Laser

    L.J. Waxer;D.N. Maywar;J.H. Kelly;T.J. Kessler

  • Direct‐drive laser‐fusion experiments with the OMEGA, 60‐beam, >40 kJ, ultraviolet laser system

    J. M. Soures;R. L. McCrory;C. P. Verdon;A. Babushkin

  • Reduction of laser imprinting using polarization smoothing on a solid-state fusion laser

    T. R. Boehly;V. A. Smalyuk;D. D. Meyerhofer;J. P. Knauer

  • Spatial Coherence Measurement of Soft X-Ray Radiation Produced by High Order Harmonic Generation.

    Todd Ditmire;E. T. Gumbrell;R. A. Smith;J. W.G. Tisch

  • Relativistic quasimonoenergetic positron jets from intense laser-solid interactions.

    Hui Chen;S. C. Wilks;D. D. Meyerhofer;J. Bonlie

  • Proton Radiography of Inertial Fusion Implosions

    J. R. Rygg;F. H. Séguin;C. K. Li;J. A. Frenje

  • Observation of the transition from thomson to Compton scattering in multiphoton interactions with low-energy electrons.

    C. I. Moore;J. P. Knauer;D. D. Meyerhofer

  • X-ray Thomson-scattering measurements of density and temperature in shock-compressed beryllium.

    H. J. Lee;P. Neumayer;J. Castor;T. Döppner

  • Laser-driven single shock compression of fluid deuterium from 45 to 220 GPa

    D. G. Hicks;T. R. Boehly;P. M. Celliers;J. H. Eggert

  • Early stage of implosion in inertial confinement fusion: Shock timing and perturbation evolution

    V. N. Goncharov;O. V. Gotchev;E. Vianello;T. R. Boehly

  • Relativistic Positron Creation Using Ultra-Intense Short Pulse Lasers

    H Chen;S Wilks;J Bonlie;E Liang

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Stoeckl
C. Stoeckl University of Rochester
J. P. Knauer
J. P. Knauer University of Rochester
Ronald M. Epstein
Ronald M. Epstein University of Rochester Medical Center
Otto Landen
Otto Landen Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Peter M. Celliers
Peter M. Celliers Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Gilbert Collins
Gilbert Collins University of Rochester
A. J. Mackinnon
A. J. Mackinnon Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
S. W. Haan
S. W. Haan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Siegfried Glenzer
Siegfried Glenzer Stanford University

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