Luis O. Silva

Luis O. Silva publication distribution in Physics in 2026

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Luis O. Silva 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 Luis O. Silva sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Generating multi-GeV electron bunches using single stage laser wakefield acceleration in a 3D nonlinear regime

  Wei Lu;Michail Tzoufras;Chandrasekar Joshi;Frank S. Tsung

  1075
  Citations

• OSIRIS: A Three-Dimensional, Fully Relativistic Particle in Cell Code for Modeling Plasma Based Accelerators

  Ricardo A. Fonseca;L. O. Silva;F. S. Tsung;Viktor K. Decyk

  884
  Citations

• Proton shock acceleration in laser-plasma interactions.

  Luís Miguel Oliveira Silva;Michael Marti;Jonathan Davies;Ricardo Fonseca

  619
  Citations

• Interpenetrating plasma shells: near-equipartition magnetic field generation and non-thermal particle acceleration

  L. O. Silva;R. A. Fonseca;J. Tonge;J. M. Dawson

  545
  Citations

• Collisionless shocks in laser-produced plasma generate monoenergetic high-energy proton beams

  Dan Haberberger;Sergei Tochitsky;Frederico Fiúza;Chao Gong

  525
  Citations

• Bright spatially coherent synchrotron X-rays from a table-top source

  S. Kneip;C. McGuffey;J. L. Martins;S. F. Martins

  524
  Citations

• Self-Guided Laser Wakefield Acceleration beyond 1 GeV Using Ionization-Induced Injection

  Chris E. Clayton;J. E. Ralph;F. Albert;Ricardo Fonseca

  492
  Citations

• Interpenetrating Plasma Shells: Near-Equipartition Magnetic Field Generation and Nonthermal Particle Acceleration

  Luís Miguel Oliveira Silva;Ricardo Fonseca;John Tonge;John M Dawson

  423
  Citations

• Near-GeV Acceleration of Electrons by a Nonlinear Plasma Wave Driven by a Self-Guided Laser Pulse

  S Kneip;S R Nagel;S F Martins;S P D Mangles

  374
  Citations

• Nuclear reaction rates and energy in stellar plasmas: The effect of highly damped modes

  Merav Opher;Luis O. Silva;Dean E. Dauger;Viktor K. Decyk

  359
  Citations

• Generation of neutral and high-density electron-positron pair plasmas in the laboratory

  G. Sarri;K. Poder;J. M. Cole;W. Schumaker

  350
  Citations

• Beam Loading in the Nonlinear Regime of Plasma-Based Acceleration

  M. Tzoufras;W. Lu;F.S. Tsung;C. Huang

  340
  Citations

• On the role of the purely transverse Weibel instability in fast ignitor scenarios

  Luı́s O. Silva;Ricardo A. Fonseca;John W. Tonge;Warren B. Mori

  293
  Citations

• Laser-driven shock acceleration of monoenergetic ion beams

  F. Fiuza;A. Stockem;E. Boella;R. A. Fonseca

  291
  Citations

• Acceleration of electrons in the plasma wakefield of a proton bunch

  E. Adli;A. Ahuja;O. Apsimon;O. Apsimon;R. Apsimon

  289
  Citations

• Near-GeV-energy laser-wakefield acceleration of self-injected electrons in a centimeter-scale plasma channel.

  F. S. Tsung;Ritesh Narang;W. B. Mori;C. Joshi

  268
  Citations

• One-to-one direct modeling of experiments and astrophysical scenarios: pushing the envelope on kinetic plasma simulations

  R A Fonseca;S F Martins;L O Silva;J W Tonge

  258
  Citations

• Long-time evolution of magnetic fields in relativistic GRB shocks

  Mikhail V. Medvedev;Massimiliano Fiore;Ricardo A. Fonseca;Luis O. Silva

  255
  Citations

• ION DYNAMICS AND ACCELERATION IN RELATIVISTIC SHOCKS

  Samuel Martins;Ricardo Fonseca;Luís Miguel Oliveira Silva;Warren B. Mori

  244
  Citations

• Long-Time Evolution of Magnetic Fields in Relativistic Gamma-Ray Burst Shocks

  Mikhail V. Medvedev;Mikhail V. Medvedev;Massimiliano Fiore;Ricardo Fonseca;Luís Miguel Oliveira Silva

  219
  Citations