2026 Markus Böttcher: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	90	2257	2148	6	5	594	25661

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Physics

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25661

Overview

Markus Böttcher is affiliated with North-West University in South Africa. Their academic work primarily falls within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. Additional subfields of study include Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Aerospace Engineering, and General Health Professions.

The research topics covered by Böttcher span a diverse range of areas:

Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Neutrino Physics Research
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Böttcher's frequent collaborators include M. Ardid, V. Carretero, Paolo Castaldi, M. Chabab, and A. Chen, each having coauthored nine publications with them. These collaborations indicate active engagement with a network of researchers within related domains.

Publication venues where Böttcher has commonly contributed include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Journal of High Energy Physics
Classical and Quantum Gravity

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Böttcher are:

"White paper and roadmap for quantum gravity phenomenology in the multi-messenger era" (2025), Classical and Quantum Gravity
"Galactic observatory science with the ASTRI Mini-Array at the Observatorio del Teide" (2022), Journal of High Energy Astrophysics
"X-ray Observations of 1ES 1959+650 in its high activity state in 2016-2017 with AstroSat and Swift" (2021), arXiv (Cornell University)
"The variety of extreme blazars in the AstroSat view" (2023), Astronomy and Astrophysics
"Probing invisible neutrino decay with KM3NeT/ORCA" (2023), Journal of High Energy Physics

Best Publications

Introducing the CTA concept

B. S. Acharya;M. Actis;T. Aghajani;G. Agnetta

855
Citations
Leptonic and Hadronic Modeling of Fermi-detected Blazars

M. Böttcher;M. Böttcher;A. Reimer;K. Sweeney;A. Prakash

743
Citations
Acceleration of petaelectronvolt protons in the Galactic Centre

A. Abramowski;F. Aharonian;Faical Ait Benkhali;A. G. Akhperjanian

569
Citations
The Afterglows of Swift-era Gamma-ray Bursts. I. Comparing pre-Swift and Swift-era Long/Soft (Type II) GRB Optical Afterglows

D. A. Kann;S. Klose;B. Zhang;D. Malesani

459
Citations
Modeling the emission processes in blazars

Markus Böttcher

415
Citations
Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from GRB 100621A, an extremely bright GRB in X-rays, with H.E.S.S

A. Abramowski;F. Aharonian;F. Ait Benkhali

413
Citations
SYNCHROTRON SELF-COMPTON ANALYSIS OF TeV X-RAY-SELECTED BL LACERTAE OBJECTS

Justin D. Finke;Charles D. Dermer;Markus Böttcher

353
Citations
Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from GRB 100621A, an extremely bright GRB in X-rays, with H.E.S.S

A. Abramowski;Felix A. Aharonian;Faical Ait Benkhali

279
Citations
A multiwavelength view of the TeV blazar markarian 421: Correlated variability, flaring, and spectral evolution

M. Błazejowski;G. Blaylock;I. H. Bond;S. M. Bradbury

273
Citations
A very-high-energy component deep in the γ-ray burst afterglow

H. Abdalla;R. Adam;F. Aharonian;F. Aharonian;F. Ait Benkhali

271
Citations
An Evolutionary Scenario for Blazar Unification

M. Böttcher;C. D. Dermer

246
Citations
Gamma-Ray Studies of Blazars: Synchro-Compton Analysis of Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars

Charles D. Dermer;Justin D. Finke;Hannah Krug;Hannah Krug;Markus Böttcher

244
Citations
X-Ray Spectral Variability Signatures of Flares in BL Lacertae Objects

Markus Bottcher;Markus Bottcher;James Chiang

232
Citations
Multiepoch Multiwavelength Spectra and Models for Blazar 3C 279

R. C. Hartman;M. Bottcher;G. Aldering;H. Aller

227
Citations
High-energy Gamma Rays from Ultra-high-energy Cosmic-Ray Protons in Gamma-Ray Bursts

Markus Böttcher;Markus Böttcher;Charles D. Dermer

222
Citations
The Structure and Emission Model of the Relativistic Jet in the Quasar 3C 279 Inferred from Radio to High-energy γ-Ray Observations in 2008-2010

M. Hayashida;M. Hayashida;G. M. Madejski;K. Nalewajko;M. Sikora

219
Citations
The exceptionally powerful TeV γ-ray emitters in the Large Magellanic Cloud

A. Abramowski;F. A. Aharonian;Faical Ait Benkhali

212
Citations
The population of TeV pulsar wind nebulae in the H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey

H. Abdalla;A. Abramowski;F. Aharonian

211
Citations
The unprecedented optical outburst of the quasar 3C 454.3 - The WEBT campaign of 2004–2005

M. Villata;C. M. Raiteri;T. J. Balonek;M. F. Aller

208
Citations
XIPE: the x-ray imaging polarimetry explorer

P. Soffitta;R. Bellazzini;E. Bozzo;V. Burwitz

180
Citations