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S. Peter Gary 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 S. Peter Gary sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 476 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

S. Peter Gary 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 S. Peter Gary sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% 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

  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

S. Peter Gary is affiliated with the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within physics and astronomy, with a particular emphasis on solar and space plasma dynamics and ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics. Their work also extends to magnetic confinement fusion research, fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma, as well as advanced fluorescence microscopy and biosensing techniques.

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications in various journals and repositories. Recent papers include:

  • Super-Alfvénic Propagation and Damping of Reconnection Onset Signatures, 2021, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Scalings for the Alfvén-cyclotron instability: Linear dispersion theory and hybrid particle-in-cell simulations: Scalings of Alfven-Cyclotron Instability, 2021, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Particle-in-cell Simulations of Decaying Plasma Turbulence: Linear Instabilities versus Nonlinear Processes in 3D and 2.5D Approximations, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Whistler turbulence vs. whistler anisotropy instability: Particle-in-cell simulation and statistical analysis, 2022, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Lattice light-sheet microscopy allows for super-resolution imaging of receptors in leaf tissue, 2024, Biophysical Journal

Frequent co-authors include:

  • T. N. Parashar
  • R. Bandyopadhyay
  • Ramiz A. Qudsi
  • W. H. Matthaeus
  • B. A. Maruca

The scientist has published frequently in the following venues:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Main fields of study include physics and astronomy, with subfields in astronomy and astrophysics, nuclear and high energy physics, computational mechanics, mechanics of materials, and biophysics.

Key topics of their research cover solar and space plasma dynamics, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, magnetic confinement fusion research, fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma, and advanced fluorescence microscopy and biosensing techniques.

In 2018, S. Peter Gary was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • Theory of Space Plasma Microinstabilities

    S. Peter Gary

  • Solar wind electrons

    W. C. Feldman;J. R. Asbridge;S. J. Bame;M. D. Montgomery

  • Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) Investigation: Design of the Solar Wind and Coronal Plasma Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus

    Justin C. Kasper;Justin C. Kasper;Robert Abiad;Gerry Austin;Marianne Balat-Pichelin

  • Electron velocity distributions near the Earth's bow shock

    W. C. Feldman;R. C. Anderson;S. J. Bame;S. P. Gary

  • Alfvénic velocity spikes and rotational flows in the near-Sun solar wind

    Justin C. Kasper;Justin C. Kasper;Stuart D. Bale;Stuart D. Bale;John W. Belcher;Matthieu Berthomier

  • Electromagnetic ion/ion instabilities and their consequences in space plasmas: A review

    S. Peter Gary

  • The electron‐acoustic mode

    S. Peter Gary;Robert L. Tokar

  • The mirror and ion cyclotron anisotropy instabilities

    S. Peter Gary

  • Wind/SWE observations of firehose constraint on solar wind proton temperature anisotropy

    Justin C. Kasper;Alan J. Lazarus;S. Peter Gary

  • Electrostatic hiss and the beam driven electron acoustic instability in the dayside polar cusp

    Robert L. Tokar;S. Peter Gary

  • Whistler instability: Electron anisotropy upper bound

    S. Peter Gary;Joseph Wang

  • Magnetic spectral signatures in the Earth's magnetosheath and plasma depletion layer

    Brian J. Anderson;Stephen A. Fuselier;S. Peter Gary;Richard E. Denton

  • Electromagnetic ion beam instabilities

    S. Peter Gary;Charles W. Smith;Martin A. Lee;Melvyn L. Goldstein

  • Solar wind magnetic fluctuation spectra: Dispersion versus damping

    Olaf Stawicki;S. Peter Gary;Hui Li

  • Ion anisotropy instabilities in the magnetosheath

    S. Peter Gary;Stephen A. Fuselier;Brian J. Anderson

  • INSTABILITY-DRIVEN LIMITS ON HELIUM TEMPERATURE ANISOTROPY IN THE SOLAR WIND: OBSERVATIONS AND LINEAR VLASOV ANALYSIS

    Bennett A. Maruca;Justin C. Kasper;S. Peter Gary

  • MAGNETIC HELICITY SPECTRUM OF SOLAR WIND FLUCTUATIONS AS A FUNCTION OF THE ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO THE LOCAL MEAN MAGNETIC FIELD

    J. J. Podesta;S. P. Gary

  • Heat flux instabilities in the solar wind

    S. Peter Gary;W. C. Feldman;D. W. Forslund;M. D. Montgomery

  • Hot Solar-Wind Helium: Direct Evidence for Local Heating by Alfven-Cyclotron Dissipation

    J. C. Kasper;A. J. Lazarus;S. P. Gary

  • The proton cyclotron instability and the anisotropy/β inverse correlation

    S. Peter Gary;Michael E. McKean;Dan Winske;Brian J. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Dan Winske
Dan Winske Los Alamos National Laboratory
Michelle F. Thomsen
Michelle F. Thomsen Planetary Science Institute
Brian J. Anderson
Brian J. Anderson Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
W. C. Feldman
W. C. Feldman Los Alamos National Laboratory
Joseph Wang
Joseph Wang University of California, San Diego
Justin C. Kasper
Justin C. Kasper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John T. Steinberg
John T. Steinberg Los Alamos National Laboratory
David J. McComas
David J. McComas Princeton University
Nathan A. Schwadron
Nathan A. Schwadron University of New Hampshire
S. J. Bame
S. J. Bame Los Alamos National Laboratory

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