2026 S. Peter Gary: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	91	2194	2086	1115	1041	476	27057

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Current World Ranking

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Physics

2194

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1041

476

27057

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

787
Citations
Solar wind electrons

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

764
Citations
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

709
Citations
Electron velocity distributions near the Earth's bow shock

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

472
Citations
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

461
Citations
Electromagnetic ion/ion instabilities and their consequences in space plasmas: A review

S. Peter Gary

446
Citations
The electron‐acoustic mode

S. Peter Gary;Robert L. Tokar

401
Citations
The mirror and ion cyclotron anisotropy instabilities

S. Peter Gary

346
Citations
Wind/SWE observations of firehose constraint on solar wind proton temperature anisotropy

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

323
Citations
Electrostatic hiss and the beam driven electron acoustic instability in the dayside polar cusp

Robert L. Tokar;S. Peter Gary

310
Citations
Whistler instability: Electron anisotropy upper bound

S. Peter Gary;Joseph Wang

281
Citations
Magnetic spectral signatures in the Earth's magnetosheath and plasma depletion layer

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

279
Citations
Electromagnetic ion beam instabilities

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

267
Citations
Solar wind magnetic fluctuation spectra: Dispersion versus damping

Olaf Stawicki;S. Peter Gary;Hui Li

248
Citations
Ion anisotropy instabilities in the magnetosheath

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

239
Citations
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

238
Citations
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

226
Citations
Heat flux instabilities in the solar wind

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

219
Citations
Hot Solar-Wind Helium: Direct Evidence for Local Heating by Alfven-Cyclotron Dissipation

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

212
Citations
The proton cyclotron instability and the anisotropy/β inverse correlation

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

211
Citations