Ian Affleck

34.6k citations
252 papers · 23.7k · 9 hit papers · h-index 74

Impact in

    • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
    • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
    • Theoretical and Computational Physics
    • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
    • Quantum many-body systems
    • Topological Materials and Phenomena
    • Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Papers in

    • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism 171
    • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics 54
    • Theoretical and Computational Physics 45
    • Quantum and electron transport phenomena 105
    • Quantum many-body systems 70
    • Topological Materials and Phenomena 24
    • Magnetic properties of thin films 22

Ian Affleck

250 papers receiving 23.3k citations

Ian Affleck's Hit Papers

Magnetization Plateaus in Spin Chains: “Haldane Gap” for Half-Integer Spins 1997 · 560 citations
5600+15+30Years since publication50010001.5k

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Ian Affleck
Comparison fields: 5 of 86
  • Condensed Matter Physics 15.5k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 15.2k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4.3k
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 3.3k
  • Geometry and Topology 1.5k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ian Affleck, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Rigorous results on valence-bond ground states in antiferromagnets
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19871591
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Valence bond ground states in isotropic quantum antiferromagnets
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19881049
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Large-nlimit of the Heisenberg-Hubbard model: Implications for high-Tcsuperconductors
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1988992
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A new mechanism for baryogenesis
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1985904
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Universal term in the free energy at a critical point and the conformal anomaly
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1986874
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Universal noninteger ‘‘ground-state degeneracy’’ in critical quantum systems
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1991612
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Magnetization Plateaus in Spin Chains: “Haldane Gap” for Half-Integer Spins
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1997560
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Quantum-Statistical Metastability
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1981491
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Critical theory of quantum spin chains
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1987472
10 1984456
11 1996428
12 1989410
13 1986410
14 1985409
15 1989381
16 1991360
17 1989349
18 1988336
19 1992328
20 1993324

About Ian Affleck

Ian Affleck is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Geometry and Topology, having authored 252 papers that have together received 23.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (171 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (105 papers), Quantum many-body systems (70 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (54 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (45 papers), Topological Materials and Phenomena (24 papers), Magnetic properties of thin films (22 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Condensed Matter Physics (15.5k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (15.2k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (4.3k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (3.3k citations) and Geometry and Topology (1.5k citations). Ian Affleck has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Andreas W. W. Ludwig, Masaki Oshikawa, Michael Dine, Élliott H. Lieb, Hal Tasaki, Steven R. White, Nathan Seiberg, Tom Kennedy, Sebastian Eggert and T. A. B. Kennedy. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, Nuclear Physics B, Physical Review B and Physical review. B..

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