Leon M. Lederman
Impact in
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.5%
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Neutrino Physics Research
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Radiation top 2%
Papers in
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- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 73
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research 42
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 40
- Neutrino Physics Research 13
- Nuclear physics research studies 10
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena 10
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- Muon and positron interactions and applications 23
- Co-authors
- Richard L. Garwin (8 shared papers)J. K. Yoh (27 shared papers)R. A. Burnstein (6 shared papers)T. Yamanouchi (24 shared papers)Bruce Brown (19 shared papers)H. D. Snyder (18 shared papers)D. C. Hom (18 shared papers)C. N. Brown (15 shared papers)
- Journals
- Physical Review Letters (40 papers)Physics Today (14 papers)Science (11 papers)Physics Letters B (7 papers)Scientific American (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesSwitzerlandUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Leon M. Lederman
159 papers receiving 4.6k citations
Leon M. Lederman's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 151
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3.7k
- Radiation 298
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 748
- Mechanics of Materials 424
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 174
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | Observation of a Dimuon Resonance at 9.5 GeV in 400-GeV Proton-Nucleus Collisions Hit paper breakdown → | 1977 | 590 |
| 2 | Observations of the Failure of Conservation of Parity and Charge Conjugation in Meson Decays: the Magnetic Moment of the Free Muon Hit paper breakdown → | 1957 | 489 |
| 3 | Observation of High-Energy Neutrino Reactions and the Existence of Two Kinds of Neutrinos Hit paper breakdown → | 1962 | 325 |
| 4 | 1973 | 161 | |
| 5 | 2001 | 155 | |
| 6 | 1970 | 152 | |
| 7 | 1978 | 111 | |
| 8 | 1981 | 104 | |
| 9 | 1952 | 98 | |
| 10 | 1963 | 82 | |
| 11 | 1978 | 70 | |
| 12 | 1976 | 69 | |
| 13 | 1976 | 68 | |
| 14 | 1956 | 64 | |
| 15 | 1979 | 63 | |
| 16 | 1974 | 60 | |
| 17 | 1963 | 59 | |
| 18 | 1980 | 59 | |
| 19 | 1980 | 57 | |
| 20 | 1976 | 57 |
About Leon M. Lederman
Leon M. Lederman is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mechanics of Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 178 papers that have together received 5.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (73 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (42 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (40 papers), Muon and positron interactions and applications (23 papers), Neutrino Physics Research (13 papers), Nuclear physics research studies (10 papers), Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (10 papers) and Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (3.7k citations), Radiation (298 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (748 citations), Mechanics of Materials (424 citations) and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (174 citations). Leon M. Lederman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Richard L. Garwin, J. K. Yoh, R. A. Burnstein, T. Yamanouchi, Bruce Brown, H. D. Snyder, D. C. Hom, C. N. Brown, W. R. Innes and J. A. Appel. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physics Today, Science, Physics Letters B and Scientific American.
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