Anthony J. Leggett

8.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
50 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Anthony J. Leggett is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony J. Leggett has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 23 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 4 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Anthony J. Leggett's work include Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (22 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (19 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (18 papers). Anthony J. Leggett is often cited by papers focused on Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (22 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (19 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (18 papers). Anthony J. Leggett collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Anthony J. Leggett's co-authors include Sudip Chakravarty, Fernando Sols, Shizhong Zhang, Ioan Kosztin, I. Zapata, Masahito Ueda, G. E. Volovik, Victor Goldman, Isaac F. Silvera and David Waxman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Anthony J. Leggett

49 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

A theoretical description of the new phases of liquidHe3 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 2001 2006 1984 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A theoretical description of the new phases of liquidHe3
    1975 1.5k citations Anthony J. Leggett profile →
  2. Bose-Einstein condensation in the alkali gases: Some fundamental concepts
    2001 1.4k citations Anthony J. Leggett profile →
  3. Quantum Liquids
    2006 498 citations Anthony J. Leggett profile →
  4. Dynamics of the Two-State System with Ohmic Dissipation
    1984 311 citations Sudip Chakravarty, Anthony J. Leggett Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anthony J. Leggett United States 26 4.8k 2.2k 600 530 506 50 5.7k
H. Smith Denmark 38 6.4k 1.3× 2.2k 1.0× 362 0.6× 1.2k 2.3× 417 0.8× 138 7.5k
Alan T. Dorsey United States 25 4.7k 1.0× 2.3k 1.0× 1.4k 2.3× 969 1.8× 591 1.2× 51 6.0k
Gerardo Ortíz United States 42 4.6k 1.0× 2.1k 0.9× 1.5k 2.5× 614 1.2× 386 0.8× 181 5.9k
Tin-Lun Ho United States 38 6.9k 1.4× 2.0k 0.9× 464 0.8× 648 1.2× 111 0.2× 77 7.3k
Andreas M. Läuchli Switzerland 50 5.2k 1.1× 4.6k 2.1× 501 0.8× 659 1.2× 1.1k 2.1× 140 6.9k
Ingo Peschel Germany 35 4.1k 0.9× 3.1k 1.4× 639 1.1× 1.2k 2.2× 407 0.8× 87 5.5k
Vadim Oganesyan United States 25 3.9k 0.8× 3.2k 1.4× 370 0.6× 1.4k 2.6× 1.1k 2.2× 53 5.3k
Assa Auerbach Israel 36 4.3k 0.9× 4.3k 1.9× 220 0.4× 343 0.6× 1.2k 2.4× 90 6.3k
H. T. C. Stoof Netherlands 46 7.1k 1.5× 1.7k 0.7× 397 0.7× 597 1.1× 126 0.2× 197 7.5k
Holger Fehske Germany 39 4.3k 0.9× 2.7k 1.2× 411 0.7× 338 0.6× 1.2k 2.5× 286 6.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leggett, Anthony J.. (2020). Matchmaking Between Condensed Matter and Quantum Foundations, and Other Stories: My Six Decades in Physics. Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics. 11(1). 1–16. 1 indexed citations
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Song, Bo, et al.. (2019). Resonant Confinement of an Excitonic Polariton and Ultraefficient Light Harvest in Artificial Photosynthesis. Physical Review Letters. 122(25). 257402–257402. 14 indexed citations
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Pickett, Warren E., Anthony J. Leggett, & C. W. Chu. (2014). Science diplomacy in Iran. Nature Physics. 10(7). 465–467. 4 indexed citations
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Leggett, Anthony J., et al.. (2011). Universal sound absorption in amorphous solids: A theory of elastically coupled generic blocks. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 357(19-20). 3528–3537. 20 indexed citations
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Leggett, Anthony J.. (2011). The Ubiquity of Superconductivity. Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics. 2(1). 11–30. 6 indexed citations
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Loss, Daniel, Fabio L. Pedrocchi, & Anthony J. Leggett. (2011). Absence of Spontaneous Magnetic Order of Lattice Spins Coupled to Itinerant Interacting Electrons in One and Two Dimensions. Physical Review Letters. 107(10). 107201–107201. 34 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shizhong & Anthony J. Leggett. (2009). Universal properties of the ultracold Fermi gas. Physical Review A. 79(2). 144 indexed citations
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Leggett, Anthony J.. (2006). Quantum Liquids. 498 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leggett, Anthony J.. (2006). Quantum Liquids: Bose Condensation and Cooper Pairing in Condensed-Matter Systems. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 216 indexed citations
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Leggett, Anthony J.. (2005). Quantum Computing. A Short Course from Theory to Experiment. By Joachim Stolze and Dieter Suter.. ChemPhysChem. 6(3). 558–558. 1 indexed citations
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Leggett, Anthony J.. (2001). An upper bound on the condensate fraction in a Bose gas with weak repulsion. New Journal of Physics. 3. 23–23. 3 indexed citations
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Leggett, Anthony J., et al.. (2001). Interlayerc-axis transport in the normal state of cuprates. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 63(6). 31 indexed citations
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Zapata, I., Fernando Sols, & Anthony J. Leggett. (1998). Josephson effect between trapped Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical Review A. 57(1). R28–R31. 224 indexed citations
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Ueda, Masahito & Anthony J. Leggett. (1998). Ueda and Leggett Reply:. Physical Review Letters. 81(6). 1343–1343. 1 indexed citations
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Savitt, Steven F., Steven F. Savitt, Steven F. Savitt, et al.. (1995). Time's Arrows Today. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 31 indexed citations
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Volovik, G. E. & Anthony J. Leggett. (1993). Exotic Properties of Superfluid He3. Physics Today. 46(7). 80–81. 102 indexed citations
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Waxman, David & Anthony J. Leggett. (1985). Dissipative quantum tunneling at finite temperatures. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 32(7). 4450–4468. 53 indexed citations
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Chakravarty, Sudip & Anthony J. Leggett. (1984). Dynamics of the Two-State System with Ohmic Dissipation. Physical Review Letters. 52(1). 5–8. 311 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leggett, Anthony J.. (1974). Fermi液体・非等方的超流動体・液体 3He の新しい相について-2-. 22(4). 339–379.
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Leggett, Anthony J.. (1966). Notes on the Writing of Scientific English for Japanese Physicists. 21(11). 790–805. 6 indexed citations

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