Chetan Nayak

22.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
147 papers, 15.2k citations indexed

About

Chetan Nayak is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Chetan Nayak has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 15.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 88 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 21 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Chetan Nayak's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (92 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (74 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (56 papers). Chetan Nayak is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (92 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (74 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (56 papers). Chetan Nayak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Israel. Chetan Nayak's co-authors include Michael Freedman, S. Das Sarma, Ady Stern, Steven H. Simon, Bela Bauer, Dominic V. Else, Matthew P. A. Fisher, Sudip Chakravarty, Frank Wilczek and R. B. Laughlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Chetan Nayak

145 papers receiving 14.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Non-Abelian anyons and topological quantum computation

2008 4.6k citations Chetan Nayak, Michael Freedman et al. profile →
Hidden order in the cuprates

2001 875 citations Sudip Chakravarty, Chetan Nayak et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
Majorana zero modes and topological quantum computation

2015 760 citations S. Das Sarma, Michael Freedman et al. profile →
Floquet Time Crystals

2016 609 citations Dominic V. Else, Chetan Nayak et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Topologically Protected Qubits from a Possible Non-Abelian Fractional Quantum Hall State

2005 490 citations S. Das Sarma, Michael Freedman et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Scalable designs for quasiparticle-poisoning-protected topological quantum computation with Majorana zero modes

2017 406 citations Parsa Bonderson, Matthew B. Hastings et al. Physical review. B. profile →
Area laws in a many-body localized state and its implications for topological order

2013 365 citations Chetan Nayak et al. profile →
Colloquium: Quantum and classical discrete time crystals

2023 104 citations Chetan Nayak, Norman Y. Yao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chetan Nayak United States	53	13.2k	7.7k	2.9k	1.8k	1.4k	147	15.2k
Ady Stern Israel	44	11.3k 0.9×	5.2k 0.7×	3.4k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	523 0.4×	179	12.2k
N. Read United States	53	9.8k 0.7×	8.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.4×	700 0.4×	1.5k 1.1×	108	12.5k
Roderich Moessner Germany	63	9.6k 0.7×	12.0k 1.6×	2.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	4.7k 3.4×	344	16.9k
Eduardo Fradkin United States	65	11.1k 0.8×	11.4k 1.5×	2.5k 0.9×	770 0.4×	4.0k 2.9×	241	17.0k
Xiao-Liang Qi United States	50	9.9k 0.8×	4.4k 0.6×	4.0k 1.4×	680 0.4×	834 0.6×	105	10.9k
Claudio Chamon United States	50	6.9k 0.5×	3.8k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	713 0.4×	623 0.4×	174	8.3k
Erez Berg Israel	45	8.3k 0.6×	5.6k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	941 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	171	10.6k
B. L. Altshuler United States	51	9.6k 0.7×	4.0k 0.5×	3.0k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	717 0.5×	198	11.7k
Steven H. Simon United States	46	8.0k 0.6×	4.3k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	795 0.6×	192	10.2k
L. I. Glazman United States	61	12.6k 1.0×	5.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	2.5k 1.4×	657 0.5×	267	14.0k

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Kurilovich, Vladislav D., et al.. (2021). Quantum critical dynamics of a Josephson junction at the topological transition. Physical review. B.. 104(1). 1 indexed citations

Machado, Francisco, Dominic V. Else, Chetan Nayak, & Norman Y. Yao. (2019). An improved Lieb-Robinson bound for many-body Hamiltonians with power-law interactions. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2019. 1 indexed citations

Wecker, Dave, Matthew B. Hastings, Nathan Wiebe, et al.. (2015). Solving strongly correlated electron models on a quantum computer. Physical Review A. 92(6). 183 indexed citations

Cano, Jennifer, et al.. (2014). Bulk-edge correspondence in (2 + 1)-dimensional Abelian topological phases. Physical Review B. 89(11). 53 indexed citations

Bonderson, Parsa & Chetan Nayak. (2013). Quasi-topological phases of matter and topological protection. Physical Review B. 87(19). 39 indexed citations

Burnell, F. J. & Chetan Nayak. (2011). SU(2) slave fermion solution of the Kitaev honeycomb lattice model. Physical Review B. 84(12). 60 indexed citations

Nayak, Chetan. (2011). Full tilt. Nature Physics. 7(11). 836–836. 2 indexed citations

Bonderson, Parsa, Michael Freedman, & Chetan Nayak. (2008). Measurement-Only Topological Quantum Computation. Physical Review Letters. 101(1). 10501–10501. 169 indexed citations

Freedman, Michael, Chetan Nayak, & Kirill Shtengel. (2008). Lieb-Schultz-Mattis theorem for quasitopological systems. Physical Review B. 78(17). 9 indexed citations

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Halperin, Bertrand I., et al.. (2008). Spin Order in Paired Quantum Hall States. Physical Review Letters. 100(12). 126804–126804. 19 indexed citations

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Feiguin, Adrian, Paul Fendley, Matthew P. A. Fisher, & Chetan Nayak. (2008). Nonequilibrium Transport through a Point Contact in theν=5/2Non-Abelian Quantum Hall State. Physical Review Letters. 101(23). 236801–236801. 24 indexed citations

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Feiguin, Adrian, E. H. Rezayi, Chetan Nayak, & S. Das Sarma. (2008). Density Matrix Renormalization Group Study of Incompressible Fractional Quantum Hall States. Physical Review Letters. 100(16). 166803–166803. 87 indexed citations

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Bena, Cristina & Chetan Nayak. (2006). Effects of non-Abelian statistics on two-terminal shot noise in a quantum Hall liquid in the Pfaffian state. Physical Review B. 73(15). 26 indexed citations

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Freedman, Michael, Chetan Nayak, & Kirill Shtengel. (2005). Extended Hubbard Model with Ring Exchange: A Route to a Non-Abelian Topological Phase. Physical Review Letters. 94(6). 66401–66401. 45 indexed citations

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Hu, Jiangping, Sudip Chakravarty, Chetan Nayak, & Cristina Bena. (2004). Quasiparticle scattering and local density of states in the d-density wave phase. APS. 2004. 2 indexed citations

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Nayak, Chetan, Sudip Chakravarty, & Sumanta Tewari. (2003). Angle-resolved photoemission spectra in the cuprates from the d-density wave theory. APS March Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 6 indexed citations

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Nayak, Chetan. (2003). Nayak Replies:. Physical Review Letters. 91(19). 1 indexed citations

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Chamon, Claudio & Chetan Nayak. (2002). Anomalous quantum diffusion at the superfluid-insulator transition. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 66(9). 12 indexed citations

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Tewari, Sumanta, Hae‐Young Kee, Chetan Nayak, & Sudip Chakravarty. (2001). Spin and current correlation functions in thed-density-wave state of the cuprates. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 64(22). 37 indexed citations

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Nayak, Chetan, Kirill Shtengel, Dror Orgad, Matthew P. A. Fisher, & S. M. Girvin. (2001). Electrical current carried by neutral quasiparticles. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 64(23). 16 indexed citations

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