Daniel Kleppner

11.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
168 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Daniel Kleppner is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Kleppner has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 25 papers in Spectroscopy and 24 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Daniel Kleppner's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (64 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (41 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (38 papers). Daniel Kleppner is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (64 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (41 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (38 papers). Daniel Kleppner collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Daniel Kleppner's co-authors include Michael G. Littman, Michael M. Kash, Thomas J. Greytak, Randall G. Hulet, Myron L. Zimmerman, S. Haroche, Norman F. Ramsey, Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato, Theodore W. Ducas and R. R. Freeman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Kleppner

158 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

Inhibited Spontaneous Emission 1979 2026 1994 2010 1981 1979 1989 1998 1985 250 500 750
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. Inhibited Spontaneous Emission
    1981 763 citations Daniel Kleppner Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Stark structure of the Rydberg states of alkali-metal atoms
    1979 516 citations Michael M. Kash, Daniel Kleppner et al. Physical review. A, General physics profile →
  3. Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics
    1989 514 citations Daniel Kleppner et al. Physics Today profile →
  4. Bose-Einstein Condensation of Atomic Hydrogen
    1998 503 citations Daniel Kleppner, Thomas J. Greytak et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  5. Inhibited Spontaneous Emission by a Rydberg Atom
    1985 479 citations Daniel Kleppner et al. 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
Daniel Kleppner United States 45 7.8k 1.1k 1.0k 984 778 168 8.6k
G. Grynberg France 42 7.7k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 2.0k 1.9× 1.1k 1.2× 952 1.2× 176 8.5k
S. L. Rolston United States 54 10.7k 1.4× 1.3k 1.1× 2.6k 2.5× 1.2k 1.2× 707 0.9× 174 11.3k
Moshe Shapiro Israel 45 7.1k 0.9× 1.9k 1.7× 1.0k 1.0× 452 0.5× 588 0.8× 240 7.9k
David E. Pritchard United States 63 11.8k 1.5× 1.7k 1.6× 2.9k 2.8× 841 0.9× 593 0.8× 199 14.2k
E. Arimondo Italy 44 8.5k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 1.8k 1.8× 1.5k 1.6× 885 1.1× 309 9.7k
Willis E. Lamb United States 37 5.1k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 990 0.9× 595 0.6× 1.9k 2.5× 99 6.2k
Claude Cohen‐Tannoudji France 59 13.2k 1.7× 1.3k 1.2× 4.1k 3.9× 1.7k 1.7× 1.1k 1.4× 146 14.4k
Shih‐I Chu United States 52 8.8k 1.1× 2.0k 1.8× 1.5k 1.4× 475 0.5× 807 1.0× 245 9.4k
P. R. Berman United States 43 5.7k 0.7× 1.6k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 284 0.3× 909 1.2× 234 6.4k
William P. Reinhardt United States 50 8.3k 1.1× 1.7k 1.5× 373 0.4× 3.3k 3.4× 651 0.8× 142 11.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kleppner, Daniel, et al.. (2013). An Introduction to Mechanics. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 67 indexed citations
2.
Newman, Bonna, Nathan Brahms, Cort Johnson, et al.. (2011). Magnetic relaxation in dysprosium-dysprosium collisions. Physical Review A. 83(1). 12 indexed citations
3.
Kleppner, Daniel. (2009). Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility, and Stewardship of Research Data in the Digital Age. National Academies Press eBooks. 88 indexed citations
4.
Friedman, J., Thomas J. Greytak, & Daniel Kleppner. (2009). Laszlo Tisza. Physics Today. 62(7). 65–65. 1 indexed citations
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Kuzucu, Onur, T. R. Schibli, Jungwon Kim, et al.. (2004). Direct frequency comb generation from a prismless Ti:sapphire laser. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1. 8 indexed citations
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Blinov, B. B., V. Grishin, A. M. T. Lin, et al.. (1998). Status of the MARK-II polarized hydrogen jet target. Prepared for. 409–411.
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Haggerty, M. R., Neal W. Spellmeyer, Daniel Kleppner, & J. B. Delos. (1998). Extracting Classical Trajectories from Atomic Spectra. Physical Review Letters. 81(8). 1592–1595. 14 indexed citations
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Michel, F. C., A. E. Siegman, & Daniel Kleppner. (1998). The ‘Atom Laser’ and the Constructs of Physicists—Revisited. Physics Today. 51(1). 90–91. 1 indexed citations
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Courtney, Michael, Hong Jiao, Neal W. Spellmeyer, & Daniel Kleppner. (1994). Long-Period Orbits in the Stark Spectrum of Lithium. Physical Review Letters. 73(10). 1340–1343. 42 indexed citations
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Bromley, D. A., Ralph E. Gomory, Daniel Kleppner, et al.. (1993). Roundtable: Physics in Transition. Physics Today. 46(2). 36–47. 6 indexed citations
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Kleppner, Daniel. (1991). A Lesson in Humility. Physics Today. 44(12). 9–11. 3 indexed citations
12.
Bagnato, Vanderlei Salvador & Daniel Kleppner. (1991). Bose-Einstein condensation in low-dimensional traps. Physical Review A. 44(11). 7439–7441. 279 indexed citations
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Welch, George R., et al.. (1989). Positive-energy structure of the diamagnetic Rydberg spectrum. Physical Review Letters. 62(17). 1975–1978. 29 indexed citations
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Welch, George R., et al.. (1989). Experimental Study of Energy-Level Statistics in a Regime of Regular Classical Motion. Physical Review Letters. 62(8). 893–896. 40 indexed citations
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Kleppner, Daniel. (1986). Cavity quantum electrodynamics. 1 indexed citations
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Hess, Harald F., et al.. (1983). Observation of Three-Body Recombination in Spin-Polarized Hydrogen. Physical Review Letters. 51(6). 483–486. 57 indexed citations
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Cline, Richard W., Thomas J. Greytak, & Daniel Kleppner. (1981). Nuclear Polarization of Spin-Polarized Hydrogen. Physical Review Letters. 47(17). 1195–1198. 81 indexed citations
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Freeman, R. R. & Daniel Kleppner. (1976). Core polarization and quantum defects in high-angular-momentum states of alkali atoms. Physical review. A, General physics. 14(5). 1614–1619. 161 indexed citations
19.
Mathur, B.S., S. B. Crampton, Daniel Kleppner, & Norman F. Ramsey. (1967). Hyperfine Separation of Tritium. Physical Review. 158(1). 14–17. 36 indexed citations
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Kleppner, Daniel, H. Mark Goldenberg, & Norman F. Ramsey. (1962). Properties of the Hydrogen Maser. 1(1). 55–55. 31 indexed citations

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