David A. Lavis

975 total citations
50 papers, 525 citations indexed

About

David A. Lavis is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Lavis has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 525 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 16 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in David A. Lavis's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (27 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (11 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (9 papers). David A. Lavis is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (27 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (11 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (9 papers). David A. Lavis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. David A. Lavis's co-authors include G. M. Bell, B. W. Southern, George M. Bell, R. F. Streater, A. P. Young, Malcolm Fairbairn, S.G. Davison, Roman Frigg, A. J. M. Medved and Ivan F. Wilde and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical review. B, Condensed matter, The Journal of Physical Chemistry and Journal of Physics Condensed Matter.

In The Last Decade

David A. Lavis

48 papers receiving 474 citations

Peers

David A. Lavis
Laszlo Tisza United States
Nathan Argaman Israel
J. Florencio United States
Melville S. Green United States
John S. Thomsen United States
Douglas Abraham United States
William A. Schwalm United States
N. S. Tonchev Bulgaria
A. Alastuey France
S. Wansleben Germany
Laszlo Tisza United States
David A. Lavis
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lavis, David A. & Roman Frigg. (2025). The Fundamentals of Thermodynamics. Research Portal (King's College London). 3 indexed citations
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Lavis, David A., et al.. (2021). Becoming Large, Becoming Infinite: \nThe Anatomy of Thermal Physics and Phase Transitions in Finite Systems. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 4 indexed citations
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Lavis, David A.. (2008). Boltzmann, Gibbs, and the Concept of Equilibrium. Philosophy of Science. 75(5). 682–696. 23 indexed citations
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Lavis, David A.. (2005). Boltzmann and Gibbs: An attempted reconciliation. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 36(2). 245–273. 36 indexed citations
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Lavis, David A.. (2004). Is Equilibrium a Useful Concept in Statistical Mechanics?. 1 indexed citations
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Lavis, David A.. (2002). Some Examples of Simple Systems 0. 6(2). 149–51. 1 indexed citations
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Lavis, David A. & George M. Bell. (1999). Exact, series and renormalization group methods. Springer eBooks.
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Lavis, David A. & George M. Bell. (1999). Closed-form and exact solutions. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Lavis, David A. & George M. Bell. (1999). Statistical Mechanics of Lattice Systems. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 40 indexed citations
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Lavis, David A. & George M. Bell. (1999). Statistical Mechanics of Lattice Systems. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 29 indexed citations
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Southern, B. W., et al.. (1998). Multimagnon excitations in alternating spin/bond chains. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 58(14). 9156–9165. 4 indexed citations
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Lavis, David A. & B. W. Southern. (1997). The inverse of a symmetric banded toeplitz matrix. Reports on Mathematical Physics. 39(1). 137–146. 9 indexed citations
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Southern, B. W., et al.. (1994). Three-magnon excitations in ferromagnetic spin-S chains. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 6(46). 10075–10092. 9 indexed citations
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Bell, George M. & David A. Lavis. (1989). Closed form and exact theories of cooperative phenomena. 1 indexed citations
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Lavis, David A., B. W. Southern, & S.G. Davison. (1985). A real-space rescaling treatment of the spectral properties of an adatom-contaminated crystal system. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics. 18(7). 1387–1399. 9 indexed citations
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Southern, B. W. & David A. Lavis. (1980). Renormalisation group study of a two-dimensional lattice model with directional bonding. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 13(1). 251–262. 11 indexed citations
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Southern, B. W. & David A. Lavis. (1979). A model for adsorbed monolayers of orientable molecules. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics. 12(23). 5333–5343. 11 indexed citations
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Lavis, David A.. (1977). The Role of Statistical Mechanics in Classical Physics. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 28(3). 255–279. 14 indexed citations
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Lavis, David A.. (1976). An exact matrix calculation for a two-dimensional model of the steam-water-ice system: bulk and boundary properties. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 9(12). 2077–2095. 8 indexed citations
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Bell, G. M. & David A. Lavis. (1965). The effect of sub-lattice order in binary alloys with one magnetic components. I. Philosophical magazine. 11(113). 937–953. 18 indexed citations

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