Erhard Seiler

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Erhard Seiler is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Erhard Seiler has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 52 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 36 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Erhard Seiler's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (46 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (44 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (24 papers). Erhard Seiler is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (46 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (44 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (24 papers). Erhard Seiler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Erhard Seiler's co-authors include Konrad Osterwalder, Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu, Gert Aarts, Adrian Patrascioiu, Dénes Sexty, I.O. Stamatescu, Jürg Fröhlich, Barry Simon, Frank A. J. L. James and Christian Borgs and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Erhard Seiler

109 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Gauge field theories on a lattice 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Gauge field theories on a lattice
    1978 513 citations Erhard Seiler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erhard Seiler Germany 29 2.0k 1.1k 889 474 458 111 3.1k
Herbert Neuberger United States 31 4.0k 2.0× 944 0.9× 903 1.0× 359 0.8× 451 1.0× 128 4.8k
Konrad Osterwalder United States 13 1.2k 0.6× 424 0.4× 540 0.6× 599 1.3× 543 1.2× 25 2.2k
P. Hasenfratz Switzerland 33 3.5k 1.7× 1.5k 1.4× 919 1.0× 237 0.5× 405 0.9× 78 4.5k
Sergio Caracciolo Italy 22 539 0.3× 1.1k 1.0× 401 0.5× 453 1.0× 378 0.8× 121 1.9k
Robert Schrader Germany 21 1.1k 0.6× 440 0.4× 717 0.8× 907 1.9× 796 1.7× 90 2.8k
Alessandro Vichi Switzerland 16 1.9k 1.0× 816 0.7× 480 0.5× 216 0.5× 554 1.2× 29 2.6k
Peter Weisz Germany 44 6.3k 3.1× 1.6k 1.5× 976 1.1× 361 0.8× 618 1.3× 102 7.3k
David Poland United States 24 2.4k 1.2× 959 0.9× 624 0.7× 266 0.6× 744 1.6× 44 3.3k
Arthur Jaffe United States 21 579 0.3× 329 0.3× 679 0.8× 739 1.6× 575 1.3× 72 1.9k
Ismaïl Zahed United States 39 5.2k 2.6× 520 0.5× 1.2k 1.3× 226 0.5× 600 1.3× 286 6.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hansen, Michael W., et al.. (2025). Role of integration cycles in complex Langevin simulations. Physical review. D. 111(7). 1 indexed citations
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Seiler, Erhard, et al.. (2025). Necessary and sufficient conditions for correctness of complex Langevin. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 58(49). 495202–495202.
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Seiler, Erhard, Dénes Sexty, & Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu. (2024). Complex Langevin: Correctness criteria, boundary terms, and spectrum. Physical review. D. 109(1). 9 indexed citations
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Hansen, Michael W., et al.. (2024). Kernels and integration cycles in complex Langevin simulations. 59–59. 2 indexed citations
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Seiler, Erhard, et al.. (2020). Controlling complex Langevin simulations of lattice models by boundary term analysis. Physical review. D. 101(1). 24 indexed citations
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Aarts, Gert, Erhard Seiler, Dénes Sexty, & Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu. (2017). On complex Langevin dynamics and zeroes of the measure I: Formal proof and simple models. Cronfa (Swansea University). 36–36. 1 indexed citations
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Aarts, Gert, et al.. (2016). Towards the heavy dense QCD phase diagram using Complex Langevin simulations. Proceedings Of Science. 154–154. 2 indexed citations
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Aarts, Gert, et al.. (2016). Insights into the heavy dense QCD phase diagram using Complex Langevin simulations. Proceedings Of Science. 155–155. 3 indexed citations
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Aarts, Gert, et al.. (2015). Complex Langevin dynamics for SU(3) gauge theory in the presence of a theta term. Proceedings Of Science. 199–199. 3 indexed citations
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Aarts, Gert, et al.. (2014). Some remarks on Lefschetz thimbles and complex Langevin dynamics. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2014(10). 50 indexed citations
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Seiler, Erhard, Dénes Sexty, & Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu. (2013). Gauge cooling in complex Langevin for lattice QCD with heavy quarks. Physics Letters B. 723(1-3). 213–216. 101 indexed citations
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Aarts, Gert, et al.. (2011). Complex Langevin dynamics: criteria for correctness. arXiv (Cornell University). 197. 3 indexed citations
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Stamatescu, I.O. & Erhard Seiler. (2007). Approaches to fundamental physics : an assessment of current theoretical ideas. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 8 indexed citations
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Aguado, M. & Erhard Seiler. (2005). Clash of positivities in topological density correlators. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 72(9). 6 indexed citations
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Niedermaier, M. & Erhard Seiler. (2005). Non-Amenability and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking – The Hyperbolic Spin-Chain –. Annales Henri Poincaré. 6(6). 1025–1090. 6 indexed citations
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Patrascioiu, Adrian & Erhard Seiler. (1998). Is the 2D O(3) nonlinear σ model asymptotically free?. Physics Letters B. 430(3-4). 314–319. 15 indexed citations
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Patrascioiu, Adrian & Erhard Seiler. (1988). Different perspective of the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition. Physical Review Letters. 60(10). 875–878. 28 indexed citations
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Brydges, David, J. Fr�hlich, & Erhard Seiler. (1981). On the construction of quantized gauge fields. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 79(3). 353–399. 27 indexed citations
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Seiler, Erhard. (1980). Some remarks on the fermion determinants in gauge theories. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 22(10). 2412–2415. 19 indexed citations
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Fröhlich, Jürg & Erhard Seiler. (1976). The Massive Thirring-Schwinger Model (QED in Two-Dimensions): Convergence of Perturbation Theory and Particle Structure. Helvetica physica acta. 49. 889. 73 indexed citations

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