Eric J. Heller

22.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
278 papers, 18.4k citations indexed

About

Eric J. Heller is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric J. Heller has authored 278 papers receiving a total of 18.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 213 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 135 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 49 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Eric J. Heller's work include Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (128 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (77 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (57 papers). Eric J. Heller is often cited by papers focused on Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (128 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (77 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (57 papers). Eric J. Heller collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. Eric J. Heller's co-authors include Michael J. Davis, Soo‐Y. Lee, David J. Tannor, Steven Tomsovic, Robert Sundberg, L. Kaplan, Hashim A. Yamani, Daniel Huber, Robert C. Brown and N. De Leon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Eric J. Heller

271 papers receiving 17.8k citations

Hit Papers

Time-dependent approach to semiclassical dynamics 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 1981 1984 1979 1981 400 800 1.2k
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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. Time-dependent approach to semiclassical dynamics
    1975 1.3k citations Eric J. Heller The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  2. The semiclassical way to molecular spectroscopy
    1981 1.2k citations Eric J. Heller profile →
  3. Bound-State Eigenfunctions of Classically Chaotic Hamiltonian Systems: Scars of Periodic Orbits
    1984 1.1k citations Eric J. Heller Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. Time-dependent theory of Raman scattering
    1979 669 citations Eric J. Heller et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  5. Frozen Gaussians: A very simple semiclassical approximation
    1981 604 citations Eric J. Heller The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  6. Quantum corrections to classical photodissociation models
    1978 570 citations Eric J. Heller The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  7. Simple aspects of Raman scattering
    1982 567 citations Eric J. Heller et al. profile →
  8. Polyatomic Raman scattering for general harmonic potentials
    1982 392 citations Eric J. Heller et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric J. Heller United States 60 14.9k 6.7k 3.8k 1.6k 1.4k 278 18.4k
William H. Miller United States 101 30.6k 2.1× 6.1k 0.9× 9.2k 2.4× 3.0k 1.8× 1.6k 1.1× 478 35.1k
R. D. Levine Israel 62 11.8k 0.8× 3.0k 0.5× 5.2k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 528 17.2k
William P. Reinhardt United States 50 8.3k 0.6× 3.3k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 553 0.3× 651 0.5× 142 11.1k
Ronnie Kosloff Israel 73 18.6k 1.2× 5.9k 0.9× 4.1k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 328 23.9k
William D. Phillips United States 70 13.2k 0.9× 1.5k 0.2× 2.7k 0.7× 528 0.3× 939 0.7× 250 18.0k
Robert Zwanzig United States 60 9.1k 0.6× 6.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.4× 2.1k 1.3× 923 0.6× 135 20.6k
Eli Pollak Israel 47 6.5k 0.4× 3.7k 0.6× 1.2k 0.3× 721 0.4× 276 0.2× 298 7.9k
Paul Brumer Canada 47 9.1k 0.6× 1.9k 0.3× 2.1k 0.5× 718 0.4× 608 0.4× 287 10.1k
Raymond Kapral Canada 53 4.5k 0.3× 3.8k 0.6× 772 0.2× 1.1k 0.7× 405 0.3× 302 12.2k
Hans‐Dieter Meyer Germany 55 11.5k 0.8× 985 0.1× 4.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 894 0.6× 204 12.7k

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All Works

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Heller, Eric J., et al.. (2024). Quantum acoustics unravels Planckian resistivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(28). e2404853121–e2404853121. 3 indexed citations
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Obzhirov, A. & Eric J. Heller. (2023). Density of Avoided Crossings and Diabatic Representation. Entropy. 25(5). 751–751. 1 indexed citations
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Daza, Álvar, et al.. (2022). Coherent charge carrier dynamics in the presence of thermal lattice vibrations. Physical review. B.. 106(5). 7 indexed citations
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Heller, Eric J., et al.. (2022). Bragg Scattering from a Random Potential. Physical Review Letters. 128(20). 200402–200402. 5 indexed citations
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Heller, Eric J., et al.. (2019). Hitting a ball on a spring: a simple model for understanding decoherence with wavefunctions. European Journal of Physics. 41(2). 25401–25401. 2 indexed citations
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Heller, Eric J.. (2018). The Semiclassical Way to Dynamics and Spectroscopy. Princeton University Press eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Heller, Eric J., et al.. (2018). Approach to coherent interference fringes in helium-surface scattering. Physical Review Letters. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Yuan, et al.. (2017). Reassessing Graphene Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy. Nano Letters. 17(10). 6077–6082. 8 indexed citations
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Blasi, Thomas, Mario F. Borunda, E. Räsänen, & Eric J. Heller. (2013). Optimal local control of coherent dynamics in custom-made nanostructures. Physical Review B. 87(24). 16 indexed citations
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Borunda, Mario F., et al.. (2012). A Semiclassical Interpretation of Probability Flux. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Qian, Jiang, Bertrand I. Halperin, & Eric J. Heller. (2010). Imaging and manipulating electrons in a one-dimensional quantum dot with Coulomb blockade microscopy. Physical Review B. 81(12). 20 indexed citations
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Alhaidari, A. D., Eric J. Heller, Hashim A. Yamani, & M S Abdelmonem. (2008). The J-matrix Method : developments and applications. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 35 indexed citations
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Fallahi, P., et al.. (2005). Imaging electrons in few-electron quantum dots. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Heller, Eric J.. (2001). Quantum Chaos: An Introduction, by Hans-Jürgen Stöckmann. Physics Today. 54(1). 49–50. 1 indexed citations
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Heller, Eric J., et al.. (1998). Wavelet Analysis of Two Dimensional Quantum Scattering. APS. 27. 1 indexed citations
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Heller, Eric J., et al.. (1997). Intrinsic resonance representation of quantum mechanics. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 106(20). 8564–8571. 6 indexed citations
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Großmann, Frank & Eric J. Heller. (1995). A semiclassical correlation function approach to barrier tunneling. Chemical Physics Letters. 241(1-2). 45–50. 78 indexed citations
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Heller, Eric J. & J. Manz. (1989). Dissociation of symmetry-adapted local modes studied by FFT-propagation of bond-adapted wavefunctions. Zeitschrift für Physik D Atoms Molecules and Clusters. 13(4). 281–288. 8 indexed citations
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Heller, Eric J.. (1973). Discrete Methods in Quantum-Scattering Theory.. PhDT. 2 indexed citations

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