G. C. Ghirardi

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
130 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

G. C. Ghirardi is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, G. C. Ghirardi has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 54 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 46 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in G. C. Ghirardi's work include Quantum Mechanics and Applications (92 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (44 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (34 papers). G. C. Ghirardi is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Mechanics and Applications (92 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (44 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (34 papers). G. C. Ghirardi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and India. G. C. Ghirardi's co-authors include A. Rimini, T. Weber, L. Fonda, Luca Marinatto, R. Grassi, Angelo Bassi, Fabio Benatti, P. Cordero, Philip Pearle and E. Deotto and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physics Today and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

G. C. Ghirardi

126 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Unified dynamics for microscopic and macroscopic systems 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 400 800 1.2k
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. Unified dynamics for microscopic and macroscopic systems
    1986 1.3k citations G. C. Ghirardi, A. Rimini et al. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G. C. Ghirardi Italy 26 3.8k 2.0k 1.5k 719 521 130 4.2k
A. Rimini Italy 20 3.1k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 572 0.8× 358 0.7× 70 3.4k
L. E. Ballentine Canada 27 4.9k 1.3× 2.8k 1.5× 1.8k 1.2× 437 0.6× 561 1.1× 84 5.9k
Gérard Roger France 6 4.4k 1.1× 3.1k 1.6× 769 0.5× 731 1.0× 489 0.9× 8 4.6k
David Z. Albert United States 25 3.3k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 869 0.6× 460 0.6× 924 1.8× 45 4.1k
Daniel M. Greenberger United States 25 3.6k 0.9× 2.4k 1.2× 697 0.5× 300 0.4× 292 0.6× 77 4.2k
John F. Clauser United States 20 8.0k 2.1× 6.3k 3.2× 1.4k 0.9× 755 1.1× 793 1.5× 30 8.6k
T. Weber Italy 18 2.1k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 771 0.5× 424 0.6× 310 0.6× 58 2.3k
B. J. Hiley United Kingdom 24 2.0k 0.5× 762 0.4× 887 0.6× 474 0.7× 323 0.6× 74 2.8k
Philip Pearle United States 22 2.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 842 0.6× 469 0.7× 213 0.4× 56 2.6k
Peter Holland France 19 2.1k 0.5× 795 0.4× 899 0.6× 410 0.6× 242 0.5× 69 2.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ghirardi, G. C. & Luca Marinatto. (2007). Proofs of nonlocality without inequalities revisited. Physics Letters A. 372(12). 1982–1985. 10 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C., Luca Marinatto, & Francesco De Stefano. (2007). Critical analysis of Popper’s experiment. Physical Review A. 75(4). 1 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C. & Luca Marinatto. (2006). Hardy's criterion of nonlocality for mixed states (5 pages). Physical Review A. 73(3). 32102. 2 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C.. (2005). Sneaking a Look at God's Cards. Princeton University Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C. & Luca Marinatto. (2004). General criterion for the entanglement of two indistinguishable particles (10 pages). Physical Review A. 70(1). 12109–3. 11 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C.. (2000). The role of identity and entanglement in quantum mechanics. AIP conference proceedings. 545. 16–28. 1 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C.. (1995). Spontaneous Wave Packet Reductiona. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 755(1). 506–523. 2 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C., R. Grassi, & Fabio Benatti. (1994). Describing the macroscopic world: Closing the circle within the dynamical reduction program. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 6 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C., R. Grassi, & A. Rimini. (1990). Continuous-spontaneous-reduction model involving gravity. Physical Review A. 42(3). 1057–1064. 141 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C. & Philip Pearle. (1990). I. Dynamical Reduction Theories: Changing Quantum Theory so the Statevector Represents Reality. PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. 1990(2). 19–33. 3 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C. & Philip Pearle. (1990). II. Elements of Physical Reality, Nonlocality and Stochasticity in Relativistic Dynamical Reduction Models. PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. 1990(2). 35–47. 6 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C.. (1989). CP-violation and Einstein's locality reconsidered. Foundations of Physics Letters. 2(4). 319–329. 2 indexed citations
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Benatti, Fabio, G. C. Ghirardi, A. Rimini, & T. Weber. (1988). Operations involving momentum variables in non-Hamiltonian evolution equations. ˜Il œNuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. B/˜Il œNuovo cimento B. 101(3). 333–355. 21 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C., A. Rimini, & T. Weber. (1982). Quantum evolution in the presence of additive conservation laws and the quantum theory of measurement. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 23(10). 1792–1796. 7 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C., F. Miglietta, A. Rimini, & T. Weber. (1981). Limitations on quantum measurements. II. Analysis of a model example. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 24(2). 353–358. 11 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C., Vittorio Gorini, & Giuseppe Pastori Parravicini. (1980). Spatial localization of quantum states and physical meaning of the matrix elements of the resolvent operator. Nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. A, Nuclei, particles and fields. 57(1). 1–20. 2 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C., A. Rimini, & T. Weber. (1976). A reformulation and a possible modification of quantum mechanics and the EPR paradox. ˜Il œNuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. B/˜Il œNuovo cimento B. 36(2). 97–118. 15 indexed citations
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Fonda, L. & G. C. Ghirardi. (1972). Some remarks on the origin of the deviations from the exponential decay law of an unstable particle. Nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. A, Nuclei, particles and fields. 7(1). 180–184. 36 indexed citations
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Fonda, L. & G. C. Ghirardi. (1970). Symmetry principles in quantum physics. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 59 indexed citations
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Ghirardi, G. C., Massimo Pauri, & A. Rimini. (1963). On the levinson theorem in the multichannel case. Annals of Physics. 21(2). 401–407. 3 indexed citations

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