H. Leutwyler

26.1k total citations · 9 hit papers
127 papers, 17.4k citations indexed

About

H. Leutwyler is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, H. Leutwyler has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 17.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 14 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in H. Leutwyler's work include Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (98 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (84 papers) and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (52 papers). H. Leutwyler is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (98 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (84 papers) and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (52 papers). H. Leutwyler collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. H. Leutwyler's co-authors include J. Gasser, J. Stern, M.E. Sainio, Thomas Becher, Andrei Smilga, Harald Fritzsch, Peter Gerber, Gilberto Colangelo, Eduardo de Rafael and Antonio Pich and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physics Reports and Nuclear Physics B.

In The Last Decade

H. Leutwyler

125 papers receiving 17.0k citations

Hit Papers

Chiral perturbation theor... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1984 1985 1982 1973 1989 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Chiral perturbation theory to one loop
    1984 2.7k citations J. Gasser, H. Leutwyler Annals of Physics profile →
  2. Chiral perturbation theory: Expansions in the mass of the strange quark
    1985 2.4k citations J. Gasser, H. Leutwyler Nuclear Physics B profile →
  3. Quark masses
    1982 1.3k citations J. Gasser, H. Leutwyler Physics Reports profile →
  4. Advantages of the color octet gluon picture
    1973 659 citations H. Leutwyler et al. Physics Letters B profile →
  5. Chiral lagrangians for massive spin-1 fields
    1989 594 citations J. Gasser, H. Leutwyler et al. Physics Letters B profile →
  6. Sigma-term update
    1991 564 citations J. Gasser, H. Leutwyler et al. Physics Letters B profile →
  7. Spectrum of Dirac operator and role of winding number in QCD
    1992 468 citations H. Leutwyler et al. profile →
  8. Review of lattice results concerning low-energy particle physics
    2014 437 citations H. Leutwyler et al. The European Physical Journal C profile →
  9. Light quarks at low temperatures
    1987 433 citations J. Gasser, H. Leutwyler Physics Letters B profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
H. Leutwyler Switzerland 52 16.5k 1.3k 1.1k 694 632 127 17.4k
R. Gatto Italy 50 8.9k 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 677 1.0× 675 1.1× 340 9.8k
Stanley J. Brodsky United States 82 24.7k 1.5× 1.0k 0.8× 1.8k 1.6× 463 0.7× 475 0.8× 438 25.7k
Edward Shuryak United States 60 13.9k 0.8× 2.4k 1.9× 1.9k 1.7× 612 0.9× 904 1.4× 309 14.9k
Jean-Paul Blaizot France 51 6.3k 0.4× 1.3k 1.0× 2.4k 2.1× 486 0.7× 873 1.4× 184 7.9k
Urs M. Heller United States 49 9.2k 0.6× 622 0.5× 689 0.6× 318 0.5× 1.1k 1.8× 315 9.7k
H. David Politzer United States 34 7.6k 0.5× 815 0.6× 779 0.7× 396 0.6× 313 0.5× 61 8.3k
Ismaïl Zahed United States 39 5.2k 0.3× 735 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 600 0.9× 520 0.8× 286 6.2k
A.I. Vainshtein Russia 55 17.4k 1.1× 3.8k 3.0× 1.3k 1.2× 861 1.2× 424 0.7× 155 18.3k
T.D. Lee United States 26 3.4k 0.2× 1.2k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 699 1.0× 689 1.1× 39 5.1k
Laurence G. Yaffe United States 40 7.3k 0.4× 2.9k 2.3× 1.6k 1.4× 874 1.3× 904 1.4× 85 8.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gasser, J., H. Leutwyler, & Akaki Rusetsky. (2021). On the mass difference between proton and neutron. Physics Letters B. 814. 136087–136087. 22 indexed citations
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Colangelo, Gilberto, et al.. (2018). Dispersive analysis of $$\eta \rightarrow 3 \pi $$. The European Physical Journal C. 78(11). 43 indexed citations
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Gasser, J., Martin Hoferichter, H. Leutwyler, & Akaki Rusetsky. (2015). Cottingham formula and nucleon polarisabilities. The European Physical Journal C. 75(8). 39 indexed citations
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Leutwyler, H.. (2009). Light quark masses. 5. 2 indexed citations
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Leutwyler, H., George Rupp, Eef van Beveren, et al.. (2008). Model independent determination of the σ pole. AIP conference proceedings. 1030. 46–55. 27 indexed citations
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Ananthanarayan, B., Gilberto Colangelo, J. Gasser, & H. Leutwyler. (2001). Roy equation analysis of ππ scattering. Physics Reports. 353(4). 207–279. 245 indexed citations
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Colangelo, Gilberto, J. Gasser, & H. Leutwyler. (2000). The ππ S-wave scattering lengths. Physics Letters B. 488(3-4). 261–268. 82 indexed citations
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Becher, Thomas & H. Leutwyler. (1999). Baryon chiral perturbation theory in manifestly Lorentz invariant form. The European Physical Journal C. 9(4). 643–671. 202 indexed citations
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Leutwyler, H.. (1997). 1 Probing the quark condensate by means of ππ scattering. 5 indexed citations
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Leutwyler, H.. (1996). The ratios of the light quark masses. Physics Letters B. 378(1-4). 313–318. 266 indexed citations
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Leutwyler, H.. (1996). Light quark masses. 363. 149–164. 1 indexed citations
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Donoghue, John F. & H. Leutwyler. (1991). Energy and momentum in chiral theories. The European Physical Journal C. 52(2). 343–351. 87 indexed citations
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Leutwyler, H.. (1990). Dirac operator and Chern-Simons action. Helvetica physica acta. 63(5). 660–669. 3 indexed citations
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Gasser, J. & H. Leutwyler. (1985). Chiral perturbation theory: Expansions in the mass of the strange quark. Nuclear Physics B. 250(1-4). 465–516. 2383 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gasser, J. & H. Leutwyler. (1984). Chiral perturbation theory to one loop. Annals of Physics. 158(1). 142–210. 2712 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gasser, J. & H. Leutwyler. (1982). Quark masses. Physics Reports. 87(3). 77–169. 1308 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leutwyler, H.. (1974). Is the quark mass as small as 5 MeV?. Physics Letters B. 48(5). 431–434. 36 indexed citations
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Leutwyler, H.. (1970). Local current algebra model with linear trajectories. Physics Letters B. 31(4). 214–215. 14 indexed citations
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Bebié, Hans, et al.. (1969). Infinite-Component Field Model of the Local Vector and Axial-Vector Current Algebra. Physical Review. 177(5). 2146–2158. 7 indexed citations
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Leutwyler, H.. (1966). A (2+1)-dimensional model for the quantum theory of gravity. Nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. A, Nuclei, particles and fields. 42(1). 159–178. 21 indexed citations

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