H. van Dam

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

H. van Dam is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, H. van Dam has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 30 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in H. van Dam's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (22 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (19 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (17 papers). H. van Dam is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (22 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (19 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (17 papers). H. van Dam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and India. H. van Dam's co-authors include M. Veltman, Y. Jack Ng, L. C. Biedenharn, E. P. Wigner, G. Burgers, F.A. Berends, J.J. van der Bij, W. A. Christiansen, Walter Troost and Mooyoung Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

H. van Dam

66 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Massive and mass-less Yan... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 250 500 750
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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. Massive and mass-less Yang-Mills and gravitational fields
    1970 825 citations H. van Dam, M. Veltman Nuclear Physics B profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
H. van Dam 1.8k 1.7k 1.1k 630 120 72 2.6k
Louis Witten 1.9k 1.1× 2.5k 1.4× 1.0k 1.0× 564 0.9× 209 1.7× 82 3.0k
J. W. Moffat 2.6k 1.5× 2.9k 1.7× 727 0.7× 329 0.5× 117 1.0× 207 3.7k
A. A. Logunov 1.1k 0.6× 768 0.4× 495 0.5× 762 1.2× 186 1.6× 180 2.4k
Y. Jack Ng 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 791 0.8× 694 1.1× 39 0.3× 105 2.5k
M. Tonin 2.9k 1.7× 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 1.3× 336 0.5× 67 0.6× 101 3.2k
P. Breitenlohner 3.9k 2.2× 2.6k 1.5× 1.5k 1.4× 358 0.6× 67 0.6× 42 4.1k
J.W. van Holten 1.8k 1.0× 1.0k 0.6× 1.2k 1.1× 498 0.8× 76 0.6× 104 2.3k
Yves Brihaye 1.9k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 625 0.6× 353 0.6× 49 0.4× 204 2.3k
P. A. Horváthy 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 1.0k 1.6× 69 0.6× 129 2.6k
Frederick J. Ernst 1.6k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 848 0.8× 233 0.4× 136 1.1× 54 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by H. van Dam

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H. van Dam

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of H. van Dam. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of H. van Dam based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with H. van Dam. H. van Dam is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dam, H. van, W. A. Christiansen, & Y. Jack Ng. (2021). Probing Spacetime Foam with Extragalactic Sources. UNC Libraries.
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Dam, H. van, et al.. (2018). The Zinc Case – Burden of Proof and Business Restructurings in the Netherlands. International Transfer Pricing Journal. 25(2). 3 indexed citations
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Christiansen, W. A., Y. Jack Ng, & H. van Dam. (2006). Probing Spacetime Foam with Extragalactic Sources. Physical Review Letters. 96(5). 51301–51301. 56 indexed citations
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Ng, Y. Jack & H. van Dam. (2000). On Wigner's clock and the detectability of spacetime foam with gravitational-wave interferometers. Physics Letters B. 477(4). 429–435. 23 indexed citations
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Ng, Y. Jack & H. van Dam. (1999). A small but nonzero cosmological constant. 21 indexed citations
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Ng, Y. Jack & H. van Dam. (1995). Limitation to Quantum Measurements of Space‐Time Distancesa. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 755(1). 579–584. 20 indexed citations
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Frampton, Paul H., Y. Jack Ng, & H. van Dam. (1992). Possible solution of strong CP problem in generalized unimodular gravity. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 33(11). 3881–3882. 2 indexed citations
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Burgers, G. & H. van Dam. (1987). On classical action at a distance theories which contain a cutoff. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 28(3). 677–684. 3 indexed citations
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Berends, F.A., G. Burgers, & H. van Dam. (1986). Explicit construction of conserved currents for massless fields of arbitrary spin. Nuclear Physics B. 271(2). 429–441. 31 indexed citations
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Biedenharn, L. C., Arno Böhm, M. Tarlini, H. van Dam, & N. Mukunda. (1984). Spinorial relativistic rotator: The transformation from quasi-Newtonian to Minkowski coordinates. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 30(2). 409–420. 1 indexed citations
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Böhm, Arno, Mark Loewe, L. C. Biedenharn, & H. van Dam. (1983). Relativistic rotator. II. The simplest representation spaces. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 28(12). 3032–3040. 18 indexed citations
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Biedenharn, L. C., H. van Dam, N. Mukunda, A. Böhm, & John Dollard. (1982). Relativistic Models of Extended Hadrons Obeying a Mass-Spin Trajectory Constraint. Lecture notes in physics. 20 indexed citations
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Bij, J.J. van der, Y. Jack Ng, & H. van Dam. (1981). THEORY OF GRAVITY AND THE COSMOLOGICAL TERM: THE LITTLE GROUP VIEWPOINT. 4 indexed citations
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Ford, L. H. & H. van Dam. (1980). The impossibility of a non-zero rest mass for the graviton. Nuclear Physics B. 169(1-2). 126–136. 9 indexed citations
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Dam, H. van, et al.. (1979). The Cosmic Frontiers of General Relativity. Leonardo. 12(4). 333–333. 5 indexed citations
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Dam, H. van & M. Veltman. (1972). On the mass of the graviton. General Relativity and Gravitation. 3(3). 215–220. 21 indexed citations
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Biedenharn, L. C., Mooyoung Han, & H. van Dam. (1972). Two-Component Alternative to Dirac's Equation. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 6(2). 500–519. 16 indexed citations
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Biedenharn, L. C., Mooyoung Han, & H. van Dam. (1971). Two-Component Poincaré-Invariant Equations for Massive Charged Leptons. Physical Review Letters. 27(17). 1167–1170. 15 indexed citations
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Biedenharn, L. C. & H. van Dam. (1965). Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum: A Collection of Reprints and Original Papers. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 56 indexed citations
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Dam, H. van, et al.. (1965). The Conceptual Basis and Use of the Geometric Invariance Principles. Reviews of Modern Physics. 37(4). 595–632. 87 indexed citations

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