Ho Tat Lam

2.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
26 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ho Tat Lam is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ho Tat Lam has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 12 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 11 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Ho Tat Lam's work include Quantum many-body systems (11 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (10 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (7 papers). Ho Tat Lam is often cited by papers focused on Quantum many-body systems (11 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (10 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (7 papers). Ho Tat Lam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Ho Tat Lam's co-authors include Shu-Heng Shao, Yichul Choi, Clay Córdova, Nathan Seiberg, Po-Shen Hsin, Daniel S. Freed, F. J. Burnell, Trithep Devakul, Benjamin Basso and Kwok Yip Szeto and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

Ho Tat Lam

26 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Noninvertible duality defects in 3+1 dimensions

2022 197 citations Yichul Choi, Clay Córdova et al. Physical review. D profile →
Noninvertible Global Symmetries in the Standard Model

2022 140 citations Yichul Choi, Ho Tat Lam et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Non-invertible Condensation, Duality, and Triality Defects in 3+1 Dimensions

2023 126 citations Yichul Choi, Clay Córdova et al. Communications in Mathematical Physics profile →

Peers

Ho Tat Lam

NHEP

AMPO

SNP

GT

CMP

Po-Shen Hsin United States

Ying-Hsuan Lin United States

Kantaro Ohmori Japan

Clay Córdova United States

Brian Willett United States

Yunqin Zheng United States

Didina Serban France

Justin Kaidi United States

Sakura Schäfer‐Nameki United Kingdom

Yuya Tanizaki Japan

Po-Shen Hsin United States

Ho Tat Lam

566 ×0.7

NHEP

430 ×0.8

AMPO

290 ×0.7

SNP

325 ×0.9

GT

225 ×0.7

CMP

Citations per year, relative to Ho Tat Lam Ho Tat Lam (= 1×) peers Po-Shen Hsin

Countries citing papers authored by Ho Tat Lam

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ho Tat Lam

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ho Tat Lam

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Lam, Ho Tat, et al.. (2025). (SPT-)LSM theorems from projective non-invertible symmetries. SciPost Physics. 18(1). 5 indexed citations

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Lam, Ho Tat, et al.. (2025). Gauging modulated symmetries: Kramers-Wannier dualities and non-invertible reflections. SciPost Physics. 18(1). 17 indexed citations

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Lam, Ho Tat, et al.. (2024). Symmetries and anomalies of Kitaev spin-S models: Identifying symmetry-enforced exotic quantum matter. SciPost Physics. 16(4). 9 indexed citations

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Choi, Yichul, et al.. (2024). Quantization of Axion-Gauge Couplings and Noninvertible Higher Symmetries. Physical Review Letters. 132(12). 121601–121601. 27 indexed citations

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Lam, Ho Tat. (2024). Classification of dipolar symmetry-protected topological phases: Matrix product states, stabilizer Hamiltonians, and finite tensor gauge theories. Physical review. B.. 109(11). 11 indexed citations

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Lam, Ho Tat, et al.. (2024). Quantum vortex lattice: Lifshitz duality, topological defects, and multipole symmetries. Physical review. B.. 110(3). 5 indexed citations

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Choi, Yichul, Clay Córdova, Po-Shen Hsin, Ho Tat Lam, & Shu-Heng Shao. (2023). Non-invertible Condensation, Duality, and Triality Defects in 3+1 Dimensions. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 402(1). 489–542. 126 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lam, Ho Tat, et al.. (2023). Gapped lineon and fracton models on graphs. Physical review. B.. 107(12). 9 indexed citations

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Lam, Ho Tat, et al.. (2023). (2+1)-dimensional compact Lifshitz theory, tensor gauge theory, and fractons. Physical review. B.. 108(7). 22 indexed citations

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Choi, Yichul, Ho Tat Lam, & Shu-Heng Shao. (2023). Noninvertible Time-Reversal Symmetry. Physical Review Letters. 130(13). 131602–131602. 70 indexed citations

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Choi, Yichul, Ho Tat Lam, & Shu-Heng Shao. (2023). Non-invertible Gauss law and axions. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2023(9). 69 indexed citations

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Choi, Yichul, Ho Tat Lam, & Shu-Heng Shao. (2022). Noninvertible Global Symmetries in the Standard Model. Physical Review Letters. 129(16). 161601–161601. 140 indexed citations breakdown →

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Burnell, F. J., et al.. (2022). Anomaly inflow for subsystem symmetries. Physical review. B.. 106(8). 44 indexed citations

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Choi, Yichul, Clay Córdova, Po-Shen Hsin, Ho Tat Lam, & Shu-Heng Shao. (2022). Noninvertible duality defects in 3+1 dimensions. Physical review. D. 105(12). 197 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lam, Ho Tat, et al.. (2022). Global dipole symmetry, compact Lifshitz theory, tensor gauge theory, and fractons. Physical review. B.. 106(4). 67 indexed citations

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Córdova, Clay, Daniel S. Freed, Ho Tat Lam, & Nathan Seiberg. (2020). Anomalies in the space of coupling constants and their dynamical applications II. SciPost Physics. 8(1). 119 indexed citations

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Córdova, Clay, Daniel S. Freed, Ho Tat Lam, & Nathan Seiberg. (2020). Anomalies in the space of coupling constants and their dynamical applications I. SciPost Physics. 8(1). 124 indexed citations

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Hsin, Po-Shen, Ho Tat Lam, & Nathan Seiberg. (2019). Comments on one-form global symmetries and their gauging in 3d and 4d. SciPost Physics. 6(3). 126 indexed citations

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Lam, Ho Tat & Shu-Heng Shao. (2018). Conformal basis, optical theorem, and the bulk point singularity. Physical review. D. 98(2). 54 indexed citations

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Lam, Ho Tat, et al.. (2016). Ansatz for Majorana modes for a quantum walk in a finite wire. Physical review. A. 93(5). 5 indexed citations

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