J. C. Light

8.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
78 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

J. C. Light is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. C. Light has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 21 papers in Spectroscopy and 7 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in J. C. Light's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (47 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (31 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (16 papers). J. C. Light is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (47 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (31 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (16 papers). J. C. Light collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. J. C. Light's co-authors include Ian Hamilton, James Lill, Zlatko Bačić, Tae Jun Park, Gregory A. Parker, Robert M. Whitnell, Seung E. Choi, Robert B. Walker, Frank Webster and K. Birgitta Whaley and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Computational Physics and Chemical Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

J. C. Light

77 papers receiving 6.9k citations

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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.

Generalized discrete variable approximation in quantum mechanics

1985 1.5k citations J. C. Light, Ian Hamilton et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
Unitary quantum time evolution by iterative Lanczos reduction

1986 704 citations J. C. Light et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
Discrete variable representations and sudden models in quantum scattering theory

1982 487 citations James Lill, J. C. Light et al. Chemical Physics Letters profile →
Highly excited vibrational levels of ‘‘floppy’’ triatomic molecules: A discrete variable representation—Distributed Gaussian basis approach

1986 436 citations Zlatko Bačić, J. C. Light The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. C. Light United States	40	6.6k	2.6k	808	787	419	78	7.2k
John C. Light United States	33	5.4k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	566 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	260 0.6×	83	6.1k
Claude Leforestier France	46	5.2k 0.8×	2.6k 1.0×	425 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	651 1.6×	110	6.3k
Donald J. Kouri United States	58	10.2k 1.5×	3.9k 1.5×	1.0k 1.3×	1.5k 2.0×	427 1.0×	386	12.1k
Russell T Pack United States	52	6.7k 1.0×	3.0k 1.2×	367 0.5×	1.7k 2.2×	359 0.9×	112	7.8k
M. S. Child United Kingdom	47	6.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	656 0.8×	448 1.1×	188	7.4k
Michael Baer Israel	46	8.8k 1.3×	3.4k 1.3×	578 0.7×	990 1.3×	805 1.9×	302	9.4k
Philip Pechukas United States	35	5.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 2.5×	572 0.7×	466 1.1×	66	6.9k
Aron Kuppermann United States	52	7.2k 1.1×	2.8k 1.1×	449 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	1.0k 2.4×	195	8.2k
R. D. Levine Israel	34	3.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	610 0.8×	355 0.5×	292 0.7×	101	4.3k
Brian T. Sutcliffe United Kingdom	30	3.7k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	220 0.3×	587 0.7×	759 1.8×	96	4.5k

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Arellano, Manuel, Richard Blundell, Stéphane Bonhomme, & J. C. Light. (2023). Heterogeneity of consumption responses to income shocks in the presence of nonlinear persistence. Journal of Econometrics. 240(2). 105449–105449. 6 indexed citations

Lehoucq, Richard B., et al.. (1998). Vibrational eigenstates of four-atom molecules: a parallel strategy employing the implicitly restarted Lanczos method. Computer Physics Communications. 109(1). 15–25. 57 indexed citations

Choi, Seung E. & J. C. Light. (1990). Determination of the bound and quasibound states of Ar–HCl van der Waals complex: Discrete variable representation method. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 92(4). 2129–2145. 186 indexed citations

Light, J. C., et al.. (1990). A split interaction representation for quantum correlation functions of dissociative systems. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 93(1). 633–642. 21 indexed citations

Light, J. C., et al.. (1989). Use of the discrete variable representation in the quantum dynamics by a wave packet propagation: Predissociation of NaI(/sup 1/. sigma. /sup +//sub 0/). -->. NaI(0/sup +/). -->. Na(/sup 2/S)+I(/sup 2/P). 1 indexed citations

Stechel, Ellen B., Frank Webster, & J. C. Light. (1988). A novel wave function factorization simplifying the matrix representation of the Schrödinger equation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 88(3). 1824–1827. 8 indexed citations

Light, J. C. & Zlatko Bačić. (1987). Adiabatic approximation and nonadiabatic corrections in the discrete variable representation: Highly excited vibrational states of triatomic molecules. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 87(7). 4008–4019. 181 indexed citations

Hamilton, Ian, J. C. Light, & K. Birgitta Whaley. (1986). Potential energy determination by inverse perturbation analysis with local correction functions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 85(9). 5151–5157. 24 indexed citations

Lill, James, Thomas Schmalz, & J. C. Light. (1983). Imbedded matrix Green’s functions in atomic and molecular scattering theory. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 78(7). 4456–4463. 25 indexed citations

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Whaley, K. Birgitta & J. C. Light. (1983). Comment on ‘‘A time-dependent quantum mechanical theory for multiphoton dissociation of diatomic molecules’’. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 79(7). 3604–3605. 4 indexed citations

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Kulander, K. C. & J. C. Light. (1980). Photodissociation of triatomic molecules: Application of the R-matrix propagation methods to the calculation of bound-free Franck–Condon factors. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 73(9). 4337–4346. 97 indexed citations

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Light, J. C. & A. Szöke. (1977). Laser-collision induced transitions. 352. 2 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert B., et al.. (1976). Chemical reaction theory for asymmetric atom–molecule collisions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 64(3). 1166–1181. 46 indexed citations

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Light, J. C., et al.. (1975). Practical approximation to reaction probabilities from selected initial quantum states. Chemical Physics Letters. 30(2). 195–199. 21 indexed citations

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Light, J. C., et al.. (1974). On the quantum momentum method for the exact solution of separale multiple well bound state and scattering problems. Chemical Physics Letters. 25(3). 435–438. 13 indexed citations

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Light, J. C., et al.. (1974). Quantum calculations of planar reactive H + H2. III. ``Labeled nuclei'' and angular distributions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 61(11). 4373–4379. 23 indexed citations

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Light, J. C., et al.. (1973). Optical potentials in time-dependent quantum theory. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 59(1). 200–205. 10 indexed citations

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Light, J. C., et al.. (1973). Quantum path integrals and reduced fermion density matrices: One-dimensional noninteracting systems. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 58(2). 660–671. 27 indexed citations

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Light, J. C., et al.. (1971). Quantum Calculations of Collinear Reactive Triatomic Systems. II. Theory. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 54(4). 1635–1642. 51 indexed citations

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Light, J. C., et al.. (1964). Molecular rearrangement collisions at high impact energies. Proceedings of the Physical Society. 84(4). 527–530. 20 indexed citations

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