Léon Van Hove

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
24 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Léon Van Hove is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Mathematical Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Léon Van Hove has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 7 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 3 papers in Mathematical Physics. Recurrent topics in Léon Van Hove's work include Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (6 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (4 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (3 papers). Léon Van Hove is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (6 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (4 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (3 papers). Léon Van Hove collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Switzerland. Léon Van Hove's co-authors include John von Neumann, L. Caneschi, Raymond Aron, J Kendrew, H. B. G. Casimir, C. L. Pekeris, O. Maaløe, Albert B. Sabin, David Samuel and Michael B. Feldman and has published in prestigious journals such as Reviews of Modern Physics, Nuclear Physics A and Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.

In The Last Decade

Léon Van Hove

24 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Correlations in Space and Time and Born Approximation Sca... 1953 2026 1977 2001 1954 1953 1954 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Correlations in Space and Time and Born Approximation Scattering in Systems of Interacting Particles
    1954 2.0k citations Léon Van Hove Physical Review profile →
  2. The Occurrence of Singularities in the Elastic Frequency Distribution of a Crystal
    1953 976 citations Léon Van Hove Physical Review profile →
  3. Quantum-mechanical perturbations giving rise to a statistical transport equation
    1954 532 citations Léon Van Hove Physica profile →

Peers

Léon Van Hove
D. ter Haar United Kingdom
Rudolf Peierls United Kingdom
M. H. Kalos United States
J. C. Wheatley United States
A. R. Edmonds United Kingdom
C. D. Jeffries United States
Noel Corngold United States
H. Mendlowitz United States
D. N. Zubarev Russia
T. Riste Norway
D. ter Haar United Kingdom
Léon Van Hove
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Hove, Léon Van. (2001). On Certain Unitary Representations of an Infinite Group of Transformations. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. eBooks. 3 indexed citations
2.
Hove, Léon Van. (1986). Possible manifestation of quark-gluon plasma in ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. Nuclear Physics A. 447. 443–453. 1 indexed citations
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Aron, Raymond, H. B. G. Casimir, Friedrich Cramer, et al.. (1973). Scientists in Search of Their Conscience. 3 indexed citations
4.
Caneschi, L. & Léon Van Hove. (1967). Selected topics on violation of CP invariance. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
5.
Hove, Léon Van. (1960). Two remarks on the theory of the Fermi gas. Physica. 26. S200–S203. 3 indexed citations
6.
Hove, Léon Van. (1959). Abnormal behaviour of the dilute fermi gas for negative two body scattering length. Physica. 25(7-12). 849–858. 33 indexed citations
7.
Hove, Léon Van. (1958). Von Neumann’s contributions to quantum theory. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 64(3). 95–99. 12 indexed citations
8.
Hove, Léon Van. (1958). A remark on the time-dependent pair distribution. Physica. 24(1-5). 404–408. 41 indexed citations
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Hove, Léon Van. (1957). The approach to equilibrium in quantum statistics. Physica. 23(1-5). 441–480. 389 indexed citations
10.
Hove, Léon Van. (1956). Energy corrections and persistent perturbation effects in continuous spectra. Physica. 22(1-5). 343–354. 137 indexed citations
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Hove, Léon Van & John von Neumann. (1955). Sur certaines représentations unitaires d'un groupe infini de transformations. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 41 indexed citations
12.
Hove, Léon Van. (1955). Energy corrections and persistent perturbation effects in continuous spectra. Physica. 21(6-10). 901–923. 232 indexed citations
13.
Hove, Léon Van. (1954). Time-Dependent Correlations between Spins and Neutron Scattering in Ferromagnetic Crystals. Physical Review. 95(6). 1374–1384. 382 indexed citations
14.
Hove, Léon Van. (1954). Correlations in Space and Time and Born Approximation Scattering in Systems of Interacting Particles. Physical Review. 95(1). 249–262. 1997 indexed citations breakdown →
15.
Hove, Léon Van. (1954). Quantum-mechanical perturbations giving rise to a statistical transport equation. Physica. 21(1-5). 517–540. 532 indexed citations breakdown →
16.
Hove, Léon Van. (1953). The Occurrence of Singularities in the Elastic Frequency Distribution of a Crystal. Physical Review. 89(6). 1189–1193. 976 indexed citations breakdown →
17.
Hove, Léon Van. (1952). Topologie des espaces fonctionnels analytiques et des groupes infinis de transformations. Bulletin de la Classe des sciences. 38(1). 333–351. 6 indexed citations
18.
Hove, Léon Van. (1952). Coulomb Effects in Pion Scattering by Protons under the Charge Independence Hypothesis. Physical Review. 88(6). 1358–1360. 48 indexed citations
19.
Hove, Léon Van, et al.. (1951). Sur la fonction de distribution radiale d'un gaz imparfait et le principe de superposition. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 54(3). 256–259. 1 indexed citations
20.
Hove, Léon Van. (1951). Sur l’opérateur Hamiltonien de deux champs quantifiés en interaction. Bulletin de la Classe des sciences. 37(1). 1055–1072. 2 indexed citations

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