Martin Lüscher

24.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
151 papers, 16.1k citations indexed

About

Martin Lüscher is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Genetics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Lüscher has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 16.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 33 papers in Genetics and 28 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Martin Lüscher's work include Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (72 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (54 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (33 papers). Martin Lüscher is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (72 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (54 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (33 papers). Martin Lüscher collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Martin Lüscher's co-authors include Peter Weisz, Ulli Wolff, П. Карлсон, P. Di Vecchia, A. D’Adda, Bernd A. Berg, Rainer Sommer, K. Symanzik, Stefan Sint and L. Gerig and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physics Reports.

In The Last Decade

Martin Lüscher

151 papers receiving 15.5k citations

Hit Papers

‘Pheromones’: a New Term for a Class of Biologically Acti... 1959 2026 1981 2003 1959 1991 1986 1990 1978 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. ‘Pheromones’: a New Term for a Class of Biologically Active Substances
    1959 855 citations Martin Lüscher et al. profile →
  2. Two-particle states on a torus and their relation to the scattering matrix
    1991 828 citations Martin Lüscher Nuclear Physics B profile →
  3. Volume dependence of the energy spectrum in massive quantum field theories
    1986 809 citations Martin Lüscher profile →
  4. How to calculate the elastic scattering matrix in two-dimensional quantum field theories by numerical simulation
    1990 594 citations Martin Lüscher, Ulli Wolff Nuclear Physics B profile →
  5. A expandable series of non-linear σ models with instantons
    1978 543 citations Martin Lüscher et al. Nuclear Physics B profile →
  6. Exact chiral symmetry on the lattice and the Ginsparg-Wilson relation
    1998 477 citations Martin Lüscher Physics Letters B profile →
  7. On-shell improved lattice gauge theories
    1985 455 citations Martin Lüscher, Peter Weisz profile →

Peers

Martin Lüscher
John R. Cary United States
Kenneth Watson United States
David H. Sharp United States
Henrik Flyvbjerg Denmark
Boris I. Shraiman United States
Alan J. McKane United Kingdom
N. Cabibbo Italy
A. W. Thomas Australia
Vijay Balasubramanian United States
Marlan O. Scully United States
John R. Cary United States
Martin Lüscher
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fritzsch, Patrick, John Bulava, Marco Cè, et al.. (2022). Master-field simulations of QCD. Proceedings of The 38th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory — PoS(LATTICE2021). 465–465. 9 indexed citations
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Umbehr, Martin, Martin Lüscher, F. Falkner, et al.. (2015). Influence of Varying Assessment Parameters on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Local Staging of Prostate Cancer. Urologia Internationalis. 96(3). 309–314. 3 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin, Cédric Poyet, Karim Saba, et al.. (2014). Acute Abdominal Pain Accompanied by High Creatinine in a Female Patient With Schizophrenia. Urology. 85(3). 495–498. 4 indexed citations
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Giusti, Leonardo & Martin Lüscher. (2012). Chiral symmetry breaking and the Banks–Casher relation in lattice QCD with Wilson quarks. 49 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin. (2006). The Schrödinger functional in lattice QCD with exact chiral symmetry. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2006(5). 42–42. 16 indexed citations
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Giusti, Leonardo, Martin Lüscher, Peter Weisz, & Hartmut Wittig. (2003). Lattice QCD in the epsilon-regime and random matrix theory. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2003(11). 23–23. 72 indexed citations
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Hernández, Pilar, Martin Lüscher, & Karl Jansen. (2000). A note on the practical feasibility of domain-wall fermions. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin. (2000). Max‐Planck‐Medaille: Von den Pionen zu den fundamentalen Parametern der Quantenchromodynamik: Ein Fall für die Gittereichtheorie. Physikalische Blätter. 56(7-8). 65–68. 1 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin. (1996). Chiral symmetry and O(a) improvement in lattice QCD. Nuclear Physics B. 478(1-2). 365–397. 361 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin & Peter Weisz. (1995). Background field technique and renormalization in lattice gauge theory. Nuclear Physics B. 452(1-2). 213–233. 38 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin, Peter Weisz, & Ulli Wolff. (1991). A numerical method to compute the running coupling in asymptotically free theories. Nuclear Physics B. 359(1). 221–243. 222 indexed citations
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Fluri, Peter, Martin Lüscher, H. Wille, & L. Gerig. (1982). Changes in weight of the pharyngeal gland and haemolymph titres of juvenile hormone, protein and vitellogenin in worker honey bees. Journal of Insect Physiology. 28(1). 61–68. 297 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin. (1980). The area law as a consequence of the loop wave equation. Physics Letters B. 90(3). 277–279. 12 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin. (1976). Phase and caste determination in insects : endocrine aspects : papers presented at a symposium of the section physiology and biochemistry of the XV International Congress of Entomology, Washington, D.C., 1976 (chairman, Dorothy Feir). Pergamon Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Gerig, L., et al.. (1974). A bioassay for juvenile hormone (JH) effects of insect growth regulators (IGR) on adult worker honeybees. Preliminary report. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft = Bulletin de la Société entomologique suisse. 47. 307–313. 2 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin, et al.. (1974). The occurrence of vitellogenin in workers and queens of Apis mellifica and the possibility of its transmission to the queen. Journal of Insect Physiology. 20(5). 897–909. 41 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin. (1974). Die Kompetenz zur Soldatenbildung bei Larven (Pseudergaten) der Termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Revue suisse de zoologie. 81. 710–714. 5 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin, et al.. (1970). Über die Reifung transplantierter Oocyten unter verschiedenen Bedingungen bei der Schabe Nauphoeta cinerea. Revue suisse de zoologie. 77. 621–624. 8 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin. (1968). Oöcyte protection—A function of a corpus cardiacum hormone in the cockroach, Nauphoeta cinerea. Journal of Insect Physiology. 14(5). 685–688. 16 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin & Pierre-P. Grassé. (1954). Correspondance. Insectes Sociaux. 1(1). 81–82. 1 indexed citations

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