Michael Hermele

6.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
58 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Hermele is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Hermele has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 42 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 9 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Michael Hermele's work include Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (35 papers), Quantum many-body systems (30 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (23 papers). Michael Hermele is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (35 papers), Quantum many-body systems (30 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (23 papers). Michael Hermele collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and China. Michael Hermele's co-authors include Matthew P. A. Fisher, Rahul Nandkishore, Patrick A. Lee, Xiao-Gang Wen, Ying Ran, Leon Balents, T. Senthil, Victor Gurarie, Andrew M. Essin and Ana María Rey and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Michael Hermele

55 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Projected-Wave-Function Study of the Spin-1/2Heisenberg M... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2007 2004 2018 2020 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Projected-Wave-Function Study of the Spin-1/2Heisenberg Model on the Kagomé Lattice
    2007 454 citations Ying Ran, Michael Hermele et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Pyrochlore photons: TheU(1)spin liquid in aS=12three-dimensional frustrated magnet
    2004 450 citations Michael Hermele, Matthew P. A. Fisher et al. Physical Review B profile →
  3. Fractons
    2018 325 citations Rahul Nandkishore, Michael Hermele profile →
  4. Localization from Hilbert space shattering: From theory to physical realizations
    2020 291 citations Vedika Khemani, Michael Hermele et al. Physical review. B. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Hermele United States 30 3.3k 3.2k 643 336 309 58 4.3k
Olexei I. Motrunich United States 34 3.0k 0.9× 2.9k 0.9× 605 0.9× 231 0.7× 414 1.3× 92 4.1k
Daniel P. Arovas United States 38 4.9k 1.5× 3.8k 1.2× 824 1.3× 803 2.4× 409 1.3× 93 6.1k
Cenke Xu United States 41 4.5k 1.4× 3.6k 1.1× 984 1.5× 1.2k 3.7× 372 1.2× 137 6.0k
Andreas M. Läuchli Switzerland 50 5.2k 1.6× 4.6k 1.4× 1.1k 1.7× 359 1.1× 659 2.1× 140 6.9k
Stefan Weßel Germany 38 3.5k 1.0× 3.2k 1.0× 624 1.0× 929 2.8× 395 1.3× 142 4.9k
Th. Jolicœur France 32 2.1k 0.6× 2.2k 0.7× 508 0.8× 295 0.9× 149 0.5× 97 3.2k
Vadim Oganesyan United States 25 3.9k 1.2× 3.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.7× 346 1.0× 1.4k 4.4× 53 5.3k
Yi‐Zhuang You United States 33 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 369 0.6× 256 0.8× 419 1.4× 95 3.0k
Adrian Feiguin United States 30 3.5k 1.0× 2.8k 0.9× 939 1.5× 501 1.5× 346 1.1× 116 4.5k
Diptiman Sen India 37 4.3k 1.3× 2.2k 0.7× 456 0.7× 653 1.9× 859 2.8× 191 5.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Xie, Michael Hermele, & David T. Stephen. (2025). Sequential adiabatic generation of chiral topological states. SciPost Physics. 19(4).
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Spiegel, Daniel D., et al.. (2025). A Classifying Space for Phases of Matrix Product States. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 407(1).
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Stephen, David T., et al.. (2025). Charting the space of ground states with tensor networks. SciPost Physics. 18(5). 4 indexed citations
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Leahy, Ian A., Jie Xing, Eun Sang Choi, et al.. (2025). Heat conduction in magnetic insulators via hybridization of acoustic phonons and spin-flip excitations. Physical Review Research. 7(2). 2 indexed citations
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Spiegel, Daniel D., et al.. (2021). Continuous Dependence on the Initial Data in the Kadison Transitivity Theorem and GNS Construction. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Radzihovsky, Leo & Michael Hermele. (2020). Fractons from Vector Gauge Theory. Physical Review Letters. 124(5). 50402–50402. 39 indexed citations
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Khemani, Vedika, Michael Hermele, & Rahul Nandkishore. (2019). Localization from shattering: higher dimensions and physical realizations. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Hermele, Michael, et al.. (2019). Fracton fusion and statistics. Physical review. B.. 100(19). 32 indexed citations
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Ma, Han, Michael Hermele, & Xie Chen. (2018). Fracton topological order from the Higgs and partial-confinement mechanisms of rank-two gauge theory. Physical review. B.. 98(3). 87 indexed citations
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Huang, Yi-Ping & Michael Hermele. (2017). Theory of quantum kagome ice and vison zero modes. Physical review. B.. 95(7). 7 indexed citations
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Cao, Yue, Qiang Wang, Justin Waugh, et al.. (2016). Hallmarks of the Mott-metal crossover in the hole-doped pseudospin-1/2 Mott insulator Sr2IrO4. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11367–11367. 82 indexed citations
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Cao, Yue, Qiang Wang, R. S. Dhaka, et al.. (2014). Hallmarks of Metal Insulator transition in Doped Sr$_{2}$IrO$_{4}$. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014.
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Essin, Andrew M. & Michael Hermele. (2013). Classifying fractionalization: Symmetry classification of gappedZ2spin liquids in two dimensions. Physical Review B. 87(10). 173 indexed citations
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Chen, Gang, Michael Hermele, & Leo Radzihovsky. (2012). Frustrated Quantum Critical Theory of Putative Spin-Liquid Phenomenology in6H−B−Ba3NiSb2O9. Physical Review Letters. 109(1). 16402–16402. 30 indexed citations
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Essin, Andrew M. & Michael Hermele. (2012). Classifying fractionalization: symmetry classification of gapped Z2 spin liquids in two dimensions. arXiv (Cornell University). 2013. 9 indexed citations
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Hermele, Michael, Ying Ran, Patrick A. Lee, & Xiao-Gang Wen. (2008). Properties of an algebraic spin liquid on the kagome lattice. Physical Review B. 77(22). 227 indexed citations
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Ran, Ying, Michael Hermele, Patrick A. Lee, & Xiao-Gang Wen. (2007). Projected-Wave-Function Study of the Spin-1/2Heisenberg Model on the Kagomé Lattice. Physical Review Letters. 98(11). 117205–117205. 454 indexed citations breakdown →
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Büchler, Hans Peter, Michael Hermele, Sebastian D. Huber, Matthew P. A. Fisher, & P. Zoller. (2005). Atomic Quantum Simulator for Lattice Gauge Theories and Ring Exchange Models. Physical Review Letters. 95(4). 40402–40402. 127 indexed citations
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Alicea, Jason, Olexei I. Motrunich, Michael Hermele, & Matthew P. A. Fisher. (2005). Criticality in quantum triangular antiferromagnets via fermionized vortices. Physical Review B. 72(6). 49 indexed citations
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Hermele, Michael, Matthew P. A. Fisher, & Leon Balents. (2004). Pyrochlore photons: TheU(1)spin liquid in aS=12three-dimensional frustrated magnet. Physical Review B. 69(6). 450 indexed citations breakdown →

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