N. L. Balázs

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

N. L. Balázs is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, N. L. Balázs has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 35 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in N. L. Balázs's work include Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (18 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (12 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (11 papers). N. L. Balázs is often cited by papers focused on Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (18 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (12 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (11 papers). N. L. Balázs collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. N. L. Balázs's co-authors include Marsha Berry, A. Voros, E. G. D. Cohen, B.K. Jennings, M. Tabor, Michael Berry, Stephen G. Brush, Ludwig Boltzmann, T. Bergeman and Roger Balian and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Astrophysical Journal and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

N. L. Balázs

85 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Nonspreading wave packets

1979 1.2k citations N. L. Balázs et al. profile →
Fundamental Problems in Statistical Mechanics

1962 598 citations N. L. Balázs et al. Physics Today profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. L. Balázs United States	24	2.7k	1.9k	582	412	365	88	4.3k
Morikazu Toda Japan	22	2.6k 1.0×	3.8k 2.0×	305 0.5×	228 0.6×	147 0.4×	47	6.0k
Roger G. Newton United States	31	3.8k 1.4×	1.4k 0.7×	491 0.8×	1.3k 3.0×	278 0.8×	123	6.1k
E. T. Whittaker United States	10	978 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	305 0.5×	413 1.0×	657 1.8×	25	5.0k
N. Mukunda India	40	3.9k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	676 1.2×	777 1.9×	490 1.3×	210	5.6k
Paul C. Martin United States	32	4.1k 1.5×	2.1k 1.1×	586 1.0×	985 2.4×	578 1.6×	68	8.4k
R. Balescu Belgium	29	1.4k 0.5×	1.8k 1.0×	319 0.5×	1.0k 2.5×	923 2.5×	120	4.2k
G. Barton United Kingdom	37	4.7k 1.7×	1.6k 0.9×	241 0.4×	772 1.9×	650 1.8×	131	5.9k
Hazime Mori Japan	20	3.3k 1.2×	2.4k 1.3×	692 1.2×	254 0.6×	91 0.2×	58	6.5k
Natsuki Hashitsume Japan	12	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	355 0.6×	161 0.4×	94 0.3×	26	3.8k
Iwo Białynicki‐Birula Poland	36	4.3k 1.6×	1.7k 0.9×	398 0.7×	809 2.0×	478 1.3×	138	5.6k

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Balázs, N. L. & T. Bergeman. (1998). Statistical mechanics of ideal Bose atoms in a harmonic trap. Physical Review A. 58(3). 2359–2372. 29 indexed citations

Balázs, N. L., et al.. (1995). Coin tossing as a billiard problem. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 52(4). 3608–3613. 5 indexed citations

Balázs, N. L.. (1989). Chaos: Making a New Science.James Gleick. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 64(1). 112–113.

Balázs, N. L., et al.. (1987). Multiple time scales analysis for the Kramers-Chandrasekhar equation. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 146(1-2). 175–200. 11 indexed citations

Balázs, N. L., C. Schmit, & A. Voros. (1987). Spectral fluctuations and zeta functions. Journal of Statistical Physics. 46(5-6). 1067–1090. 13 indexed citations

Balázs, N. L. & A. Voros. (1986). Chaos on the pseudosphere. Physics Reports. 143(3). 109–240. 275 indexed citations

Balázs, N. L., et al.. (1979). Tables of Weyl fractional integrals for the Airy function. Mathematics of Computation. 33(145). 353–358. 4 indexed citations

Tobias, Irwin & N. L. Balázs. (1979). The optical rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism of molecules containing interacting residues. Chemical Physics. 44(1). 9–22. 1 indexed citations

Balázs, N. L. & H.C. Pauli. (1977). Short-range forces and surface tension in nuclei. The European Physical Journal A. 281(4). 395–407. 5 indexed citations

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Balázs, N. L. & Irwin Tobias. (1977). The optical activity of large molecules from classical scattering theory. Chemical Physics. 20(2). 209–217. 2 indexed citations

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Balázs, N. L. & D. W. Sciama. (1972). Accretion Flows and their Stability. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 160(1). 79–87. 6 indexed citations

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Sciama, D. W. & N. L. Balázs. (1970). The Physical Foundations of General Relativity. Physics Today. 23(3). 85–86. 38 indexed citations

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Balázs, N. L. & I. Tobı́as. (1969). Semiclassical dispersion theory of lasers. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 264(1147). 1–29. 16 indexed citations

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Weisskopf, V. F., et al.. (1965). Collected Scientific Papers. Physics Today. 18(6). 51–52. 2 indexed citations

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Boltzmann, Ludwig, Stephen G. Brush, & N. L. Balázs. (1964). Lectures on Gas Theory. Physics Today. 17(9). 68–68. 106 indexed citations

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Fermi, Enrico & N. L. Balázs. (1963). Collected Papers. Physics Today. 16(4). 74–76. 15 indexed citations

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Brittin, Wesley E., et al.. (1962). Lectures in Theoretical Physics, Volume 3. Physics Today. 15(2). 42–42. 1 indexed citations

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Balázs, N. L., et al.. (1961). Ionization Phenomena in Gases. Physics Today. 14(5). 54–55. 1 indexed citations

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Balázs, N. L.. (1955). The Propagation of Light Rays in Moving Media. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 45(1). 63_2–63_2. 6 indexed citations

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Balázs, N. L.. (1955). Wave Propagation in Even and Odd Dimensional Spaces. Proceedings of the Physical Society Section A. 68(6). 521–524. 12 indexed citations

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