Nigel R. Cooper

10.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
158 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Nigel R. Cooper is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel R. Cooper has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 53 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 18 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Nigel R. Cooper's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (80 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (72 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (47 papers). Nigel R. Cooper is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (80 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (72 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (47 papers). Nigel R. Cooper collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Nigel R. Cooper's co-authors include Jean Dalibard, Gunnar Möller, I. B. Spielman, N. K. Wilkin, E. H. Rezayi, Benjámin Béri, Steven H. Simon, Nathan Goldman, Jarmo Gunn and Max McGinley and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Nigel R. Cooper

156 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Measuring the Chern number of Hofstadter bands with ultra... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2014 2019 2008 200 400 600
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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. Measuring the Chern number of Hofstadter bands with ultracold bosonic atoms
    2014 713 citations Monika Aidelsburger, Michael Lohse et al. profile →
  2. Topological bands for ultracold atoms
    2019 562 citations Nigel R. Cooper, Jean Dalibard et al. profile →
  3. Rapidly rotating atomic gases
    2008 427 citations Nigel R. Cooper profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nigel R. Cooper United Kingdom 45 7.0k 2.0k 709 653 460 158 7.4k
I. B. Spielman United States 42 10.7k 1.5× 2.7k 1.3× 959 1.4× 490 0.8× 606 1.3× 106 11.0k
Monika Aidelsburger Germany 26 5.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 698 1.0× 317 0.5× 568 1.2× 53 5.7k
Benoît Douçot France 30 2.9k 0.4× 2.1k 1.0× 561 0.8× 428 0.7× 374 0.8× 109 3.8k
Patrik Öhberg United Kingdom 34 6.2k 0.9× 886 0.4× 976 1.4× 330 0.5× 781 1.7× 102 6.4k
Jan von Delft Germany 46 5.8k 0.8× 3.2k 1.6× 896 1.3× 564 0.9× 486 1.1× 177 6.7k
Miguel A. Cazalilla Spain 29 3.5k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 207 0.3× 716 1.1× 549 1.2× 68 3.8k
I. V. Gornyi Germany 40 4.5k 0.6× 1.6k 0.8× 367 0.5× 2.0k 3.0× 787 1.7× 162 5.1k
Gediminas Juzeliūnas Lithuania 39 6.3k 0.9× 946 0.5× 959 1.4× 251 0.4× 349 0.8× 113 6.5k
K. Sengstock Germany 48 9.0k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 988 1.4× 261 0.4× 1.4k 2.9× 151 9.3k
Rahul Nandkishore United States 40 5.3k 0.8× 2.5k 1.2× 687 1.0× 1.3k 2.0× 1.2k 2.7× 111 5.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Molignini, Paolo & Nigel R. Cooper. (2023). Topological phase transitions at finite temperature. Physical Review Research. 5(2). 17 indexed citations
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Dreon, Davide, Philip Zupancic, Alexander Baumgärtner, et al.. (2021). First order phase transition between two centro-symmetric superradiant crystals. Physical Review Research. 3(1). 16 indexed citations
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Dutta, Shovan & Nigel R. Cooper. (2020). Long-Range Coherence and Multiple Steady States in a Lossy Qubit Array. Physical Review Letters. 125(24). 240404–240404. 15 indexed citations
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Zupancic, Philip, Davide Dreon, Alexander Baumgärtner, et al.. (2019). P-Band Induced Self-Organization and Dynamics with Repulsively Driven Ultracold Atoms in an Optical Cavity. Physical Review Letters. 123(23). 233601–233601. 28 indexed citations
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Dutta, Shovan & Nigel R. Cooper. (2019). Critical Response of a Quantum van der Pol Oscillator. Physical Review Letters. 123(25). 250401–250401. 39 indexed citations
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Simon, Steven H. & Nigel R. Cooper. (2018). Theory of the Josephson Junction Laser. Physical Review Letters. 121(2). 27004–27004. 8 indexed citations
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Knolle, Johannes & Nigel R. Cooper. (2017). Excitons in topological Kondo insulators: Theory of thermodynamic and transport anomalies inSmB6. Physical Review Letters. 118(9). 96604–96604. 66 indexed citations
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Knolle, Johannes & Nigel R. Cooper. (2017). Anomalous de Haas–van Alphen Effect in InAs/GaSb Quantum Wells. Physical Review Letters. 118(17). 176801–176801. 29 indexed citations
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Möller, Gunnar & Nigel R. Cooper. (2015). Fractional Chern Insulators in Harper-Hofstadter Bands with Higher Chern Number. Physical Review Letters. 115(12). 126401–126401. 81 indexed citations
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Sterdyniak, A., Nigel R. Cooper, & Nicolas Regnault. (2015). Bosonic Integer Quantum Hall Effect in Optical Flux Lattices. Physical Review Letters. 115(11). 116802–116802. 40 indexed citations
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Aidelsburger, Monika, Michael Lohse, C. Schweizer, et al.. (2014). Revealing the topology of Hofstadter bands with ultracold bosonic atoms. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Cooper, Nigel R. & Jean Dalibard. (2013). Reaching Fractional Quantum Hall States with Optical Flux Lattices. Physical Review Letters. 110(18). 185301–185301. 123 indexed citations
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Pungetti, Gloria, Ahmed Djoghlaf, Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, et al.. (2012). Sacred Species and Sites. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 47 indexed citations
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Cooper, Nigel R. & Roderich Moessner. (2012). Designing Topological Bands in Reciprocal Space. Physical Review Letters. 109(21). 215302–215302. 30 indexed citations
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Drummond, N. D., Nigel R. Cooper, R. J. Needs, & G. V. Shlyapnikov. (2011). Quantum Monte Carlo calculation of the zero-temperature phase diagram of the two-component fermionic hard-core gas in two dimensions. Physical Review B. 83(19). 14 indexed citations
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Cooper, Nigel R.. (2011). Optical Flux Lattices for Ultracold Atomic Gases. Physical Review Letters. 106(17). 175301–175301. 130 indexed citations
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Möller, Gunnar, Arkadiusz Wójs, & Nigel R. Cooper. (2011). Neutral Fermion Excitations in the Moore-Read State at Filling Factorν=5/2. Physical Review Letters. 107(3). 36803–36803. 33 indexed citations
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Cooper, Nigel R. & G. V. Shlyapnikov. (2009). Stable Topological Superfluid Phase of Ultracold Polar Fermionic Molecules. Physical Review Letters. 103(15). 155302–155302. 164 indexed citations
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Möller, Gunnar & Nigel R. Cooper. (2007). Density Waves and Supersolidity in Rapidly Rotating Atomic Fermi Gases. Physical Review Letters. 99(19). 190409–190409. 18 indexed citations
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Rezayi, E. H., N. Read, & Nigel R. Cooper. (2005). Incompressible Liquid State of Rapidly Rotating Bosons at Filling Factor3/2. Physical Review Letters. 95(16). 160404–160404. 58 indexed citations

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