Simon Hands

5.6k citations

147 papers · 4.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 33

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.5%
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Condensed Matter Physics top 2%
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Theoretical and Computational Physics

Papers in ⓘ

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 113
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 112
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research 77
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 52
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics 17
Condensed Matter Physics 50
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism 39
- Theoretical and Computational Physics 14

Co-authors: Chris Allton (35 shared papers)John B. Kogut (26 shared papers)Jon-Ivar Skullerud (35 shared papers)Costas Strouthos (18 shared papers)Shinji Ejiri (10 shared papers)E. Laermann (9 shared papers)Olaf Kaczmarek (9 shared papers)F. Karsch (6 shared papers)
Journals: Nuclear Physics B (21 papers)Physics Letters B (13 papers)Physical Review B (7 papers)Physical review. D (5 papers)Physical Review Letters (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Ireland

In The Last Decade

Simon Hands

136 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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QCD thermal phase transition in the presence of a small chemical potential 2002 · 419 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2002 Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields

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1	QCD thermal phase transition in the presence of a small chemical potential Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·Chris Allton, Shinji Ejiri, Simon Hands, Olaf Kaczmarek, F. Karsch, E. Laermann, Christian Schmidt, L. Scorzato Hit paper breakdown →	2002	419
2	Thermodynamics of two flavor QCD to sixth order in quark chemical potential Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology ·Chris Allton, M. Döring, Shinji Ejiri, Simon Hands, Olaf Kaczmarek, F. Karsch, E. Laermann, K. Redlich	2005	359
3	Equation of state for two flavor QCD at nonzero chemical potential Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·Chris Allton, Shinji Ejiri, Simon Hands, Olaf Kaczmarek, F. Karsch, E. Laermann, Christian Schmidt	2003	260
4	Spectral Functions at Small Energies and the Electrical Conductivity in Hot Quenched Lattice QCD Physical Review Letters ·Gert Aarts, Chris Allton, Justin Foley, Simon Hands, Seyong Kim	2007	192
5	Electrical Conductivity of the Quark-Gluon Plasma Across the Deconfinement Transition Physical Review Letters ·Alessandro Amato, Gert Aarts, Chris Allton, Pietro Giudice, Simon Hands, Jon-Ivar Skullerud	2013	150
6	Numerical study of dense adjoint matter in two color QCD The European Physical Journal C ·Simon Hands, I. Montvay, Susan Morrison, M. Oevers, L. Scorzato, Jon-Ivar Skullerud	2000	113
7	Symmetries and spectrum of SU(2) lattice gauge theory at finite chemical potential Nuclear Physics B ·Simon Hands, John B. Kogut, Maria-Paola Lombardo, Susan Morrison	1999	105
8	Two-color QCD at nonzero quark-number density Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·John B. Kogut, D.K. Sinclair, Simon Hands, Susan Morrison	2001	105
9	Deconfinement in dense two-color QCD The European Physical Journal C ·Simon Hands, S. Kim, Jon-Ivar Skullerud	2006	103
10	Insulin, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I (IGF-I), IGF-Binding Protein-1, Growth Hormone, and Feeding in the Newborn The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Amanda Ogilvy‐Stuart, Simon Hands, Carolyn Adcock, J.M.P. Holly, David R. Matthews, Vidya Mohamed‐Ali, John Yudkin, Andrew R. Wilkinson, David B. Dunger	1998	96
11	Quantum critical behavior in a graphenelike model Physical Review B ·Simon Hands, Costas Strouthos	2008	77
12	Electrical conductivity and charge diffusion in thermal \nQCD from the lattice Maynooth University ePrints and eTheses Archive (Maynooth University) ·Gert Aarts, Chris Allton, Alessandro Amato, Pietro Giudice, Simon Hands, Jon-Ivar Skullerud	2015	76
13	Noncompact three-dimensional quantum electrodynamics with Nf=1 and Nf=4 Physical Review B ·Simon Hands, John B. Kogut, L. Scorzato, Costas Strouthos	2004	76
14	Where is the chiral critical point in 3-flavor QCD? Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements ·F. Karsch, Chris Allton, Shinji Ejiri, Simon Hands, Olaf Kaczmarek, E. Laermann, Christian Schmidt	2004	75
15	Monte Carlo simulation of the semimetal-insulator phase transition in monolayer graphene Physical Review B ·Wesley Armour, Simon Hands, Costas Strouthos	2010	75
16	Quarkyonic phase in dense two color matter Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology ·Simon Hands, Seyong Kim, Jon-Ivar Skullerud	2010	73
17	Towards the phase diagram of dense two-color matter Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology ·Seamus Cotter, Pietro Giudice, Simon Hands, Jon-Ivar Skullerud	2013	73
18	Study of QCD Thermodynamics at Finite Density by Taylor Expansion Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement ·Shinji Ejiri, Chris Allton, Simon Hands, Olaf Kaczmarek, F. Karsch, E. Laermann, Christian Schmidt	2004	72
19	Non-compact QED3 with N⩾2 Nuclear Physics B ·Simon Hands, John B. Kogut, Costas Strouthos	2002	71
20	On the value and origin of the chiral condensate in quenched SU(2) lattice gauge theory Nuclear Physics B ·Simon Hands, M. Teper	1990	48

About Simon Hands

Simon Hands is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, having authored 147 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (112 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (77 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (52 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (39 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (30 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (17 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (14 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (3.3k citations), Condensed Matter Physics (827 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.0k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (375 citations) and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (141 citations). Simon Hands has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Frequent co-authors include Chris Allton, John B. Kogut, Jon-Ivar Skullerud, Costas Strouthos, Shinji Ejiri, E. Laermann, Olaf Kaczmarek, F. Karsch, Christian Schmidt and L. Scorzato. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Physics B, Physics Letters B, Physical Review B, Physical review. D and Physical Review Letters.

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