U. Fano

35.1k total citations · 12 hit papers
134 papers, 24.7k citations indexed

About

U. Fano is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Radiation and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, U. Fano has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 24.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 17 papers in Radiation and 16 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in U. Fano's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (55 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (53 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (18 papers). U. Fano is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (55 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (53 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (18 papers). U. Fano collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. U. Fano's co-authors include J. Cooper, J. H. Macek, William Lichten, Giulio Racah, A. Rau, Dan Dill, L. V. Spencer, Howard D. Cohen, Chris H. Greene and Edward S. Chang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

U. Fano

130 papers receiving 23.1k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of Configuration Interaction on Intensities and P... 1957 2026 1980 2003 1961 1968 1957 1963 1973 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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. Effects of Configuration Interaction on Intensities and Phase Shifts
    1961 8.9k citations U. Fano Physical Review profile →
  2. Spectral Distribution of Atomic Oscillator Strengths
    1968 1.5k citations U. Fano et al. profile →
  3. Description of States in Quantum Mechanics by Density Matrix and Operator Techniques
    1957 1.3k citations U. Fano profile →
  4. Penetration of Protons, Alpha Particles, and Mesons
    1963 791 citations U. Fano profile →
  5. Impact Excitation and Polarization of the Emitted Light
    1973 764 citations U. Fano et al. profile →
  6. Line Profiles in the Far-uv Absorption Spectra of the Rare Gases
    1965 763 citations U. Fano et al. Physical Review profile →
  7. Interpretation ofAr+-Ar Collisions at 50 KeV
    1965 669 citations U. Fano et al. profile →
  8. Irreducible tensorial sets
    1959 576 citations U. Fano, Giulio Racah profile →
  9. Pressure Broadening as a Prototype of Relaxation
    1963 571 citations U. Fano Physical Review profile →
  10. Quantum Defect Theory oflUncoupling inH2as an Example of Channel-Interaction Treatment
    1970 534 citations U. Fano Physical review. A, General physics profile →
  11. Correlations of two excited electrons
    1983 414 citations U. Fano Reports on Progress in Physics profile →
  12. Atomic and Molecular Radiation Physics
    1972 380 citations U. Fano et al. profile →

Peers

U. Fano
E. Clementi United States
Ahmed H. Zewail United States
R. H. Ritchie United States
Lorenz S. Cederbaum Germany
C. V. Shank United States
Henry C. Kapteyn United States
Margaret M. Murnane United States
Joachim Burgdörfer Austria
Stephen R. Leone United States
N. Bloembergen United States
E. Clementi United States
U. Fano
Citations per year, relative to U. Fano U. Fano (= 1×) peers E. Clementi

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Fields of papers citing papers by U. Fano

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of U. Fano

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of U. Fano. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of U. Fano based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with U. Fano. U. Fano is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fano, U., et al.. (2005). On the absorption spectrum of noble gases at the arc spectrum limit. Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. 110(6). 583–583. 25 indexed citations
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Fano, U., A. Rau, & William P. Reinhardt. (1997). Symmetries in Quantum Physics. Physics Today. 50(6). 82–84. 16 indexed citations
3.
Fano, U.. (1995). Matrici di densità come vettori di polarizzazione. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 24 Suppl 3. 567–567. 2 indexed citations
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Fano, U.. (1995). Density matrices as polarization vectors. RENDICONTI LINCEI. 6(2). 123–130. 6 indexed citations
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Bohn, John L. & U. Fano. (1994). Multichannel quantum mechanics as a Hamiltonian phase flow. Physical Review A. 50(4). 2893–2898. 5 indexed citations
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Fano, U.. (1983). Correlations of two excited electrons. Reports on Progress in Physics. 46(2). 97–165. 414 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fano, U.. (1981). Unified treatment of collisions. Physical review. A, General physics. 24(5). 2402–2415. 85 indexed citations
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Fano, U., et al.. (1981). Orientation by collision. Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics. 14(13). L447–L451. 49 indexed citations
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Greene, Chris H., U. Fano, & G. C. Strinati. (1979). General form of the quantum-defect theory. Physical review. A, General physics. 19(4). 1485–1509. 218 indexed citations
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Fano, U., Hans Kleinpoppen, & M R C McDowell. (1976). Electron and photon interactions with atoms : a festschrift for Professor Ugo Fano. Plenum Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Fano, U.. (1975). Unified treatment of perturbed series, continuous spectra and collisions*†. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 65(9). 979–979. 263 indexed citations
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Fano, U., et al.. (1972). Physics of Atoms and Molecules; An Introduction to the Structure of Matter. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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Dehmer, J. L. & U. Fano. (1970). Phase-Amplitude Method in Atomic Physics. I. Basic Formulas for an Electron in an Ionic Potential. Physical review. A, General physics. 2(2). 304–309. 33 indexed citations
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Cohen, Howard D. & U. Fano. (1966). Interference in the Photo-Ionization of Molecules. Physical Review. 150(1). 30–33. 334 indexed citations
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Fano, U.. (1965). Interaction between Configurations with Several Open Shells. Physical Review. 140(1A). A67–A75. 117 indexed citations
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Fano, U., et al.. (1960). Irreducible Tensorial Sets.. American Mathematical Monthly. 67(6). 602–602. 83 indexed citations
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McVoy, K.W. & U. Fano. (1959). Bremsstrahlung and the Photoelectric Effect as Inverse Processes. Physical Review. 116(5). 1168–1184. 27 indexed citations
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Fano, U.. (1953). GAMMA-RAY ATTENUATION. PART II. ANALYSIS OF PENETRATION. Nucleonics (U.S.) Ceased publication. 15 indexed citations
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Fano, U.. (1953). GAMMA-RAY ATTENUATION. PART I. BASIC PROCESSES. Nucleonics (U.S.) Ceased publication. 11 indexed citations
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Fano, U.. (1953). Penetration of x-rays and gamma-rays to extremely great depths. Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards. 51(2). 95–95. 18 indexed citations

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