Ulli Wolff

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
98 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Ulli Wolff is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulli Wolff has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 59 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ulli Wolff's work include Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (64 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (46 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (34 papers). Ulli Wolff is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (64 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (46 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (34 papers). Ulli Wolff collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Ulli Wolff's co-authors include Martin Lüscher, Peter Weisz, Rainer Sommer, Rajamani Narayanan, Stefan Sint, Michele Della Morte, Rainer Sommer, Pietro Rossi, Juri Rolf and Francesco Knechtli and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nuclear Physics B and Physics Letters B.

In The Last Decade

Ulli Wolff

94 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Collective Monte Carlo Updating for Spin Systems 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 1990 500 1000 1.5k
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. Collective Monte Carlo Updating for Spin Systems
    1989 1.8k citations Ulli Wolff profile →
  2. How to calculate the elastic scattering matrix in two-dimensional quantum field theories by numerical simulation
    1990 594 citations Martin Lüscher, Ulli Wolff Nuclear Physics 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
Ulli Wolff Germany 31 3.1k 3.0k 1.3k 924 838 98 5.8k
Ettore Vicari Italy 40 2.1k 0.7× 3.8k 1.2× 2.6k 1.9× 507 0.5× 1.0k 1.2× 231 6.0k
Martin Hasenbusch Germany 32 1.1k 0.4× 2.8k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 599 0.6× 709 0.8× 116 3.9k
Robert Shrock United States 47 6.4k 2.1× 1.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 722 0.8× 578 0.7× 274 8.5k
Vincent Pasquier France 33 2.3k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 1.7k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 1.6k 2.0× 75 6.2k
Jean-Bernard Zuber France 32 2.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 1.9k 2.3× 80 5.4k
A. Polyakov Russia 12 3.1k 1.0× 2.0k 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 735 0.8× 2.0k 2.4× 21 5.9k
François David France 30 2.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 798 0.6× 697 0.8× 1.3k 1.6× 78 3.8k
D. J. Wallace United Kingdom 31 818 0.3× 1.9k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 467 0.5× 634 0.8× 78 3.1k
Philippe Di Francesco France 27 1.6k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 1.2k 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 1.5k 1.8× 104 4.5k
Malte Henkel France 30 434 0.1× 2.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 822 0.9× 1.3k 1.5× 136 3.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wolff, Ulli, et al.. (2014). Triviality of φ44 theory in a finite volume scheme adapted to the broken phase. Physics Letters B. 733. 11–14. 12 indexed citations
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Korzec, Tomasz & Ulli Wolff. (2013). Simulating the all-order strong coupling expansion V: Ising gauge theory. Nuclear Physics B. 871(1). 145–163. 6 indexed citations
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Sáenz, Alejandro, et al.. (2012). Matrix algorithm for solving Schrödinger equations with position-dependent mass or complex optical potentials. Physical Review E. 86(1). 16701–16701. 18 indexed citations
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Wolff, Ulli, et al.. (2011). A worm-inspired algorithm for the simulation of Abelian gauge theories. arXiv (Cornell University). 29–29.
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Wolff, Ulli. (2009). Precision check on the triviality of theϕ4theory by a new simulation method. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 79(10). 29 indexed citations
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Morte, Michele Della, Patrick Fritzsch, Harvey B. Meyer, et al.. (2008). Scaling test of two-flavorO(a)-improved lattice QCD. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2008(7). 37–37. 6 indexed citations
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Wolff, Ulli. (2007). Cluster simulation of two-dimensional relativistic fermions. CERN Bulletin. 284.
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Knechtli, Francesco, Tomasz Korzec, Björn Leder, & Ulli Wolff. (2004). Universality in the Gross-Neveu model. 1 indexed citations
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Balog, János, Francesco Knechtli, Tomasz Korzec, & Ulli Wolff. (2003). Numerical confirmation of analytic predictions for the finite volume mass gap of the XY-model. Nuclear Physics B. 675(3). 555–566. 3 indexed citations
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Knechtli, Francesco, Michele Della Morte, Juri Rolf, et al.. (2002). 1 Running quark mass in two flavor QCD ∗. 8 indexed citations
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Heitger, Jochen, Hubert Simma, Rainer Sommer, & Ulli Wolff. (2002). The Schrödinger functional coupling in quenched QCD at low energies. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 106-107. 859–861. 14 indexed citations
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Frezzotti, R., Martin Hasenbusch, Ulli Wolff, Jochen Heitger, & Karl Jansen. (2001). Comparative benchmarks of full QCD algorithms. Computer Physics Communications. 136(1-2). 1–13. 14 indexed citations
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Wolff, Ulli. (1998). Multi-boson simulation of the Schrödinger functional. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 63(1-3). 937–939. 1 indexed citations
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Wolff, Ulli. (1995). 1 Two-loop computation of a finite volume running coupling on the lattice. 1 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin, Rajamani Narayanan, Rainer Sommer, Peter Weisz, & Ulli Wolff. (1993). Determination of the running coupling in the SU(2) Yang-Mills theory from first principles. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 30. 139–148. 10 indexed citations
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Wolff, Ulli. (1992). CLUSTER ALGORITHMS FOR NONLINEAR SIGMA MODELS. International Journal of Modern Physics C. 3(1). 213–219. 2 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Martin, Peter Weisz, & Ulli Wolff. (1991). A numerical method to compute the running coupling in asymptotically free theories. Nuclear Physics B. 359(1). 221–243. 222 indexed citations
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Jansen, Karl, I. Montvay, Gernot Münster, Thomas Trappenberg, & Ulli Wolff. (1989). Broken phase of the 4-dimensional Ising model in a finite volume. Nuclear Physics B. 322(3). 698–720. 40 indexed citations
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Dagotto, Elbio, Adriana Moreo, & Ulli Wolff. (1987). Lattice SU(N) OCD at finite temperature and density in the strong coupling limit. Physics Letters B. 186(3-4). 395–400. 34 indexed citations
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Wolff, Ulli. (1983). Saddle point mean field calculation in the Hubbard model. Nuclear Physics B. 225(3). 391–408. 29 indexed citations

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