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Amnon Aharony

Amnon Aharony

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Physics

D-Index
85
Citations
56971
World Ranking
2561
National Ranking
24

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1985 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the theory of new critical and multicritical points, of random field systems and their experimental realization and of using fractals in statistical physics and in percolation

Overview

Amnon Aharony is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans several subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Condensed Matter Physics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Materials Chemistry; and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The main topics addressed in Aharony's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Magnetic properties of thin films, Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, and Topological Materials and Phenomena.

They have a significant publication record with frequent contributions to journals such as arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review B, Physical Review Letters, Low Temperature Physics, and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

  • Theory of Chirality Induced Spin Selectivity: Progress and Challenges, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Spin selectivity through time-reversal symmetric helical junctions, 2020, Physical Review B
  • Different critical behaviors in perovskites with a structural phase transition from cubic-to-trigonal and cubic-to-tetragonal symmetry, 2022, Physical Review B
  • Comment on "Spin-orbit interaction and spin selectivity for tunneling electron transfer in DNA", 2021, Physical Review B
  • Photovoltaic effect generated by spin-orbit interactions, 2020, Physical Review B

Aharony's work often involves collaborations, with frequent co-authors including O. Entin-Wohlman, R. I. Shekhter, Yasuhiro Utsumi, M. Jonson, and Takemitsu Kato.

In addition to journal articles, Aharony has contributed to book publications, including the title 50 Years of the Renormalization Group published by World Scientific in 2023.

The scientist has been recognized with awards such as Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002 and Fellowship of the American Physical Society in 1985, with the APS citation highlighting contributions to the theory of new critical and multicritical points, random field systems and their experimental realizations, and the use of fractals in statistical physics and percolation.

Best Publications

  • Introduction to percolation theory

    Dietrich Stauffer;Amnon Aharony

  • Anomalous Diffusion on Percolating Clusters

    Yuval Gefen;Amnon Aharony;Shlomo Alexander

  • Magnetic phase diagram and magnetic pairing in doped La2CuO

    Amnon Aharony;R. J. Birgeneau;A. Coniglio;M. A. Kastner

  • Magnetic excitations in pure, lightly doped, and weakly metallic La2CuO4.

    B. Keimer;N. Belk;R. J. Birgeneau;A. Cassanho

  • Random field effects in disordered anisotropic antiferromagnets

    S Fishman;A Aharony

  • Magnetically driven ferroelectric order in Ni3V2O8.

    G. Lawes;A. B. Harris;T. Kimura;N. Rogado

  • Antisymmetric exchange and its influence on the magnetic structure and conductivity of La 2 Cu O 4

    Tineke Thio;T. R. Thurston;N. W. Preyer;P. J. Picone

  • Critical Phenomena on Fractal Lattices

    Yuval Gefen;Benoit B. Mandelbrot;Amnon Aharony

  • Lowering of Dimensionality in Phase Transitions with Random Fields

    Amnon Aharony;Yoseph Imry;Shang-keng Ma

  • Tricritical points in systems with random fields

    Amnon Aharony

  • Solvable Fractal Family, and Its Possible Relation to the Backbone at Percolation

    Yuval Gefen;Amnon Aharony;Benoit B. Mandelbrot;Scott Kirkpatrick

  • Moriya’s anisotropic superexchange interaction, frustration, and Dzyaloshinsky’s weak ferromagnetism

    L. Shekhtman;O. Entin-Wohlman;Amnon Aharony

  • Critical Behavior of Magnets with Dipolar Interactions. I. Renormalization Group near Four Dimensions

    Amnon Aharony;Michael E. Fisher

  • Two-scale-factor universality and the renormalization group

    P. C. Hohenberg;P. C. Hohenberg;A. Aharony;B. I. Halperin;E. D. Siggia;E. D. Siggia

  • Phase transitions on fractals. III. Infinitely ramified lattices

    Y Gefen;A Aharony;B B Mandelbrot

  • Geometric Implementation of Hypercubic Lattices with Noninteger Dimensionality by Use of Low Lacunarity Fractal Lattices

    Yuval Gefen;Yigal Meir;Benoit B. Mandelbrot;Amnon Aharony

  • Absence of Self-Averaging and Universal Fluctuations in Random Systems near Critical Points

    Amnon Aharony;A. Brooks Harris

  • Phase transitions on fractals. II. Sierpinski gaskets

    Y Gefen;A Aharony;Y Shapir;B B Mandelbrot

  • Critical Behavior of Anisotropic Cubic Systems

    Amnon Aharony

  • Three-terminal thermoelectric transport through a molecular junction

    O. Entin-Wohlman;O. Entin-Wohlman;Y. Imry;A. Aharony

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Birgeneau
Robert J. Birgeneau Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Benoit B. Mandelbrot
Benoit B. Mandelbrot Yale University
Taner Yildirim
Taner Yildirim National Institute of Standards and Technology
Yasuhiro Tokura
Yasuhiro Tokura University of Tsukuba
Fangcheng Chou
Fangcheng Chou National Taiwan University
Gen Shirane
Gen Shirane Brookhaven National Laboratory
Collin Broholm
Collin Broholm Johns Hopkins University
Yasuo Endoh
Yasuo Endoh Tohoku University

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