2026 Gordon Baym: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	78	3126	2969	1494	1391	328	39075

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328

39075

Research.com Recognitions

2002 - Hans A. Bethe Prize, American Physical Society For his superb synthesis of fundamental concepts which have provided an understanding of matter at extreme conditions, ranging from crusts and interiors of neutron stars to matter at ultrahigh temperature.
1985 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1982 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1981 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1969 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation Also approved by the Division of Particles and Fields
1965 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Gordon Baym is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States and focuses primarily on research within the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, General Health Professions, and Geophysics.

The research topics covered by Baym include:

Neutrino Physics Research
Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

Baym has coauthored publications with several frequent collaborators, including:

J. C. Peng
C. J. Pethick
D. Beck
J. P. Filippini
Jessie Shelton

Their research has appeared predominantly in these venues:

Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
arXiv (Cornell University)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The Astrophysical Journal
Physical Review Letters

Notable recent publications include:

"Implications of NICER for Neutron Star Matter: The QHC21 Equation of State" (2022, The Astrophysical Journal)
"Searching for low mass dark matter via phonon creation in superfluid He⁴" (2020, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.)
"Long Range Plan: Dense matter theory for heavy-ion collisions and neutron stars" (2022, arXiv (Cornell University))
"Evolution of primordial neutrino helicities in cosmic gravitational inhomogeneities" (2021, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.)
"Evolution of Primordial Neutrino Helicities in Astrophysical Magnetic Fields and Implications for Their Detection" (2021, Physical Review Letters)

Baym has received multiple honors including:

Hans A. Bethe Prize, American Physical Society (2002) for work on matter at extreme conditions
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1985)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1982)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1981)
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (1969)
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1965)

Best Publications

Quantum Statistical Mechanics

Leo P. Kadanoff;Gordon Baym;John D. Trimmer

4851
Citations
CONSERVATION LAWS AND CORRELATION FUNCTIONS

Gordon Baym;Leo P. Kadanoff

2118
Citations
Quantum Statistical Mechanics

Leo P. Kadanoff;Gordon Baym;Stuart A. Rice

2068
Citations
The Ground state of matter at high densities: Equation of state and stellar models

Gordon Baym;Christopher Pethick;Peter Sutherland

2059
Citations
Self-Consistent Approximations in Many-Body Systems

Gordon Baym

1400
Citations
Neutron star matter

Gordon Baym;Hans A. Bethe;Christopher J Pethick

900
Citations
Landau Fermi-Liquid Theory

Gordon Baym;Christopher Pethick

790
Citations
Lectures On Quantum Mechanics

Gordon A Baym

776
Citations
Ground-state properties of magnetically trapped Bose-condensed rubidium gas.

Gordon Baym;C. J. Pethick;C. J. Pethick

601
Citations
Superfluidity in neutron stars

Gordon Baym;Christopher Pethick;David Pines

582
Citations
SPIN UP IN NEUTRON STARS: THE FUTURE OF THE VELA PULSAR.

Gordon Baym;Christopher Pethick;David Pines;Malvin Ruderman

493
Citations
The maximum mass of a neutron star

Vassiliki Kalogera;Gordon Baym

463
Citations
Can a neutron star be a giant MIT bag

G. Baym;S.A. Chin

445
Citations
Fragmentation of Bose-Einstein Condensates

Erich J. Mueller;Tin-Lun Ho;Masahito Ueda;Gordon Baym

395
Citations
Transverse interactions and transport in relativistic quark-gluon and electromagnetic plasmas.

Gordon Baym;H. Monien;C. J. Pethick;D. G. Ravenhall

393
Citations
Astrophysical measurement of the equation of state of neutron star matter

Feryal Özel;Gordon Baym;Tolga Güver

386
Citations
The Dense Matter Equation of State from Neutron Star Radius and Mass Measurements

Feryal Özel;Dimitrios Psaltis;Tolga Güver;Gordon Baym

363
Citations
From hadrons to quarks in neutron stars: a review.

Gordon Baym;Tetsuo Hatsuda;Toru Kojo;Toru Kojo;Philip D Powell;Philip D Powell

347
Citations
Hydrodynamics of ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions

Gordon Baym;Bengt L. Friman;J.-P. Blaizot;M. Soyeur

343
Citations
Neutron starquakes and pulsar speedup

Gordon Baym;David Pines

339
Citations