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Gordon Baym publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gordon Baym sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 328 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Gordon Baym D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gordon Baym sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

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

  • CONSERVATION LAWS AND CORRELATION FUNCTIONS

    Gordon Baym;Leo P. Kadanoff

  • Quantum Statistical Mechanics

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

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

    Gordon Baym;Christopher Pethick;Peter Sutherland

  • Self-Consistent Approximations in Many-Body Systems

    Gordon Baym

  • Neutron star matter

    Gordon Baym;Hans A. Bethe;Christopher J Pethick

  • Landau Fermi-Liquid Theory

    Gordon Baym;Christopher Pethick

  • Lectures On Quantum Mechanics

    Gordon A Baym

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

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

  • Superfluidity in neutron stars

    Gordon Baym;Christopher Pethick;David Pines

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

    Gordon Baym;Christopher Pethick;David Pines;Malvin Ruderman

  • The maximum mass of a neutron star

    Vassiliki Kalogera;Gordon Baym

  • Can a neutron star be a giant MIT bag

    G. Baym;S.A. Chin

  • Fragmentation of Bose-Einstein Condensates

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

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

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

  • Astrophysical measurement of the equation of state of neutron star matter

    Feryal Özel;Gordon Baym;Tolga Güver

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

    Feryal Özel;Dimitrios Psaltis;Tolga Güver;Gordon Baym

  • From hadrons to quarks in neutron stars: a review.

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

  • Hydrodynamics of ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions

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

  • Neutron starquakes and pulsar speedup

    Gordon Baym;David Pines

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuo Hatsuda
Tetsuo Hatsuda University of Tokyo
David Pines
David Pines Santa Fe Institute
Feryal Özel
Feryal Özel Georgia Institute of Technology
Jen-Chieh Peng
Jen-Chieh Peng University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Peter Braun-Munzinger
Peter Braun-Munzinger GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
Larry McLerran
Larry McLerran University of Washington
Masahito Ueda
Masahito Ueda University of Tokyo
Dimitrios Psaltis
Dimitrios Psaltis University of Arizona
Craig O. Heinke
Craig O. Heinke University of Alberta
Vassiliki Kalogera
Vassiliki Kalogera Northwestern University

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