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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mathematics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2017 - Max Planck Medal, German Physical Society
  • 2015 - Henri Poincaré Prize, International Association of Mathematical Physics
  • 2011 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics

Overview

Herbert Spohn is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Mathematics, with a focus on subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Geometry and Topology, and Statistics and Probability.

The main topics of their scholarly work include Quantum many-body systems, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Algebraic structures and combinatorial models, Random Matrices and Applications, Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies.

Herbert Spohn has contributed to several research publications. Some recent papers are:

  • Collision rate ansatz for the quantum integrable systems, 2020, SciPost Physics
  • Collision rate ansatz for the classical Toda lattice, 2020, Physical review. E
  • Robustness of Kardar-Parisi-Zhang scaling in a classical integrable spin chain with broken integrability, 2023, Physical review. B
  • Dynamics of Charged Particles and their Radiation Field, 2023, Cambridge University Press eBooks
  • Hydrodynamic equations for the Ablowitz-Ladik discretization of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, 2022, Journal of Mathematical Physics

Their frequent co-authors include Abhishek Dhar, Manas Kulkarni, D. Roy, Anupam Kundu, and Dipankar Roy.

Herbert Spohn has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent venues are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
  • Journal of Statistical Physics
  • Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical
  • Physical review. E

In terms of book publications, Spohn has authored the work titled Hydrodynamic Scales of Integrable Many-Body Systems, published by World Scientific in 2023.

Their recognitions include being named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2019, receiving the Max Planck Medal from the German Physical Society in 2017, the Henri Poincaré Prize from the International Association of Mathematical Physics in 2015, and the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics awarded jointly by the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Large Scale Dynamics of Interacting Particles

    Herbert Spohn

  • A GALLAVOTTI-COHEN-TYPE SYMMETRY IN THE LARGE DEVIATION FUNCTIONAL FOR STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS

    Joel L. Lebowitz;Herbert Spohn

  • Kinetic equations from Hamiltonian dynamics: Markovian limits

    Herbert Spohn

  • Nonequilibrium steady states of stochastic lattice gas models of fast ionic conductors

    Sheldon Katz;Joel L. Lebowitz;Herbert Spohn

  • Scale Invariance of the PNG Droplet and the Airy Process

    Michael Prähofer;Herbert Spohn

  • Polymers on disordered trees, spin glasses, and traveling waves

    B. Derrida;H. Spohn

  • Dynamics of charged particles and their radiation field

    Herbert Spohn

  • Universal distributions for growth processes in 1+1 dimensions and random matrices

    Michael Prähofer;Herbert Spohn

  • Phase transitions in stationary nonequilibrium states of model lattice systems

    Sheldon Katz;Joel L. Lebowitz;H. Spohn

  • One-dimensional Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation: an exact solution and its universality.

    Tomohiro Sasamoto;Herbert Spohn

  • Nonlinear Fluctuating Hydrodynamics for Anharmonic Chains

    Herbert Spohn

  • Entropy production for quantum dynamical semigroups

    Herbert Spohn

  • Irreversible Thermodynamics for Quantum Systems Weakly Coupled to Thermal Reservoirs

    Herbert Spohn;Joel L. Lebowitz

  • Bethe solution for the dynamical-scaling exponent of the noisy Burgers equation.

    Leh-Hun Gwa;Herbert Spohn

  • Six-vertex model, roughened surfaces, and an asymmetric spin Hamiltonian.

    Leh-Hun Gwa;Herbert Spohn

  • Growing interfaces uncover universal fluctuations behind scale invariance

    Kazumasa A. Takeuchi;Masaki Sano;Tomohiro Sasamoto;Herbert Spohn

  • Universality classes for deterministic surface growth.

    J. Krug;H. Spohn

  • Current Fluctuations for the Totally Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process

    Michael Prähofer;Herbert Spohn

  • Excess noise for driven diffusive systems.

    H. van Beijeren;R. Kutner;H. Spohn

  • Long range correlations for stochastic lattice gases in a non-equilibrium steady state

    Herbert Spohn

  • Scale Invariance of the PNG Droplet and the Airy Process

    Michael Praehofer;Herbert Spohn

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrik L. Ferrari
Patrik L. Ferrari University of Bonn
Joel L. Lebowitz
Joel L. Lebowitz Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Alexander Komech
Alexander Komech University of Vienna
Tomohiro Sasamoto
Tomohiro Sasamoto Tokyo Institute of Technology
Stefano Olla
Stefano Olla Paris Dauphine University
Gregory L. Eyink
Gregory L. Eyink Johns Hopkins University
Michael Loss
Michael Loss Georgia Institute of Technology
Benjamin Doyon
Benjamin Doyon King's College London
Giovanni Gallavotti
Giovanni Gallavotti National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Michael Ghil
Michael Ghil École Normale Supérieure

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