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Ian Affleck

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Physics

D-Index
92
Citations
39829
World Ranking
2087
National Ranking
44

Ian Affleck 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 Ian Affleck sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 362 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ian Affleck 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 Ian Affleck sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% 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

  • 2012 - Lars Onsager Prize, American Physical Society
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For important theoretical contributions to quantum magnetism and quantum impurities, and for the prediction of possible flux phases in the high temperature superconductors
  • 1997 - CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Canadian Association of Physicists and Centre de Recherches Mathématiques
  • 1991 - Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics, Royal Society of Canada
  • 1991 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1983 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Ian Affleck is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research predominantly focuses on areas within condensed matter physics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, nuclear and high energy physics, geometry and topology, as well as electronic, optical and magnetic materials.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics including physics of superconductivity and magnetism, advanced condensed matter physics, quantum many-body systems, quantum and electron transport phenomena, algebraic structures and combinatorial models, topological materials and phenomena, and black holes and theoretical physics.

Notable recent publications by Ian Affleck include:

  • Flag manifold sigma models, 2022, Physics Reports
  • Anyons in multichannel Kondo systems, 2020, Physical Review B
  • Phase Diagram of the Spin-½ Kitaev-Gamma Chain and Emergent SU(2) Symmetry, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Comprehensive study of the phase diagram of the spin-½ Kitaev-Heisenberg-Gamma chain, 2020, Physical Review Research
  • Classical spin order near the antiferromagnetic Kitaev point in the spin-½ Kitaev-Gamma chain, 2021, Physical Review B

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Alberto Nocera, Wang Yang, Chao Xu, and Kyle Wamer. These collaborations have contributed to studies published mainly in the following venues:

  • Physical Review B
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Physical Review Research
  • Nuclear Physics B

Over the course of their career, Ian Affleck has been recognized with multiple honors, including the Lars Onsager Prize awarded by the American Physical Society in 2012 and fellowships from prestigious institutions. They have been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 1991 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom since 2010. Other awards include the CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics from the Royal Society of Canada, and fellowship of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Rigorous Results on Valence-Bond Ground States in Antiferromagnets

    Ian Affleck;Tom Kennedy;Elliott H. Lieb;Hal Tasaki

  • Valence Bond Ground States in Isotropic Quantum Antiferromagnets

    Ian Affleck;Tom Kennedy;Elliott H. Lieb;Hal Tasaki

  • Large- n limit of the Heisenberg-Hubbard model: Implications for high- T c superconductors

    Ian Affleck;J. Brad Marston

  • A NEW MECHANISM FOR BARYOGENESIS

    Ian Affleck;Michael Dine

  • Universal Term in the Free Energy at a Critical Point and the Conformal Anomaly

    Ian Affleck

  • Universal noninteger "ground-state degeneracy" in critical quantum systems.

    Ian Affleck;Ian Affleck;Andreas W. W. Ludwig;Andreas W. W. Ludwig

  • Dynamical supersymmetry breaking in supersymmetric QCD

    Ian Affleck;Michael Dine;Nathan Seiberg

  • Magnetization Plateaus in Spin Chains: “Haldane Gap” for Half-Integer Spins

    Masaki Oshikawa;Masanori Yamanaka;Ian Affleck

  • Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking in Four-Dimensions and Its Phenomenological Implications

    Ian Affleck;Michael Dine;Nathan Seiberg

  • Critical theory of quantum spin chains.

    Ian Affleck;Frederick D. Haldane

  • Quantum Statistical Metastability

    Ian Affleck

  • DIMERIZATION AND INCOMMENSURATE SPIRAL SPIN CORRELATIONS IN THE ZIGZAG SPIN CHAIN : ANALOGIES TO THE KONDO LATTICE

    Steven R. White;Ian Affleck

  • Large- n limit of the Hubbard-Heisenberg model

    J. Brad Marston;Ian Affleck

  • Quantum spin chains and the Haldane gap

    Ian Affleck

  • Exact critical exponents for quantum spin chains, non-linear σ-models at θ= π and the quantum hall effect

    Ian Affleck

  • Exact conformal-field-theory results on the multichannel Kondo effect: Single-fermion Green’s function, self-energy, and resistivity

    Ian Affleck;Andreas W. W. Ludwig;Andreas W. W. Ludwig

  • Critical theory of overscreened Kondo fixed points

    Ian Affleck;Andreas W.W. Ludwig

  • SU(2) gauge symmetry of the large-U limit of the Hubbard model

    Ian Affleck;Z. Zou;T. Hsu;P. W. Anderson

  • Field-Induced Gap in S = 1/2 Antiferromagnetic Chains

    Masaki Oshikawa;Ian Affleck

  • Susceptibility of the spin 1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain.

    Sebastian Eggert;Sebastian Eggert;Ian Affleck;Ian Affleck;Minoru Takahashi;Minoru Takahashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven R. White
Steven R. White University of California, Irvine
Michael Dine
Michael Dine University of California, Santa Cruz
Hubert Saleur
Hubert Saleur CEA Saclay
Andreas W. W. Ludwig
Andreas W. W. Ludwig University of California, Santa Barbara
Bertrand I. Halperin
Bertrand I. Halperin Indian Institute of Science
Elliott H. Lieb
Elliott H. Lieb Princeton University
Nathan Seiberg
Nathan Seiberg Institute for Advanced Study
Douglas J. Scalapino
Douglas J. Scalapino University of California, Santa Barbara
A. H. Castro Neto
A. H. Castro Neto National University of Singapore
Michel Verdaguer
Michel Verdaguer Sorbonne University

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