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Steven A. Kivelson

Steven A. Kivelson

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Physics

D-Index
109
Citations
57768
World Ranking
1193
National Ranking
626

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For theoretical contributions to the understanding of conducting polymers, the quantum Hall effect, and high temperature superconductivity
  • 1995 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1984 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Steven A. Kivelson is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans primarily within the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Materials Science. The subfields in which they have published extensively include Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
  • Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
  • Iron-based superconductors research

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kivelson include:

  • The Physics of Pair-Density Waves: Cuprate Superconductors and Beyond (2020), published in Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
  • The Hubbard Model (2021), published in Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
  • Correlated Hofstadter spectrum and flavour phase diagram in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (2022), published in Nature Physics
  • High Temperature Superconductivity in a Lightly Doped Quantum Spin Liquid (2021), published in Physical Review Letters
  • Enhanced Thermal Hall Effect in Nearly Ferroelectric Insulators (2020), published in Physical Review Letters

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Zhaoyu Han
  • Erez Berg
  • Chaitanya Murthy
  • I. R. Fisher
  • A. Kapitulnik

Steven A. Kivelson has contributed multiple publications to prominent scientific venues. The most recurrent publication outlets for their work include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review B
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • npj Quantum Materials

Over their career, they have been awarded fellowship and membership honors, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2010)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (1997), recognized for theoretical contributions to conducting polymers, the quantum Hall effect, and high temperature superconductivity
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1995)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1984)

Best Publications

  • Solitons in conducting polymers

    A. J. Heeger;S. Kivelson;J. R. Schrieffer;W. P. Su

  • Importance of phase fluctuations in superconductors with small superfluid density

    V. J. Emery;S. A. Kivelson

  • From quantum matter to high-temperature superconductivity in copper oxides

    B. Keimer;S. A. Kivelson;M. R. Norman;S. Uchida

  • How to detect fluctuating stripes in the high-temperature superconductors

    S. A. Kivelson;I. P. Bindloss;E. Fradkin;V. Oganesyan

  • Electronic liquid-crystal phases of a doped Mott insulator

    S. A. Kivelson;E. Fradkin;V. J. Emery

  • Effective-field-theory model for the fractional quantum Hall effect

    S. C. Zhang;T. H. Hansson;S. Kivelson

  • Skyrmions and the crossover from the integer to fractional quantum Hall effect at small Zeeman energies

    S. L. Sondhi;A. Karlhede;S. A. Kivelson;E. H. Rezayi

  • Superconductivity and the quantum hard-core dimer gas.

    Daniel S. Rokhsar;Steven A. Kivelson

  • Phase separation in the t-J model.

    V. J. Emery;S. A. Kivelson;H. Q. Lin

  • Topology of the resonating valence-bond state: Solitons and high-T c superconductivity

    Steven A. Kivelson;Daniel S. Rokhsar;James P. Sethna

  • Colloquium : Theory of intertwined orders in high temperature superconductors

    Eduardo Fradkin;Steven A. Kivelson;John M. Tranquada

  • Frustrated electronic phase separation and high-temperature superconductors

    V.J. Emery;S.A. Kivelson

  • Spin-Gap Proximity Effect Mechanism of High Temperature Superconductivity

    V. J. Emery;S. A. Kivelson;O. Zachar

  • Superconductivity in Bad Metals

    V. J. Emery;S. A. Kivelson

  • Global phase diagram in the quantum Hall effect.

    Steven Kivelson;Dung-Hai Lee;Shou-Cheng Zhang

  • Nematic Fermi Fluids in Condensed Matter Physics

    Eduardo H Fradkin;Steven A. Kivelson;Michael J. Lawler;Michael J. Lawler;James P. Eisenstein

  • Theory of electron nematic order in LaFeAsO

    Chen Fang;Hong Yao;Wei-Feng Tsai;Wei-Feng Tsai;JiangPing Hu

  • Quantum theory of a nematic Fermi fluid

    Vadim Oganesyan;Steven A. Kivelson;Eduardo Fradkin

  • Stripe phases in high-temperature superconductors

    V. J. Emery;S. A. Kivelson;J. M. Tranquada

  • The frustration-based approach of supercooled liquids and the glass transition: a review and critical assessment

    G Tarjus;S A Kivelson;Z Nussinov;Z Nussinov;P Viot

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduardo Fradkin
Eduardo Fradkin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aharon Kapitulnik
Aharon Kapitulnik Stanford University
Ian R. Fisher
Ian R. Fisher Stanford University
Shou-Cheng Zhang
Shou-Cheng Zhang Stanford University
Thomas P. Devereaux
Thomas P. Devereaux Stanford University
Zhi-Xun Shen
Zhi-Xun Shen Stanford University
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Kivelson
Daniel Kivelson University of California, Los Angeles
Douglas J. Scalapino
Douglas J. Scalapino University of California, Santa Barbara
Ruixing Liang
Ruixing Liang University of British Columbia

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