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Thomas Guhr is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Their research intersects the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance. The main concentration of their work is in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Economics and Econometrics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Key topics include Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis, Quantum Many-Body Systems, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Complex Network Analysis Techniques, Quantum Chaos and Dynamical Systems, Random Matrices and Applications, and Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling.

Their recent publication record features papers covering a diverse range of theoretical and applied physics topics, often combined with elements of finance and complex systems. Some notable recent papers include:

  • Uncovering the dynamics of correlation structures relative to the collective market motion, 2020, Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
  • Exact local correlations in kicked chains, 2020, Physical Review B
  • Transition from quantum chaos to localization in spin chains, 2020, Physical Review E
  • Quasi-stationary states in temporal correlations for traffic systems: Cologne orbital motorway as an example, 2020, Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
  • A new attempt to identify long-term precursors for endogenous financial crises in the market correlation structures, 2022, Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment

Guhr frequently publishes in several prominent scientific venues. These include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
  • Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
  • Physical Review E
  • Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

Collaboration plays an important role in their scholarly activity. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Michael Schreckenberg
  • Shanshan Wang
  • Anton J. Heckens
  • Henrik M. Bette
  • Daniel Waltner

Their work is positioned at the intersection of physics-based methodologies and financial and economic modeling, exploring how complex dynamical systems behave both theoretically and in application to real-world data such as market correlations and traffic systems. This interdisciplinary approach highlights statistical physics techniques applied to socioeconomic phenomena and complex quantum systems.

Best Publications

  • RANDOM-MATRIX THEORIES IN QUANTUM PHYSICS : COMMON CONCEPTS

    Thomas Guhr;Axel Müller–Groeling;Hans A. Weidenmüller

  • Random Matrix Theories in Quantum Physics: Common Concepts

    Thomas Guhr;Axel Mueller-Groeling;Hans A. Weidenmueller

  • Random matrix approach to cross correlations in financial data.

    Vasiliki Plerou;Vasiliki Plerou;Parameswaran Gopikrishnan;Bernd Rosenow;Bernd Rosenow;Luís A. Nunes Amaral

  • Identifying States of a Financial Market

    Michael C. Münnix;Michael C. Münnix;Takashi Shimada;Takashi Shimada;Rudi Schäfer;Francois Leyvraz

  • Spectral Statistics of Acoustic Resonances in Aluminum Blocks.

    Clive Sigurd Ellegaard;T. Guhr;K. Lindemann;H.Q. Lorensen

  • Symmetry Breaking and Spectral Statistics of Acoustic Resonances in Quartz Blocks

    C Ellegaard;T Guhr;K Lindemann;J Nygård

  • Dyson’s correlation functions and graded symmetry

    Thomas Guhr

  • A new method to estimate the noise in financial correlation matrices

    Thomas Guhr;Bernd Kalber;Bernd Kalber

  • Microscopic spectrum of the QCD Dirac operator with finite quark masses

    T. Wilke;T. Guhr;T. Wettig

  • Strain in semiconductor core-shell nanowires

    Johan Grönqvist;Niels Søndergaard;Fredrik Boxberg;Thomas Guhr

  • Transitions toward Quantum Chaos: With Supersymmetry from Poisson to Gauss

    Thomas Guhr;Thomas Guhr

  • An Itzykson–Zuber‐like integral and diffusion for complex ordinary and supermatrices

    Thomas Guhr;Tilo Wettig

  • Universal spectral correlations of the Dirac operator at finite temperature

    Thomas Guhr;Tilo Wettig;Tilo Wettig

  • Coexistence of collectivity and chaos in nuclei

    T Guhr;H.A Weidenmüller

  • Particle-time duality in the kicked Ising spin chain

    M Akila;D Waltner;B Gutkin;T Guhr

  • Non-Stationarity in Financial Time Series and Generic Features

    Thilo A. Schmitt;Desislava Chetalova;Rudi Schäfer;Thomas Guhr

  • Impact of the tick-size on financial returns and correlations

    Michael C. Münnix;Rudi Schäfer;Thomas Guhr

  • Recursive construction for a class of radial functions. I. Ordinary space

    Thomas Guhr;Heiner Kohler

  • Non-stationarity in financial time series: Generic features and tail behavior

    Thilo A. Schmitt;Desislava Chetalova;Rudi Schäfer;Thomas Guhr

  • Particle-Time Duality in the Kicked Ising Chain I: The Dual Operator

    M. Akila;D. Waltner;B. Gutkin;T. Guhr

  • Identifying States of a Financial Market

    Michael C. Münnix;Takashi Shimada;Rudi Schäfer;Francois Leyvraz Thomas H. Seligman

Frequent Co-Authors

Boris Gutkin
Boris Gutkin École Normale Supérieure
Achim Richter
Achim Richter Technical University of Darmstadt
Michael Schreckenberg
Michael Schreckenberg University of Duisburg-Essen
Hans-Jürgen Sommers
Hans-Jürgen Sommers University of Duisburg-Essen
Gernot Akemann
Gernot Akemann Bielefeld University
Thomas H. Seligman
Thomas H. Seligman National Autonomous University of Mexico
Hongqi Xu
Hongqi Xu Peking University
H. E. Stanley
H. E. Stanley Boston University
Holger Dette
Holger Dette Ruhr University Bochum
Lars Montelius
Lars Montelius Lund University

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