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Airy Functions

Airy Functions is a special function that constitutes solutions to the Airy differential equation, distinguished by their role in describing wave phenomena in quantum mechanics and optics, particularly near caustics.

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Airy Function

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509

Level-spacing distributions and the Airy kernel

Craig A. Tracy, Harold Widom · Communications in Mathematical Physics · 1994 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Intersection theory on the moduli space of curves and the matrix airy function

Maxim Kontsevich · Communications in Mathematical Physics · 1992 · 1.6K citations

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A stable linear reference potential algorithm for solution of the quantum close-coupled equations in molecular scattering theory

Millard H. Alexander, David E. Manolopoulos · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1987 · 404 citations

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Theory of Penning Ionization. I. Atoms

William H. Miller · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1970 · 403 citations

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Auto-focusing and self-healing of Pearcey beams

James D. Ring, Jari Lindberg, Areti Mourka et al. · Optics Express · 2012 · 361 citations · Full text

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Authors

894

  1. FW
    F. W. J. Olver

    National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States

    7 publications · 656 citations

    7

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  2. MB
    Michael Berry

    Bristol Robotics Laboratory, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 445 citations

    6

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  3. JR
    James R. Wait

    Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, United States

    5 publications · 114 citations

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  4. SN
    Satya N. Majumdar

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    5 publications · 535 citations

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  5. GS
    Grégory Schehr

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    4 publications · 201 citations

    4

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Institutions

465

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    48 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    838 citations

  3. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    730 citations

  4. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    9 h-index

    20 publications

    842 citations

  5. Université Paris-Sud

    Orsay, France

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    981 citations

  6. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    918 citations

  7. Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques

    Orsay, France

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    910 citations

  8. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    269 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Applied Physics

    19 publications · 730 citations

    15

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  2. Physical Review A

    PRA · 13 publications · 755 citations

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  3. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    15 publications · 1.4K citations

    13

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  4. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 14 publications · 690 citations

    12

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  5. Journal of Applied Mechanics

    12 publications · 475 citations

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