Robert Smith

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Rob Smith’s research interests span the following areas:

Disordered systems
Localisation
Level statistics
Mesoscopics and quantum chaos
Dirty superconductivity
Superconductor-insulator transition

Dr Smith is especially interested in how the properties of various conducting systems are affected by (ever-present) impurities and the repulsion between electrons due to their charge.

Research activity per year

27 Article
1 Letter

28 results

2020
Drude conductivity of a granular metal
Perkins, D. & Smith, R., Jul 2020, In: Annals of Physics. 418, 15 p., 168170.
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Low-lying single-particle structure of ¹⁷C and the N = 14 sub-shell closure
Pereira-lópez, X., Fernández-domínguez, B., Delaunay, F., Achouri, N. L., Orr, N. A., Catford, W. N., Assié, M., Bailey, S., Bastin, B., Blumenfeld, Y., Borcea, R., Caamaño, M., Caceres, L., Clément, E., Corsi, A., Curtis, N., Deshayes, Q., Farget, F., Fisichella, M. & De France, G. & 41 others, Franchoo, S., Freer, M., Gibelin, J., Gillibert, A., Grinyer, G. F., Hammache, F., Kamalou, O., Knapton, A., Kokalova, T., Lapoux, V., Lay, J. A., Le Crom, B., Leblond, S., Lois-fuentes, J., Marqués, F. M., Matta, A., Morfouace, P., Moro, A. M., Otsuka, T., Pancin, J., Perrot, L., Piot, J., Pollacco, E., Ramos, D., Rodríguez-tajes, C., Roger, T., Rotaru, F., Sénoville, M., De Séréville, N., Smith, R., Sorlin, O., Stanoiu, M., Stefan, I., Stodel, C., Suzuki, D., Suzuki, T., Thomas, J. C., Timofeyuk, N., Vandebrouck, M., Walshe, J. & Wheldon, C., 10 Dec 2020, In: Physics Letters B. 811, 7 p., 135939.
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2019
Experimental investigation of α condensation in light nuclei
Bishop, J., Kokalova, T., Freer, M., Acosta, L., Assié, M., Bailey, S., Cardella, G., Curtis, N., De Filippo, E., Dell'Aquila, D., De Luca, S., Francalanza, L., Gnoffo, B., Lanzalone, G., Lombardo, I., Martorana, N. S., Norella, S., Pagano, A., Pagano, E. V. & Papa, M. & 12 others, Pirrone, S., Politi, G., Rizzo, F., Russotto, P., Quattrocchi, L., Smith, R., Stefan, I., Trifirò, A., Trimarchì, M., Verde, G., Vigilante, M. & Wheldon, C., 20 Sept 2019, In: Physical Review C. 100, 3, 20 p., 034320.
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5 Citations (Scopus)

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2011
A new two-parameter family of potentials with a tunable ground state
Fellows, J. & Smith, R., 1 Aug 2011, In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 44, 33, p. 335302 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
7 Citations (Scopus)
Beating the Spin-Down Limit on Gravitational Wave Emission From the Vela Pulsar
Aston, S., Aylott, A., Chalkley, E., Cruise, A., Freise, A., Fulda, P., Lodhia, D., Mandel, I., Smith, R., Nelson, J. & Vecchio, A., 1 Aug 2011, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 737, 2, p. 93 1 p., 93.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
82 Citations (Scopus)
2009
Factorization solution of a family of quantum nonlinear oscillators
Fellows, J. & Smith, R., 1 Aug 2009, In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 42, 33, p. 335303 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
52 Citations (Scopus)
2008
Sharp superconductor-insulator transition in short wires
Meidan, D., Oreg, Y., Refael, G. & Smith, R., 1 Feb 2008, In: Physica C Superconductivity. p. 341-349 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus)
2007
Decoherence in weak localization. I. Pauli principle in influence functional
Marquardt, F., von Delft, J., Smith, R. & Ambegaokar, V., 1 Nov 2007, In: Physical Review B. 76, p. 195331 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
23 Citations (Scopus)
Decoherence in weak localization. II. Bethe-Salpeter calculation of the cooperon
von Delft, J., Marquardt, F., Smith, R. & Ambegaokar, V., 1 Nov 2007, In: Physical Review B. 76, 19, p. 195332 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
19 Citations (Scopus)
2006
Modeling the pinning of Au and Ni clusters on graphite
Smith, R., Nock, C., Kenny, S., Belbruno, J., Di Vece, M., Palomba, S. & Palmer, R., 1 Mar 2006, In: Physical Review B. 73, p. 125429 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
53 Citations (Scopus)
2005
Electron-electron interaction corrections to the thermal conductivity in disordered conductors
Niven, D. & Smith, R., 1 Jan 2005, In: Physical Review B. 71, 3, p. 035106 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
18 Citations (Scopus)
Phase slips in submicrometer YBaCu3O7 -δ bridges
Mikhenko, P., Deng, X., Gildert, S., Colclough, M., Smith, R., Muirhead, C., Prewett, P. & Teng, J., 1 Nov 2005, In: Physical Review B. 72, 17, 5 p., 174506.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
27 Citations (Scopus)
2002
Absence of singular superconducting fluctuation corrections to thermal conductivity
Niven, D. & Smith, R., 1 Dec 2002, In: Physical Review B. 66, 21, p. 214505 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
10 Citations (Scopus)
2001
Low energy deposition of size-selected Si clusters onto graphite
Neuendorf, R., Palmer, R. & Smith, R., 12 Jan 2001, In: Chemical Physics Letters. 333, 3-4, p. 304-307 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
17 Citations (Scopus)
Width and magnetic-field dependence of the transition temperature in ultranarrow superconducting wires
Smith, R., Handy, R. & Ambegaokar, V., 1 Mar 2001, In: Physical Review B. 63, 9, p. 094513 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
14 Citations (Scopus)
2000
Effect of magnetic impurities on suppression of the transition temperature in disordered superconductors
Smith, R. & Ambegaokar, V., 1 Sept 2000, In: Physical Review B. 62, 9, p. 5913-5930 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
10 Citations (Scopus)
Exact eigenstates for repulsive bosons in two dimensions
Smith, R. & Wilkin, N., 1 Nov 2000, In: Physical Review A. 62, 6, 061602.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
75 Citations (Scopus)
Upper critical field in disordered two-dimensional superconductors
Smith, R., Handy, R. & Ambegaokar, V., 1 Mar 2000, In: Physical Review B. 61, 9, p. 6352-6359 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
10 Citations (Scopus)
1999
Can the trace formula describe weak localization?
Whitney, R., Lerner, I. & Smith, R., 1 Apr 1999, In: Waves in Random Media. 9, 2, p. 179-200 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
18 Citations (Scopus)
1998
Do Attractive Bosons Condense?
Wilkin, N., Gunn, J. & Smith, R., 1 Mar 1998, In: Physical Review Letters. 80, 11, p. 2265-2268 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
263 Citations (Scopus)
Spectral statistics in disordered metals: A trajectories approach
Smith, R., Lerner, I. & Altshuler, B., 1 Oct 1998, In: Physical Review B. 58, 16, p. 10343-10350 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
25 Citations (Scopus)
1996
Effect of Level Statistics on Superconductivity in Ultrasmall Metallic Grains
Smith, R. & Ambegaokar, V., 1 Dec 1996, In: Physical Review Letters. 77, 24, p. 4962-4965 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
104 Citations (Scopus)
Fictitious level dynamics: A novel approach to spectral statistics in disordered conductors
Chalker, J., Lerner, I. & Smith, R., 1 Oct 1996, In: Journal of Mathematical Physics. 37, 10, p. 5061-5086 26 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
21 Citations (Scopus)
Random Walks through the Ensemble: Linking Spectral Statistics with Wave-Function Correlations in Disordered Metals
Chalker, J., Lerner, I. & Smith, R., 1 Jul 1996, In: Physical Review Letters. 77, 3, p. 554-557 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
55 Citations (Scopus)
1995

Suppression of the order parameter in homogeneous disordered superconductors
Smith, R., Reizer, M. & Wilkins, J., 1 Mar 1995, In: Physical Review B. 51, 10, p. 6470-6492 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

24 Citations (Scopus)
1992
Systematic Calculation of Moment of Flux-Dependent Currents in Single Mesoscopic Rings
Smith, R. & Ambegaokar, V., 15 Sept 1992, In: Europhysics Letters. 20, 2, p. 161-166 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
55 Citations (Scopus)
Weak-localization correction to the number density of superconducting electrons
Smith, R. & Ambegaokar, V., 1 Feb 1992, In: Physical Review B. 45, 5, p. 2463-2473 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
26 Citations (Scopus)
1988

Dependence of the transition temperature on deviations from stoichiometry in the cuprate superconductors
Ambegaokar, V., Gooding, R. & Smith, R., 1 Nov 1988, In: Physical Review B. 38, 13, p. 9217-9219 3 p.
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