Top Cited Articles of All Time (2003 edition) in hep-th

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1. 2918

   The Large N limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity

   By Juan M. Maldacena (Harvard U.).

   Published in:Adv.Theor.Math.Phys.2:231-252,1998, Int.J.Theor.Phys.38:1113-1133,1999 [arXiv: hep-th/9711200]

   [4470 Total citations in HEP]

2. 2086

   Anti-de Sitter space and holography

   By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

   Published in:Adv.Theor.Math.Phys.2:253-291,1998 [arXiv: hep-th/9802150]

   [3028 Total citations in HEP]

3. 1875

   Gauge theory correlators from noncritical string theory

   By S.S. Gubser, Igor R. Klebanov, Alexander M. Polyakov (Princeton U.).

   Published in:Phys.Lett.B428:105-114,1998 [arXiv: hep-th/9802109]

   [2674 Total citations in HEP]

4. 1848

   An Alternative to compactification

   By Lisa Randall (Princeton U. & MIT, LNS), Raman Sundrum (Boston U.).

   Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.83:4690-4693,1999 [arXiv: hep-th/9906064]

   [2978 Total citations in HEP]

5. 1596

   Electric - magnetic duality, monopole condensation, and confinement in N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory

   By N. Seiberg (Rutgers U., Piscataway & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

   Published in:Nucl.Phys.B426:19-52,1994, Erratum-ibid.B430:485-486,1994 [arXiv: hep-th/9407087]

   [1833 Total citations in HEP]

6. 1457

   String theory and noncommutative geometry

   By Nathan Seiberg, Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

   Published in:JHEP 9909:032,1999 [arXiv: hep-th/9908142]

   [2123 Total citations in HEP]

7. 1349

   M theory as a matrix model: A Conjecture

   By Tom Banks (Rutgers U., Piscataway), W. Fischler (Texas U.), S.H. Shenker (Rutgers U., Piscataway), Leonard Susskind (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.).

   Published in:Phys.Rev.D55:5112-5128,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9610043]

   [1613 Total citations in HEP]

8. 1332

   Dirichlet Branes and Ramond-Ramond charges

   By Joseph Polchinski (Santa Barbara, KITP).

   Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.75:4724-4727,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9510017]

   [1546 Total citations in HEP]

9. 1284

   String theory dynamics in various dimensions

   By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

   Published in:Nucl.Phys.B443:85-126,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9503124]

   [1460 Total citations in HEP]

10. 1279

    Heterotic and type I string dynamics from eleven-dimensions

    By Petr Horava (Princeton U.), Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B460:506-524,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9510209]

    [1603 Total citations in HEP]

11. 1195

    Monopoles, duality and chiral symmetry breaking in N=2 supersymmetric QCD

    By N. Seiberg (Rutgers U., Piscataway & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B431:484-550,1994 [arXiv: hep-th/9408099]

    [1333 Total citations in HEP]

12. 992

    Large N field theories, string theory and gravity

    By Ofer Aharony (Rutgers U., Piscataway), Steven S. Gubser (Harvard U.), Juan M. Maldacena (Harvard U. & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Hirosi Ooguri (UC, Berkeley & LBL, Berkeley), Yaron Oz (CERN).

    Published in:Phys.Rept.323:183-386,2000 [arXiv: hep-th/9905111]

    [1603 Total citations in HEP]

13. 927

    Noncommutative geometry and matrix theory: Compactification on tori

    By Alain Connes (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette), Michael R. Douglas (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette & Rutgers U., Piscataway), Albert S. Schwarz (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette & Rutgers U., Piscataway & UC, Davis).

    Published in:JHEP 9802:003,1998 [arXiv: hep-th/9711162]

    [1131 Total citations in HEP]

14. 886

    Eleven-dimensional supergravity on a manifold with boundary

    By Petr Horava (Princeton U.), Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B475:94-114,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9603142]

    [1163 Total citations in HEP]

15. 860

    Tasi lectures on D-branes

    By Joseph Polchinski (Santa Barbara, KITP).

    HEP Record [arXiv: hep-th/9611050]

    [946 Total citations in HEP]

16. 844

    Bound states of strings and p-branes

    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B460:335-350,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9510135]

    [970 Total citations in HEP]

17. 843

    Unity of superstring dualities

    By C.M. Hull (Queen Mary, U. of London), P.K. Townsend (Cambridge U.).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B438:109-137,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9410167]

    [968 Total citations in HEP]

18. 833

    Microscopic origin of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy

    By Andrew Strominger (UC, Santa Barbara), Cumrun Vafa (Harvard U.).

    Published in:Phys.Lett.B379:99-104,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9601029]

    [1084 Total citations in HEP]

19. 756

    Strong coupling expansion of Calabi-Yau compactification

    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B471:135-158,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9602070]

    [892 Total citations in HEP]

20. 707

    The Black hole in three-dimensional space-time

    By Maximo Banados (CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago), Claudio Teitelboim (CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Jorge Zanelli (CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago).

    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.69:1849-1851,1992 [arXiv: hep-th/9204099]

    [894 Total citations in HEP]

21. 659

    Evanescent black holes

    By Curtis G. Callan, Jr. (Princeton U.), Steven B. Giddings (UC, Santa Barbara), Jeffrey A. Harvey (Chicago U., EFI), Andrew Strominger (UC, Santa Barbara).

    Published in:Phys.Rev.D45:1005-1009,1992 [arXiv: hep-th/9111056]

    [714 Total citations in HEP]

22. 614

    The World as a hologram

    By Leonard Susskind (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.).

    Published in:J.Math.Phys.36:6377-6396,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9409089]

    [861 Total citations in HEP]

23. 573

    Anti-de Sitter space, thermal phase transition, and confinement in gauge theories

    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:Adv.Theor.Math.Phys.2:505-532,1998 [arXiv: hep-th/9803131]

    [871 Total citations in HEP]

24. 570

    Evidence for F theory

    By Cumrun Vafa (Harvard U.).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B469:403-418,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9602022]

    [641 Total citations in HEP]

25. 553

    D-branes, quivers, and ALE instantons

    By Michael R. Douglas (Rutgers U., Piscataway), Gregory W. Moore (Yale U.).

    HEP Record [arXiv: hep-th/9603167]

    [700 Total citations in HEP]

26. 552

    Electric - magnetic duality in supersymmetric nonAbelian gauge theories

    By N. Seiberg (Rutgers U., Piscataway & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B435:129-146,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9411149]

    [668 Total citations in HEP]

27. 521

    D-branes and the noncommutative torus

    By Michael R. Douglas (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette & Rutgers U., Piscataway), Christopher M. Hull (Queen Mary, U. of London & Ecole Normale Superieure).

    Published in:JHEP 9802:008,1998 [arXiv: hep-th/9711165]

    [633 Total citations in HEP]

28. 492

    Target space duality in string theory

    By Amit Giveon (Hebrew U.), Massimo Porrati (New York U.), Eliezer Rabinovici (Hebrew U.).

    Published in:Phys.Rept.244:77-202,1994 [arXiv: hep-th/9401139]

    [570 Total citations in HEP]

29. 482

    String solitons

    By M.J. Duff (Newton Inst. Math. Sci., Cambridge & Texas A-M), Ramzi R. Khuri (McGill U. & CERN), J.X. Lu (Texas A-M).

    Published in:Phys.Rept.259:213-326,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9412184]

    [534 Total citations in HEP]

30. 472

    Type IIB superstrings, BPS monopoles, and three-dimensional gauge dynamics

    By Amihay Hanany, Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B492:152-190,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9611230]

    [557 Total citations in HEP]

31. 469

    One Loop Threshold Effects in String Unification

    By Vadim S. Kaplunovsky (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B307:145,1988, Erratum-ibid.B382:436,1992 [arXiv: hep-th/9205068]

    [504 Total citations in HEP]

32. 468

    Weak scale superstrings

    By Joseph D. Lykken (Fermilab).

    Published in:Phys.Rev.D54:3693-3697,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9603133]

    [547 Total citations in HEP]

33. 465

    Strings in flat space and pp waves from N=4 superYang-Mills

    By David Berenstein, Juan M. Maldacena, Horatiu Nastase (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:JHEP 0204:013,2002 [arXiv: hep-th/0202021]

    [935 Total citations in HEP]

34. 455

    Solutions of four-dimensional field theories via M theory

    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B500:3-42,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9703166]

    [512 Total citations in HEP]

35. 452

    Noncommutative perturbative dynamics

    By Shiraz Minwalla, Mark Van Raamsdonk (Princeton U.), Nathan Seiberg (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:JHEP 0002:020,2000 [arXiv: hep-th/9912072]

    [637 Total citations in HEP]

36. 442

    Nonconventional cosmology from a brane universe

    By Pierre Binetruy, Cedric Deffayet (Orsay), David Langlois (Meudon Observ.).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B565:269-287,2000 [arXiv: hep-th/9905012]

    [642 Total citations in HEP]

37. 440

    Pre - big bang in string cosmology

    By M. Gasperini (Turin U. & INFN, Turin), G. Veneziano (CERN).

    Published in:Astropart.Phys.1:317-339,1993 [arXiv: hep-th/9211021]

    [520 Total citations in HEP]

38. 438

    Notes on D-branes

    By Joseph Polchinski, Shyamoli Chaudhuri, Clifford V. Johnson (Santa Barbara, KITP).

    HEP Record [arXiv: hep-th/9602052]

    [467 Total citations in HEP]

39. 434

    Evidence for heterotic - type I string duality

    By Joseph Polchinski (Santa Barbara, KITP), Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B460:525-540,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9510169]

    [495 Total citations in HEP]

40. 427

    The eleven-dimensional supermembrane revisited

    By P.K. Townsend (Cambridge U.).

    Published in:Phys.Lett.B350:184-187,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9501068]

    [474 Total citations in HEP]

41. 426

    Reheating after inflation

    By Lev Kofman (Hawaii U.), Andrei D. Linde (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.), Alexei A. Starobinsky (Kyoto U., Yukawa Inst., Uji & Landau Inst.).

    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.73:3195-3198,1994 [arXiv: hep-th/9405187]

    [533 Total citations in HEP]

42. 421

    Out of this world supersymmetry breaking

    By Lisa Randall (Princeton U. & MIT, LNS), Raman Sundrum (Boston U.).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B557:79-118,1999 [arXiv: hep-th/9810155]

    [662 Total citations in HEP]

43. 418

    Brane cosmological evolution in a bulk with cosmological constant

    By Pierre Binetruy, Cedric Deffayet, Ulrich Ellwanger (Orsay, LPT), David Langlois (Meudon Observ.).

    Published in:Phys.Lett.B477:285-291,2000 [arXiv: hep-th/9910219]

    [611 Total citations in HEP]

44. 414

    D-branes and short distances in string theory

    By Michael R. Douglas, Daniel Kabat, Philippe Pouliot, Stephen H. Shenker (Rutgers U., Piscataway).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B485:85-127,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9608024]

    [450 Total citations in HEP]

45. 405

    Phases of N=2 theories in two-dimensions

    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B403:159-222,1993 [arXiv: hep-th/9301042]

    [549 Total citations in HEP]

46. 402

    Branes within branes

    By Michael R. Douglas (Rutgers U., Piscataway).

    HEP Record [arXiv: hep-th/9512077]

    [478 Total citations in HEP]

47. 400

    A Large N reduced model as superstring

    By N. Ishibashi, H. Kawai (KEK, Tsukuba), Y. Kitazawa (Tokyo Inst. Tech.), A. Tsuchiya (KEK, Tsukuba).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B498:467-491,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9612115]

    [515 Total citations in HEP]

48. 396

    A Construction of lattice chiral gauge theories

    By Rajamani Narayanan, Herbert Neuberger (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).

    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B443:305-385,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9411108]

    [503 Total citations in HEP]

49. 392

    An SL(2,Z) multiplet of type IIB superstrings

    By John H. Schwarz (Caltech).

    Published in:Phys.Lett.B360:13-18,1995, Erratum-ibid.B364:252,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9508143]

    [437 Total citations in HEP]

50. 388

    Exact results on the space of vacua of four-dimensional SUSY gauge theories

    By Nathan Seiberg (Rutgers U., Piscataway).

    Published in:Phys.Rev.D49:6857-6863,1994 [arXiv: hep-th/9402044]

    [434 Total citations in HEP]