Top Cited Articles during 2008 by gr-qc

Top Cited Articles during 2008 by gr-qc

The 50 most highly cited papers during 2008 cited by papers in the gr-qc archive

Keep in mind that citation counts can never be exact, there is something like a 5% error in most of these numbers. Please do not fret about number 32 versus 33, as this is often not a statistically significant difference. Remember the detailed warning about the accuracy of these counts.

Also note that the counts shown, and used in the rankings, are the counts as of Fri 9-Jan-2009. Further, the counts shown by the ranking are only the cites satisfying the criteria for that list. Actual citation numbers in the database may change as corrections are made and papers are added, the links will take you to the updated numbers. The lists, however, will not update.

  1. 148
    Measurements of Omega and Lambda from 42 high redshift supernovae
    By Supernova Cosmology Project (S. Perlmutter et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.517:565-586,1999 (arXiv: astro-ph/9812133)
    [4171 Total citations in HEP]
  2. 143
    Observational evidence from supernovae for an accelerating universe and a cosmological constant
    By Supernova Search Team (Adam G. Riess et al.).
    Published in:Astron.J.116:1009-1038,1998 (arXiv: astro-ph/9805201)
    [3983 Total citations in HEP]
  3. 107
    Dynamics of dark energy
    By Edmund J. Copeland (Nottingham U.), M. Sami (Jamia Millia Islamia), Shinji Tsujikawa (Gunma Coll. Tech.).
    Published in:Int.J.Mod.Phys.D15:1753-1936,2006 (arXiv: hep-th/0603057)
    [706 Total citations in HEP]
  4. 105
    Particle Creation by Black Holes
    By S.W. Hawking (Cambridge U.).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.43:199-220,1975, Erratum-ibid.46:206-206,1976
    [3225 Total citations in HEP]
  5. 88
    Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) three year results: implications for cosmology
    By WMAP Collaboration (D.N. Spergel et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.170:377,2007 (arXiv: astro-ph/0603449)
    [3249 Total citations in HEP]
  6. 82
    Type Ia supernova discoveries at z > 1 from the Hubble Space Telescope: Evidence for past deceleration and constraints on dark energy evolution
    By Supernova Search Team (Adam G. Riess et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.607:665-687,2004 (arXiv: astro-ph/0402512)
    [1548 Total citations in HEP]
  7. 77
    First year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations: Determination of cosmological parameters
    By WMAP Collaboration (D.N. Spergel et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.148:175,2003 (arXiv: astro-ph/0302209)
    [5133 Total citations in HEP]
  8. 69
    Background independent quantum gravity: A Status report
    By Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State U. & Potsdam, Max Planck Inst. & Schrodinger Inst., Vienna), Jerzy Lewandowski (Warsaw U. & Penn State U. & Potsdam, Max Planck Inst. & Schrodinger Inst., Vienna).
    Published in:Class.Quant.Grav.21:R53,2004 (arXiv: gr-qc/0404018)
    [370 Total citations in HEP]
  9. 68
    Cosmological constant: The Weight of the vacuum
    By T. Padmanabhan (IUCAA, Pune).
    Published in:Phys.Rept.380:235-320,2003 (arXiv: hep-th/0212290)
    [890 Total citations in HEP]
  10. 67
    Black holes and entropy
    By Jacob D. Bekenstein (Princeton U. & Texas U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D7:2333-2346,1973
    [1519 Total citations in HEP]
  11. 64
    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)
    [3607 Total citations in HEP]
  12. 61
    Is cosmic speed - up due to new gravitational physics?
    By Sean M. Carroll, Vikram Duvvuri (Chicago U., EFI & Chicago U. & KICP, Chicago), Mark Trodden (Syracuse U.), Michael S. Turner (Chicago U., EFI & Chicago U. & KICP, Chicago & Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr. & Fermilab).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D70:043528,2004 (arXiv: astro-ph/0306438)
    [595 Total citations in HEP]
  13. 61
    A Phantom menace?
    By R.R. Caldwell (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B545:23-29,2002 (arXiv: astro-ph/9908168)
    [846 Total citations in HEP]
  14. 59
    The Cosmological constant and dark energy
    By P.J.E. Peebles (Princeton U.), Bharat Ratra (Kansas State U.).
    Published in:Rev.Mod.Phys.75:559-606,2003 (arXiv: astro-ph/0207347)
    [1207 Total citations in HEP]
  15. 57
    A Large mass hierarchy from a small extra dimension
    By Lisa Randall (Princeton U. & MIT, LNS), Raman Sundrum (Boston U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.83:3370-3373,1999 (arXiv: hep-ph/9905221)
    [4031 Total citations in HEP]
  16. 56
    Accurate evolutions of orbiting black-hole binaries without excision
    By Manuela Campanelli, C.O. Lousto (Texas U., Brownsville & Texas U., Brownsville, CGWA), P. Marronetti (Florida Atlantic U.), Y. Zlochower (Texas U., Brownsville & Texas U., Brownsville, CGWA).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.96:111101,2006 (arXiv: gr-qc/0511048)
    [233 Total citations in HEP]
  17. 53
    Gravitational wave extraction from an inspiraling configuration of merging black holes
    By John G. Baker, Joan Centrella, Dae-Il Choi, Michael Koppitz, James van Meter (NASA, Goddard).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.96:111102,2006 (arXiv: gr-qc/0511103)
    [211 Total citations in HEP]
  18. 51
    The Supernova legacy survey: Measurement of omega(m), omega(lambda) and W from the first year data set
    By The SNLS Collaboration (Pierre Astier et al.).
    Published in:Astron.Astrophys.447:31-48,2006 (arXiv: astro-ph/0510447)
    [804 Total citations in HEP]
  19. 50
    Evolution of binary black hole spacetimes
    By Frans Pretorius (Caltech & Alberta U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.95:121101,2005 (arXiv: gr-qc/0507014)
    [238 Total citations in HEP]
  20. 49
    The Cosmological Constant Problem
    By Steven Weinberg (Texas U.).
    Published in:Rev.Mod.Phys.61:1-23,1989
    [1572 Total citations in HEP]
  21. 49
    Cosmological imprint of an energy component with general equation of state
    By R.R. Caldwell, Rahul Dave, Paul J. Steinhardt (Pennsylvania U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.80:1582-1585,1998 (arXiv: astro-ph/9708069)
    [1366 Total citations in HEP]
  22. 49
    First year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations: Preliminary maps and basic results
    By WMAP Collaboration (C.L. Bennett et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.148:1,2003 (arXiv: astro-ph/0302207)
    [2480 Total citations in HEP]
  23. 48
    Loop quantum cosmology
    By Martin Bojowald (Penn State U. & Potsdam, Max Planck Inst.).
    Published in:Living Rev.Rel.8:11,2005 (arXiv: gr-qc/0601085)
    [155 Total citations in HEP]
  24. 46
    Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Cosmological Interpretation
    By WMAP Collaboration (E. Komatsu et al.).
    HEP Record (arXiv:0803.0547 [astro-ph])
    [689 Total citations in HEP]
  25. 45
    The Inflationary Universe: A Possible Solution to the Horizon and Flatness Problems
    By Alan H. Guth (SLAC).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D23:347-356,1981
    [3307 Total citations in HEP]
  26. 45
    Mach's principle and a relativistic theory of gravitation
    By C. Brans, R.H. Dicke (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.124:925-935,1961
    [1205 Total citations in HEP]
  27. 44
    Introduction to modified gravity and gravitational alternative for dark energy
    By Shin'ichi Nojiri (Japan, Natl. Defence Academy), Sergei D. Odintsov (ICREA, Barcelona & Barcelona, IEEC).
    Published in:eConf C0602061:06,2006, Int.J.Geom.Meth.Mod.Phys.4:115-146,2007 (arXiv: hep-th/0601213)
    [291 Total citations in HEP]
  28. 44
    Quantum Nature of the Big Bang: Improved dynamics
    By Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State U. & Utrecht U. & Newton Inst. Math. Sci., Cambridge), Tomasz Pawlowski, Parampreet Singh (Penn State U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D74:084003,2006 (arXiv: gr-qc/0607039)
    [121 Total citations in HEP]
  29. 43
    Cosmological Consequences of a Rolling Homogeneous Scalar Field
    By Bharat Ratra, P.J.E. Peebles (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D37:3406,1988
    [1563 Total citations in HEP]
  30. 43
    Phantom energy and cosmic doomsday
    By Robert R. Caldwell (Dartmouth Coll.), Marc Kamionkowski, Nevin N. Weinberg (Caltech).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.91:071301,2003 (arXiv: astro-ph/0302506)
    [570 Total citations in HEP]
  31. 43
    Quantum Nature of the Big Bang: An Analytical and Numerical Investigation. I.
    By Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State U. & IUCAA, Pune & Newton Inst. Math. Sci., Cambridge), Tomasz Pawlowski (Penn State U.), Parampreet Singh (Penn State U. & IUCAA, Pune).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D73:124038,2006 (arXiv: gr-qc/0604013)
    [106 Total citations in HEP]
  32. 43
    4-D gravity on a brane in 5-D Minkowski space
    By G.R. Dvali, Gregory Gabadadze, Massimo Porrati (New York U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B485:208-214,2000 (arXiv: hep-th/0005016)
    [910 Total citations in HEP]
  33. 42
    The Case for a positive cosmological Lambda term
    By Varun Sahni (IUCAA, Pune), Alexei A. Starobinsky (Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Int.J.Mod.Phys.D9:373-444,2000 (arXiv: astro-ph/9904398)
    [746 Total citations in HEP]
  34. 42
    f(R) Theories Of Gravity
    By Thomas P. Sotiriou (Maryland U.), Valerio Faraoni (Bishop's U., Sherbrooke).
    HEP Record (arXiv:0805.1726 [gr-qc])
    [78 Total citations in HEP]
  35. 41
    Quantum Theory of Gravity. 1. The Canonical Theory
    By Bryce S. DeWitt (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study & North Carolina U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.160:1113-1148,1967
    [1301 Total citations in HEP]
  36. 41
    The Large N limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity
    By Juan Martin 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)
    [5815 Total citations in HEP]
  37. 40
    Modified gravity with negative and positive powers of the curvature: Unification of the inflation and of the cosmic acceleration
    By Shin'ichi Nojiri (Japan, Natl. Defence Academy), Sergei D. Odintsov (Barcelona, IEEC & ICREA, Barcelona).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D68:123512,2003 (arXiv: hep-th/0307288)
    [393 Total citations in HEP]
  38. 39
    Cosmological parameters from SDSS and WMAP
    By SDSS Collaboration (Max Tegmark et al.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D69:103501,2004 (arXiv: astro-ph/0310723)
    [1225 Total citations in HEP]
  39. 39
    The Hierarchy problem and new dimensions at a millimeter
    By Nima Arkani-Hamed (SLAC), Savas Dimopoulos (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.), G.R. Dvali (ICTP, Trieste).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B429:263-272,1998 (arXiv: hep-ph/9803315)
    [3633 Total citations in HEP]
  40. 38
    High-accuracy comparison of numerical relativity simulations with post-Newtonian expansions
    By Michael Boyle (Caltech), Duncan A. Brown (Caltech & LIGO Lab., Caltech & Syracuse U.), Lawrence E. Kidder, Abdul H. Mroue (Cornell U., Radio. Space Res. Ctr.), Harald P. Pfeiffer, Mark A. Scheel (Caltech), Gregory B. Cook (Wake Forest U.), Saul A. Teukolsky (Cornell U., Radio. Space Res. Ctr.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D76:124038,2007 (arXiv:0710.0158 [gr-qc])
    [58 Total citations in HEP]
  41. 38
    Cosmological results from high-z supernovae
    By Supernova Search Team (John L. Tonry et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.594:1-24,2003 (arXiv: astro-ph/0305008)
    [829 Total citations in HEP]
  42. 38
    A New Type of Isotropic Cosmological Models Without Singularity
    By Alexei A. Starobinsky (Cambridge U. & Landau Inst.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B91:99-102,1980
    [892 Total citations in HEP]
  43. 38
    Mathematical structure of loop quantum cosmology
    By Abhay Ashtekar, Martin Bojowald (Penn State U. & Schrodinger Inst., Vienna), Jerzy Lewandowski (Warsaw U. & Penn State U. & Schrodinger Inst., Vienna).
    Published in:Adv.Theor.Math.Phys.7:233-268,2003 (arXiv: gr-qc/0304074)
    [189 Total citations in HEP]
  44. 37
    Notes on black hole evaporation
    By W.G. Unruh (McMaster U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D14:870,1976
    [1130 Total citations in HEP]
  45. 37
    An Alternative to quintessence
    By Alexander Yu. Kamenshchik (Landau Inst. & Landau Network Centro Volta), Ugo Moschella (Insubria U., Como & INFN, Milan), Vincent Pasquier (Saclay).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B511:265-268,2001 (arXiv: gr-qc/0103004)
    [557 Total citations in HEP]
  46. 36
    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)
    [1059 Total citations in HEP]
  47. 36
    Quantum nature of the big bang
    By Abhay Ashtekar, Tomasz Pawlowski, Parampreet Singh (Penn State U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.96:141301,2006 (arXiv: gr-qc/0602086)
    [112 Total citations in HEP]
  48. 36
    The Four laws of black hole mechanics
    By James M. Bardeen (Yale U.), B. Carter, S.W. Hawking (Cambridge U.).
    Published in:Commun.Math.Phys.31:161-170,1973
    [588 Total citations in HEP]
  49. 35
    Wormholes in space-time and their use for interstellar travel: A tool for teaching general relativity
    By M.S. Morris, K.S. Thorne (Caltech).
    Published in:Am.J.Phys.56:395-412,1988
    [451 Total citations in HEP]
  50. 35
    New constraints on Omega(M), Omega(lambda), and w from an independent set of eleven high-redshift supernovae observed with HST
    By Supernova Cosmology Project (Robert A. Knop et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.598:102,2003 (arXiv: astro-ph/0309368)
    [648 Total citations in HEP]