Top Cited Articles during 2008 in gr-qc

Top Cited Articles during 2008 in gr-qc

The 50 most highly cited papers during 2008 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 Mon 12-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. 105
    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]
  2. 85
    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)
    [372 Total citations in HEP]
  3. 76
    Accelerating universes with scaling dark matter
    By Michel Chevallier (Tours U.), David Polarski (Tours U. & Meudon Observ.).
    Published in:Int.J.Mod.Phys.D10:213-224,2001 (arXiv: gr-qc/0009008)
    [278 Total citations in HEP]
  4. 75
    f(R) Theories Of Gravity
    By Thomas P. Sotiriou (Maryland U.), Valerio Faraoni (Bishop's U., Sherbrooke).
    HEP Record (arXiv:0805.1726 [gr-qc])
    [79 Total citations in HEP]
  5. 71
    The Einstein equation on the 3-brane world
    By Tetsuya Shiromizu (Cambridge U., DAMTP & Tokyo U. & Tokyo U., RESCEU), Kei-ichi Maeda (Newton Inst. Math. Sci., Cambridge & Waseda U.), Misao Sasaki (Newton Inst. Math. Sci., Cambridge & Tokyo U. & Osaka U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D62:024012,2000 (arXiv: gr-qc/9910076)
    [831 Total citations in HEP]
  6. 70
    Dimensional reduction in quantum gravity
    By Gerard 't Hooft (Utrecht U.).
    HEP Record (arXiv: gr-qc/9310026)
    [819 Total citations in HEP]
  7. 67
    Brane world gravity
    By Roy Maartens (Portsmouth U., ICG).
    Published in:Living Rev.Rel.7:7,2004 (arXiv: gr-qc/0312059)
    [401 Total citations in HEP]
  8. 65
    Black hole entropy is the Noether charge
    By Robert M. Wald (Chicago U., EFI & Chicago U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D48:3427-3431,1993 (arXiv: gr-qc/9307038)
    [431 Total citations in HEP]
  9. 65
    Generalized Chaplygin gas, accelerated expansion and dark energy matter unification
    By M.C. Bento, O. Bertolami, A.A. Sen (Lisbon, IST).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D66:043507,2002 (arXiv: gr-qc/0202064)
    [391 Total citations in HEP]
  10. 63
    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]
  11. 59
    The Confrontation between general relativity and experiment
    By Clifford M. Will (Washington U., St. Louis).
    Published in:Living Rev.Rel.9:3,2005 (arXiv: gr-qc/0510072)
    [159 Total citations in HEP]
  12. 59
    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]
  13. 58
    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]
  14. 57
    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)
    [122 Total citations in HEP]
  15. 56
    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)
    [156 Total citations in HEP]
  16. 54
    Some properties of Noether charge and a proposal for dynamical black hole entropy
    By Vivek Iyer, Robert M. Wald (Chicago U., EFI & Chicago U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D50:846-864,1994 (arXiv: gr-qc/9403028)
    [402 Total citations in HEP]
  17. 52
    Geometry of the (2+1) black hole
    By Maximo Banados (CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago & CECS, Valdivia & Brussels U. & CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study & CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago), Marc Henneaux (CECS, Valdivia & Brussels U.), Claudio Teitelboim (CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Jorge Zanelli (CECS, Valdivia & Chile U., Santiago).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D48:1506-1525,1993 (arXiv: gr-qc/9302012)
    [714 Total citations in HEP]
  18. 51
    Reconstruction of a scalar tensor theory of gravity in an accelerating universe
    By B. Boisseau (Tours U.), G. Esposito-Farese (Marseille, CPT & Meudon Observ.), D. Polarski (Tours U. & Meudon Observ.), Alexei A. Starobinsky (Landau Inst. & Newton Inst. Math. Sci., Cambridge).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.85:2236,2000 (arXiv: gr-qc/0001066)
    [277 Total citations in HEP]
  19. 50
    Quasilocal energy and conserved charges derived from the gravitational action
    By J.David Brown, James W. York, Jr. (North Carolina U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D47:1407-1419,1993 (arXiv: gr-qc/9209012)
    [576 Total citations in HEP]
  20. 49
    The Dynamics of general relativity
    By Richard L. Arnowitt (Syracuse U.), Stanley Deser (Brandeis U.), Charles W. Misner (Princeton U.).
    HEP Record (arXiv: gr-qc/0405109)
    [179 Total citations in HEP]
  21. 48
    Exponential potentials and cosmological scaling solutions
    By Edmund J. Copeland, Andrew R Liddle (Sussex U.), David Wands (Portsmouth U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D57:4686-4690,1998 (arXiv: gr-qc/9711068)
    [405 Total citations in HEP]
  22. 48
    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)
    [107 Total citations in HEP]
  23. 47
    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)
    [113 Total citations in HEP]
  24. 46
    Conditions for the cosmological viability of f(R) dark energy models
    By Luca Amendola (Rome Observ.), Radouane Gannouji, David Polarski (Montpellier U.), Shinji Tsujikawa (Gunma Coll. Tech.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D75:083504,2007 (arXiv: gr-qc/0612180)
    [116 Total citations in HEP]
  25. 43
    Large merger recoils and spin flips from generic black-hole binaries
    By Manuela Campanelli (Rochester Inst. Tech. & Texas U., Brownsville), Carlos O. Lousto, Yosef Zlochower (Texas U., Brownsville), David Merritt (Rochester Inst. Tech.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.659:L5-L8,2007 (arXiv: gr-qc/0701164)
    [95 Total citations in HEP]
  26. 42
    Extra force in f(R) modified theories of gravity
    By Orfeu Bertolami (Lisbon, IST), Christian G. Boehmer (Portsmouth U., ICG), Tiberiu Harko (Hong Kong U.), Francisco S.N. Lobo (Portsmouth U., ICG & Lisbon U., CAAUL).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D75:104016,2007 (arXiv:0704.1733 [gr-qc])
    [71 Total citations in HEP]
  27. 42
    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)
    [190 Total citations in HEP]
  28. 41
    Curvature quintessence
    By Salvatore Capozziello (INFN, Naples & Salerno U.).
    Published in:Int.J.Mod.Phys.D11:483-492,2002 (arXiv: gr-qc/0201033)
    [152 Total citations in HEP]
  29. 39
    Quantum gravity and minimum length
    By Luis J. Garay (Imperial Coll., London).
    Published in:Int.J.Mod.Phys.A10:145-166,1995 (arXiv: gr-qc/9403008)
    [337 Total citations in HEP]
  30. 38
    Quasinormal modes of stars and black holes
    By Kostas D. Kokkotas (Thessaloniki U.), Bernd G. Schmidt (Potsdam, Max Planck Inst.).
    Published in:Living Rev.Rel.2:2,1999 (arXiv: gr-qc/9909058)
    [288 Total citations in HEP]
  31. 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]
  32. 37
    Modern tests of Lorentz invariance
    By David Mattingly (UC, Davis).
    Published in:Living Rev.Rel.8:5,2005 (arXiv: gr-qc/0502097)
    [145 Total citations in HEP]
  33. 37
    Supermassive recoil velocities for binary black-hole mergers with antialigned spins
    By J.A. Gonzalez, M.D. Hannam, U. Sperhake, Bernd Bruegmann, S. Husa (Jena U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.98:231101,2007 (arXiv: gr-qc/0702052)
    [83 Total citations in HEP]
  34. 36
    Total recoil: The Maximum kick from nonspinning black-hole binary inspiral
    By Jose A. Gonzalez, Ulrich Sperhake, Bernd Bruegmann, Mark Hannam, Sascha Husa (Jena U., TPI).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.98:091101,2007 (arXiv: gr-qc/0610154)
    [116 Total citations in HEP]
  35. 35
    A Relationship between Hawking radiation and gravitational anomalies
    By Sean P. Robinson, Frank Wilczek (MIT, LNS).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.95:011303,2005 (arXiv: gr-qc/0502074)
    [84 Total citations in HEP]
  36. 35
    Thermodynamics of space-time: The Einstein equation of state
    By Ted Jacobson (Maryland U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.75:1260-1263,1995 (arXiv: gr-qc/9504004)
    [193 Total citations in HEP]
  37. 35
    Gravity with a dynamical preferred frame
    By Ted Jacobson, David Mattingly (Maryland U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D64:024028,2001 (arXiv: gr-qc/0007031)
    [160 Total citations in HEP]
  38. 35
    Particle production and complex path analysis
    By K. Srinivasan, T. Padmanabhan (IUCAA, Pune).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D60:024007,1999 (arXiv: gr-qc/9812028)
    [98 Total citations in HEP]
  39. 34
    Maximum gravitational recoil
    By Manuela Campanelli, Carlos O. Lousto, Yosef Zlochower (Rochester Inst. Tech. & Texas U., Brownsville), David Merritt (Rochester Inst. Tech.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.98:231102,2007 (arXiv: gr-qc/0702133)
    [66 Total citations in HEP]
  40. 34
    Gravitational wave experiments and early universe cosmology
    By Michele Maggiore (INFN, Pisa & Pisa U.).
    Published in:Phys.Rept.331:283-367,2000 (arXiv: gr-qc/9909001)
    [201 Total citations in HEP]
  41. 34
    Relativity in space-times with short distance structure governed by an observer independent (Planckian) length scale
    By Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (Rome U.).
    Published in:Int.J.Mod.Phys.D11:35-60,2002 (arXiv: gr-qc/0012051)
    [353 Total citations in HEP]
  42. 34
    General relativity as an effective field theory: The leading quantum corrections
    By John F. Donoghue (Massachusetts U., Amherst).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D50:3874-3888,1994 (arXiv: gr-qc/9405057)
    [267 Total citations in HEP]
  43. 34
    On the numerical integration of Einstein's field equations
    By Thomas W. Baumgarte (Illinois U., Urbana), Stuart L. Shapiro (Illinois U., Urbana, Astron. Dept.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D59:024007,1999 (arXiv: gr-qc/9810065)
    [256 Total citations in HEP]
  44. 34
    Dark Energy from Structure: A Status Report
    By Thomas Buchert (LUTH, Meudon).
    Published in:Gen.Rel.Grav.40:467-527,2008 (arXiv:0707.2153 [gr-qc])
    [48 Total citations in HEP]
  45. 34
    Black hole mass decreasing due to phantom energy accretion
    By E. Babichev, V. Dokuchaev, Yu. Eroshenko (Moscow, INR).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.93:021102,2004 (arXiv: gr-qc/0402089)
    [111 Total citations in HEP]
  46. 34
    Isolated and dynamical horizons and their applications
    By Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State U. & Santa Barbara, KITP & Potsdam, Max Planck Inst. & Schrodinger Inst., Vienna), Badri Krishnan (Potsdam, Max Planck Inst. & Schrodinger Inst., Vienna).
    Published in:Living Rev.Rel.7:10,2004 (arXiv: gr-qc/0407042)
    [123 Total citations in HEP]
  47. 33
    Holographic dark energy and cosmic coincidence
    By Diego Pavon (Barcelona, Autonoma U.), Winfried Zimdahl (Cologne U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B628:206-210,2005 (arXiv: gr-qc/0505020)
    [101 Total citations in HEP]
  48. 33
    Metric-affine f(R) theories of gravity
    By Thomas P. Sotiriou, Stefano Liberati (SISSA, Trieste & INFN, Trieste).
    Published in:Annals Phys.322:935-966,2007 (arXiv: gr-qc/0604006)
    [93 Total citations in HEP]
  49. 32
    Discreteness of area and volume in quantum gravity
    By Carlo Rovelli (Pittsburgh U.), Lee Smolin (Penn State U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B442:593-622,1995, Erratum-ibid.B456:753,1995 (arXiv: gr-qc/9411005)
    [475 Total citations in HEP]
  50. 32
    Loop quantum cosmology of k=1 FRW models
    By Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State U. & Utrecht U.), Tomasz Pawlowski, Parampreet Singh (Penn State U.), Kevin Vandersloot (Penn State U. & Portsmouth U., ICG).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D75:024035,2007 (arXiv: gr-qc/0612104)
    [61 Total citations in HEP]
  51. 32
    Inspiral, merger and ringdown of unequal mass black hole binaries: A Multipolar analysis
    By Emanuele Berti (McDonnell Ctr. Space Sci. & Washington U., St. Louis), Vitor Cardoso (Mississippi U.), Jose A. Gonzalez, Ulrich Sperhake, Mark Hannam, Sascha Husa, Bernd Bruegmann (Jena U., TPI).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D76:064034,2007 (arXiv: gr-qc/0703053)
    [72 Total citations in HEP]
  52. 32
    Analogue gravity
    By Carlos Barcelo (IAA, Granada), Stefano Liberati (SISSA, Trieste & INFN, Trieste), Matt Visser (Victoria U., Wellington).
    Published in:Living Rev.Rel.8:12,2005 (arXiv: gr-qc/0505065)
    [110 Total citations in HEP]
  53. 32
    Kaluza-Klein gravity
    By J.M. Overduin (Victoria U.), P.S. Wesson (Waterloo U. & Stanford U., HEPL).
    Published in:Phys.Rept.283:303-380,1997 (arXiv: gr-qc/9805018)
    [294 Total citations in HEP]