Top Cited HEP Articles

Most Cited High Energy Physics Articles
1992 - 1994

Articles with most citations in SPIRES-HEP database


Positions are based on the number of citations in the HEP(SPIRES) database at SLAC between January 1, 1992 and August 15, 1994. The situation may change with time. For your convenience, pointers to the number of citations between January 1, 1992 and today are also added.

See also the 'All-Time Favorites' list and a review of the most-cited HEP articles 1992 - 1994 edition.


1) REVIEW OF PARTICLE PROPERTIES. PARTICLE DATA GROUP, by K. Hikasa, K. Hagiwara, S. Kawabata (KEK, Tsukuba), R.M. Barnett, D.E. Groom, T.G. Trippe, C.G. Wohl, G.P. Yost, B. Armstrong, G.S. Wagman (LBL, Berkeley), J. Stone (Boston U.), F.C. Porter (Cal Tech), R.J. Morrison (UC, Santa Barbara), R.E. Cutkosky (Carnegie Mellon U.), L. Montanet, K. Gieselmann (CERN), M. Aguilar-Benitez (Madrid, CIEMAT & CERN), C. Caso (Genoa U.), R.L. Crawford (Glasgow U.), M. Roos (Helsinki U. & INFN, Florence), N.A. Tornqvist (Helsinki U. & CERN), K.G. Hayes (Hillsdale Coll.), G. Hohler (Karlsruhe U., IEKP), D.M. Manley (Kent State U.), K.A. Olive (Minnesota U.), R.E. Shrock (SUNY, Stony Brook), S. Eidelman (Novosibirsk, IYF), R.H. Schindler (SLAC), J.J. Hernandez (Valencia U. & CERN), G. Conforto (Urbino U. & INFN, Florence), R.A. Eichler (Zurich, ETH), Phys. Rev. D45 (1992) S1

1122 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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2) REVIEW OF PARTICLE PROPERTIES. PARTICLE DATA GROUP, by J.J. Hernandez, L. Montanet, K. Gieselmann, M. Aguilar-Benitez (Valencia U. & CERN & Madrid, CIEMAT), J. Stone (Boston U.), F.C. Porter (Cal Tech), R.J. Morrison (UC, Santa Barbara), G. Conforto, C. Caso, M. Roos, N.A. Tornqvist (Genoa U. & Helsinki U.), K.G. Hayes (Hillsdale Coll.), K.R. Schubert, G. Hohler (Karlsruhe U., IEKP), K. Hagiwara, K. Hikasa, S. Kawabata (KEK, Tsukuba), R.M. Barnett, J.J. Eastman, D.E. Groom, G.R. Lynch, A. Rittenberg, M. Suzuki, T.G. Trippe, C.G. Wohl, G.P. Yost, B. Armstrong, G.S. Wagman (LBL, Berkeley), K.A. Olive (Minnesota U.), R.E. Shrock (SUNY, Stony Brook), R.H. Schindler (SLAC), R.A. Eichler (Zurich, ETH), Phys. Lett. B239 (1990) 1-516.

552 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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3) WEAK DECAYS OF HEAVY MESONS IN THE STATIC QUARK APPROXIMATION, by N. Isgur (Toronto U.), M.B. Wise (Cal Tech), Phys. Lett. B232 (1989) 113-117.

393 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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4) WEAK TRANSITION FORM FACTORS BETWEEN HEAVY MESONS, by N. Isgur (Toronto U.), M.B. Wise (Cal Tech), Phys. Lett. B237 (1990) 527-530.

368 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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5) SUPERSYMMETRY, SUPERGRAVITY AND PARTICLE PHYSICS, by H.P. Nilles (Geneva U. & CERN), Phys. Rept. 110 (1984) 1-162.

353 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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6) A MODEL OF LEPTONS, by S. Weinberg (MIT, LNS), Phys. Rev. Lett. 19 (1967) 1264-1266.

347 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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7) COMPARISON OF GRAND UNIFIED THEORIES WITH ELECTROWEAK AND STRONG COUPLING CONSTANTS MEASURED AT LEP, by U. Amaldi (CERN), W. de Boer, H. Furstenau (Karlsruhe U., IEKP), Phys. Lett. B260 (1991) 447-455.

338 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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8) IMPLICATIONS OF PRECISION ELECTROWEAK EXPERIMENTS FOR M(T), RHO(0), SIN**2-THETA(W) AND GRAND UNIFICATION, by P. Langacker, M-X. Luo (Penn U.), Phys. Rev. D44 (1991) 817-822.

338 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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9) ON STRING THEORY AND BLACK HOLES, by E. Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Phys. Rev. D44 (1991) 314-324.

331 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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10) THE SEARCH FOR SUPERSYMMETRY: PROBING PHYSICS BEYOND THE STANDARD MODEL, by H.E. Haber (UC, Santa Cruz & SLAC), G.L. Kane (Michigan U.), Phys. Rept. 117 (1985) 75-263.

326 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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11) QUANTUM FIELD THEORY AND THE JONES POLYNOMIAL, by E. Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), Commun. Math. Phys. 121 (1989) 351-399.

305 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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12) QCD AND RESONANCE PHYSICS. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS, by M.A. Shifman, A.I. Vainshtein, V.I. Zakharov (Moscow, ITEP), Nucl. Phys. B147 (1979) 385-447.

302 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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13) THE LUND MONTE CARLO FOR JET FRAGMENTATION AND E+ E- PHYSICS: JETSET VERSION 6.3, AN UPDATE, by T. Sjostrand, M. Bengtsson (Lund U.), Comput. Phys. Commun. 43 (1987) 367-379.

297 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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14) Q-DIFFERENCE ANALOGUE OF U(G) AND THE YANG-BAXTER EQUATION, by M. Jimbo (Kyoto U., RIMS), Lett. Math. Phys. 10 (1985) 63-69.

287 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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15) DYNAMICAL MODEL OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES BASED ON AN ANALOGY WITH SUPERCONDUCTIVITY. I., by Y. Nambu, G. Jona-Lasinio (Chicago U., EFI), Phys. Rev. 122 (1961) 345-358.

282 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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16) CP VIOLATION IN THE RENORMALIZABLE THEORY OF WEAK INTERACTION, by M. Kobayashi, T. Maskawa (Kyoto U.), Progr. Theor. Phys. 49 (1973) 652-657.

280 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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17) INFINITE CONFORMAL SYMMETRY IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM FIELD THEORY, by A.A. Belavin, A.M. Polyakov, A.B. Zamolodchikov (Landau Inst.), Nucl. Phys. B241 (1984) 333-380.

278 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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18) CONFORMAL FIELD THEORY AND 2-D QUANTUM GRAVITY, by J. Distler, H. Kawai (Cornell U., LNS), Nucl. Phys. B321 (1989) 509-527.

266 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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19) COMPUTATION OF THE QUANTUM EFFECTS DUE TO A FOUR-DIMENSIONAL PSEUDOPARTICLE, by G. 't Hooft (Harvard U.), Phys. Rev. D14 (1976) 3432-3450. (and erratum - ibid. D18 (1978) 2199).

263 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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20) AN EFFECTIVE FIELD THEORY FOR HEAVY QUARKS AT LOW ENERGIES, by H. Georgi (Harvard U.), Phys. Lett. B240 (1990) 447-450.

261 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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21) ON ANOMALOUS ELECTROWEAK BARYON NUMBER NONCONSERVATION IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE, by V.A. Kuzmin, V.A. Rubakov (Moscow, INR), M.E. Shaposhnikov (ICTP, Trieste), Phys. Lett. B155 (1985) 36-42.

256 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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22) NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS IN MATTER, by L. Wolfenstein (Carnegie Mellon U.), Phys. Rev. D17 (1978) 2369-2374.

254 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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23) CHIRAL PERTURBATION THEORY TO ONE LOOP, by J. Gasser (Bern U.), H. Leutwyler (CERN), Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) 158 (1984) 142-210.

251 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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24) EXACTLY SOLVABLE FIELD THEORIES OF CLOSED STRINGS, by E. Brezin, V.A. Kazakov (Ecole Normale Superieure, LPT), Phys. Lett. B236 (1990) 144-150.

248 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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25) QUARK MASSES, by J. Gasser, H. Leutwyler (Bern U.), Phys. Rept. 87 (1982) 77-169.

247 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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26) CHIRAL PERTURBATION THEORY: EXPANSIONS IN THE MASS OF THE STRANGE QUARK, by J. Gasser (Bern U.), H. Leutwyler (CERN), Nucl. Phys. B250 (1985) 465-516.

240 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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27) ASYMPTOTIC FREEDOM IN PARTON LANGUAGE, by G. Altarelli (Ecole Normale Superieure, LPT), G. Parisi (IHES, Bures), Nucl. Phys. B126 (1977) 298-318.

240 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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28) PARTICLE CREATION BY BLACK HOLES, by S.W. Hawking (Cambridge U., DAMTP), Commun. Math. Phys. 43 (1975) 199-220.

239 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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29) THE LUND MONTE CARLO FOR JET FRAGMENTATION AND E+ E- PHYSICS: JETSET VERSION 6.2, by T. Sjostrand (Lund U.), Comput. Phys. Commun. 39 (1986) 347-407.

237 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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30) CONFORMAL FIELD THEORIES COUPLED TO 2-D GRAVITY IN THE CONFORMAL GAUGE, by F. David (Saclay), Mod. Phys. Lett. A3 (1988) 1651-1656.

236 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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31) FRACTAL STRUCTURE OF 2-D QUANTUM GRAVITY, by V.G. Knizhnik, A.M. Polyakov, A.B. Zamolodchikov (Landau Inst.), Mod. Phys. Lett. A3 (1988) 819

236 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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32) SYMMETRY BREAKING THROUGH BELL-JACKIW ANOMALIES, by G. 't Hooft (Harvard U.), Phys. Rev. Lett. 37 (1976) 8-11.

232 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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33) STRINGS IN LESS THAN ONE-DIMENSION, by M.R. Douglas, S.H. Shenker (Rutgers U., Piscataway), Nucl. Phys. B335 (1990) 635-654.

230 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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34) AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SPIN STRUCTURE OF THE PROTON IN DEEP INELASTIC SCATTERING OF POLARIZED MUONS ON POLARIZED PROTONS, by European Muon Collaboration (J. Ashman, et al.), Nucl. Phys. B328 (1989) 1-35.

230 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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35) INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE: A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE HORIZON AND FLATNESS PROBLEMS, by A. H. Guth (SLAC), Phys. Rev. D23 (1981) 347-356.

227 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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36) PARTIAL SYMMETRIES OF WEAK INTERACTIONS, by S.L. Glashow (Copenhagen U.) Nucl. Phys. 22 (1961) 579-588.

227 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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37) NEW CONSTRAINT ON A STRONGLY INTERACTING HIGGS SECTOR, by M.E. Peskin, T. Takeuchi (SLAC), Phys. Rev. Lett. 65 (1990) 964-967.

225 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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38) QCD AND RESONANCE PHYSICS. APPLICATIONS, by M.A. Shifman, A.I. Vainshtein, V.I. Zakharov (Moscow, ITEP), Nucl. Phys. B147 (1979) 448-518.

219 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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39) NONABELIAN BOSONIZATION IN TWO-DIMENSIONS, by E. Witten (Princeton U.), Commun. Math. Phys. 92 (1984) 455-472.

216 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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40) RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS AS THE ORIGIN OF SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING, by S. Coleman, E. Weinberg (Harvard U.), Phys. Rev. D7 (1973) 1888-1910.

216 citations between Jan 1, 92 and Aug 15, 94.

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