Most Cited High Energy Physics Articles
1997

Articles with most citations in the HEP (PREPRINT) database

Positions are based on the number of citations in the HEP database [SLAC-SPIRES], between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997. The situation may change with time. For your convenience, pointers to the number of citations between January 1, 1997 and today are also added.

See also the 'All-Time Favorites' list, and a review of this years most cited HEP Papers by Michael Peskin, SLAC Theory Group.

In a category of its own:

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1. A) REVIEW OF PARTICLE PHYSICS. PARTICLE DATA GROUP
   By R.M. Barnett, C.D. Carone, D.E. Groom, T.G. Trippe, C.G. Wohl, B. Armstrong, P.S. Gee, G.S. Wagman (LBL, Berkeley), F. James, M. Mangano, K. Monig, L. Montanet (CERN), J.L. Feng, H. Murayama (LBL, Berkeley & UC, Berkeley), J.J. Hernandez (Valencia U.), A. Manohar (UC, San Diego), M. Aguilar-Benitez (Madrid, CIEMAT & CERN), C. Caso (Genoa U. & INFN, Genoa), R.L. Crawford (Glasgow U.), M. Roos, N.A. Tornqvist (Helsinki U.), K.G. Hayes (Hillsdale Coll.), K. Hagiwara, K. Nakamura, M. Tanabashi (KEK, Tsukuba), K.A. Olive (Minnesota U.), K. Honscheid (Ohio State U.), P.R. Burchat (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.), R.E. Shrock (SUNY, Stony Brook), S. Eidelman (Novosibirsk, IYF), R.H. Schindler (SLAC), A. Gurtu (Tata Inst.), K. Hikasa (Tohoku U.), G. Conforto (Urbino U. & INFN, Florence), R.L. Workman (Virginia Tech), C. Grab (Zurich, ETH), C. Amsler (Zurich U.).
   Earlier editions were titled 'Review of Particle Properties.'
   Published in Phys.Rev.D54:1-720,1996

   966 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
   

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   B) REVIEW OF PARTICLE PROPERTIES. PARTICLE DATA GROUP
   By L. Montanet, K. Gieselmann (CERN), R.M. Barnett, D.E. Groom, T.G. Trippe, C.G. Wohl, B. Armstrong, G.S. Wagman (LBL, Berkeley), H. Murayama (LBL, Berkeley & Tohoku U.), J. Stone (Boston U.), J.J. Hernandez (Valencia U.), F.C. Porter (Cal Tech), R.J. Morrison (UC, Santa Barbara), A. Manohar (UC, San Diego), M. Aguilar- Benitez (Madrid, CIEMAT), C. Caso, P. Lantero (Genoa U.), R.L. Crawford (Glasgow U.), M. Roos (Helsinki U. & INFN, Florence), N.A. Tornqvist (Helsinki U.), K.G. Hayes (Hillsdale Coll.), G. Hohler (Karlsruhe U.), S. Kawabata (KEK, Tsukuba), 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), A. Gurtu (Tata Inst.), K. Hikasa (Tohoku U.), G. Conforto (Urbino U. & INFN, Florence), R.L. Workman (Virginia Tech), C. Grab (Zurich, ETH).
   Published in Phys.Rev.D50:1173-1823,1994

   134 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
   

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2. M THEORY AS A MATRIX MODEL: A CONJECTURE
   By T. Banks (Rutgers U., Piscataway), W. Fischler (Texas U.), S.H. Shenker (Rutgers U., Piscataway), L. Susskind (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.).
   Published in Phys.Rev.D55:5112-5128,1997
   e-Print Archive: hep-th/9610043

   337 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
   

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3. STRING THEORY DYNAMICS IN VARIOUS DIMENSIONS
   By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
   Published in Nucl.Phys.B443:85-126,1995
   e-Print Archive: hep-th/9503124

   257 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
   

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4. ELECTRIC - MAGNETIC DUALITY, MONOPOLE CONDENSATION, AND CONFINEMENT IN N=2 SUPERSYMMETRIC YANG-MILLS THEORY
   By N. Seiberg (Rutgers U., Piscataway & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), E. Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
   Published in Nucl.Phys.B426:19-52,1994 (Erratum-ibid B430:485-486,1994)
   e-Print Archive: hep-th/9407087

   255 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
   

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5. TASI LECTURES ON D-BRANES
   By Joseph Polchinski (Santa Barbara, ITP).
   e-Print Archive: hep-th/9611050

   228 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
   

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6. HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS EVENT GENERATION WITH PYTHIA 5.7 AND JETSET 7.4
   By Torbjorn Sjostrand (CERN).
   Published in Comput.Phys.Commun.82:74-90,1994

   222 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
   

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7. DIRICHLET BRANES AND RAMOND-RAMOND CHARGES
   By Joseph Polchinski (Santa Barbara, ITP).
   Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.75:4724-4727,1995
   e-Print Archive: hep-th/9510017

   208 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
   

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8. SUPERSYMMETRY, SUPERGRAVITY AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
   By H.P. Nilles (Geneva U. & CERN).
   Published in Phys.Rept.110:1,1984

   199 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
   

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9. MONOPOLES, DUALITY AND CHIRAL SYMMETRY BREAKING IN N=2 SUPERSYMMETRIC QCD
   By N. Seiberg (Rutgers U., Piscataway & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), E. Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
   Published in Nucl.Phys.B431:484-550,1994
   e-Print Archive: hep-th/9408099

   199 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
   

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

    194 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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11. 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
    e-Print Archive: hep-th/9601029

    170 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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12. BOUND STATES OF STRINGS AND P-BRANES
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in Nucl.Phys.B460:335-350,1996
    e-Print Archive: hep-th/9510135

    169 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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13. DYNAMICAL PARTON DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE PROTON AND SMALL X PHYSICS
    By M. Gluck, E. Reya (Dortmund U.), A. Vogt (DESY).
    Published in Z.Phys.C67:433-448,1995

    163 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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14. UNITY OF SUPERSTRING DUALITIES
    By C.M. Hull (Queen Mary - Westfield Coll.), P.K. Townsend (Cambridge U.).
    Published in Nucl.Phys.B438:109-137,1995
    e-Print Archive: hep-th/9410167

    160 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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15. OBSERVATION OF TOP QUARK PRODUCTION IN ANTI-P P COLLISIONS
    By CDF Collaboration (hep-ex/9503002

    146 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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16. OBSERVATION OF EVENTS AT VERY HIGH Q**2 IN E P COLLISIONS AT HERA
    By H1 Collaboration (hep-ex/9702012

    144 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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17. COMPARISON OF ZEUS DATA WITH STANDARD MODEL PREDICTIONS FOR E+ P ---> E+ X SCATTERING AT HIGH X AND Q**2
    By ZEUS Collaboration (hep-ex/9702015

    143 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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18. CP VIOLATION IN THE RENORMALIZABLE THEORY OF WEAK INTERACTION
    By M. Kobayashi, T. Maskawa (Kyoto U.).
    Published in Prog.Theor.Phys.49:652-657,1973

    138 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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19. OBSERVATION OF THE TOP QUARK
    By D0 Collaboration (hep-ex/9503003

    137 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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20. ASYMPTOTIC FREEDOM IN PARTON LANGUAGE
    By G. Altarelli (Ecole Normale Superieure), G. Parisi (IHES, Bures).
    Published in Nucl.Phys.B126:298,1977

    137 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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21. GLOBAL QCD ANALYSIS AND THE CTEQ PARTON DISTRIBUTIONS
    By H.L. Lai (Michigan State U.), J. Botts (Michigan State U. & DESY-IfH, Zeuthen), J. Huston (Michigan State U.), J.G. Morfin (Fermilab), J.F. Owens (Florida State U.), J.W. Qiu (Iowa State U.), W.K. Tung, H. Weerts (Michigan State U.).
    Published in Phys.Rev.D51:4763-4782,1995
    e-Print Archive: hep-ph/9410404

    130 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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22. IMPROVED PARTON DISTRIBUTIONS FROM GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF RECENT DEEP INELASTIC SCATTERING AND INCLUSIVE JET DATA
    By H.L. Lai, J. Huston (Michigan State U.), S. Kuhlmann (Argonne), F. Olness (Southern Methodist U.), J. Owens (Florida State U.), D. Soper (Oregon U.), W.K. Tung, H. Weerts (Michigan State U.).
    Published in Phys.Rev.D55:1280-1296,1997
    e-Print Archive: hep-ph/9606399

    129 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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23. HERWIG: A MONTE CARLO EVENT GENERATOR FOR SIMULATING HADRON EMISSION REACTIONS WITH INTERFERING GLUONS. VERSION 5.1 - APRIL 1991
    By G. Marchesini (Parma U. & INFN, Parma), B.R. Webber (Cambridge U.), G. Abbiendi (Padua U. & INFN, Padua), I.G. Knowles (Glasgow U.), M.H. Seymour (Cambridge U.), L. Stanco (Padua U. & INFN, Padua).
    Published in Comput.Phys.Commun.67:465-508,1992

    129 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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24. QCD AND RESONANCE PHYSICS. NONPERTURBATIVE EFFECTS IN OPERATOR EXPANSION
    By M.A. Shifman, A.I. Vainshtein, V.I. Zakharov (Moscow, ITEP).
    Published in Nucl.Phys.B147:385,1979

    128 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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25. 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
    e-Print Archive: hep-th/9611230

    125 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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26. 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
    e-Print Archive: hep-th/9608024

    125 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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27. CHIRAL PERTURBATION THEORY: EXPANSIONS IN THE MASS OF THE STRANGE QUARK
    By J. Gasser (Bern U.), H. Leutwyler (CERN).
    Published in Nucl.Phys.B250:465,1985

    123 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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

    122 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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29. EVIDENCE FOR F THEORY
    By Cumrun Vafa (Harvard U.).
    Published in Nucl.Phys.B469:403-418,1996
    e-Print Archive: hep-th/9602022

    121 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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30. LOW-ENERGY DYNAMICAL SUPERSYMMETRY BREAKING SIMPLIFIED
    By Michael Dine (UC, Santa Cruz), Ann E. Nelson (Washington U., Seattle), Yuri Shirman (UC, Santa Cruz).
    Published in Phys.Rev.D51:1362-1370,1995
    e-Print Archive: hep-ph/9408384

    115 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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31. LECTURES ON SUPERSTRING AND M THEORY DUALITIES: GIVEN AT ICTP SPRING SCHOOL AND AT TASI SUMMER SCHOOL
    By John H. Schwarz (Cal Tech).
    Published in Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.55B:1-32,1997
    e-Print Archive: hep-th/9607201

    115 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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32. NEW TOOLS FOR LOW-ENERGY DYNAMICAL SUPERSYMMETRY BREAKING
    By Michael Dine (UC, Santa Cruz), Ann E. Nelson (Washington U., Seattle), Yosef Nir (Weizmann Inst.), Yuri Shirman (UC, Santa Cruz).
    Published in Phys.Rev.D53:2658-2669,1996
    e-Print Archive: hep-ph/9507378

    114 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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33. 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
    e-Print Archive: hep-th/9510209

    114 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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34. 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
    e-Print Archive: hep-th/9411149

    113 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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35. PARTICLE CREATION BY BLACK HOLES
    By S.W. Hawking (Cambridge U.).
    Published in Commun.Math.Phys.43:199-220,1975

    112 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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36. NOTES ON D-BRANES
    By Joseph Polchinski, Shyamoli Chaudhuri, Clifford V. Johnson (Santa Barbara, ITP).
    e-Print Archive: hep-th/9602052

    109 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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37. D-BRANE APPROACH TO BLACK HOLE QUANTUM MECHANICS
    By Curtis G. Callan, Jr., Juan M. Maldacena (Princeton U.).
    Published in Nucl.Phys.B472:591-610,1996
    e-Print Archive: hep-th/9602043

    107 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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38. D-BRANE FIELD THEORY ON COMPACT SPACES
    By Washington Taylor, IV (Princeton U.).
    Published in Phys.Lett.B394:283-287,1997
    e-Print Archive: hep-th/9611042

    106 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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39. SOLUTIONS OF FOUR-DIMENSIONAL FIELD THEORIES VIA M THEORY
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in Nucl.Phys.B500:3-42,1997
    e-Print Archive: hep-th/9703166

    106 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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40. COMPUTATION OF THE QUANTUM EFFECTS DUE TO A FOUR-DIMENSIONAL PSEUDOPARTICLE
    By G. 't Hooft (Harvard U.).
    Published in Phys.Rev.D14:3432-3450,1976 (Erratum-ibid D18:2199,1978)

    105 citations between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997
    

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