Top Cited Articles during 1997 in hep-th

Top Cited Articles during 1997 in hep-th

The 50 most highly cited papers during 1997 in the hep-th 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 Tue 6-Mar-2007. 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. 355
    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]
    [1622 Total citations in HEP]
  2. 288
    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]
    [1840 Total citations in HEP]
  3. 274
    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]
  4. 242
    Tasi lectures on D-branes
    By Joseph Polchinski (Santa Barbara, KITP).
    HEP Record [arXiv: hep-th/9611050]
    [948 Total citations in HEP]
  5. 225
    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]
    [1549 Total citations in HEP]
  6. 222
    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]
    [1337 Total citations in HEP]
  7. 177
    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]
    [969 Total citations in HEP]
  8. 176
    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]
    [1093 Total citations in HEP]
  9. 175
    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]
    [969 Total citations in HEP]
  10. 131
    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]
    [1613 Total citations in HEP]
  11. 129
    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]
    [559 Total citations in HEP]
  12. 129
    Evidence for F theory
    By Cumrun Vafa (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B469:403-418,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9602022]
    [643 Total citations in HEP]
  13. 128
    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]
  14. 122
    Lectures on superstring and M theory dualities: Given at ICTP Spring School and at TASI Summer School
    By John H. Schwarz (Caltech).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.55B:1-32,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9607201]
    [443 Total citations in HEP]
  15. 116
    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]
    [673 Total citations in HEP]
  16. 113
    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]
  17. 113
    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]
    [513 Total citations in HEP]
  18. 110
    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 [arXiv: hep-th/9602043]
    [440 Total citations in HEP]
  19. 109
    D-brane field theory on compact spaces
    By Washington Taylor, IV (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B394:283-287,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9611042]
    [306 Total citations in HEP]
  20. 107
    Matrix string theory
    By Robbert Dijkgraaf (Amsterdam U.), Erik P. Verlinde (CERN & Utrecht U.), Herman L. Verlinde (Amsterdam U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B500:43-61,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9703030]
    [416 Total citations in HEP]
  21. 100
    The eleven-dimensional supermembrane revisited
    By P.K. Townsend (Cambridge U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B350:184-187,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9501068]
    [475 Total citations in HEP]
  22. 99
    D-branes from M-branes
    By P.K. Townsend (Cambridge U.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B373:68-75,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9512062]
    [382 Total citations in HEP]
  23. 96
    Another conjecture about M(atrix) theory
    By Leonard Susskind (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.).
    HEP Record [arXiv: hep-th/9704080]
    [335 Total citations in HEP]
  24. 95
    Branes, fluxes and duality in M(atrix) theory
    By Ori J. Ganor, Sanjaye Ramgoolam, Washington Taylor, IV (Princeton U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B492:191-204,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9611202]
    [203 Total citations in HEP]
  25. 93
    Strings from matrices
    By Tom Banks, Nathan Seiberg (Rutgers U., Piscataway).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B497:41-55,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9702187]
    [256 Total citations in HEP]
  26. 92
    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]
    [435 Total citations in HEP]
  27. 91
    Open p-branes
    By Andrew Strominger (UC, Santa Barbara).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B383:44-47,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9512059]
    [386 Total citations in HEP]
  28. 91
    Lectures on supersymmetric gauge theories and electric - magnetic duality
    By Kenneth A. Intriligator, N. Seiberg (Rutgers U., Piscataway & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.45BC:1-28,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9509066]
    [424 Total citations in HEP]
  29. 88
    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]
    [435 Total citations in HEP]
  30. 86
    Branes within branes
    By Michael R. Douglas (Rutgers U., Piscataway).
    HEP Record [arXiv: hep-th/9512077]
    [480 Total citations in HEP]
  31. 85
    Branes from matrices
    By Tom Banks, Nathan Seiberg, Stephen H. Shenker (Rutgers U., Piscataway).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B490:91-106,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9612157]
    [207 Total citations in HEP]
  32. 82
    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]
    [535 Total citations in HEP]
  33. 81
    Branes and N=1 duality in string theory
    By Shmuel Elitzur, Amit Giveon (Hebrew U.), David Kutasov (Weizmann Inst.).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B400:269-274,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9702014]
    [186 Total citations in HEP]
  34. 81
    Small instantons in string theory
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B460:541-559,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9511030]
    [407 Total citations in HEP]
  35. 78
    Compactifications of F theory on Calabi-Yau threefolds. 2.
    By David R. Morrison (Duke U.), Cumrun Vafa (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B476:437-469,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9603161]
    [324 Total citations in HEP]
  36. 78
    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]
    [496 Total citations in HEP]
  37. 77
    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]
    [1172 Total citations in HEP]
  38. 76
    Four lectures on M theory
    By P.K. Townsend (Cambridge U.).
    HEP Record [arXiv: hep-th/9612121]
    [264 Total citations in HEP]
  39. 75
    Compactifications of F theory on Calabi-Yau threefolds. 1
    By David R. Morrison (Duke U.), Cumrun Vafa (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B473:74-92,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9602114]
    [292 Total citations in HEP]
  40. 73
    Proposals on nonperturbative superstring interactions
    By Lubos Motl (Charles U.).
    HEP Record [arXiv: hep-th/9701025]
    [228 Total citations in HEP]
  41. 73
    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]
    [571 Total citations in HEP]
  42. 73
    Some comments on string dynamics
    By Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    HEP Record [arXiv: hep-th/9507121]
    [359 Total citations in HEP]
  43. 72
    Counting states of near extremal black holes
    By Gary T. Horowitz, Andrew Strominger (UC, Santa Barbara).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.77:2368-2371,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9602051]
    [255 Total citations in HEP]
  44. 69
    Harmonic superpositions of M-branes
    By A.A. Tseytlin (Imperial Coll., London).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B475:149-163,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9604035]
    [269 Total citations in HEP]
  45. 68
    The power of M theory
    By John H. Schwarz (Rutgers U., Piscataway & Caltech).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B367:97-103,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9510086]
    [271 Total citations in HEP]
  46. 68
    New theories in six-dimensions and matrix description of M theory on T**5 and T**5 / Z(2)
    By Nathan Seiberg (Rutgers U., Piscataway).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B408:98-104,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9705221]
    [265 Total citations in HEP]
  47. 68
    Black hole grey body factors and d-brane spectroscopy
    By Juan M. Maldacena (Rutgers U., Piscataway), Andrew Strominger (UC, Santa Barbara).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D55:861-870,1997 [arXiv: hep-th/9609026]
    [230 Total citations in HEP]
  48. 66
    Exact results for N=2 compactifications of heterotic strings
    By Shamit Kachru, Cumrun Vafa (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B450:69-89,1995 [arXiv: hep-th/9505105]
    [368 Total citations in HEP]
  49. 66
    A Comment on zero-brane quantum mechanics
    By Daniel Kabat, Philippe Pouliot (Rutgers U., Piscataway).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.77:1004-1007,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9603127]
    [160 Total citations in HEP]
  50. 63
    Comments on string dynamics in six-dimensions
    By N. Seiberg (Rutgers U., Piscataway), Edward Witten (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study).
    Published in:Nucl.Phys.B471:121-134,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9603003]
    [229 Total citations in HEP]
  51. 63
    Consistency conditions for orientifolds and d manifolds
    By Eric G. Gimon (UC, Santa Barbara), Joseph Polchinski (Santa Barbara, KITP).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D54:1667-1676,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9601038]
    [444 Total citations in HEP]
  52. 63
    D-brane dynamics
    By C. Bachas (Santa Barbara, KITP & Ecole Polytechnique).
    Published in:Phys.Lett.B374:37-42,1996 [arXiv: hep-th/9511043]
    [252 Total citations in HEP]
  53. 63
    D-branes, quivers, and ALE instantons
    By Michael R. Douglas (Rutgers U., Piscataway), Gregory W. Moore (Yale U.).
    HEP Record [arXiv: hep-th/9603167]
    [703 Total citations in HEP]