David Wands

41.7k citations
144 papers · 12.8k · 11 hit papers · h-index 54

Impact in

    • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
    • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
    • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
    • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

Papers in

    • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 142
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 78
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 16
    • Advanced Differential Geometry Research 13
    • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics 102
    • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena 10

David Wands

143 papers receiving 12.5k citations

David Wands's Hit Papers

Primordial black holes and their gravitational-wave signatures 2025 · 32 citations
320+10+21Years since publication250500750

Peers

David Wands
Comparison fields: 5 of 71
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 12.6k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10.0k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1.2k
  • Oceanography 1.1k
  • Instrumentation 102
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Edmund J. Copeland United Kingdom
Viatcheslav Mukhanov Germany
Bharat Ratra United States
Alexei A. Starobinsky Russia
J. García-Bellido Spain
Robert Brandenberger Canada
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All Works

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Exponential potentials and cosmological scaling solutions
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1998938
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Generating the curvature perturbation without an inflaton
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2002851
3
False vacuum inflation with Einstein gravity
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1994705
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Inflation dynamics and reheating
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2006653
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New approach to the evolution of cosmological perturbations on large scales
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2000527
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Density perturbations and black hole formation in hybrid inflation
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1996518
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Primordial density perturbation in the curvaton scenario
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2003501
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Adiabatic and entropy perturbations from inflation
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2000457
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Cosmological gravitational wave background from primordial density perturbations
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2007456
10
Cosmological perturbations
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2009382
11 2000338
12 2000312
13 1999246
14 2006242
15 1994225
16 2014184
17 1996167
18 2002142
19 2001136
20 2003134

About David Wands

David Wands is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Oceanography, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Finance, having authored 144 papers that have together received 12.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (142 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (102 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (78 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (19 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (16 papers), Advanced Differential Geometry Research (13 papers), Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (10 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (12.6k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (10.0k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (1.2k citations), Oceanography (1.1k citations) and Instrumentation (102 citations). David Wands has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Japan and France. Frequent co-authors include David H. Lyth, Andrew R. Liddle, Edmund J. Copeland, Karim A. Malik, Bruce A. Bassett, J. García-Bellido, Roy Maartens, Shinji Tsujikawa, Misao Sasaki and Carlo Ungarelli. Their work appears in journals such as Classical and Quantum Gravity, Physical Review Letters, Physical review. D, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

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