Robert M. Wald
Impact in
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.01%
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.01%
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- Advanced Differential Geometry Research
Papers in
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- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 128
- Relativity and Gravitational Theory 40
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 21
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 21
- Advanced Differential Geometry Research 13
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- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics 111
- Co-authors
- W. G. Unruh (9 shared papers)Bernard S. Kay (3 shared papers)Stefan Hollands (10 shared papers)D. E. Holz (3 shared papers)Joohan Lee (1 shared paper)Samuel E. Gralla (4 shared papers)Stephen Green (8 shared papers)Éanna É. Flanagan (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Classical and Quantum Gravity (19 papers)Physical review. D (16 papers)Communications in Mathematical Physics (12 papers)General Relativity and Gravitation (10 papers)Annals of Physics (5 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesCanadaGermany
In The Last Decade
Robert M. Wald
174 papers receiving 23.2k citations
Robert M. Wald's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 136
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics 18.2k
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 20.9k
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 8.4k
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5.1k
- Mathematical Physics 880
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Relativity Hit paper breakdown → | 1984 | 4196 |
| 2 | General Relativity Hit paper breakdown → | 1984 | 3968 |
| 3 | Black hole entropy is the Noether charge Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 1587 |
| 4 | Some properties of the Noether charge and a proposal for dynamical black hole entropy Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 1386 |
| 5 | Quantum Field Theory in Curved Space-Time and Black Hole Thermodynamics Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 994 |
| 6 | Black hole in a uniform magnetic field Hit paper breakdown → | 1974 | 540 |
| 7 | Asymptotic behavior of homogeneous cosmological models in the presence of a positive cosmological constant Hit paper breakdown → | 1983 | 533 |
| 8 | Local symmetries and constraints Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 449 |
| 9 | Black hole shadows, photon rings, and lensing rings Hit paper breakdown → | 2019 | 441 |
| 10 | Theorems on the uniqueness and thermal properties of stationary, nonsingular, quasifree states on spacetimes with a bifurcate killing horizon Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 398 |
| 11 | 2000 | 392 | |
| 12 | 1984 | 346 | |
| 13 | 1997 | 338 | |
| 14 | 1995 | 289 | |
| 15 | 1975 | 271 | |
| 16 | 1974 | 254 | |
| 17 | 1982 | 244 | |
| 18 | 1996 | 217 | |
| 19 | 1978 | 207 | |
| 20 | 1977 | 191 |
About Robert M. Wald
Robert M. Wald is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Applied Mathematics, having authored 179 papers that have together received 24.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (128 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (111 papers), Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (42 papers), Relativity and Gravitational Theory (40 papers), Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (37 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (21 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (21 papers) and Advanced Differential Geometry Research (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (18.2k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (20.9k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (8.4k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (5.1k citations) and Mathematical Physics (880 citations). Robert M. Wald has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include W. G. Unruh, Bernard S. Kay, Stefan Hollands, D. E. Holz, Joohan Lee, Samuel E. Gralla, Stephen Green, Éanna É. Flanagan, Sijie Gao and Daniel Sudarsky. Their work appears in journals such as Classical and Quantum Gravity, Physical review. D, Communications in Mathematical Physics, General Relativity and Gravitation and Annals of Physics.
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