Robert M. Wald

44.5k citations
179 papers · 24.2k · 10 hit papers · h-index 63

Impact in

    • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
    • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
    • Relativity and Gravitational Theory
    • Advanced Differential Geometry Research

Papers in

    • 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
    • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics 111

Robert M. Wald

174 papers receiving 23.2k citations

Robert M. Wald's Hit Papers

Black hole shadows, photon rings, and lensing rings 2019 · 441 citations
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Robert M. Wald
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  • 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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General Relativity
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19844196
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General Relativity
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19843968
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Black hole entropy is the Noether charge
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19931587
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Some properties of the Noether charge and a proposal for dynamical black hole entropy
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19941386
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Quantum Field Theory in Curved Space-Time and Black Hole Thermodynamics
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1994994
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Black hole in a uniform magnetic field
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1974540
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Asymptotic behavior of homogeneous cosmological models in the presence of a positive cosmological constant
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1983533
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Local symmetries and constraints
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1990449
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Black hole shadows, photon rings, and lensing rings
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2019441
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Theorems on the uniqueness and thermal properties of stationary, nonsingular, quasifree states on spacetimes with a bifurcate killing horizon
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1991398
11 2000392
12 1984346
13 1997338
14 1995289
15 1975271
16 1974254
17 1982244
18 1996217
19 1978207
20 1977191

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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