Standout Papers

Anti de Sitter space and holography 1981 2026 1996 2011 7.4k
  1. Anti de Sitter space and holography (1998)
    Edward Witten Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
  2. Quantum field theory and the Jones polynomial (1989)
    Edward Witten Communications in Mathematical Physics
  3. Dynamical breaking of supersymmetry (1981)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  4. Anti-de Sitter space, thermal phase transition, and confinement in gauge theories (1998)
    Edward Witten Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
  5. Cosmic separation of phases (1984)
    Edward Witten Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields
  6. Electric-magnetic duality, monopole condensation, and confinement in N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory (1994)
    Nathan Seiberg, Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  7. Global aspects of current algebra (1983)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  8. Vacuum configurations for superstrings (1985)
    Philip Candelas, Gary T. Horowitz et al. Nuclear Physics B
  9. Baryons in the expansion (1979)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  10. Non-abelian bosonization in two dimensions (1984)
    Edward Witten Communications in Mathematical Physics
  11. Static properties of nucleons in the Skyrme model (1983)
    Gregory S. Adkins, Chiara R. Nappi et al. Nuclear Physics B
  12. 2 + 1 dimensional gravity as an exactly soluble system (1988)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  13. Constraints on supersymmetry breaking (1982)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  14. Non-commutative geometry and string field theory (1986)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  15. Topological quantum field theory (1988)
    Edward Witten Communications in Mathematical Physics
  16. Strings on orbifolds (1985)
    Lance J. Dixon, Jeffrey A. Harvey et al. Nuclear Physics B
  17. Current algebra theorems for the U(1) “Goldstone boson” (1979)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  18. Ultralight scalars as cosmological dark matter (2017)
    Lam Hui, Jeremiah P. Ostriker et al. Physical review. D
  19. Current algebra, baryons, and quark confinement (1983)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  20. Eleven-dimensional supergravity on a manifold with boundary (1996)
    Petr Hořava, Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  21. Gravitational anomalies (1984)
    Luis Álvarez-Gaumé, Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  22. Strings on orbifolds (II) (1986)
    Lance J. Dixon, Jeffrey A. Harvey et al. Nuclear Physics B
  23. A new proof of the positive energy theorem (1981)
    Edward Witten Communications in Mathematical Physics
  24. Direct Proof of the Tree-Level Scattering Amplitude Recursion Relation in Yang-Mills Theory (2005)
    Ruth Britto, Freddy Cachazo et al. Physical Review Letters
  25. Phases of N = 2 theories in two dimensions (1993)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  26. Detectability of certain dark-matter candidates (1985)
    Mark W. Goodman, Edward Witten Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields
  27. Ads/CFT correspondence and symmetry breaking (1999)
    Igor R. Klebanov, Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  28. Superconducting strings (1985)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  29. String theory and black holes (1991)
    Edward Witten Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields
  30. Type IIB superstrings, BPS monopoles, and three-dimensional gauge dynamics (1997)
    Amihay Hanany, Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  31. Supersymmetry and Morse theory (1982)
    Edward Witten Journal of Differential Geometry
  32. Some properties of O(32) superstrings (1984)
    Edward Witten Physics Letters B
  33. Superstring modifications of Einstein's equations (1986)
    David J. Gross, Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  34. An SU(2) anomaly (1982)
    Edward Witten Physics Letters B
  35. Instatons, the quark model, and the 1/N expansion (1979)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  36. Symmetry breaking patterns in superstring models (1985)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  37. Dyons of charge eθ/2π (1979)
    Edward Witten Physics Letters B
  38. ON ANYON SUPERCONDUCTIVITY (1989)
    Yihong Chen, Frank Wilczek et al. International Journal of Modern Physics B
  39. Supersymmetry algebras that include topological charges (1978)
    Edward Witten, D. Olive Physics Letters B
  40. Topological gauge theories and group cohomology (1990)
    Robbert Dijkgraaf, Edward Witten Communications in Mathematical Physics
  41. Solutions of four-dimensional field theories via M-theory (1997)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  42. Dimensional reduction of superstring models (1985)
    Edward Witten Physics Letters B
  43. Gluino condensation in superstring models (1985)
    Ryan Rohm, Nathan Seiberg et al. Physics Letters B
  44. Possible third-order phase transition in the large-Nlattice gauge theory (1980)
    David J. Gross, Edward Witten Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields
  45. String theory on group manifolds (1986)
    Doron Gepner, Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  46. Search for a realistic Kaluza-Klein theory (1981)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  47. Some Exact Multipseudoparticle Solutions of Classical Yang-Mills Theory (1977)
    Edward Witten Physical Review Letters
  48. Topological sigma models (1988)
    Edward Witten Communications in Mathematical Physics
  49. The Hagedorn transition and the number of degrees of freedom of string theory (1988)
    Joseph J. Atick, Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  50. On the structure of the topological phase of two-dimensional gravity (1990)
    Edward Witten Nuclear Physics B
  51. $S$-duality of boundary conditions in ${\mathcal N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory (2009)
    Davide Gaiotto, Edward Witten Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
  52. Monopoles and four-manifolds (1994)
    Edward Witten Mathematical Research Letters
  53. On quantum gauge theories in two dimensions (1991)
    Edward Witten Communications in Mathematical Physics
  54. APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research: Invited article on entanglement properties of quantum field theory (2018)
    Edward Witten Reviews of Modern Physics
  55. An algebra of observables for de Sitter space (2023)
    Venkatesa Chandrasekaran, Roberto Longo et al. Journal of High Energy Physics
  56. Gravity and the crossed product (2022)
    Edward Witten Journal of High Energy Physics
  57. Large N algebras and generalized entropy (2023)
    Venkatesa Chandrasekaran, Geoff Penington et al. Journal of High Energy Physics

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Edward Witten 68389 26624 34135 302 83.5k
Nathan Seiberg 21027 8011 9273 161 24.5k
R. Jackiw 21325 10231 10656 238 30.6k
Juan Maldacena 28562 12611 21908 102 31.7k
Cumrun Vafa 18739 7907 9326 197 22.0k
David J. Gross 20531 6286 7165 311 30.2k
Steven Weinberg 49299 6917 23052 283 60.3k
S. W. Hawking 43475 19102 47393 200 54.3k
Frank Wilczek 27617 5810 14540 365 44.1k
S. Deser 19355 9669 16605 294 22.9k
S. Ferrara 19512 7416 11872 392 20.7k

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