Alexander Kusenko

14.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
143 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Alexander Kusenko is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Kusenko has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 102 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Alexander Kusenko's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (73 papers), Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (67 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (51 papers). Alexander Kusenko is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (73 papers), Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (67 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (51 papers). Alexander Kusenko collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Switzerland. Alexander Kusenko's co-authors include Mikhail Shaposhnikov, Michael Dine, Gino Segrè, Warren Essey, Tsutomu T. Yanagida, Volodymyr Takhistov, Kalliopi Petraki, Shin’ichiro Ando, George M. Fuller and O. Kalashev and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Kusenko

140 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Origin of the matter-anti... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry
    2003 402 citations Alexander Kusenko et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alexander Kusenko 5.2k 4.4k 401 282 122 143 6.0k
James M. Cline 5.6k 1.1× 4.8k 1.1× 397 1.0× 526 1.9× 105 0.9× 161 6.1k
Robert J. Scherrer 3.8k 0.7× 4.3k 1.0× 212 0.5× 459 1.6× 141 1.2× 136 4.8k
Glenn D. Starkman 3.9k 0.8× 4.8k 1.1× 339 0.8× 577 2.0× 219 1.8× 160 5.5k
Géraldine Servant 3.9k 0.8× 3.9k 0.9× 287 0.7× 232 0.8× 173 1.4× 54 4.6k
Jihn E. Kim 5.8k 1.1× 3.9k 0.9× 328 0.8× 319 1.1× 50 0.4× 161 6.0k
K. Tamvakis 4.9k 0.9× 3.7k 0.9× 214 0.5× 516 1.8× 188 1.5× 126 5.3k
J. R. Espinosa 4.9k 0.9× 3.4k 0.8× 206 0.5× 223 0.8× 122 1.0× 89 5.3k
Ann E. Nelson 5.4k 1.0× 3.8k 0.9× 433 1.1× 309 1.1× 87 0.7× 68 5.8k
M. Raidal 6.5k 1.3× 4.2k 0.9× 329 0.8× 197 0.7× 185 1.5× 149 7.3k
Thomas Konstandin 3.4k 0.7× 3.7k 0.8× 320 0.8× 151 0.5× 190 1.6× 62 4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Kusenko

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Kusenko

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kusenko, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Revisiting formation of primordial black holes in a supercooled first-order phase transition. Physical review. D. 110(1). 17 indexed citations
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Kouvaris, Chris, et al.. (2023). Defrosting and Blast Freezing Dark Matter. Physical review. D. 108(10). 1 indexed citations
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Domènech, Guillem, Derek Inman, Alexander Kusenko, & Misao Sasaki. (2023). Halo formation from Yukawa forces in the very early Universe. Physical review. D. 108(10). 23 indexed citations
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Kusenko, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Fireball baryogenesis from early structure formation due to Yukawa forces. Physical review. D. 108(9). 5 indexed citations
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Kusenko, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Testing high scale supersymmetry via second order gravitational waves. Physical review. D. 108(12). 4 indexed citations
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Treu, Tommaso, Kevork N. Abazajian, Daniel Gilman, et al.. (2022). Constraints on Sterile Neutrino Models from Strong Gravitational Lensing, Milky Way Satellites, and the Lyman-α Forest. Physical Review Letters. 129(19). 191301–191301. 29 indexed citations
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White, Graham, et al.. (2021). Detectable Gravitational Wave Signals from Affleck-Dine Baryogenesis. Physical Review Letters. 127(18). 181601–181601. 29 indexed citations
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He, Hao-Ning, S.-H. Lee, Shigehiro Nagataki, & Alexander Kusenko. (2020). Neutrinos from the Galactic Center Hosting a Hypernova Remnant. The Astrophysical Journal. 891(2). 179–179. 1 indexed citations
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Kusenko, Alexander, Misao Sasaki, Sunao Sugiyama, et al.. (2020). Exploring Primordial Black Holes from the Multiverse with Optical Telescopes. Physical Review Letters. 125(18). 181304–181304. 83 indexed citations
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Gelmini, Graciela B., Volodymyr Takhistov, & Alexander Kusenko. (2019). Hints of Sterile Neutrinos in Recent Measurements of the Hubble Parameter. arXiv (Cornell University). 5 indexed citations
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Ge, Shao-Feng, Alexander Kusenko, & Tsutomu T. Yanagida. (2018). Large leptonic Dirac CP phase from broken democracy with random perturbations. Physics Letters B. 781. 699–705. 9 indexed citations
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He, Hao-Ning, Alexander Kusenko, Shigehiro Nagataki, Yi-Zhong Fan, & Da-Ming Wei. (2018). Neutrinos from Choked Jets Accompanied by Type-II Supernovae. The Astrophysical Journal. 856(2). 119–119. 42 indexed citations
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Inoue, Yoshiyuki & Alexander Kusenko. (2017). A new X-ray bound on primordial black holes density. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Kusenko, Alexander, et al.. (2017). Primordial Black Holes from Supersymmetry in the Early Universe. Physical Review Letters. 119(3). 31103–31103. 106 indexed citations
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Pearce, Lauren, Louis Yang, Alexander Kusenko, & Marco Peloso. (2015). Leptogenesis Via Neutrino Production During Higgs Relaxation. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Kusenko, Alexander, Lauren Pearce, & Louis Yang. (2015). Postinflationary Higgs Relaxation and the Origin of Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry. Physical Review Letters. 114(6). 61302–61302. 55 indexed citations
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Kusenko, Alexander. (2006). Sterile dark matter and reionization. 2 indexed citations
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Kusenko, Alexander. (2006). Sterile Neutrinos, Dark Matter, and Pulsar Velocities in Models with a Higgs Singlet. Physical Review Letters. 97(24). 241301–241301. 228 indexed citations
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Kusenko, Alexander, et al.. (2004). New bounds on MeV sterile neutrinos based on the accelerator and Super-Kamiokande results. arXiv (Cornell University). 13 indexed citations
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Gelmini, Graciela B., Alexander Kusenko, & S. Nussinov. (2002). Experimental Identification of Nonpointlike Dark-Matter Candidates. Physical Review Letters. 89(10). 101302–101302. 13 indexed citations

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