Barton Zwiebach

11.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
98 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Barton Zwiebach is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Barton Zwiebach has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 53 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 43 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Barton Zwiebach's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (88 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (38 papers) and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (30 papers). Barton Zwiebach is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (88 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (38 papers) and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (30 papers). Barton Zwiebach collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Germany. Barton Zwiebach's co-authors include Olaf Hohm, C.M. Hull, Warren Siegel, Ashoke Sen, Leonardo Rastelli, Murray Gell‐Mann, Nathan Berkovits, Tamás Hauer, Taichiro Kugo and Matthias R. Gaberdiel and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nuclear Physics B and Physics Letters B.

In The Last Decade

Barton Zwiebach

96 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Curvature squared terms and string theories 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 2009 250 500 750
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. Curvature squared terms and string theories
    1985 954 citations Barton Zwiebach profile →
  2. Double field theory
    2009 418 citations C.M. Hull, Barton Zwiebach Journal of High Energy Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Barton Zwiebach United States 43 6.0k 3.8k 3.0k 956 699 98 6.5k
Hermann Nicolai Germany 45 6.3k 1.1× 3.6k 0.9× 3.8k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 460 0.7× 193 7.0k
Warren Siegel United States 45 7.9k 1.3× 3.4k 0.9× 3.6k 1.2× 852 0.9× 452 0.6× 151 8.5k
Nicholas P. Warner United States 43 6.0k 1.0× 3.7k 1.0× 3.1k 1.0× 1.5k 1.6× 713 1.0× 145 6.7k
Eric Bergshoeff Netherlands 48 8.2k 1.4× 5.9k 1.6× 4.7k 1.6× 892 0.9× 422 0.6× 240 8.7k
Herman Verlinde United States 36 5.0k 0.8× 2.9k 0.8× 2.8k 0.9× 1.5k 1.6× 719 1.0× 85 5.9k
Eric D’Hoker United States 47 4.9k 0.8× 2.1k 0.5× 2.0k 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 770 1.1× 140 5.8k
Dieter Lüst Germany 48 8.4k 1.4× 5.5k 1.4× 2.8k 0.9× 822 0.9× 585 0.8× 260 8.9k
Ergin Sezgin United States 42 5.6k 0.9× 3.6k 1.0× 3.4k 1.1× 725 0.8× 296 0.4× 170 6.0k
C.M. Hull United Kingdom 42 6.3k 1.1× 3.9k 1.0× 3.7k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 738 1.1× 129 6.8k
Jonathan Bagger United States 34 6.0k 1.0× 3.0k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 739 0.8× 322 0.5× 86 6.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Barton Zwiebach

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barton Zwiebach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barton Zwiebach

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hohm, Olaf, et al.. (2023). 2D black holes, Bianchi I cosmologies, and α′. Physical review. D. 108(2). 6 indexed citations
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Hohm, Olaf, et al.. (2023). Black hole singularity resolution in D=2 via duality-invariant α′ corrections. Physical review. D. 108(12). 4 indexed citations
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Hohm, Olaf, Ashoke Sen, & Barton Zwiebach. (2015). Heterotic effective action and duality symmetries revisited. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2015(2). 59 indexed citations
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Hohm, Olaf, Warren Siegel, & Barton Zwiebach. (2014). Doubled 0 -Geometry. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Hohm, Olaf & Barton Zwiebach. (2014). Double field theory at order α′. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2014(11). 77 indexed citations
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Hull, C.M. & Barton Zwiebach. (2009). Double field theory. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2009(9). 99–99. 418 indexed citations breakdown →
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Okawa, Yuji, et al.. (2008). Analytic solutions for marginal deformations in open string field theory. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2008(1). 28–28. 67 indexed citations
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Okawa, Yuji & Barton Zwiebach. (2004). Heterotic String Field Theory. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2004(7). 42–42. 28 indexed citations
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Douglas, Michael R., Liu Hong, Gregory Moore, & Barton Zwiebach. (2002). Open String Star as a Continuous Moyal Product. 35 indexed citations
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Zwiebach, Barton. (2002). Exploring the open string star algebra: Applications to tachyon condensation. Prepared for. 332–388. 1 indexed citations
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Rastelli, Leonardo, Ashoke Sen, & Barton Zwiebach. (2001). A Note on a Proposal for the Tachyon State in Vacuum String Field Theory. 25 indexed citations
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Berkovits, Nathan, et al.. (2000). Superstring theory on AdS2×S2 as a coset supermanifold. Nuclear Physics B. 567(1-2). 61–86. 149 indexed citations
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DeWolfe, Oliver, Tamás Hauer, Amer Iqbal, & Barton Zwiebach. (1999). Uncovering the symmetries on $[p,q]$ 7-branes: Beyond the Kodaira classification. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. 3(6). 1785–1833. 46 indexed citations
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DeWolfe, Oliver, Tamás Hauer, Amer Iqbal, & Barton Zwiebach. (1999). Uncovering infinite symmetries on $[p,q]$ 7-branes: Kac–Moody algebras and beyond. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. 3(6). 1835–1891. 40 indexed citations
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Gaberdiel, Matthias R. & Barton Zwiebach. (1997). Tensor constructions of open string theories (I) foundations. Nuclear Physics B. 505(3). 569–624. 98 indexed citations
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Zwiebach, Barton, et al.. (1995). Off-shell closed string amplitudes: Towards a computation of the tachyon potential. 22 indexed citations
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Kugo, Taichiro & Barton Zwiebach. (1992). Target Space Duality as a Symmetry of String Field Theory. Progress of Theoretical Physics. 87(4). 801–859. 93 indexed citations
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Sonoda, Hidenori & Barton Zwiebach. (1990). Covariant closed string theory cannot be cubic. Nuclear Physics B. 336(2). 185–221. 27 indexed citations
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Sonoda, Hidenori & Barton Zwiebach. (1990). Closed string field theory loops with symmetric factorizable quadratic differentials. Nuclear Physics B. 331(3). 592–628. 40 indexed citations
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Zwiebach, Barton. (1984). The inequivalent gauged SO(4) supergravities. Nuclear Physics B. 238(2). 367–395. 22 indexed citations

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