Christos Charmousis

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Christos Charmousis is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christos Charmousis has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 45 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 8 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Christos Charmousis's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (43 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (43 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (19 papers). Christos Charmousis is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (43 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (43 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (19 papers). Christos Charmousis collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Chile. Christos Charmousis's co-authors include Antonio Padilla, Eugeny Babichev, Paul M. Saffin, Ruth Gregory, Edmund J. Copeland, Stephen C. Davis, Gustavo Niz, V. A. Rubakov, Luca Amendola and Marco Crisostomi and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physics Letters B and Journal of High Energy Physics.

In The Last Decade

Christos Charmousis

50 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

General Second-Order Scalar-Tensor Theory and Self-Tuning 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2014 50 100 150 200 250
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. General Second-Order Scalar-Tensor Theory and Self-Tuning
    2012 275 citations Christos Charmousis, Edmund J. Copeland et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Dressing a black hole with a time-dependent Galileon
    2014 266 citations Eugeny Babichev, Christos Charmousis Journal of High Energy Physics profile →

Peers

Christos Charmousis
Enrico Trincherini Italy
Ram Brustein Israel
M. Blagojević Serbia
Luis A. Anchordoqui United States
Vilson T. Zanchin Brazil
Eleftherios Papantonopoulos Greece
Eloy Ayón–Beato Mexico
Kei‐ichi Maeda Japan
Luigi Pilo Italy
Eduardo Guendelman Israel
Enrico Trincherini Italy
Christos Charmousis
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Fields of papers citing papers by Christos Charmousis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christos Charmousis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Babichev, Eugeny, et al.. (2025). Horndeski speed tests with scalar-photon couplings. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2025(1). 41–41. 3 indexed citations
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Charmousis, Christos, et al.. (2025). Axial perturbations of black holes with primary scalar hair. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2025(5). 102–102. 2 indexed citations
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Babichev, Eugeny, et al.. (2024). Global conformal symmetry in scalar-tensor theories. International Journal of Modern Physics A. 39(34). 4 indexed citations
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Babichev, Eugeny, et al.. (2023). Selecting Horndeski theories without apparent symmetries and their black hole solutions. Physical review. D. 108(2). 10 indexed citations
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Babichev, Eugeny, et al.. (2023). Conformally coupled scalar in Lovelock theory. Physical review. D. 107(8). 11 indexed citations
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Babichev, Eugeny, et al.. (2023). Rotating black holes embedded in a cosmological background for scalar-tensor theories. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2023(8). 22–22. 5 indexed citations
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Charmousis, Christos, Marco Crisostomi, David Langlois, & Karim Noui. (2019). Perturbations of a rotating black hole in DHOST theories. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 36(23). 235008–235008. 14 indexed citations
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Gourgoulhon, Éric, et al.. (2019). Hairy rotating black holes in cubic Galileon theory. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 37(3). 35007–35007. 23 indexed citations
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Babichev, Eugeny, et al.. (2018). Stability of Black Holes and the Speed of Gravitational Waves within Self-Tuning Cosmological Models. Physical Review Letters. 120(24). 241101–241101. 60 indexed citations
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Charmousis, Christos, et al.. (2016). Higher-derivative scalar-vector-tensor theories: black holes, Galileons, singularity cloaking and holography. 15 indexed citations
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Charmousis, Christos, et al.. (2016). Effective Holographic Theories for low-temperature condensed matter systems. 99 indexed citations
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Babichev, Eugeny & Christos Charmousis. (2014). Dressing a black hole with a time-dependent Galileon. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2014(8). 266 indexed citations breakdown →
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Charmousis, Christos, et al.. (2014). Black holes in bi-scalar extensions of Horndeski theories. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2014(7). 94 indexed citations
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Charmousis, Christos, Edmund J. Copeland, Antonio Padilla, & Paul M. Saffin. (2012). General Second-Order Scalar-Tensor Theory and Self-Tuning. Physical Review Letters. 108(5). 51101–51101. 275 indexed citations breakdown →
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Charmousis, Christos, et al.. (2011). Lovelock solutions in the presence of matter sources. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 83(10). 11 indexed citations
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Charmousis, Christos, Gustavo Niz, Antonio Padilla, & Paul M. Saffin. (2009). Strong coupling in Hořava gravity. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2009(8). 70–70. 244 indexed citations
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Charmousis, Christos & Antonio Padilla. (2008). The instability of vacua in Gauss-Bonnet gravity. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2008(12). 38–38. 37 indexed citations
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Charmousis, Christos, Ruth Gregory, Nemanja Kaloper, & Antonio Padilla. (2006). DGP specteroscopy. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2006(10). 66–66. 121 indexed citations
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Charmousis, Christos, et al.. (2005). Einstein gravity on an even-codimension brane. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 72(6). 29 indexed citations
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Charmousis, Christos, et al.. (2000). Dynamics of curved gravitating walls. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 62(8). 22 indexed citations

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