David J. Toms

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

David J. Toms 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, David J. Toms has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 69 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 58 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in David J. Toms's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (70 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (67 papers) and Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (38 papers). David J. Toms is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (70 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (67 papers) and Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (38 papers). David J. Toms collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. David J. Toms's co-authors include Leonard Parker, Klaus Kirsten, G. Kunstatter, Edmund J. Copeland, L. H. Ford, Ian G. Moss, Antonino Flachi, M. Awada, Mark Burgess and Andrew N. Wright and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

David J. Toms

105 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime

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Peers

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G. Kunstatter Canada

H. van Dam United States

Y. Jack Ng United States

F. R. Klinkhamer Germany

Yves Brihaye Belgium

E. T. Tomboulis United States

Lárus Thorlacius United States

Barry R. Holstein United States

Veronika E. Hubeny United States

Djordje Minić United States

G. Kunstatter Canada

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501 ×0.4

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1.1k ×1.0

SNP

59 ×0.6

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All Works

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Toms, David J.. (2015). Faddeev-Jackiw quantization and the path integral. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 92(10). 19 indexed citations

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Toms, David J.. (2014). Local momentum space and the vector field. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 90(4). 10 indexed citations

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Toms, David J.. (2010). Quantum gravitational contributions to quantum electrodynamics. Nature. 468(7320). 56–59. 53 indexed citations

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Toms, David J., et al.. (2004). Stress-energy tensor for a quantized bulk scalar field in the Randall-Sundrum brane model. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 69(4). 43 indexed citations

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Toms, David J.. (2004). Thermodynamics of partially confined Fermi gases at low temperature. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 37(9). 3111–3124. 1 indexed citations

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Flachi, Antonino, Ian G. Moss, & David J. Toms. (2001). Quantized bulk fermions in the Randall-Sundrum brane model. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 64(10). 49 indexed citations

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Toms, David J., et al.. (1999). Statistical mechanics of nonrelativistic charged particles in a constant magnetic field. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 60(5). 5275–5286. 13 indexed citations

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Kirsten, Klaus & David J. Toms. (1996). Effective action approach to Bose-Einstein condensation of ideal gases. Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. 101(4). 471–471. 8 indexed citations

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Kirsten, Klaus & David J. Toms. (1996). Density of states for Bose-Einstein condensation in harmonic oscillator potentials. Physics Letters A. 222(3). 148–151. 34 indexed citations

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Burgess, Mark & David J. Toms. (1990). Fractional statistics and the dynamical gauge symmetry of Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theory. Physics Letters B. 252(4). 596–600. 3 indexed citations

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Toms, David J., et al.. (1989). Symmetry breaking around cosmic strings. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 6(10). 1343–1349. 4 indexed citations

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Toms, David J., et al.. (1989). Grassmannian Kaluza-Klein theory. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 6(7). 1033–1040. 7 indexed citations

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Kobes, R., G. Kunstatter, & David J. Toms. (1988). THE VILKOVISKY-DE WITT EFFECTIVE ACTION: PANACEA OR PLACEBO?. 1 indexed citations

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Toms, David J.. (1988). The effective action: a geometrical approach to quantum field theory.. 148–201. 2 indexed citations

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Toms, David J., et al.. (1987). Vacuum energy for massive forms in R ^M *S ^N. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 4(5). 1357–1367. 4 indexed citations

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Copeland, Edmund J. & David J. Toms. (1985). Quantized antisymmetric tensor fields and self-consistent dimensional reduction in higher-dimensional spacetimes. Nuclear Physics B. 255. 201–230. 35 indexed citations

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Awada, M. & David J. Toms. (1984). Induced gravitational and gauge field actions from quantized matter fields in non-abelian Kaluza-Klein theory. Nuclear Physics B. 245. 161–188. 20 indexed citations

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Toms, David J.. (1983). The effective action and the renormalization group equation in curved space-time. Physics Letters B. 126(1-2). 37–40. 46 indexed citations

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Toms, David J.. (1983). Induced Einstein-Maxwell action in Kaluza-Klein theory. Physics Letters B. 129(1-2). 31–35. 37 indexed citations

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Ford, L. H. & David J. Toms. (1982). Dynamical symmetry breaking due to radiative corrections in cosmology. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 25(6). 1510–1518. 64 indexed citations

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