J. L. Synge

6.9k citations

85 papers · 2.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 16

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Relativity and Gravitational Theory
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Papers in

Theoretical Computer Science 3
Astronomy and Astrophysics 32
- Relativity and Gravitational Theory 22
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 18
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 6

Co-authors: Philip Μ. Morse Werner C. Rheinboldt L. O’Raifeartaigh Jacques E. Romain Claude Springer P. S. Florides Stephen O’Brien J. G. Kingston
Journals: Nature (10 papers)Physics Today (5 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (3 papers)Canadian Journal of Mathematics (2 papers)General Relativity and Gravitation (2 papers)
Partner nations: Ireland United States Canada

In The Last Decade

J. L. Synge

77 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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The Escape of Photons from Gravitationally Intense Stars 1966 · 477 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1966 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Maximum number of collisions of elastic particles Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·J. L. Synge	1972	3
2	Coordinate conditions in a Riemannian space for coordinates based on a subspace Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·P. S. Florides, J. L. Synge	1971	9
3	Geometrical approach to the Heisenberg uncertainty relation and its generalization Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·J. L. Synge	1971	6
4	The Problem of the Thrown String The Mathematical Gazette ·J. L. Synge	1970	8
5	Riemannian metric in Gibbsian phase-space Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·J. L. Synge	1970	1
6	Correspondence The Mathematical Gazette ·J. L. Synge	1968	6
7	Radiation coordinates in general relativity Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·P. S. Florides, J D McCrea, J. L. Synge	1966	3
8	A Klein-Gordon model particle Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·J. L. Synge	1965	1
9	Stationary gravitational fields due to symmetrical systems of bodies Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·P. S. Florides, J. L. Synge, Anna Buckardt Anna Buckardt	1965	0
10	Stationary gravitational fields due to single bodies Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·P. S. Florides, J. L. Synge	1964	10
11	The gravitational field of a rotating fluid mass in general relativity Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·P. S. Florides, J. L. Synge	1962	9
12	The observational tests of gravitation theory Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·成小平, J. L. Synge	1962	6
13	Stationary weak gravitational fields to any order of approximation Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·A. Das, P. S. Florides, J. L. Synge	1961	12
14	A property of empty space-time Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·L. O’Raifeartaigh, J. L. Synge	1958	8
15	Geometrical optics in moving dispersive media J. L. Synge	1956	2
16	Note on the Whitehead-Rayner expanding universe Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·J. L. Synge	1954	8
17	Orbits and rays in the gravitational field of a finite sphere according to the theory of A. N. Whitehead Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·J. L. Synge	1952	12
18	Jump conditions at discontinuities in general relativity Stephen O’Brien, J. L. Synge	1952	31
19	LXX. On a case of instability produced by rotation The London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science ·J. L. Synge	1952	1
20	Pointwise bounds for the solutions of certain boundary-value problems Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·J. L. Synge	1951	5

About J. L. Synge

J. L. Synge is a scholar working on Theoretical Computer Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Geometry and Topology, having authored 85 papers that have together received 2.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Relativity and Gravitational Theory (22 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (18 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (11 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (6 papers), Mathematics and Applications (6 papers), Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics (4 papers), Geophysics and Sensor Technology (4 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.2k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (685 citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (397 citations), Theoretical Computer Science (28 citations) and Applied Mathematics (220 citations). J. L. Synge has collaborated with scholars based in Ireland, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Philip Μ. Morse, Werner C. Rheinboldt, L. O’Raifeartaigh, Jacques E. Romain, Claude Springer, P. S. Florides, Stephen O’Brien, J. G. Kingston, A. Das and W. H. McCrea. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Physics Today, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Canadian Journal of Mathematics and General Relativity and Gravitation.

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