Jacques Distler

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Jacques Distler is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geometry and Topology and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacques Distler has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 17 papers in Geometry and Topology and 16 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Jacques Distler's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (40 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (17 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (15 papers). Jacques Distler is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (40 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (17 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (15 papers). Jacques Distler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. Jacques Distler's co-authors include H. Kawai, Oscar Chacaltana, Brian Greene, Yuji Tachikawa, Philip Nelson, Shamit Kachru, Cumrun Vafa, Zvonimir Hlousek, Eric Sharpe and Zongan Qiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Jacques Distler

54 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Conformal field theory and 2D quantum gravity 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 200 400 600
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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. Conformal field theory and 2D quantum gravity
    1989 683 citations Jacques Distler, H. Kawai Nuclear Physics B profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jacques Distler United States 25 2.0k 1.1k 766 736 358 56 2.4k
Joseph A. Minahan United States 28 2.6k 1.3× 930 0.9× 640 0.8× 1.1k 1.5× 235 0.7× 57 2.9k
K.S. Narain Italy 23 2.7k 1.4× 1.0k 1.0× 611 0.8× 1.1k 1.5× 235 0.7× 84 3.0k
A.N. Schellekens Switzerland 30 2.5k 1.3× 1.0k 0.9× 1.1k 1.4× 709 1.0× 449 1.3× 91 3.2k
W. Lerche Switzerland 28 3.1k 1.5× 1.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.5× 915 1.2× 471 1.3× 71 3.4k
Kenneth Intriligator United States 27 2.6k 1.3× 883 0.8× 694 0.9× 994 1.4× 323 0.9× 53 3.0k
Sergio Cecotti Italy 32 2.7k 1.3× 1.4k 1.3× 1.1k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 458 1.3× 77 3.2k
Gregory W. Moore United States 27 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 1.1k 1.5× 869 1.2× 605 1.7× 63 3.0k
Konstantin Zarembo Sweden 35 3.7k 1.8× 1.2k 1.1× 732 1.0× 1.4k 1.9× 205 0.6× 91 3.9k
Nikolay Gromov Russia 33 2.4k 1.2× 839 0.8× 683 0.9× 679 0.9× 145 0.4× 99 2.7k
Charlotte Kristjansen Denmark 23 1.9k 1.0× 659 0.6× 588 0.8× 602 0.8× 196 0.5× 64 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jacques Distler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jacques Distler

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All Works

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Distler, Jacques, et al.. (2023). Isomorphisms of 4D N=2 SCFTs from 6D. Physical review. D. 107(10). 5 indexed citations
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Distler, Jacques. (2022). Double-soft graviton amplitudes and the extended BMS charge algebra. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 12 indexed citations
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Chacaltana, Oscar, et al.. (2015). Tinkertoys for the twisted D-series. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2015(4). 45 indexed citations
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Chacaltana, Oscar, et al.. (2015). Tinkertoys for the E 6 theory. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2015(9). 31 indexed citations
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Chacaltana, Oscar, Jacques Distler, & Yuji Tachikawa. (2013). NILPOTENT ORBITS AND CODIMENSION-2 DEFECTS OF 6d${\mathcal N} = (2, 0)$ THEORIES. International Journal of Modern Physics A. 28(03n04). 1340006–1340006. 117 indexed citations
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Distler, Jacques & Sònia Paban. (2013). Uncertainties in successive measurements. Physical Review A. 87(6). 17 indexed citations
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Distler, Jacques & Eric Sharpe. (2011). Quantization of Fayet-Iliopoulos parameters in supergravity. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 83(8). 23 indexed citations
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Distler, Jacques & Skip Garibaldi. (2010). There is No “Theory of Everything” Inside E8. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 298(2). 419–436. 10 indexed citations
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Distler, Jacques & Eric Sharpe. (2007). Heterotic Compactifications with Principal Bundles for General Groups and General Levels. 16 indexed citations
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Distler, Jacques, Benjaḿın Grinstein, Rafael A. Porto, & Ira Z. Rothstein. (2007). Falsifying Models of New Physics viaWWScattering. Physical Review Letters. 98(4). 41601–41601. 59 indexed citations
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Brunner, Ilka, et al.. (2001). Return of the torsion D-branes. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. 5(2). 311–352. 5 indexed citations
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Distler, Jacques & Amihay Hanany. (1997). (0,2) Non-critical strings in six dimensions. Nuclear Physics B. 490(1-2). 75–90. 6 indexed citations
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Berglund, Per, et al.. (1995). On the instanton contributions to the masses and couplings of E6 singlets. Nuclear Physics B. 454(1-2). 127–163. 14 indexed citations
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Distler, Jacques & Shamit Kachru. (1994). Singlet couplings and (0,2) models. Nuclear Physics B. 430(1). 13–30. 12 indexed citations
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Distler, Jacques & Philip Nelson. (1992). New discrete states of strings near a black hole. Nuclear Physics B. 374(1). 123–155. 22 indexed citations
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Distler, Jacques & Philip Nelson. (1991). Hidden Symmetry in Topological Gravity. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 1 indexed citations
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Distler, Jacques & Philip Nelson. (1991). Topological couplings and contact terms in 2d field theory. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 138(2). 273–290. 25 indexed citations
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Distler, Jacques, Zvonimir Hlousek, & H. Kawai. (1990). HAUSDORFF DIMENSION OF CONTINUOUS POLYAKOV’S RANDOM SURFACES. International Journal of Modern Physics A. 5(6). 1093–1121. 21 indexed citations
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Distler, Jacques, Brian Greene, Kelley H. Kirklin, & Paul J. Miron. (1989). Calculating endomorphism valued cohomology: Singlet spectrum in superstring models. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 122(1). 117–124. 7 indexed citations
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LeClair, André & Jacques Distler. (1986). Gauge invariant superstring field theory. Nuclear Physics B. 273(3-4). 552–566. 27 indexed citations

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