James W. York

10.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

James W. York is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, James W. York has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 56 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 25 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in James W. York's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (59 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (56 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (21 papers). James W. York is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (59 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (56 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (21 papers). James W. York collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Austria. James W. York's co-authors include J. Brown, Jeffrey M. Bowen, B. F. Whiting, Larry Smarr, Niall Ó Murchadha, Yvonne Choquet–Bruhat, Harald Pfeiffer, Erik A. Martinez, Arlen Anderson and H. W. Braden and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nuclear Physics B and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James W. York

68 papers receiving 5.8k citations

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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.

Quasilocal energy and conserved charges derived from the gravitational action

1993 1.0k citations J. Brown, James W. York Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields profile →
Role of Conformal Three-Geometry in the Dynamics of Gravitation

1972 744 citations James W. York Physical Review Letters profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Uniqueness and Nonuniqueness in the Einstein Constraints 2005 ·Physical Review Letters ·Harald Pfeiffer, James W. York	37
2	Bianchi–Euler system for relativistic fluids and Bel–Robinson type energy 2002 ·Comptes Rendus Mathématique ·Yvonne Choquet–Bruhat, James W. York	2
3	Conformal “Thin-Sandwich” Data for the Initial-Value Problem of General Relativity 1999 ·Physical Review Letters ·James W. York	185
4	The Path Integral Formulation of Gravitational Thermodynamics 1998 ·WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks ·J. Brown, James W. York	3
5	Hamiltonian Time Evolution for General Relativity 1998 ·Physical Review Letters ·Arlen Anderson, James W. York	17
6	Geometrical hyperbolic systems for general relativity and gauge theories 1997 ·Classical and Quantum Gravity ·Andrew M. Abrahams, Arlen Anderson, Yvonne Choquet–Bruhat, James W. York	27
7	Well posed reduced systems for the Einstein equations 1997 ·Banach Center Publications ·Yvonne Choquet–Bruhat, James W. York	10
8	Hyperbolic Formulation of General Relativity 1996 ·CERN Bulletin ·Andrew M. Abrahams, Arlen Anderson, Yvonne Choquet–Bruhat, James W. York	1
9	Geometrical well posed systems for the Einstein equations 1995 ·CERN Bulletin ·Yvonne Choquet–Bruhat, James W. York	7
10	Effective potential of a black hole in thermal equilibrium with quantum fields 1994 ·Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·David Hochberg, Thomas W. Kephart, James W. York	12
11	Quasilocal energy and conserved charges derived from the gravitational action breakdown → 1993 ·Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·J. Brown, James W. York	1027
12	Positivity of entropy in the semiclassical theory of black holes and radiation 1993 ·Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·David Hochberg, Thomas W. Kephart, James W. York	49
13	Rotating Black Holes, Complex Geometry, and Thermodynamics^a, ^b 1991 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·J. Brown, Erik A. Martinez, James W. York	11
14	Complex Kerr-Newman geometry and black-hole thermodynamics 1991 ·Physical Review Letters ·J. Brown, Erik A. Martinez, James W. York	100
15	Thermodynamic ensembles and gravitation 1990 ·Classical and Quantum Gravity ·J. Brown, G. L. Comer, Erik A. Martinez, (unknown), B. F. Whiting, James W. York	72
16	Apparent horizons for boosted or spinning black holes 1990 ·Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·Gregory B. Cook, James W. York	62
17	Density of states for the gravitational field in black-hole topologies 1987 ·Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·H. W. Braden, B. F. Whiting, James W. York	36
18	The initial value problem and dynamics 1983 ·Lecture notes in physics ·James W. York	8
19	Gravitational potentials: A constructive approach to general relativity 1976 ·General Relativity and Gravitation ·Niall Ó Murchadha, James W. York	9
20	Covariant decompositions of symmetric tensors in the theory of gravitation 1974 ·Annales De L Institut Henri Poincare-physique Theorique ·James W. York	41

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