L. Wolfenstein

36.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
143 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

L. Wolfenstein is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Wolfenstein has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in L. Wolfenstein's work include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (104 papers), Neutrino Physics Research (66 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (58 papers). L. Wolfenstein is often cited by papers focused on Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (104 papers), Neutrino Physics Research (66 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (58 papers). L. Wolfenstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Italy. L. Wolfenstein's co-authors include D. Wyler, Palash B. Pal, J. Ashkin, Jiang Liu, E. A. Paschos, João P. Silva, Yue-Liang Wu, B. Winstein, Ling-Fong Li and Silvia Pascoli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

L. Wolfenstein

134 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

Neutrino oscillations in matter 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 1983 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Neutrino oscillations in matter
    1978 2.6k citations L. Wolfenstein Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields profile →
  2. Parametrization of the Kobayashi-Maskawa Matrix
    1983 1.0k citations L. Wolfenstein Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
L. Wolfenstein United States 37 8.9k 867 853 358 285 143 9.4k
A. Sirlin United States 53 8.8k 1.0× 1.4k 1.7× 1.1k 1.3× 237 0.7× 151 0.5× 163 9.4k
Gerald A. Miller United States 44 8.0k 0.9× 396 0.5× 1.5k 1.8× 327 0.9× 445 1.6× 319 8.6k
R. E. Marshak United States 31 3.2k 0.4× 1.7k 1.9× 871 1.0× 428 1.2× 186 0.7× 139 5.0k
Ernest M. Henley United States 31 3.8k 0.4× 487 0.6× 1.8k 2.1× 383 1.1× 316 1.1× 177 5.3k
R.H. Dalitz United Kingdom 43 4.9k 0.6× 309 0.4× 2.0k 2.3× 268 0.7× 682 2.4× 147 6.2k
J. W. Cronin United States 27 3.1k 0.4× 438 0.5× 606 0.7× 252 0.7× 112 0.4× 81 3.7k
J. Hüfner Germany 36 4.0k 0.4× 387 0.4× 1.3k 1.5× 604 1.7× 228 0.8× 135 4.5k
Barry R. Holstein United States 41 5.2k 0.6× 414 0.5× 1.0k 1.2× 181 0.5× 184 0.6× 175 5.6k
P. Braun‐Munzinger Germany 41 6.3k 0.7× 680 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 702 2.0× 204 0.7× 147 6.7k
John Negele United States 48 6.0k 0.7× 696 0.8× 2.4k 2.8× 336 0.9× 321 1.1× 183 7.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by L. Wolfenstein

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. Wolfenstein

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Chien-Yi & L. Wolfenstein. (2008). Consequences of approximateS3symmetry of the neutrino mass matrix. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 77(9). 36 indexed citations
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Wolfenstein, L.. (2000). CP violation. The European Physical Journal C. 15(1-4). 115–116. 4 indexed citations
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Wolfenstein, L.. (2000). Transmission of neutrinos through matter. Pramana. 54(1). 21–25.
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Wolfenstein, L.. (1999). Violation of Time Reversal Invariance inK0Decays. Physical Review Letters. 83(5). 911–912. 19 indexed citations
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Wolfenstein, L.. (1998). Neutrino mass discovered. Physics World. 11(7). 17–18. 2 indexed citations
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Wolfenstein, L., et al.. (1994). CP VIOLATION IN THE DECAY b → sγ IN THE TWO-HIGGS DOUBLET MODEL. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Silva, João P. & L. Wolfenstein. (1994). Determining the penguin effect onCPviolation inB0→π+π−. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 49(3). R1151–R1155. 59 indexed citations
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Lavoura, L. & L. Wolfenstein. (1993). Resuscitation of minimal SO(10) grand unification. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 48(1). 264–269. 22 indexed citations
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Wolfenstein, L.. (1990). Muon-electron symmetry and neutrino magnetic moments. Nuclear Physics B. 345(2-3). 327–330. 5 indexed citations
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Wolfenstein, L.. (1984). CP Noninvariance in $K^0$ Decay. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 14. 135–147. 4 indexed citations
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Wyler, D. & L. Wolfenstein. (1983). Massless neutrinos in left-hand symmetric models. Nuclear Physics B. 218(1). 205–214. 303 indexed citations
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Pal, Palash B. & L. Wolfenstein. (1982). Radiative decays of massive neutrinos. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 25(3). 766–773. 318 indexed citations
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Wolfenstein, L.. (1980). Neutrino mixing in grand unified theories. Presented at. 116–120. 4 indexed citations
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Wolfenstein, L.. (1978). Neutrino oscillations in matter. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 17(9). 2369–2374. 2649 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wolfenstein, L.. (1975). Possible identification of the outgoing lepton in neutral current reactions. Nuclear Physics B. 91(1). 95–98. 20 indexed citations
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Wolfenstein, L. & E.M. Henley. (1971). Second class currents and mirror beta decays. Physics Letters B. 36(1). 28–31. 23 indexed citations
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Wolfenstein, L.. (1970). THEORY OF WEAK INTERACTIONS.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 24 indexed citations
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Wolfenstein, L.. (1963). ΔQ = — ΔS Decays and interrnediate bosons. Il Nuovo Cimento. 29(4). 859–866. 1 indexed citations
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Klein, Robert H. & L. Wolfenstein. (1962). Total Muon Capture Rates and the Universal Fermi Interaction. Physical Review Letters. 9(9). 408–410. 26 indexed citations
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Wolfenstein, L.. (1956). Charge Independence and Polarization Experiments. Physical Review. 101(1). 427–428. 9 indexed citations

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