Luis Álvarez-Gaumé

11.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
84 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Luis Álvarez-Gaumé is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Luis Álvarez-Gaumé has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 29 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 29 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Luis Álvarez-Gaumé's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (63 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (27 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (27 papers). Luis Álvarez-Gaumé is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (63 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (27 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (27 papers). Luis Álvarez-Gaumé collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Spain. Luis Álvarez-Gaumé's co-authors include Edward Witten, Daniel Z. Freedman, Mark B. Wise, Paul Ginsparg, Gregory Moore, Cumrun Vafa, J. Polchinski, Mark Claudson, Sunil Mukhi and Philip Nelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Reports, Nuclear Physics B and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Luis Álvarez-Gaumé

83 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

Gravitational anomalies 1983 2026 1997 2011 1984 1983 250 500 750
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. Gravitational anomalies
    1984 916 citations Luis Álvarez-Gaumé et al. Nuclear Physics B profile →
  2. Minimal low-energy supergravity
    1983 662 citations Luis Álvarez-Gaumé, Mark B. Wise et al. 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
Luis Álvarez-Gaumé Switzerland 39 6.1k 2.5k 2.4k 1.4k 1.0k 84 7.2k
Herman Verlinde United States 36 5.0k 0.8× 2.8k 1.1× 2.9k 1.2× 1.5k 1.1× 642 0.6× 85 5.9k
Eric D’Hoker United States 47 4.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 2.1k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 591 0.6× 140 5.8k
Erik Verlinde Netherlands 34 4.7k 0.8× 3.0k 1.2× 3.0k 1.2× 2.0k 1.4× 920 0.9× 61 6.5k
M. Roček United States 39 5.5k 0.9× 3.0k 1.2× 2.6k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 550 0.5× 121 6.4k
J. Wess Germany 32 8.1k 1.3× 3.2k 1.3× 2.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 86 9.6k
Warren Siegel United States 45 7.9k 1.3× 3.6k 1.4× 3.4k 1.4× 852 0.6× 680 0.7× 151 8.5k
Hermann Nicolai Germany 45 6.3k 1.0× 3.8k 1.5× 3.6k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 692 0.7× 193 7.0k
Michael R. Douglas United States 41 7.5k 1.2× 4.9k 1.9× 4.3k 1.8× 1.8k 1.3× 972 0.9× 84 8.9k
Tohru Eguchi Japan 33 3.8k 0.6× 2.0k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 1.6k 1.1× 535 0.5× 86 5.1k
E.S. Fradkin Russia 45 7.5k 1.2× 3.9k 1.5× 4.4k 1.8× 882 0.6× 1.4k 1.3× 144 8.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis, Domenico Orlando, & Susanne Reffert. (2021). Selected topics in the large quantum number expansion. Physics Reports. 933. 1–66. 47 indexed citations
2.
Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis & Miguel Angel Vázquez-Mozo. (2003). General properties of non-commutative field theories. Nuclear Physics B. 668(1-2). 293–321. 109 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis & Marcos Mariño. (1997). More on Softly Broken N = 2 QCD. International Journal of Modern Physics A. 12(5). 975–1002. 29 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis. (1993). ASPECTS OF ABELIAN AND NON-ABELIAN DUALITY. CERN Bulletin. 256–276. 2 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis, et al.. (1992). Topics in String Theory and Quantum Gravity. ArXiv.org. 481–636. 1 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis, César Gómez, & J K Łacki. (1991). Integrability in random matrix models. Physics Letters B. 253(1-2). 56–62. 28 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis, César Gómez, & Germán Sierra. (1989). Hidden quantum symmetries in rational conformal field theories. Nuclear Physics B. 319(1). 155–186. 130 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis, Michael Green, M.T. Grisaru, Roberto Iengo, & Ergin Sezgin. (1987). Superstrings '87 : proceedings of the Trieste Spring School, 1-11 April 1987. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis, César Gómez, & C. Reina. (1987). Loop groups, grassmanians and string theory. Physics Letters B. 190(1-2). 55–62. 99 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis, Jean-Benoît Bost, Gregory Moore, Philip Nelson, & Cumrun Vafa. (1987). Bosonization on higher genus Riemann surfaces. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 112(3). 503–552. 149 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis & Philip Nelson. (1986). Riemann surfaces and string theories. CERN Bulletin. 15 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis & Paul Ginsparg. (1985). Finiteness of Ricci flat supersymmetric non-linear σ-models. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 102(2). 311–326. 78 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis & Paul Ginsparg. (1985). Geometry anomalies. Nuclear Physics B. 262(3). 439–462. 38 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis & Paul Ginsparg. (1984). The topological meaning of non-abelian anomalies. Nuclear Physics B. 243(3). 449–474. 221 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis & Daniel Z. Freedman. (1983). Potentials for the supersymmetric nonlinear σ-model. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 91(1). 87–101. 136 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis & Laurent Baulieu. (1983). The two quantum symmetries associated with a classical symmetry. Nuclear Physics B. 212(2). 255–267. 71 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis. (1983). Supersymmetry and the Atiyah-Singer index theorem. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 90(2). 161–173. 260 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis, Mark Claudson, & Mark B. Wise. (1982). Low-energy supersymmetry. Nuclear Physics B. 207(1). 96–110. 438 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis, Daniel Z. Freedman, & Sunil Mukhi. (1981). The background field method and the ultraviolet structure of the supersymmetric nonlinear σ-model. Annals of Physics. 134(1). 85–109. 387 indexed citations
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Álvarez-Gaumé, Luis & Daniel Z. Freedman. (1981). Geometrical structure and ultraviolet finiteness in the supersymmetric ?-model. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 80(3). 443–451. 358 indexed citations

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