Pedro V. P. Cunha

3.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
29 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Pedro V. P. Cunha is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pedro V. P. Cunha has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 19 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 3 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Pedro V. P. Cunha's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (22 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (18 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (14 papers). Pedro V. P. Cunha is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (22 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (18 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (14 papers). Pedro V. P. Cunha collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Germany and Brazil. Pedro V. P. Cunha's co-authors include Carlos Herdeiro, Eugen Radu, Helgi Freyr Rúnarsson, Emanuele Berti, Luís C. B. Crispino, Haroldo C. D. Lima, María J. Rodríguez, Jutta Kunz, Burkhard Kleihaus and N. Sanchis-Gual and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physics Letters B.

In The Last Decade

Pedro V. P. Cunha

28 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Shadows of Kerr Black Holes with Scalar Hair

2015 363 citations Pedro V. P. Cunha, Carlos Herdeiro et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Light-Ring Stability for Ultracompact Objects

2017 246 citations Pedro V. P. Cunha, Emanuele Berti et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Spontaneously Scalarized Kerr Black Holes in Extended Scalar-Tensor–Gauss-Bonnet Gravity

2019 187 citations Pedro V. P. Cunha, Carlos Herdeiro et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Stationary Black Holes and Light Rings

2020 156 citations Pedro V. P. Cunha, Carlos Herdeiro Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pedro V. P. Cunha Portugal	19	2.1k	1.5k	184	118	39	29	2.1k
Rahul Kumar India	19	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	222 1.2×	138 1.2×	16 0.4×	34	1.8k
K. K. Nandi India	21	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	244 1.3×	208 1.8×	28 0.7×	78	1.5k
Ian Vega Philippines	12	882 0.4×	539 0.3×	160 0.9×	109 0.9×	31 0.8×	22	937
Caio F. B. Macedo Brazil	22	2.3k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	146 0.8×	163 1.4×	63 1.6×	43	2.3k
Javlon Rayimbaev Uzbekistan	27	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	198 1.1×	82 0.7×	21 0.5×	128	2.2k
Miguel Zilhão Portugal	22	1.0k 0.5×	805 0.5×	87 0.5×	110 0.9×	13 0.3×	59	1.2k
K. S. Virbhadra India	18	2.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.3×	368 2.0×	237 2.0×	15 0.4×	25	2.8k
S. I. Kruglov Canada	20	919 0.4×	916 0.6×	334 1.8×	266 2.3×	17 0.4×	92	1.1k
Ibrar Hussain Pakistan	21	1.1k 0.5×	839 0.5×	163 0.9×	78 0.7×	13 0.3×	75	1.1k
Daniele Malafarina Kazakhstan	22	1.2k 0.6×	950 0.6×	211 1.1×	91 0.8×	15 0.4×	57	1.3k

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Lima, Haroldo C. D., et al.. (2025). Good tachyons, bad bradyons: Role reversal in Einstein-nonlinear-electrodynamics models. Physics Letters B. 866. 139513–139513. 2 indexed citations

Cunha, Pedro V. P.. (2025). Backreaction of perturbations around a stable light ring. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2025(5). 83–83. 1 indexed citations

Cunha, Pedro V. P., Carlos Herdeiro, Eugen Radu, & Nuno Santos. (2025). Breaking the north-south symmetry: Dyonic spinning black holes with synchronized gauged scalar hair. Physical review. D. 111(4). 1 indexed citations

Cunha, Pedro V. P., et al.. (2024). The imitation game reloaded: effective shadows of dynamically robust spinning Proca stars. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2024(5). 54–54. 16 indexed citations

Cunha, Pedro V. P., et al.. (2024). Hypershadows of higher dimensional black objects: a case study of cohomogeneity-one d=5 Myers-Perry. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024(11). 2 indexed citations

Cunha, Pedro V. P., et al.. (2024). Light rings on stationary axisymmetric spacetimes: Blind to the topology and able to coexist. Physical review. D. 109(6). 21 indexed citations

Lima, Haroldo C. D., et al.. (2023). Electrically charged regular black holes in nonlinear electrodynamics: Light rings, shadows, and gravitational lensing. Physical review. D. 108(8). 21 indexed citations

Cunha, Pedro V. P., Carlos Herdeiro, Eugen Radu, & N. Sanchis-Gual. (2023). Exotic Compact Objects and the Fate of the Light-Ring Instability. Physical Review Letters. 130(6). 61401–61401. 54 indexed citations

Cunha, Pedro V. P., et al.. (2023). Kerr black holes with synchronised Proca hair: lensing, shadows and EHT constraints. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2023(1). 47–47. 38 indexed citations

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Cunha, Pedro V. P., et al.. (2022). Null and timelike circular orbits from equivalent 2D metrics. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 39(22). 225007–225007. 12 indexed citations

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Cunha, Pedro V. P., Carlos Herdeiro, Eugen Radu, & Yakov Shnir. (2022). Two boson stars in equilibrium. Physical review. D. 106(12). 12 indexed citations

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Cunha, Pedro V. P., et al.. (2020). Lensing and shadow of a black hole surrounded by a heavy accretion disk. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2020(3). 35–35. 88 indexed citations

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Cunha, Pedro V. P. & Carlos Herdeiro. (2020). Stationary Black Holes and Light Rings. Physical Review Letters. 124(18). 181101–181101. 156 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cunha, Pedro V. P., Carlos Herdeiro, & Eugen Radu. (2019). Spontaneously Scalarized Kerr Black Holes in Extended Scalar-Tensor–Gauss-Bonnet Gravity. Physical Review Letters. 123(1). 11101–11101. 187 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cunha, Pedro V. P., Carlos Herdeiro, & Eugen Radu. (2019). EHT Constraint on the Ultralight Scalar Hair of the M87 Supermassive Black Hole. Universe. 5(12). 220–220. 94 indexed citations

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Cunha, Pedro V. P., Carlos Herdeiro, & Eugen Radu. (2018). Isolated black holes without Z2 isometry. Physical review. D. 98(10). 18 indexed citations

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Cunha, Pedro V. P., Emanuele Berti, & Carlos Herdeiro. (2017). Light-Ring Stability for Ultracompact Objects. Physical Review Letters. 119(25). 251102–251102. 246 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cunha, Pedro V. P., Carlos Herdeiro, Burkhard Kleihaus, Jutta Kunz, & Eugen Radu. (2017). Shadows of Einstein–dilaton–Gauss–Bonnet black holes. Physics Letters B. 768. 373–379. 171 indexed citations

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Cunha, Pedro V. P., Jai Grover, Carlos Herdeiro, et al.. (2016). Chaotic lensing around boson stars and Kerr black holes with scalar hair. Physical review. D. 94(10). 132 indexed citations

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Cunha, Pedro V. P., Carlos Herdeiro, Eugen Radu, & Helgi Freyr Rúnarsson. (2015). Shadows of Kerr Black Holes with Scalar Hair. Physical Review Letters. 115(21). 211102–211102. 363 indexed citations breakdown →

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