Robert G. Leigh

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Robert G. Leigh is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert G. Leigh has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 60 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 38 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Robert G. Leigh's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (84 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (58 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (35 papers). Robert G. Leigh is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (84 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (58 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (35 papers). Robert G. Leigh collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Greece. Robert G. Leigh's co-authors include Michael Dine, Joseph Polchinski, Jin Dai, David Berenstein, Djordje Minić, Luca Ciambelli, Anastasios C. Petkou, Laurent Freidel, Taylor L. Hughes and Patrick Huet and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B and Nuclear Physics B.

In The Last Decade

Robert G. Leigh

116 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert G. Leigh United States 36 3.9k 2.6k 1.5k 780 341 121 4.8k
Kazuo Fujikawa Japan 27 3.8k 1.0× 954 0.4× 940 0.6× 1.3k 1.6× 332 1.0× 154 4.9k
Alan Chodos United States 23 4.2k 1.1× 2.4k 0.9× 897 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 202 0.6× 79 5.3k
M.T. Grisaru United States 37 5.6k 1.4× 2.2k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 576 0.7× 265 0.8× 109 6.0k
R. Casalbuoni Italy 38 4.5k 1.1× 1.2k 0.5× 890 0.6× 1.4k 1.8× 705 2.1× 176 5.7k
F. Englert Belgium 27 3.3k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 895 0.6× 665 0.9× 473 1.4× 75 4.1k
Petr Hořava United States 23 5.1k 1.3× 4.9k 1.9× 2.5k 1.6× 671 0.9× 143 0.4× 48 5.9k
Chiara R. Nappi United States 25 4.3k 1.1× 1.4k 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 506 0.6× 435 1.3× 40 4.8k
C. Becchi Italy 17 2.8k 0.7× 655 0.3× 945 0.6× 470 0.6× 165 0.5× 48 3.3k
Y. Jack Ng United States 27 1.8k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 791 0.5× 694 0.9× 98 0.3× 105 2.5k
S. Nussinov United States 38 5.2k 1.3× 1.8k 0.7× 363 0.2× 1.0k 1.3× 134 0.4× 222 6.0k

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All Works

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Ciambelli, Luca, Laurent Freidel, & Robert G. Leigh. (2024). Null Raychaudhuri: canonical structure and the dressing time. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024(1). 35 indexed citations
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Ciambelli, Luca, Laurent Freidel, & Robert G. Leigh. (2024). Quantum null geometry and gravity. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024(12). 11 indexed citations
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Chemissany, Wissam, et al.. (2024). Quantum reference frames from top-down crossed products. Physical review. D. 110(6). 13 indexed citations
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Freidel, Laurent, Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman, Robert G. Leigh, & Djordje Minić. (2023). Vacuum energy density and gravitational entropy. Physical review. D. 107(12). 12 indexed citations
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Lashkari, Nima, et al.. (2023). Exact renormalization of wave functionals yields continuous MERA. Physical review. D. 108(8). 1 indexed citations
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Ciambelli, Luca, et al.. (2022). Embeddings and Integrable Charges for Extended Corner Symmetry. Physical Review Letters. 128(17). 171302–171302. 56 indexed citations
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Ciambelli, Luca & Robert G. Leigh. (2022). Universal corner symmetry and the orbit method for gravity. Nuclear Physics B. 986. 116053–116053. 27 indexed citations
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Ciambelli, Luca & Robert G. Leigh. (2021). Isolated surfaces and symmetries of gravity. Physical review. D. 104(4). 57 indexed citations
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Ciambelli, Luca & Robert G. Leigh. (2020). Weyl connections and their role in holography. Physical review. D. 101(8). 26 indexed citations
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Leigh, Robert G., Anastasios C. Petkou, & P. Marios Petropoulos. (2012). Holographic three-dimensional fluids with nontrivial vorticity. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 85(8). 18 indexed citations
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Edalati, Mohammad, et al.. (2011). Dynamically Generated Gap from Holography: Mottness from a Black Hole. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2011. 2 indexed citations
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Hughes, Taylor L., Robert G. Leigh, & Eduardo Fradkin. (2011). Torsional Response and Dissipationless Viscosity in Topological Insulators. Physical Review Letters. 107(7). 75502–75502. 104 indexed citations
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Edalati, Mohammad, Robert G. Leigh, & Philip Phillips. (2011). Dynamically Generated Mott Gap from Holography. Physical Review Letters. 106(9). 91602–91602. 55 indexed citations
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Phillips, Philip & Robert G. Leigh. (2009). Origin of the Mott Gap. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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Phillips, Philip, et al.. (2007). Hidden charge 2e boson in doped Mott insulators. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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Leigh, Robert G., et al.. (2007). The Spectrum of Yang-Mills Theory in 2+1 Dimensions, Analytically. AIP conference proceedings. 892. 196–199. 1 indexed citations
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Leigh, Robert G., et al.. (2005). Solving Pure QCD in 2+1 Dimensions. arXiv (Cornell University). 5 indexed citations
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Berenstein, David, Vishnu Jejjala, & Robert G. Leigh. (2002). Standard Model on a D-Brane. Physical Review Letters. 88(7). 71602–71602. 64 indexed citations
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Dine, Michael, et al.. (1992). CPand other gauge symmetries in string theory. Physical Review Letters. 69(14). 2030–2032. 67 indexed citations
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Cabri, Louis J., et al.. (1985). Proton-microprobe analysis of trace elements in sulfides from some massive-sulfide deposits. The Canadian Mineralogist. 23(2). 133–148. 72 indexed citations

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