Samir D. Mathur

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Samir D. Mathur is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Samir D. Mathur has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 83 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 56 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Samir D. Mathur's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (96 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (79 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (44 papers). Samir D. Mathur is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (96 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (79 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (44 papers). Samir D. Mathur collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and France. Samir D. Mathur's co-authors include Oleg Lunin, Sumit R. Das, Alec Matusis, Leonardo Rastelli, Stefano Giusto, Daniel Z. Freedman, Ashish Saxena, Borun D. Chowdhury, Sunil Mukhi and David Turton and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Nuclear Physics B.

In The Last Decade

Samir D. Mathur

107 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

The information paradox: ... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2009 1999 100 200 300 400
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. The information paradox: a pedagogical introduction
    2009 493 citations Samir D. Mathur Classical and Quantum Gravity profile →
  2. Correlation functions in the CFT /AdS+1 correspondence
    1999 451 citations Samir D. Mathur et al. Nuclear Physics B profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Samir D. Mathur 3.9k 3.4k 1.8k 606 429 108 4.4k
Elias Kiritsis 4.9k 1.2× 3.3k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 314 0.5× 531 1.2× 144 5.4k
Jorge G. Russo 3.0k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 388 0.6× 332 0.8× 126 3.3k
Augusto Sagnotti 4.7k 1.2× 3.1k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 209 0.3× 488 1.1× 88 5.0k
Shiraz Minwalla 4.4k 1.1× 2.7k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 566 0.9× 460 1.1× 56 4.7k
Yaron Oz 4.9k 1.2× 3.7k 1.1× 2.0k 1.1× 518 0.9× 389 0.9× 108 5.3k
Soo-Jong Rey 3.8k 1.0× 2.8k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 299 0.5× 317 0.7× 118 4.2k
Petr Hořava 5.1k 1.3× 4.9k 1.4× 2.5k 1.4× 671 1.1× 196 0.5× 48 5.9k
M. A. Vasiliev 4.4k 1.1× 2.7k 0.8× 2.9k 1.6× 252 0.4× 531 1.2× 103 4.7k
David Berenstein 3.8k 1.0× 2.2k 0.7× 1.6k 0.9× 223 0.4× 420 1.0× 89 4.0k
Mark Van Raamsdonk 3.9k 1.0× 2.9k 0.9× 2.6k 1.4× 783 1.3× 248 0.6× 61 4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samir D. Mathur

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mathur, Samir D., et al.. (2024). Lifting of superconformal descendants in the D1-D5 CFT. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024(4). 7 indexed citations
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Gaberdiel, Matthias R., Bin Guo, & Samir D. Mathur. (2024). Tensionless strings on AdS3 orbifolds. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024(4). 5 indexed citations
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Mathur, Samir D., et al.. (2024). Lifting of two-mode states in the D1-D5 CFT. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024(1). 4 indexed citations
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Mathur, Samir D., et al.. (2024). The universal thermodynamic properties of extremely compact objects. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 41(23). 235011–235011. 4 indexed citations
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Mathur, Samir D.. (2024). The secret structure of the gravitational vacuum. International Journal of Modern Physics D. 33(15). 1 indexed citations
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Mathur, Samir D.. (2015). Losing Information Outside the Horizon. Entropy. 17(6). 4083–4109. 1 indexed citations
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Lunin, Oleg & Samir D. Mathur. (2013). A toy black hole S-matrix in the D1-D5 CFT. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2013(2). 9 indexed citations
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Mathur, Samir D.. (2012). Black holes and beyond. Annals of Physics. 327(11). 2760–2793. 35 indexed citations
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Mathur, Samir D.. (2012). The information paradox: Conflicts and resolutions. Pramana. 79(5). 1059–1073. 19 indexed citations
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Mathur, Samir D.. (2011). The information paradox and the infall problem. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 28(12). 125010–125010. 34 indexed citations
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García, R. A., Samir D. Mathur, J. I. Gónzalez Hernández, & A. Jiménez. (2009). Spatial Cross Spectrum: Reducing Incoherent Convective Background of Resolved Helioseismic Instruments. ASPC. 416. 297. 1 indexed citations
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Mathur, Samir D.. (2009). Fuzzballs and the Information Paradox: A Summary and Conjectures. Advanced Science Letters. 2(2). 133–150. 85 indexed citations
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Avery, S., Borun D. Chowdhury, & Samir D. Mathur. (2009). Emission from the D1D5 CFT. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2009(10). 65–65. 43 indexed citations
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Giusto, Stefano, Samir D. Mathur, & Ashish Saxena. (2005). 3-charge geometries and their CFT duals. Nuclear Physics B. 710(1-2). 425–463. 126 indexed citations
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Turck‐Chièze, S., R. A. García, S. Couvidat, et al.. (2004). Gravity Modes with a Resonant Scattering Spectrophotometer. 559. 85. 1 indexed citations
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Lunin, Oleg, Samir D. Mathur, & Ashish Saxena. (2003). What is the gravity dual of a chiral primary?. Nuclear Physics B. 655(1-2). 185–217. 70 indexed citations
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Lunin, Oleg & Samir D. Mathur. (2002). Statistical Interpretation of the Bekenstein Entropy for Systems with a Stretched Horizon. Physical Review Letters. 88(21). 211303–211303. 154 indexed citations
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Schwartz, D. A., H. L. Marshall, S. J. Tingay, et al.. (2000). Spatial Analysis of the PKS0637-752 X-ray Jet. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 32.
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Mathur, Samir D.. (1992). Quantum Kac-Moody symmetry in integrable field theories. Nuclear Physics B. 369(1-2). 433–460. 13 indexed citations
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Mathur, Samir D.. (1990). Existence of oscillation modes in collisionless gravitating systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 243(4). 529–536. 22 indexed citations

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