Sébastien Clesse

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sébastien Clesse is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Sébastien Clesse has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 18 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 4 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Sébastien Clesse's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (36 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (24 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (14 papers). Sébastien Clesse is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (36 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (24 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (14 papers). Sébastien Clesse collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Spain and Germany. Sébastien Clesse's co-authors include J. García-Bellido, B. J. Carr, Florian Kühnel, Francesca Calore, Pasquale Dario Serpico, Vivian Poulin, Kazunori Kohri, Jonathan Rocher, Björn Garbrecht and M. R. S. Hawkins and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Reports, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Physical review. D.

In The Last Decade

Sébastien Clesse

40 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

  1. Massive primordial black holes from hybrid inflation as dark matter and the seeds of galaxies
    2015 298 citations Sébastien Clesse, J. García-Bellido Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology profile →
  2. Observational evidence for primordial black holes: A positivist perspective
    2024 95 citations B. J. Carr, Sébastien Clesse et al. Physics Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sébastien Clesse Belgium 20 1.5k 899 128 62 35 40 1.6k
José María Ezquiaga United States 18 1.6k 1.1× 792 0.9× 177 1.4× 64 1.0× 16 0.5× 33 1.6k
Angelo Ricciardone Italy 21 1.3k 0.9× 594 0.7× 298 2.3× 58 0.9× 13 0.4× 45 1.4k
Valerio De Luca Switzerland 25 2.0k 1.3× 1.2k 1.4× 175 1.4× 66 1.1× 13 0.4× 41 2.0k
Miguel Zumalacárregui Germany 17 1.9k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 192 1.5× 57 0.9× 6 0.2× 31 1.9k
Shi Pi China 16 1.3k 0.8× 864 1.0× 188 1.5× 15 0.2× 35 1.0× 29 1.3k
Yuichiro Tada Japan 19 1.2k 0.8× 806 0.9× 168 1.3× 30 0.5× 32 0.9× 38 1.2k
Carlo Ungarelli United Kingdom 11 894 0.6× 610 0.7× 100 0.8× 58 0.9× 15 0.4× 15 946
Keisuke Inomata Japan 18 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 224 1.8× 40 0.6× 17 0.5× 39 1.7k
Silvia Mollerach Argentina 19 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 151 1.2× 38 0.6× 13 0.4× 41 1.5k
Adrienne L. Erickcek United States 24 1.7k 1.1× 1.4k 1.6× 151 1.2× 70 1.1× 10 0.3× 42 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sébastien Clesse

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sébastien Clesse

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Clesse, Sébastien, et al.. (2024). Primordial black holes without fine-tuning from a light stochastic spectator field. Physical review. D. 109(4). 7 indexed citations
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Clesse, Sébastien, et al.. (2024). Can primordial black holes form in the standard model?. Physical review. D. 109(12). 5 indexed citations
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Carr, B. J., Sébastien Clesse, J. García-Bellido, M. R. S. Hawkins, & Florian Kühnel. (2024). Observational evidence for primordial black holes: A positivist perspective. Physics Reports. 1054. 1–68. 95 indexed citations breakdown →
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Miller, A. L., N. Aggarwal, Sébastien Clesse, et al.. (2024). Method to search for inspiraling planetary-mass ultracompact binaries using the generalized frequency-Hough transform in LIGO O3a data. Physical review. D. 110(8). 1 indexed citations
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Morrás, Gonzalo, J. García-Bellido, E. Ruiz Morales, et al.. (2023). Analysis of a subsolar-mass compact binary candidate from the second observing run of Advanced LIGO. Physics of the Dark Universe. 42. 101285–101285. 18 indexed citations
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Clesse, Sébastien, et al.. (2021). Detecting planetary-mass primordial black holes with resonant electromagnetic gravitational-wave detectors. Physical review. D. 104(2). 41 indexed citations
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Joana, Cristian & Sébastien Clesse. (2021). Inhomogeneous preinflation across Hubble scales in full general relativity. Physical review. D. 103(8). 21 indexed citations
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García-Bellido, J., B. J. Carr, & Sébastien Clesse. (2021). Primordial Black Holes and a Common Origin of Baryons and Dark Matter. Universe. 8(1). 12–12. 14 indexed citations
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Miller, A. L., P. Astone, G. Bruno, et al.. (2021). Probing new light gauge bosons with gravitational-wave interferometers using an adapted semicoherent method. Physical review. D. 103(10). 17 indexed citations
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Clesse, Sébastien & J. García-Bellido. (2020). GW190425 and GW190814: Two candidate mergers of primordial black holes from the QCD epoch. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations
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García-Bellido, J., Sébastien Clesse, & Pierre Fleury. (2018). Primordial black holes survive SN lensing constraints. Physics of the Dark Universe. 20. 95–100. 29 indexed citations
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García-Bellido, J. & Sébastien Clesse. (2018). Constraints from microlensing experiments on clustered primordial black holes. Physics of the Dark Universe. 19. 144–148. 45 indexed citations
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Clesse, Sébastien & J. García-Bellido. (2018). Seven hints for primordial black hole dark matter. Physics of the Dark Universe. 22. 137–146. 117 indexed citations
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Barreira, Alexandre, Philippe Brax, Sébastien Clesse, Baojiu Li, & Patrick Valageas. (2015). K-mouflage gravity models that pass Solar System and cosmological constraints. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 91(12). 17 indexed citations
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Brax, Philippe, et al.. (2014). Early modified gravity: Implications for cosmology. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 89(12). 15 indexed citations
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Clesse, Sébastien & Björn Garbrecht. (2012). Slow roll during the waterfall regime: The small coupling window for supersymmetric hybrid inflation. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 86(2). 12 indexed citations
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Clesse, Sébastien. (2011). Hybrid inflation along waterfall trajectories. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 83(6). 62 indexed citations
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Clesse, Sébastien, Christophe Ringeval, & Jonathan Rocher. (2009). Fractal initial conditions and natural parameter values in hybrid inflation. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 80(12). 27 indexed citations
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Clesse, Sébastien & Jonathan Rocher. (2009). Avoiding the blue spectrum and the fine-tuning of initial conditions in hybrid inflation. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 79(10). 28 indexed citations

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