Steven Detweiler

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
43 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Steven Detweiler is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Detweiler has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 19 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 10 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Steven Detweiler's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (26 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (18 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (17 papers). Steven Detweiler is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (26 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (18 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (17 papers). Steven Detweiler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Steven Detweiler's co-authors include S. Chandrasekhar, Alan Chodos, B. F. Whiting, Lee Lindblom, Douglas A. Macdonald, Richard H. Price, Kip S. Thorne, Ian Vega, Luc Blanchet and Alexandre Le Tiec and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Steven Detweiler

43 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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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.

The quasi-normal modes of the Schwarzschild black hole

1975 467 citations S. Chandrasekhar, Steven Detweiler Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →
Klein-Gordon equation and rotating black holes

1980 441 citations Steven Detweiler Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields profile →
Black Holes: The Membrane Paradigm

1988 394 citations Steven Detweiler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven Detweiler United States	29	3.7k	2.3k	515	384	253	43	3.8k
Amos Ori Israel	33	2.9k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	502 1.0×	501 1.3×	121 0.5×	70	3.1k
Leor Barack United Kingdom	40	3.9k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	428 0.8×	289 0.8×	373 1.5×	63	4.1k
C. O. Loustó United States	43	6.0k 1.6×	2.6k 1.1×	367 0.7×	247 0.6×	352 1.4×	135	6.2k
Valeria Ferrari Italy	37	3.8k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	290 0.6×	353 0.9×	274 1.1×	103	4.0k
Luis Lehner United States	41	4.3k 1.2×	2.5k 1.1×	415 0.8×	326 0.8×	122 0.5×	107	4.5k
Rafael A. Porto United States	37	3.1k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	429 0.8×	558 1.5×	102 0.4×	61	3.6k
B. Krishnan Germany	29	4.2k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	517 1.0×	263 0.7×	214 0.8×	71	4.3k
Leonardo Gualtieri Italy	42	4.9k 1.3×	3.1k 1.4×	363 0.7×	293 0.8×	208 0.8×	107	5.1k
S. Bonazzola France	22	2.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	170 0.3×	305 0.8×	128 0.5×	84	2.6k
Allen I. Janis United States	13	2.6k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	596 1.2×	341 0.9×	84 0.3×	36	2.9k

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Diener, Peter, Ian Vega, Barry Wardell, & Steven Detweiler. (2012). Self-Consistent Orbital Evolution of a Particle around a Schwarzschild Black Hole. Physical Review Letters. 108(19). 191102–191102. 45 indexed citations

Detweiler, Steven. (2012). Gravitational radiation reaction and second-order perturbation theory. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 85(4). 55 indexed citations

Blanchet, Luc, Steven Detweiler, Alexandre Le Tiec, & B. F. Whiting. (2010). Post-Newtonian and numerical calculations of the gravitational self-force for circular orbits in the Schwarzschild geometry. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 81(6). 83 indexed citations

Vega, Ian, Peter Diener, Wolfgang Tichy, & Steven Detweiler. (2009). Self-force with (3+1) codes: A primer for numerical relativists. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 80(8). 33 indexed citations

Vega, Ian & Steven Detweiler. (2008). Regularization of fields for self-force problems in curved spacetime: Foundations and a time-domain application. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 77(8). 68 indexed citations

Detweiler, Steven & Eric Poisson. (2004). Low multipole contributions to the gravitational self-force. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 69(8). 57 indexed citations

Whiting, B. F. & Steven Detweiler. (2003). RADIATION REACTION AND THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE. International Journal of Modern Physics D. 12(9). 1709–1713. 1 indexed citations

Detweiler, Steven. (2001). Radiation Reaction and the Self-Force for a Point Mass in General Relativity. Physical Review Letters. 86(10). 1931–1934. 50 indexed citations

Buchler, J. R., Steven Detweiler, & James R. Ipser. (1991). Nonlinear problems in relativity and cosmology. New York Academy of Sciences eBooks. 12 indexed citations

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Detweiler, Steven, et al.. (1983). Instability of Some Black Holes. Physical Review Letters. 51(2). 67–70. 12 indexed citations

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Detweiler, Steven & Lee Lindblom. (1981). On the evolution of the homogeneous ellipsoidal figures. II - Gravitational collapse and gravitational radiation. The Astrophysical Journal. 250. 739–739. 9 indexed citations

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Detweiler, Steven. (1980). Klein-Gordon equation and rotating black holes. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 22(10). 2323–2326. 441 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lindblom, Lee & Steven Detweiler. (1979). The role of neutrino dissipation in gravitational collapse. The Astrophysical Journal. 232. L101–L101. 3 indexed citations

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Chandrasekhar, S. & Steven Detweiler. (1977). On the reflexion and transmission of neutrino waves by a Kerr black hole. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 352(1670). 325–338. 31 indexed citations

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Detweiler, Steven. (1977). On resonant oscillations of a rapidly rotating black hole. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 352(1670). 381–395. 71 indexed citations

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Detweiler, Steven. (1976). On the equations governing the electromagnetic perturbations of the Kerr black hole. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 349(1657). 217–230. 21 indexed citations

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Chandrasekhar, S. & Steven Detweiler. (1976). On the equations governing the gravitational perturbations of the Kerr black hole. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 350(1661). 165–174. 51 indexed citations

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Chandrasekhar, S. & Steven Detweiler. (1975). The quasi-normal modes of the Schwarzschild black hole. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 344(1639). 441–452. 467 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chandrasekhar, S. & Steven Detweiler. (1975). On the equations governing the axisymmetric perturbations of the Kerr black hole. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 345(1641). 145–167. 37 indexed citations

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Detweiler, Steven & James R. Ipser. (1973). The Stability of Scalar Perturbations of a Kerr-Metric Black Hole. The Astrophysical Journal. 185. 675–675. 30 indexed citations

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