T. W. B. Kibble

20.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
112 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

T. W. B. Kibble is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, T. W. B. Kibble has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 52 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 35 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in T. W. B. Kibble's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (46 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (28 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (15 papers). T. W. B. Kibble is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (46 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (28 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (15 papers). T. W. B. Kibble collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. T. W. B. Kibble's co-authors include Mark Hindmarsh, G. S. Guralnik, C. R. Hägen, Lowell S. Brown, Edmund J. Copeland, Qaisar Shafi, G. Lazarides, Neil Turok, M. Blagojević and Friedrich W. Hehl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

T. W. B. Kibble

110 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Topology of cosmic domains and strings

1976 3.0k citations T. W. B. Kibble Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General profile →
Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles

1964 1.2k citations G. S. Guralnik, C. R. Hägen et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Some implications of a cosmological phase transition

1980 1.0k citations T. W. B. Kibble profile →
Lorentz Invariance and the Gravitational Field

1961 1.0k citations T. W. B. Kibble Journal of Mathematical Physics profile →
Cosmic strings

1995 878 citations T. W. B. Kibble et al. profile →
Symmetry Breaking in Non-Abelian Gauge Theories

1967 651 citations T. W. B. Kibble Physical Review profile →
Interaction of Intense Laser Beams with Electrons

1964 464 citations T. W. B. Kibble et al. Physical Review profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of T. W. B. Kibble

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Causality and non-equilibrium second-order phase transitions in inhomogeneous systems 2013 ·Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·Adolfo del Campo, T. W. B. Kibble, Wojciech H. Zurek	60
2	Formation of non-Abelian monopoles connected by strings 2008 ·Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology ·(unknown), T. W. B. Kibble, Tanmay Vachaspati	9
3	Collisions of Strings with Y Junctions 2006 ·Physical Review Letters ·Edmund J. Copeland, T. W. B. Kibble, D. A. Steer	65
4	Average Magnification Effect of Clumping of Matter 2005 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·T. W. B. Kibble, Richard Lieu	31
5	Highlights of mathematical physics 2002 ·American Mathematical Society eBooks ·A. S. Fokas, (unknown), T. W. B. Kibble, Bogusław Zegarliński	14
6	Composite Defect Extends Analogy between Cosmology andH3e 2000 ·Physical Review Letters ·V. B. Eltsov, T. W. B. Kibble, M. Krusius, V. M. H. Ruutu, G. E. Volovik	27
7	GRB as Vacuum Discharge of Schwinger Critical Field at Fireball Surface 1998 ·ATel ·Richard Lieu, Yuji Takahashi, T. W. B. Kibble	0
8	Quench-induced vortices in the symmetry-broken phase of liquid He 1996 ·Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General ·A. Gill, T. W. B. Kibble	5
9	High-Harmonic Configurations of Cosmic Strings: An Analysis of Self-Intersections 1994 ·Xavier Siemens, T. W. B. Kibble	11
10	Phase transitions in the early Universe and their consequences 1983 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·T. W. B. Kibble	1
11	Self-intersection of cosmic strings 1982 ·Physics Letters B ·T. W. B. Kibble, Neil Turok	189
12	Walls bounded by strings 1982 ·Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·T. W. B. Kibble, G. Lazarides, Qaisar Shafi	214
13	Topology of cosmic domains and strings breakdown → 1976 ·Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General ·T. W. B. Kibble	3003
14	Lagrangian Formulation ofU(12)Symmetry and the Bargmann-Wigner Equations 1966 ·Physical Review ·(unknown), T. W. B. Kibble	3
15	Comment of the remarks of Gamba 1966 ·Il Nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. B/Il Nuovo cimento B ·T. W. B. Kibble	5
16	The quantum theory of gravitation 1965 ·T. W. B. Kibble	8
17	Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles breakdown → 1964 ·Physical Review Letters ·G. S. Guralnik, C. R. Hägen, T. W. B. Kibble	1196
18	Lorentz Invariance and the Gravitational Field breakdown → 1961 ·Journal of Mathematical Physics ·T. W. B. Kibble	1007
19	Dispersion relations for inelastic scattering 1958 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·T. W. B. Kibble	7
20	On Schwinger’s variational principle 1957 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·T. W. B. Kibble, John Polkinghorne	8

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