Thomas A. Roman

2.2k total citations
36 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas A. Roman is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas A. Roman has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 19 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Thomas A. Roman's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (24 papers), Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (19 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (19 papers). Thomas A. Roman is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (24 papers), Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (19 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (19 papers). Thomas A. Roman collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Thomas A. Roman's co-authors include L. H. Ford, Christopher J. Fewster, Peter G. Bergmann, Allen E. Everett, Arvind Borde, John Wheeler and Edwin F. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Physics, Scientific American and American Journal of Physics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas A. Roman

36 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas A. Roman United States 22 1.1k 907 583 564 47 36 1.3k
Sebastiano Sonego Italy 17 937 0.9× 675 0.7× 468 0.8× 277 0.5× 27 0.6× 42 1.1k
R. Loganayagam India 18 801 0.8× 906 1.0× 383 0.7× 277 0.5× 32 0.7× 30 1.1k
B. Linet France 17 1.1k 1.0× 787 0.9× 516 0.9× 291 0.5× 12 0.3× 48 1.3k
Enric Verdaguer Spain 23 1.3k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 634 1.1× 583 1.0× 63 1.3× 91 1.6k
Edgar Shaghoulian United States 13 1.0k 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 355 0.6× 693 1.2× 27 0.6× 21 1.3k
Andrei Zelnikov Canada 21 1.4k 1.4× 1.3k 1.5× 479 0.8× 478 0.8× 11 0.2× 72 1.6k
Paul R. Anderson United States 27 1.8k 1.7× 1.5k 1.7× 964 1.7× 408 0.7× 16 0.3× 82 2.0k
Xian-Hui Ge China 19 769 0.7× 812 0.9× 298 0.5× 320 0.6× 44 0.9× 79 1.1k
Amirhossein Tajdini United States 6 857 0.8× 976 1.1× 299 0.5× 556 1.0× 29 0.6× 6 1.1k
Julien Serreau France 26 597 0.6× 1.4k 1.5× 419 0.7× 221 0.4× 28 0.6× 55 1.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ford, L. H. & Thomas A. Roman. (2013). Negative energy seen by accelerated observers. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 87(8). 3 indexed citations
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Roman, Thomas A., et al.. (2012). Time travel and warp drives: a scientific guide to shortcuts through time and space. Choice Reviews Online. 49(8). 49–4513. 6 indexed citations
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Fewster, Christopher J., L. H. Ford, & Thomas A. Roman. (2012). Probability distributions for quantum stress tensors in four dimensions. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 85(12). 32 indexed citations
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Ford, L. H. & Thomas A. Roman. (2011). Effects of vacuum fluctuation suppression on atomic decay rates. Annals of Physics. 326(8). 2294–2306. 13 indexed citations
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Fewster, Christopher J., L. H. Ford, & Thomas A. Roman. (2010). Probability distributions of smeared quantum stress tensors. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 81(12). 33 indexed citations
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Ford, L. H. & Thomas A. Roman. (2008). Negative energy density in superposition and entangled states. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 77(4). 6 indexed citations
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Ford, L. H. & Thomas A. Roman. (2005). Minkowski vacuum stress tensor fluctuations. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 72(10). 26 indexed citations
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Fewster, Christopher J. & Thomas A. Roman. (2005). On wormholes with arbitrarily small quantities of exotic matter. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 72(4). 35 indexed citations
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Ford, L. H., et al.. (2002). Spatially averaged quantum inequalities do not exist in four-dimensional spacetime. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 66(12). 24 indexed citations
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Ford, L. H. & Thomas A. Roman. (2000). Classical Scalar Fields and Violations of the Second Law. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Ford, L. H. & Thomas A. Roman. (1999). The quantum interest conjecture. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 60(10). 58 indexed citations
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Ford, L. H., et al.. (1998). Quantum inequalities and singular negative energy densities. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 57(8). 4839–4846. 27 indexed citations
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Everett, Allen E. & Thomas A. Roman. (1997). Superluminal subway: The Krasnikov tube. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 56(4). 2100–2108. 55 indexed citations
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Ford, L. H. & Thomas A. Roman. (1996). Quantum field theory constrains traversable wormhole geometries. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 53(10). 5496–5507. 119 indexed citations
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Ford, L. H. & Thomas A. Roman. (1995). Averaged energy conditions and quantum inequalities. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 51(8). 4277–4286. 149 indexed citations
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Roman, Thomas A.. (1993). Inflating Lorentzian wormholes. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 47(4). 1370–1379. 127 indexed citations
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Ford, L. H. & Thomas A. Roman. (1992). "Cosmic flashing" in four dimensions. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 46(4). 1328–1339. 46 indexed citations
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Ford, L. H. & Thomas A. Roman. (1990). Moving mirrors, black holes, and cosmic censorship. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 41(12). 3662–3670. 46 indexed citations
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Roman, Thomas A.. (1988). On the ‘‘averaged weak energy condition’’ and Penrose’s singularity theorem. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 37(2). 546–548. 53 indexed citations
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Roman, Thomas A.. (1986). Quantum stress-energy tensors and the weak energy condition. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 33(12). 3526–3533. 67 indexed citations

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