Tom Banks

8.4k citations

87 papers · 4.8k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 33

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.2%
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 73
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics 57
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 37
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena 14
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 14
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research 3
Astronomy and Astrophysics 55
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 53

Co-authors: Nathan Seiberg Michael Dine A. Casher Leonard Susskind David B. Kaplan Ann E. Nelson Willy Fischler John B. Kogut
Journals: Nuclear Physics B (13 papers)Journal of High Energy Physics (9 papers)Physics Letters B (5 papers)Physical review. D (4 papers)International Journal of Modern Physics D (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Israel Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Tom Banks

81 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Symmetries and strings in field theory and gravity 2011 · 561 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology
1980 Nuclear Physics B

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	The hydrodynamic approach to quantum gravity International Journal of Modern Physics D ·Tom Banks	2025	0
2	Black hole mergers in holographic space time models of cosmology SciPost Physics Core ·M. P. Bianchi, Tom Banks	2024	0
3	Quantum theory of three-dimensional de Sitter space Physical review. D ·K DORNMAIR, Tom Banks, Willy Fischler	2024	3
4	Holographic inflation, primordial black holes and early structure formation International Journal of Modern Physics D ·Tom Banks, Willy Fischler	2024	0
5	Comments on the entanglement spectrum of de Sitter space Journal of High Energy Physics ·Tom Banks, Patrick Draper	2023	3
6	Holographic space-time, Newton’s law, and the dynamics of horizons Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics ·Tom Banks, Willy Fischler	2023	3
7	Hyperparameter optimisation and validation of registration algorithms for measuring regional ventricular deformation using retrospective gated computed tomography images Scientific Reports ·Orod Razeghi, Mattias P. Heinrich‬, Thomas E. Fastl, Cesare Corrado, Rashed Karim, Adelaide de Vecchi, Tom Banks, Patrick Donnelly, Jonathan M. Behar, Justin Gould, Ronak Rajani, Christopher A. Rinaldi, Steven Niederer	2021	4
8	Emergent entropy production and hydrodynamics in quantum many-body systems Physical review. E ·Tom Banks, Andrew Lucas	2019	11
9	Automated quantification of mitral valve geometry on multi-slice computed tomography in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy – Implications for transcatheter mitral valve replacement Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography ·Tom Banks, Orod Razeghi, Ioannis Ntalas, Andrea Gualberto Ferreira, Jonathan M. Behar, Rebecca Preston, Brian Campbell, Simon Redwood, Bernard Prendergast, Steven Niederer, Ronak Rajani	2018	13
10	Supersymmetry Breaking and the Cosmological Constant To Appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys. A arXiv (Cornell University) ·Tom Banks	2014	0
11	The Top 10 500 Reasons Not To Believe in the String Landscape arXiv (Cornell University) ·Tom Banks	2012	1
12	Time-Varyingαand Particle Physics Physical Review Letters ·Tom Banks, Michael Dine, Michael R. Douglas	2002	46
13	Constraints on Theories With Large Extra Dimensions Tom Banks, Michael Dine, Ann E. Nelson	1999	40
14	Non-perturbative effects in AdS₅ × S⁵ string theory and d = 4 SUSY Yang-Mills Journal of High Energy Physics ·Tom Banks, Michael Green	1998	117
15	Schwarzschild Black Holes from Matrix Theory Physical Review Letters ·Tom Banks, Willy Fischler, Igor R. Klebanov, Lawrence Susskind	1998	70
16	Evaporation of Schwarzschild black holes in Matrix Theory Physics Letters B ·Tom Banks, Willy Fischler, Igor R. Klebanov	1998	19
17	The cosmology of string theoretic axions Nuclear Physics B ·Tom Banks, Michael Dine	1997	77
18	Lectures on black holes and information loss Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements ·Tom Banks	1995	39
19	Black holes and information loss Talk given at ·Tom Banks	1994	0
20	Cosmological implications of dynamical supersymmetry breaking Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields ·Tom Banks, David B. Kaplan, Ann E. Nelson	1994	353

About Tom Banks

Tom Banks is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mathematical Physics, having authored 87 papers that have together received 4.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (57 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (53 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (37 papers), Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (21 papers), Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena (14 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (14 papers), Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (4 papers) and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (4.3k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.6k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (1.2k citations), Geometry and Topology (214 citations) and Condensed Matter Physics (289 citations). Tom Banks has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Israel and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Nathan Seiberg, Michael Dine, A. Casher, Leonard Susskind, David B. Kaplan, Ann E. Nelson, Willy Fischler, John B. Kogut, Martin O’Loughlin and Igor R. Klebanov. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Physics B, Journal of High Energy Physics, Physics Letters B, Physical review. D and International Journal of Modern Physics D.

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