W. Lerche

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

W. Lerche is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Lerche has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 31 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 26 papers in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in W. Lerche's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (59 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (24 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (22 papers). W. Lerche is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (59 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (24 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (22 papers). W. Lerche collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. W. Lerche's co-authors include Nicholas P. Warner, Cumrun Vafa, A.N. Schellekens, Dieter Lüst, Albrecht Klemm, Peter Mayr, Timo Weigand, Seung-Joo Lee, Stefan Theisen and S. Yankielowicz and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Reports, Nuclear Physics B and Physics Letters B.

In The Last Decade

W. Lerche

71 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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.

Chiral rings in N = 2 superconformal theories

1989 453 citations W. Lerche, Cumrun Vafa et al. Nuclear Physics B profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Lerche Switzerland	28	3.1k	1.3k	1.2k	915	471	71	3.4k
Sergio Cecotti Italy	32	2.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	458 1.0×	77	3.2k
A.N. Schellekens Switzerland	30	2.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	709 0.8×	449 1.0×	91	3.2k
Jacques Distler United States	25	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	766 0.7×	736 0.8×	358 0.8×	56	2.4k
Samson L. Shatashvili United States	23	2.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	684 0.7×	487 1.0×	45	2.7k
M. Bershadsky United States	18	1.6k 0.5×	974 0.7×	927 0.8×	557 0.6×	292 0.6×	30	2.0k
Rajesh Gopakumar India	33	3.3k 1.1×	1.8k 1.4×	774 0.7×	1.9k 2.1×	346 0.7×	56	3.6k
Gregory W. Moore United States	27	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	869 0.9×	605 1.3×	63	3.0k
Matthias Staudacher Germany	25	3.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	232 0.5×	48	4.0k
K.S. Narain Italy	23	2.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	611 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	235 0.5×	84	3.0k
Joseph A. Minahan United States	28	2.6k 0.8×	930 0.7×	640 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	235 0.5×	57	2.9k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Lee, Seung-Joo, W. Lerche, & Timo Weigand. (2022). Emergent strings, duality and weak coupling limits for two-form fields. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2022(2). 66 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung-Joo, W. Lerche, & Timo Weigand. (2018). A stringy test of the Scalar Weak Gravity Conjecture. Nuclear Physics B. 938. 321–350. 97 indexed citations

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Lerche, W., et al.. (2008). NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN GASEOUS FERRITIC NITROCARBURISING BY USING HYDROCARBON GASES. Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale. 2 indexed citations

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Brunner, Ilka, et al.. (2003). \tLandau-Ginzburg Realization of Open String TFT. 67 indexed citations

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Lerche, W., et al.. (2000). D-branes on K3-fibrations. Nuclear Physics B. 582(1-3). 203–215. 27 indexed citations

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Lerche, W., Stephan Stieberger, & Nicholas P. Warner. (1999). Prepotentials from symmetric products. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. 3(5). 1613–1634. 9 indexed citations

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Lerche, W.. (1997). Introduction to Seiberg-Witten Theory and its Stringy Origin. Fortschritte der Physik/Progress of Physics. 45(3-4). 293–340. 33 indexed citations

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Lerche, W., Peter Mayr, & Nicholas P. Warner. (1996). Non-Critical Strings, Del Pezzo Singularities and Seiberg–Witten Curves. 23 indexed citations

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Klemm, Albrecht, W. Lerche, Peter Mayr, Cumrun Vafa, & Nicholas P. Warner. (1996). Self-Dual Strings and N=2 Supersymmetric Field Theory. 195 indexed citations

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Lerche, W. & Alexander Sevrin. (1994). On the Landau-Ginzburg realization of topological gravities. Nuclear Physics B. 428(1-2). 259–281. 8 indexed citations

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Lerche, W., Dirk Smit, & Nicholas P. Warner. (1992). Differential equations for periods and flat coordinates in two-dimensional topological matter theories. Nuclear Physics B. 372(1-2). 87–112. 41 indexed citations

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Lerche, W. & Nicholas P. Warner. (1991). Polytopes and solitons in integrable, N = 2 supersymmetric Landau-Ginzburg theories. Nuclear Physics B. 358(3). 571–599. 31 indexed citations

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Lerche, W.. (1988). Elliptic index and superstring effective actions. Nuclear Physics B. 308(1). 102–126. 54 indexed citations

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Lerche, W. & Nicholas P. Warner. (1988). Index theorems in N=2 superconformal theories. Physics Letters B. 205(4). 471–478. 8 indexed citations

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Lerche, W., B.E.W. Nilsson, & A.N. Schellekens. (1987). Covariant lattices, superconformal invariance and strings. Nuclear Physics B. 294. 136–156. 36 indexed citations

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Lerche, W., B.E.W. Nilsson, & A.N. Schellekens. (1987). Heterotic string-loop calculation of the anomaly cancelling term. Nuclear Physics B. 289. 609–627. 81 indexed citations

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Kostelecký, V. Alan, Olaf Lechtenfeld, W. Lerche, Stuart Samuel, & Satoshi Watamura. (1986). A four-point amplitude for the o(16)×o(16) heterotic string. Physics Letters B. 182(3-4). 331–336. 11 indexed citations

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Lerche, W., Dieter Lüst, & A.N. Schellekens. (1986). Ten-dimensional heterotic strings from Niemeier lattices. Physics Letters B. 181(1-2). 71–75. 53 indexed citations

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Lerche, W.. (1984). Pseudo-symmetry currents and PCAC in supersymmetric goldstone theories. Nuclear Physics B. 246(3). 475–493. 16 indexed citations

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Lerche, W., M. Pohl, K. Schultze, et al.. (1978). Measurement of the ratio of charged current neutrino cross sections on neutrons and protons in the energy range 1–10 GeV. Nuclear Physics B. 142(1-2). 65–76. 8 indexed citations

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