Key papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Pofolia’s corpus holds 81 papers from the Nuclear and High Energy Physics subfield (2012–2026). The list below starts with the most cited.
Most cited
Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”.
Radiation Resistant Camera System for Monitoring Deuterium Plasma Discharges in the Large Helical Device
Plasma and Fusion Research · 2020 · Q3 · FWCI 0.98 · 801,217 citations · Open access
A novel radiation-resistant camera system has been successfully developed and deployed for monitoring deuterium plasma discharges in the Large Helical Device (LHD). This system has enabled safe operation during experiments without significant radiation-induced failures.
Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
Physics Letters B · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 1466.87 · 9,987 citations
This abstract does not contain research findings. It describes the creation of a virtual library for Latin American studies.
The automated computation of tree-level and next-to-leading order differential cross sections, and their matching to parton shower simulations
Journal of High Energy Physics · 2014 · Q2 · FWCI 738.87 · 7,481 citations · Open access
A new computer program, MadGraph5 aMC@NLO, automates the complex calculations of particle interaction probabilities at tree-level and next-to-leading order, including matching to parton shower simulations and merging different multiplicity samples.
Review of Particle Physics
Chinese Physics C · 2016 · Q1 · FWCI 1818.89 · 7,404 citations
This comprehensive review consolidates 3,062 new measurements and existing data to evaluate and average properties of known particles, including gauge bosons and the Higgs boson, and summarizes searches for hypothetical particles.
Review of Particle Physics
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 2018 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 1930.25 · 7,221 citations · Open access
This comprehensive review consolidates and evaluates 2,873 new measurements alongside existing data to update properties of known elementary particles and summarize searches for hypothetical ones.
Review of Particle Physics
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics · 2022 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 405.82 · 6,286 citations · Open access
This comprehensive review consolidates 2,143 new measurements from 709 papers, alongside existing data, to evaluate and average properties of known particles like gauge bosons and the Higgs boson, and summarize searches for hypothetical particles.
Review of Particle Physics
Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology · 2012 · FWCI 1756.73 · 6,004 citations · Open access
This biennial review consolidates and evaluates 2658 new measurements from 644 papers, updating properties of known particles and summarizing searches for hypothetical ones.
Review of Particle Physics
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 1310.12 · 5,200 citations
This comprehensive review consolidates 3,324 new measurements from 878 papers, evaluating and averaging properties of known particles like gauge bosons and the Higgs boson, alongside summarizing searches for hypothetical particles.
Review of Particle Physics
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 2024 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 1465.38 · 3,127 citations · Open access
This comprehensive review consolidates 2,717 new measurements from 869 papers, updating evaluated properties of known particles like gauge bosons, the Higgs boson, leptons, quarks, and hadrons, alongside summarizing searches for hypothetical particles.
DELPHES 3: a modular framework for fast simulation of a generic collider experiment
Journal of High Energy Physics · 2014 · Q2 · FWCI 246.56 · 3,030 citations · Open access
DELPHES 3 introduces a new modular framework for fast simulation of generic collider experiments, enhancing flexibility and incorporating advanced features like particle-flow reconstruction and pile-up mitigation.
Supersymmetry and Supergravity
Princeton University Press eBooks · 2020 · FWCI 604.64 · 2,795 citations
This second edition of a 1983 book significantly expands on the first, adding six new chapters and two appendices to cover recent developments in phenomenological models based on supergravity multiplets.
FastJet 2.4.1 user manual
2013 · FWCI 293.95 · 2,484 citations
FastJet 2.4.1 offers efficient N lnN implementations of key jet algorithms (kt, antikt, Cambridge/Aachen) for particle collision data, alongside tools for calculating jet areas.
Parton distributions for the LHC run II
Journal of High Energy Physics · 2015 · Q2 · FWCI 345.97 · 2,391 citations · Open access
Researchers present NNPDF3.0, the first parton distribution functions (PDFs) validated by a closure test, offering a reliable method for determining PDFs using a comprehensive dataset from HERA and the LHC.
Observation of Electron-Antineutrino Disappearance at Daya Bay
Physical Review Letters · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 430.66 · 2,221 citations
The Daya Bay experiment has observed electron-antineutrino disappearance with a significance of 5.2 standard deviations, measuring a non-zero value for the neutrino mixing angle θ₁₃.
Remarks on the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 219.56 · 1,903 citations
This paper details the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model, a quantum mechanical system of Majorana fermions with random interactions, focusing on its behavior in the large N limit.
Observation of Reactor Electron Antineutrinos Disappearance in the RENO Experiment
Physical Review Letters · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 384.23 · 1,884 citations
The RENO experiment observed the disappearance of reactor electron antineutrinos with a 4.9 standard deviation significance, providing strong evidence for neutrino oscillations.
Dark Matter Search Results from a One Ton-Year Exposure of XENON1T
Physical Review Letters · 2018 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 329.33 · 1,865 citations · Open access
The XENON1T experiment, with a 1.0 ton-year exposure, found no significant excess of WIMP-like events, setting new limits on dark matter interactions.
Generalized global symmetries
Journal of High Energy Physics · 2015 · Q2 · FWCI 59.85 · 1,708 citations · Open access
This paper introduces q-form global symmetries, a generalization where charged operators and excitations have q spatial dimensions, unifying concepts like Wilson lines and strings.
Ultralight scalars as cosmological dark matter
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 2017 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 227.84 · 1,707 citations
Ultralight scalar bosons, termed 'fuzzy dark matter' (FDM), offer an alternative to standard cold dark matter (CDM) by potentially resolving small-scale structure formation issues. FDM halos exhibit a central 'soliton' core surrounded by a CDM-like envelope, with distinct observational signatures.
LHAPDF6: parton density access in the LHC precision era
The European Physical Journal C · 2015 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 149.40 · 1,706 citations · Open access
LHAPDF 6 is a complete re-engineering of the parton density function (PDF) access library, addressing fundamental design limitations of its predecessor and enabling more robust and efficient use for LHC physics.
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Entanglement as Topology: Hopf Linking as the Geometric Origin of Quantum Correlation
Open MIND · 2026 · 875 citations
This paper proposes that quantum entanglement originates from the topological linking of soliton field configurations within a shared Hopf fiber bundle, offering a geometric explanation for quantum correlations.
A Minimal Asymmetric Dark Matter Model with Higgs-Portal Mediation A GeV-Scale Counterpart to Visible Matter
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026 · 466 citations
This paper proposes a minimal asymmetric dark matter model where dark and baryonic matter share a comparable cosmological origin, naturally leading to dark matter masses near the GeV scale.
When Is a Numerological Search Finished? An Exhaustive Null to Depth 10, and What Went Wrong With Our Own Stopping Rule
Open MIND · 2026 · 215 citations
An exhaustive search of 174 million candidates found zero dimensionless constants of the Standard Model that could be generated from a modified-inertia gravity framework, proving the framework's inability to unify gravity with particle physics.
Review of Particle Physics
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 2024 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 1465.38 · 3,127 citations · Open access
This comprehensive review consolidates 2,717 new measurements from 869 papers, updating evaluated properties of known particles like gauge bosons, the Higgs boson, leptons, quarks, and hadrons, alongside summarizing searches for hypothetical particles.
MadGraph 5 : Going Beyond
OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 2023 · 1,693 citations
MadGraph 5, a new Python-based matrix element generator, introduces efficient algorithms for improved performance and functionality, including C++ process libraries for Pythia 8 and full compatibility with FeynRules for any Lagrangian-based model.
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