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Spherical Symmetry

Spherical Symmetry is a geometric property of a physical system or field characterized by invariance under arbitrary rotations about a central point, such that all observables depend solely on the radial distance from the center and not on angular coordinates.

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Novel tools for visualizing and exploring intermolecular interactions in molecular crystals

Joshua J. McKinnon, Mark A. Spackman, Anthony S. Mitchell · Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science · 2004 · 2.7K citations

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Theory and Application for the Scanning Tunneling Microscope

J. Tersoff, D. R. Hamann · Physical Review Letters · 1983 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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Ground-State Energy of a Many-Fermion System. II

J. M. Luttinger, John Ward · Physical Review · 1960 · 1.7K citations

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A Guide to First-Passage Processes

Sidney Redner, J. R. Dorfman · American Journal of Physics · 2002 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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A Numerical Study of the Stability of Flattened Galaxies: or, can Cold Galaxies Survive?

Jeremiah P. Ostriker, P. J. E. Peebles · The Astrophysical Journal · 1973 · 954 citations · Full text

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  1. TW
    Thomas W. Baumgarte

    Bowdoin College, United States

    9 publications · 286 citations

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  2. SD
    Sunil D. Maharaj

    University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    8 publications · 239 citations

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    Juan Carlos Degollado

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    8 publications · 494 citations

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  4. MW
    Matthew W. Choptuik

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    7 publications · 220 citations

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    P. J. Brown

    Institut Laue-Langevin, France

    7 publications · 253 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    30 h-index

    119 publications

    4.3K citations

  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    24 h-index

    46 publications

    4.9K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    21 h-index

    38 publications

    4.1K citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    36 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    23 publications

    2.9K citations

  6. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    41 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    15 h-index

    28 publications

    2.7K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    15 h-index

    26 publications

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 87 publications · 7.3K citations

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  3. Classical and Quantum Gravity

    80 publications · 3.6K citations

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  4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    76 publications · 4.6K citations

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  5. Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

    PRD · 85 publications · 3.5K citations

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