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Vacuum Structure

Vacuum Structure is a theoretical construct in quantum field theory that specifies the configuration of lowest-energy states, distinguished by its role in characterizing non-trivial ground states arising from spontaneous symmetry breaking, topological effects, or quantum fluctuations.

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Vacuum configurations for superstrings

Philip Candelas, Gary T. Horowitz, Andrew Strominger et al. · Nuclear Physics B · 1985 · 2.7K citations

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Gravitational effects on and of vacuum decay

Sidney Coleman, Frank De Luccia · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 1980 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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New developments in the Casimir effect

Physics Reports · 2001 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Theory of ripple topography induced by ion bombardment

R. Mark Bradley, James Harper · Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films · 1988 · 1.4K citations

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The structure of the gauge theory vacuum

Curtis G. Callan, Roger Dashen, David J. Gross · Physics Letters B · 1976 · 1.3K citations

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    A. A. Saharian

    Yerevan State University, Armenia

    10 publications · 372 citations

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    Μ.S. El Naschie

    Alexandria University, Egypt

    9 publications · 208 citations

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  3. ES
    Edward Shuryak

    Stony Brook University, United States

    7 publications · 730 citations

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  4. KA
    Kimball A. Milton

    University of Oklahoma, United States

    8 publications · 347 citations

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    Alexander Vilenkin

    Tufts University, United States

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    25 h-index

    85 publications

    4.4K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    20 h-index

    34 publications

    5.4K citations

  3. Perimeter Institute

    Waterloo, Canada

    19 h-index

    34 publications

    2.6K citations

  4. European Organization for Nuclear Research

    Geneva, Switzerland

    19 h-index

    40 publications

    3.5K citations

  5. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    18 h-index

    31 publications

    9.1K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    18 h-index

    40 publications

    5K citations

  7. Institute for Advanced Study

    Princeton, United States

    18 h-index

    22 publications

    8.1K citations

  8. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    18 h-index

    38 publications

    8K citations

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  2. Journal of High Energy Physics

    JHEP · 139 publications · 6.8K citations

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  3. Physics Letters B

    132 publications · 10.3K citations

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  4. Nuclear Physics B

    95 publications · 10.7K citations

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