Topological sigma models

Computation of the quantum effects due to a four-dimensional pseudoparticle

Gerard ’t Hooft · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 1976 · 2.9K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Physics, Mathematical Physics +12

Topological quantum field theory

Edward Witten · Communications in Mathematical Physics · 1988 · 2.5K citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics +12

Pseudo holomorphic curves in symplectic manifolds

M. Gromov · Inventiones mathematicae · 1985 · 2.1K citations

Natural Sciences, Anatomy, Geodesy +10

A polynomial invariant for knots via von Neumann algebras

Vaughan F. R. Jones · Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society · 1985 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Algebra +14

Heterotic string theory (I). The free heterotic string

David J. Gross, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Emil J. Martinec et al. · Nuclear Physics B · 1985 · 1.3K citations

Natural Sciences, Physics, Mathematical Physics +9