2026 Carlos A. R. Herdeiro: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	74	3459	3285	8	8	307	20491

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Physics

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20491

Overview

Carlos A. R. Herdeiro is affiliated with the University of Aveiro in Portugal and has a significant publication record in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Oceanography, and General Health Professions. The main topics addressed in their research focus on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Relativity and Gravitational Theory, Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories, and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

Their frequent coauthors include Eugen Radu, N. Sanchis-Gual, Pedro V. P. Cunha, Luís C. B. Crispino, and José A. Font.

Several scientific venues have been prominent for their publications, such as arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review. D/Physical Review. D., Physics Letters B, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, and Journal of High Energy Physics.

The following are some recent papers authored or coauthored by Carlos A. R. Herdeiro:

"New horizons for fundamental physics with LISA," 2022, published in Living Reviews in Relativity
"Stationary Black Holes and Light Rings," 2020, Physical Review Letters
"Spin-Induced Scalarized Black Holes," 2021, Physical Review Letters
"GW190521 as a Merger of Proca Stars: A Potential New Vector Boson of 8.7 × 10⁻¹³ eV," 2021, Physical Review Letters
"Can different black holes cast the same shadow?" 2021, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

Best Publications

Testing general relativity with present and future astrophysical observations

Emanuele Berti;Emanuele Berti;Enrico Barausse;Vitor Cardoso;Vitor Cardoso;Leonardo Gualtieri

1366
Citations
Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap

Leor Barack;Vitor Cardoso;Vitor Cardoso;Samaya Nissanke;Samaya Nissanke;Samaya Nissanke;Thomas P. Sotiriou

794
Citations
Kerr Black Holes with Scalar Hair

Carlos A. R. Herdeiro;Eugen Radu

770
Citations
Asymptotically flat black holes with scalar hair: a review

Carlos A. R. Herdeiro;Eugen Radu

689
Citations
Shadows of Kerr Black Holes with Scalar Hair.

Pedro V. P. Cunha;Pedro V. P. Cunha;Carlos A. R. Herdeiro;Eugen Radu;Helgi F. Runarsson

501
Citations
Shadows and strong gravitational lensing: a brief review

Pedro V. P. Cunha;Pedro V. P. Cunha;Carlos A. R. Herdeiro

468
Citations
D3-D7 inflationary model and M theory

Keshav Dasgupta;Carlos Herdeiro;Shinji Hirano;Renata Kallosh

298
Citations
Prospects for Fundamental Physics with LISA

Enrico Barausse;Emanuele Berti;Thomas Hertog;Scott A. Hughes

295
Citations
Spontaneous Scalarization of Charged Black Holes.

Carlos A. R. Herdeiro;Eugen Radu;Nicolas Sanchis-Gual;José A. Font

288
Citations
Construction and physical properties of Kerr black holes with scalar hair

Carlos Herdeiro;Eugen Radu

285
Citations
Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap.

Leor Barack;Vitor Cardoso;Samaya Nissanke;Thomas P. Sotiriou

280
Citations
Light-Ring Stability for Ultracompact Objects.

Pedro V. P. Cunha;Pedro V. P. Cunha;Emanuele Berti;Emanuele Berti;Carlos A. R. Herdeiro

277
Citations
Proca stars: Gravitating Bose–Einstein condensates of massive spin 1 particles

Richard Brito;Vitor Cardoso;Vitor Cardoso;Carlos A.R. Herdeiro;Eugen Radu

273
Citations
Spontaneously Scalarized Kerr Black Holes in Extended Scalar-Tensor–Gauss-Bonnet Gravity

Pedro V. P. Cunha;Pedro V. P. Cunha;Carlos A. R. Herdeiro;Eugen Radu

245
Citations
Shadows of Einstein–dilaton–Gauss–Bonnet black holes

Pedro V.P. Cunha;Pedro V.P. Cunha;Carlos A.R. Herdeiro;Burkhard Kleihaus;Jutta Kunz

215
Citations
Born-Infeld theory and stringy causality

G.W. Gibbons;C.A.R. Herdeiro

205
Citations
Kerr black holes with Proca hair

Carlos Herdeiro;Eugen Radu;Helgi Runarsson

199
Citations
GW190521 as a Merger of Proca Stars: A Potential New Vector Boson of 8.7×10^{-13} eV.

Juan Calderón Bustillo;Nicolas Sanchis-Gual;Nicolas Sanchis-Gual;Alejandro Torres-Forné;Alejandro Torres-Forné;José A. Font

191
Citations
Shadows of Kerr black holes with and without scalar hair

Pedro V. P. Cunha;Pedro V. P. Cunha;Carlos A. R. Herdeiro;Eugen Radu;Helgi F. Runarsson

189
Citations
String theory and hybrid inflation / acceleration

Carlos Herdeiro;Shinji Hirano;Renata Kallosh

186
Citations