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Hermann Nicolai publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hermann Nicolai sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 317 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Hermann Nicolai D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hermann Nicolai sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hermann Nicolai is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of physics and astronomy, with work also touching on mathematics. Within these broad areas, Nicolai focuses on nuclear and high energy physics, astronomy and astrophysics, geometry and topology, statistical and nonlinear physics, as well as atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Nicolai's research topics include black holes and theoretical physics, cosmology and gravitation theories, algebraic structures and combinatorial models, particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, noncommutative and quantum gravity theories, nonlinear waves and solitons, and advanced topics in algebra.

Frequent co-authors in their work are Krzysztof A. Meissner, Axel Kleinschmidt, Hannes Malcha, Olaf Lechtenfeld, and Alex J. Feingold.

Key publication venues where Nicolai's work has appeared include arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of High Energy Physics, Communications in Mathematical Physics, Physical Review D, and Physics Letters B.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hermann Nicolai include:

  • "Perturbative linearization of supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory" (2020), Institutional Repository of Leibniz Universität Hannover (Leibniz Universität Hannover)
  • "Origin and growth of primordial black holes" (2021), Physics Letters B
  • "=4 super-Yang-Mills correlators without anticommuting variables" (2020), Physical Review D
  • "Searching for supermassive charged gravitinos in underground experiments" (2024), The European Physical Journal C
  • "Perturbative linearization of super-Yang-Mills theories in general gauges" (2021), Journal of High Energy Physics

Best Publications

  • On the quantum mechanics of supermembranes

    B. de Wit;J. Hoppe;H. Nicolai

  • N = 8 supergravity

    B. de Wit;H. Nicolai

  • The consistency of the S7 truncation in d=11 supergravity

    B. De Wit;H. Nicolai

  • THE SUPERMEMBRANE IS UNSTABLE

    B. De Wit;M. Lüscher;H. Nicolai

  • Conformal symmetry and the Standard Model

    Krzysztof A. Meissner;Hermann Nicolai

  • TOPICAL REVIEW: Cosmological billiards

    Marc Henneaux;Thibault Damour;Hermann Nicolai

  • Cosmological Billiards

    T. Damour;M. Henneaux;H. Nicolai

  • E10 and a Small Tension Expansion of M Theory

    Thibault Damour;Marc Henneaux;Hermann Nicolai

  • Hidden constants: The θ parameter of QCD and the cosmological constant of N = 8 supergravity

    A. Aurilia;Hermann Nicolai;P. K. Townsend

  • Loop quantum gravity : an outside view

    Hermann Nicolai;Kasper Peeters;Marija Zamaklar

  • N=8 supergravity with local SO(8) × SU(8) invariance

    B. de Wit;H. Nicolai

  • Maximal gauged supergravity in three dimensions.

    Hermann Nicolai;Henning Samtleben

  • Gauged Supergravities, Tensor Hierarchies, and M-Theory

    Bernard de Wit;Hermann Nicolai;Henning Samtleben

  • On a new characterization of scalar supersymmetric theories

    Hermann Nicolai

  • Supersymmetry and spin systems

    Hermann Nicolai

  • Monte Carlo approach to M theory

    Werner Krauth;Hermann Nicolai;Matthias Staudacher

  • Hyperbolic Kac Moody Algebras and Chaos in Kaluza Klein Models

    Thibault Damour;Marc Henneaux;Marc Henneaux;Bernard Julia;Hermann Nicolai

  • The Embedding of Gauged $N=8$ Supergravity Into $d=11$ Supergravity

    Bernard De Wit;Hermann Nicolai

  • d = 11 supergravity with local SU(8) invariance

    B. De Wit;H. Nicolai

  • The parallelizing S7 torsion in gauged N=8 supergravity

    B. De Wit;H. Nicolai

Frequent Co-Authors

Thibault Damour
Thibault Damour Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
Marc Henneaux
Marc Henneaux Collège de France
Peter West
Peter West King's College London
George F. R. Ellis
George F. R. Ellis University of Cape Town
Andrew Waldron
Andrew Waldron University of California, Davis
Eric Bergshoeff
Eric Bergshoeff University of Groningen
Stanley Deser
Stanley Deser Brandeis University
Nicholas P. Warner
Nicholas P. Warner University of Southern California
Christof Wetterich
Christof Wetterich Heidelberg University
Renata Kallosh
Renata Kallosh Stanford University

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