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Kathryn M. Zurek 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 Kathryn M. Zurek sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 175 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kathryn M. Zurek 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 Kathryn M. Zurek sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For innovative contributions to particle phenomenology, especially in the development of models of asymmetric dark matter and hidden valley particles

Overview

Kathryn M. Zurek is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy with a focus on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Astronomy and Astrophysics. Additional areas of study include Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

Their work concentrates on several key topics including:

  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
  • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
  • Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories

The scientist has contributed frequently to well-known publication venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of High Energy Physics
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Kathryn M. Zurek include:

  • Feebly-interacting particles: FIPs 2022 Workshop Report, 2023, The European Physical Journal C
  • Constraining Light Dark Matter with Diffuse X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Observations, 2022, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Multichannel direct detection of light dark matter: Target comparison, 2020, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Probable or improbable universe? Correlating electroweak vacuum instability with the scale of inflation, 2022, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Multi-channel direct detection of light dark matter: theoretical framework, 2022, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

Their frequent coauthors include Tanner Trickle, Zhengkang Zhang, Vincent S. H. Lee, Temple He, and Sinéad M. Griffin.

In 2016, Kathryn M. Zurek was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for innovative contributions to particle phenomenology, particularly in developing models of asymmetric dark matter and hidden valley particles.

Best Publications

  • Simplified Models for LHC New Physics Searches

    Daniele Alves;Nima Arkani-Hamed;Sanjay Arora;Yang Bai

  • Echoes of a hidden valley at hadron colliders

    Matthew J. Strassler;Kathryn M. Zurek;Kathryn M. Zurek

  • A facility to Search for Hidden Particles at the CERN SPS: the SHiP physics case

    Sergey Alekhin;Wolfgang Altmannshofer;Takehiko Asaka;Brian Batell

  • Asymmetric Dark Matter

    David E. Kaplan;Markus A. Luty;Kathryn M. Zurek

  • A facility to search for hidden particles at the CERN SPS: the SHiP physics case.

    Sergey Alekhin;Wolfgang Altmannshofer;Takehiko Asaka;Brian Batell

  • Asymmetric Dark Matter: Theories, Signatures, and Constraints

    Kathryn M. Zurek

  • Beyond Collisionless Dark Matter: Particle Physics Dynamics for Dark Matter Halo Structure

    Sean Tulin;Hai-Bo Yu;Kathryn M. Zurek

  • Light dark matter: Models and constraints

    Simon Knapen;Simon Knapen;Tongyan Lin;Tongyan Lin;Tongyan Lin;Kathryn M. Zurek;Kathryn M. Zurek

  • Discovering the Higgs through highly-displaced vertices

    Matthew J. Strassler;Kathryn M. Zurek;Kathryn M. Zurek

  • Simplified Models for Dark Matter Searches at the LHC

    Jalal Abdallah;Henrique Araujo;Alexandre Arbey;Alexandre Arbey;Alexandre Arbey;Adi Ashkenazi

  • Superconducting Detectors for Superlight Dark Matter.

    Yonit Hochberg;Yue Zhao;Kathryn M. Zurek

  • Recommendations on presenting LHC searches for missing transverse energy signals using simplified $s$-channel models of dark matter

    Antonio Boveia;Oliver Buchmueller;Giorgio Busoni;Francesco D'Eramo

  • Phenomenology of hidden valleys at hadron colliders

    Tao Han;Zongguo Si;Kathryn M. Zurek;Matthew J. Strassler

  • Multi-component dark matter

    Kathryn M. Zurek

  • Rays of light from the LHC

    Simon Knapen;Simon Knapen;Tom Melia;Tom Melia;Michele Papucci;Michele Papucci;Kathryn M. Zurek;Kathryn M. Zurek

  • Turning off the lights: How dark is dark matter?

    Samuel D. McDermott;Hai-Bo Yu;Kathryn M. Zurek

  • Long-lived particles at the energy frontier: the MATHUSLA physics case.

    David Curtin;Marco Drewes;Matthew McCullough;Patrick Meade

  • Darkogenesis: A baryon asymmetry from the dark matter sector

    Julia F Shelton;Kathryn M. Zurek

  • Detecting superlight dark matter with Fermi-degenerate materials

    Yonit Hochberg;Yonit Hochberg;Matt Pyle;Yue Zhao;Kathryn M. Zurek;Kathryn M. Zurek

  • Dark Sectors 2016 Workshop: Community Report

    Jim Alexander;Valery E. Lyubovitskij;Philip Tanedo;Yonit Hochberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim M. P. Tait
Tim M. P. Tait University of California, Irvine
Dan Hooper
Dan Hooper Fermilab
C. L. Chang
C. L. Chang Argonne National Laboratory
Maxim Pospelov
Maxim Pospelov University of Minnesota
Stefano Moretti
Stefano Moretti University of Southampton
Fernando Calle
Fernando Calle Technical University of Madrid
Matthias Neubert
Matthias Neubert Cornell University
Antonio Riotto
Antonio Riotto University of Geneva
Alexander Belyaev
Alexander Belyaev University of Southampton
Tao Han
Tao Han University of Pittsburgh

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