2026 Kathryn M. Zurek: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	78	3163	3006	1505	1402	175	22976

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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

1146
Citations
Echoes of a hidden valley at hadron colliders

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

1092
Citations
A facility to Search for Hidden Particles at the CERN SPS: the SHiP physics case

Sergey Alekhin;Wolfgang Altmannshofer;Takehiko Asaka;Brian Batell

896
Citations
Asymmetric Dark Matter

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

814
Citations
A facility to search for hidden particles at the CERN SPS: the SHiP physics case.

Sergey Alekhin;Wolfgang Altmannshofer;Takehiko Asaka;Brian Batell

687
Citations
Asymmetric Dark Matter: Theories, Signatures, and Constraints

Kathryn M. Zurek

632
Citations
Beyond Collisionless Dark Matter: Particle Physics Dynamics for Dark Matter Halo Structure

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

556
Citations
Light dark matter: Models and constraints

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

460
Citations
Discovering the Higgs through highly-displaced vertices

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

406
Citations
Simplified Models for Dark Matter Searches at the LHC

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

358
Citations
Superconducting Detectors for Superlight Dark Matter.

Yonit Hochberg;Yue Zhao;Kathryn M. Zurek

341
Citations
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

324
Citations
Phenomenology of hidden valleys at hadron colliders

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

304
Citations
Multi-component dark matter

Kathryn M. Zurek

301
Citations
Rays of light from the LHC

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

289
Citations
Turning off the lights: How dark is dark matter?

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

272
Citations
Long-lived particles at the energy frontier: the MATHUSLA physics case.

David Curtin;Marco Drewes;Matthew McCullough;Patrick Meade

265
Citations
Darkogenesis: A baryon asymmetry from the dark matter sector

Julia F Shelton;Kathryn M. Zurek

265
Citations
Detecting superlight dark matter with Fermi-degenerate materials

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

263
Citations
Dark Sectors 2016 Workshop: Community Report

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

255
Citations