2026 Zvi Bern: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	104	1446	1370	759	707	227	37481

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Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Sakurai Prize, American Physical Society For pathbreaking contributions to the calculation of perturbative scattering amplitudes, which led to a deeper understanding of quantum field theory and to powerful new tools for computing QCD processes.
2004 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding contributions to quantum field theory, especially for developing powerful calculational techniques in gauge theories
1993 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Zvi Bern is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their work is primarily focused within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a total of 93 publications spanning this broad field. Subfields of particular emphasis include Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Geometry and Topology.

The scientist's research centers on several main topics, which include:

Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
High-Energy Particle Collisions Research

A selection of recent papers illustrates the scope and focus of their work. These include:

"Scattering Amplitudes and Conservative Binary Dynamics at O(G⁴)", 2021, Physical Review Letters
"Spinning Black Hole Binary Dynamics, Scattering Amplitudes and Effective Field Theory", 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
"Scattering Amplitudes, the Tail Effect, and Conservative Binary Dynamics at O(G⁴)", 2022, Physical Review Letters
"Gravitational effective field theory islands, low-spin dominance, and the four-graviton amplitude", 2021, Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical
"The duality between color and kinematics and its applications", 2024, Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

Their publications are often found in a variety of venues including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review Letters
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical
Physical Review D

Collaborative work is a significant part of this scientist's career. Frequent co-authors include:

Radu Roiban
Mao Zeng
Enrico Herrmann
Michael Ruf
Andrés Luna

Zvi Bern has also received several awards, notably:

Sakurai Prize, American Physical Society, 2014, for contributions to perturbative scattering amplitudes and quantum field theory
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2004, for outstanding contributions to quantum field theory and calculational techniques in gauge theories
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1993

Best Publications

One-loop n-point gauge theory amplitudes, unitarity and collinear limits

Zvi Bern;Lance J. Dixon;David C. Dunbar;David A. Kosower

1621
Citations
New Relations for Gauge-Theory Amplitudes

Z. Bern;John Joseph Carrasco;H. Johansson

1424
Citations
Fusing gauge theory tree amplitudes into loop amplitudes

Zvi Bern;Lance J. Dixon;David C. Dunbar;David A. Kosower

1347
Citations
Perturbative Quantum Gravity as a Double Copy of Gauge Theory

Zvi Bern;John Joseph M. Carrasco;Henrik Johansson

1079
Citations
Iteration of planar amplitudes in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory at three loops and beyond

Zvi Bern;Lance J. Dixon;Vladimir A. Smirnov

992
Citations
The Computation of loop amplitudes in gauge theories

Zvi Bern;David A. Kosower

851
Citations
Dimensionally-regulated pentagon integrals☆

Zvi Bern;Lance J. Dixon;David A. Kosower

741
Citations
Gravity as the Square of Gauge Theory

Zvi Bern;Tristan Dennen;Yu-tin Huang;Michael Kiermaier

724
Citations
ONE-LOOP AMPLITUDES FOR E+E- TO FOUR PARTONS

Zvi Bern;Lance J. Dixon;David A. Kosower

615
Citations
The Four-Loop Planar Amplitude and Cusp Anomalous Dimension in Maximally Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory

Zvi Bern;Michael Czakon;Lance J. Dixon;David A. Kosower

552
Citations
On the relationship between Yang-Mills theory and gravity and its implication for ultraviolet divergences

Z. Bern;Lance J. Dixon;D.C. Dunbar;M. Perelstein

545
Citations
Scattering Amplitudes and the Conservative Hamiltonian for Binary Systems at Third Post-Minkowskian Order

Zvi Bern;Clifford Cheung;Radu Roiban;Chia Hsien Shen

506
Citations
One-loop corrections to five-gluon amplitudes.

Zvi Bern;Lance J. Dixon;David A. Kosower

497
Citations
Ultraviolet behavior of N = 8 supergravity at four loops.

Z. Bern;John Joseph Carrasco;L. J. Dixon;H. Johansson

486
Citations
Two-loop six-gluon maximally helicity violating amplitude in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory

Z. Bern;L. J. Dixon;D. A. Kosower;R. Roiban

481
Citations
PROGRESS IN ONE-LOOP QCD COMPUTATIONS

Zvi Bern;Lance J. Dixon;David A. Kosower

479
Citations
MASSIVE LOOP AMPLITUDES FROM UNITARITY

Z. Bern;A.G. Morgan

463
Citations
Dimensionally regulated one-loop integrals

Zvi Bern;Lance J. Dixon;David A. Kosower

458
Citations
Multi-leg one-loop gravity amplitudes from gauge theory

Z. Bern;Lance J. Dixon;M. Perelstein;J.S. Rozowsky

441
Citations
Color decomposition of one-loop amplitudes in gauge theories

Zvi Bern;David A. Kosower

433
Citations