Alexander Vilenkin

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According to Wikipedia, Alexander Vilenkin is the Leonard Jane Holmes Bernstein Professor of Evolutionary Science and Director of the Institute of Cosmology at Tufts University. A theoretical physicist who has been working in the field of cosmology for 25 years, Vilenkin has written over 260 publications.

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Published Works

Cosmic Strings and Other Topological Defects (1995) (3440)
Cosmic Strings and Domain Walls (1985) (1170)
Gravitational Field of Vacuum Domain Walls and Strings (1981) (784)
Birth of inflationary universes (1983) (774)
Creation of Universes from Nothing (1982) (610)
Quantum Creation of Universes (1984) (439)
Gravitational Effects upon Cosmological Phase Transitions (1982) (397)
Quintessential inflation (1998) (386)
Equilibrium parity-violating current in a magnetic field (1980) (373)
Inflationary spacetimes are incomplete in past directions. (2003) (367)
Gravitational radiation from cosmic (super)strings: Bursts, stochastic background, and observational windows (2004) (350)
Cosmological Density Fluctuations Produced by Vacuum Strings (1981) (298)
Inflationary spacetimes are not past-complete (2001) (295)
Cosmic strings and domain walls in models with Goldstone and pseudo Goldstone bosons (1982) (285)
Gravitational wave bursts from cusps and kinks on cosmic strings (2001) (268)
Gravitational field of vacuum domain walls (1983) (263)
Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays without Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin Cutoff (1997) (260)
Formation and Evolution of Cosmic Strings (1984) (234)
Formation and evolution of cosmic D strings (2003) (233)
MACROSCOPIC PARITY VIOLATING EFFECTS: NEUTRINO FLUXES FROM ROTATING BLACK HOLES AND IN ROTATING THERMAL RADIATION (1979) (187)
On likely values of the cosmological constant (1999) (185)
Probabilities in the inflationary multiverse (2005) (185)
Scaling of cosmic string loops (2005) (150)
Many Worlds in One: The Search for Other Universes (2006) (143)
Cosmic strings as gravitational lenses (1984) (137)
Quantum fluctuations in the new inflationary universe (1983) (137)
Quantum field theory at finite temperature in a rotating system (1980) (132)
Boltzmann brains and the scale-factor cutoff measure of the multiverse (2008) (129)
Cosmic necklaces and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (1997) (115)
Predicting the cosmological constant with the scale-factor cutoff measure (2008) (108)
Inflation with SU(5) (1984) (107)
Solutions to the cosmological constant problems (2000) (104)
Holographic Multiverse (2008) (101)
Black holes and the multiverse (2015) (101)
Chiral Effects and Cosmic Magnetic Fields (2012) (101)
Gamma-ray bursts from superconducting cosmic strings (2001) (98)
Schwinger effect in de Sitter space (2014) (97)
Quantum radiation by moving mirrors (1982) (96)
A measure of the multiverse (2006) (95)
Primordial black hole and wormhole formation by domain walls (2016) (95)
Cosmological constant and the time of its dominance (1999) (94)
Many Worlds in One (2001) (93)
A gravitational analogue of the Aharonov-Bohm effect (1981) (93)
Signatures of topological defects (1998) (91)
String-dominated universe (1984) (89)
Probabilities in the Bousso–Polchinski multiverse (2006) (87)
Primordial black hole formation by vacuum bubbles (2017) (87)
Violation of the weak energy condition in inflating spacetimes (1997) (84)
Singularities in inflationary cosmology: A Review (1996) (84)
Gravity of higher dimensional global defects (2000) (84)
Cosmic attractors and gauge hierarchy (2003) (83)
Noninteracting dark matter (1999) (76)
The fractal dimension of the inflationary universe (1987) (74)
Testable anthropic predictions for dark energy (2002) (74)
Predictability crisis in inflationary cosmology and its resolution (1999) (71)
Prediction and explanation in the multiverse (2007) (71)
Cosmic strings and galaxy formation (1984) (69)
Prescription for probabilities in eternal inflation (2001) (66)
Anthropic Prediction for Λ and the Q Catastrophe (2005) (66)
Unambiguous probabilities in an eternally inflating universe (1998) (65)
Parity nonconservation and neutrino transport in magnetic fields (1995) (65)
Quantum tunneling in flux compactifications (2009) (63)
Cosmic Strings and the String Dilaton (1996) (63)
Effective noise in stochastic description of inflation (1999) (62)
Freak observers and the measure of the multiverse (2006) (60)
Wave function discord (1998) (58)
Tunneling wave function of the universe (2018) (57)
Solitonic D-branes and brane annihilation (2002) (57)
Exponential amplification of waves in the gravitational field of ultrarelativistic rotating body (1978) (56)
Quantum Origin of the Universe (1985) (55)
Ultrahigh energy neutrinos from hidden-sector topological defects (2000) (55)
Collapse of simple harmonic universe (2011) (54)
Self-interaction of charged particles in the gravitational field (1979) (54)
Phase transitions in de Sitter space (1983) (53)
Quantum cosmology and eternal inflation (2002) (51)
Cosmological evolution of monopoles connected by strings (1982) (51)
Superconducting Cosmic Strings (1986) (50)
Density fluctuations from strings and galaxy formation (1983) (50)
Evolution of cosmic superstring networks: A Numerical simulation (2007) (50)
Cosmic string scaling in flat space (2005) (50)
Anthropic predictions for vacuum energy and neutrino masses in the light of WMAP-3 (2004) (50)
Parity violating currents in thermal radiation (1978) (48)
Transdimensional tunneling in the multiverse (2009) (46)
Cancellation of equilibrium parity-violating currents (1980) (45)
Dark energy equation of state and anthropic selection (2003) (45)
Size of the smallest scales in cosmic string networks (2002) (45)
Eternal inflation, bubble collisions and the persistence of memory (2006) (44)
Eternal observers and bubble abundances in the landscape (2006) (42)
Philosophical Implications of Inflationary Cosmology (2003) (42)
The quantum cosmology debate (1998) (42)
Watchers of the multiverse (2012) (42)
Looking for cosmic strings (1986) (40)
Extremely high energy neutrinos from cosmic strings (2011) (40)
Probability distribution for omega in open universe inflation (1996) (39)
Anthropic predictions: the case of the cosmological constant (2004) (39)
Anthropic predictions for neutrino masses (2003) (39)
Spontaneously Broken Global Symmetries and Cosmology (1984) (39)
Observer dependence of bubble nucleation and Schwinger pair production (2012) (39)
Singular instantons and the creation of open universes (1998) (38)
Holographic multiverse and conformal invariance (2009) (38)
Spacetime structure of an inflating global monopole (1997) (37)
Neutrino transport: no asymmetry in equilibrium (1998) (37)
Density parameter and the anthropic principle (1998) (36)
Recycling universe (1997) (36)
Reionization from cosmic string loops (2006) (36)
Field theory models for variable cosmological constant (2001) (35)
Parity Nonconservation and Rotating Black Holes (1978) (32)
Radiation from vacuum strings and domain walls (1984) (32)
Inflation in random Gaussian landscapes (2016) (32)
Probabilities in the landscape (2006) (30)
Stealth Branes (2001) (30)
Dynamics of superconducting strings with chiral currents (2000) (30)
Holographic multiverse and the measure problem (2011) (30)
Parity nonconservation and the origin of cosmic magnetic fields (1982) (29)
Early structure formation from cosmic string loops (2012) (29)
Living with ghosts in Lorentz invariant theories (2012) (28)
Tunneling wave function of the universe. II. The backreaction problem (2018) (28)
Instability of an emergent universe (2014) (27)
Non-singular bounce transitions in the multiverse (2013) (26)
Theory of thermoelectric effects in dilute alloys (1978) (26)
Macroscopic parity violating effects and 3He-A (1999) (26)
Vacuum statistics and stability in axionic landscapes (2016) (25)
Gravitational radiation from monopoles connected by strings (1996) (25)
Cosmic strings and primordial black holes (2018) (25)
Vacuum defects without a vacuum (1998) (24)
Left-right symmetric theories and vacuum domain walls and strings (1982) (24)
Gravity of superheavy higher-dimensional global defects (2003) (24)
Arrows of time and the beginning of the universe (2013) (23)
In defense of the ''tunneling'' wave function of the universe (1996) (22)
Random-bond Ising chain in a magnetic field at low temperatures (1978) (22)
CMB spectral distortions from black holes formed by vacuum bubbles (2018) (21)
Initial conditions for slow-roll inflation in a random Gaussian landscape (2017) (21)
Gravitational Effects in Guth Cosmology (1982) (20)
Measures for a transdimensional multiverse (2010) (20)
Inflation is not past-eternal (2001) (20)
Inflation in multi-field random Gaussian landscapes (2017) (19)
Eternal Inflation, Black Holes, and the Future of Civilizations (1999) (19)
Cosmic strings: progress and problems (2005) (19)
Gravitational field of vacuumless defects (1998) (19)
Stabilizing oscillating universes against quantum decay (2014) (19)
Ultrahigh energy neutrinos from superconducting cosmic strings (2009) (19)
A quantum measure of the multiverse (2013) (18)
Eternal inflation and the present universe (1999) (17)
Early reionization by cosmic strings reexamined (2004) (17)
Hessian eigenvalue distribution in a random Gaussian landscape (2017) (17)
Factor ordering problem in stochastic inflation (1999) (16)
Inflating magnetically charged braneworlds (2003) (16)
Pauli-Villars regularization and trace anomalies (1978) (16)
Cosmological Density Fluctuations Produced by a Goldstone Field (1982) (15)
Beyond the big bang (2006) (15)
Quantum Cosmology and the Constants of Nature (1995) (15)
Schwarzschild sphere and classical electron self-energy problem (1978) (15)
Cosmological constant problems and their solutions (2001) (15)
The principle of mediocrity (2011) (15)
Statistical analysis of DNA sequences. II. (1982) (15)
Flyover vacuum decay (2019) (14)
Minkowski vacua can be metastable (2011) (13)
Eternal inflation in swampy landscapes (2019) (13)
Eternal inflation and chaotic terminology (2004) (13)
Ultra High Energy Gamma Rays as signature of Topological Defects (1998) (13)
Particle creation in a tunneling universe. I (2002) (13)
Superconducting cosmic strings as gamma ray burst engines (2000) (13)
Phenomenology of the CAH+ measure (2011) (12)
Tunneling wavefunction for an anisotropic universe (1989) (11)
Tunneling decay rate in quantum cosmology (2015) (11)
Notes on superconducting cosmic strings (1987) (11)
Particle creation in a tunneling universe. II. Massive particles (2003) (11)
Inflation in random landscapes with two energy scales (2017) (11)
Constraints on non-minimal coupling from quantum cosmology (2019) (10)
Topological defects from the multiverse (2015) (10)
Cosmological singularity theorems and black holes (2013) (10)
``Lattice-free'' simulations of topological defect formation (1997) (10)
Topological defects and open inflation (1997) (10)
Cosmology for the Curious (2017) (9)
Density of strings formed at a second-order cosmological phase transition (1995) (9)
Magnetic field generation by rotating black holes (1981) (9)
Global structure of the multiverse and the measure problem (2013) (9)
Gamma-rays from superconducting cosmic strings (1988) (9)
Inflation with negative potentials and the signature reversal symmetry (2013) (9)
The Vacuum Energy Crisis (2006) (8)
Quantum tunneling of superconducting string currents (2002) (8)
The Impossibility of Steady-State Inflation (1994) (8)
Charged Vacuum Condensate Near a Superconducting Cosmic String (1999) (7)
Fireballs from superconducting cosmic strings (2016) (7)
Cosmic String Formation from Correlated Fields (1997) (7)
Past incompleteness of a bouncing multiverse (2014) (6)
Universal Doomsday: Analyzing Our Prospects for Survival (2013) (6)
Quantum instability of an oscillating universe (2019) (5)
Four-volume cutoff measure of the multiverse (2019) (5)
Spinning black holes as cosmic string factories (2020) (5)
General solution for chiral-current-carrying strings (2000) (5)
Causality gives no constraints on monopole annihilation (1984) (4)
Cosmic string formation by flux trapping (2007) (4)
The Beginning of the Universe (2015) (4)
Gravitational interactions of cosmic strings (1987) (3)
Bubble nucleation as seen by different observers (2020) (3)
Helix‐coiled transition in heteropolymers. I. Ground‐state energy (1977) (3)
Spontaneous violation of reflectional symmetry in solids (1982) (3)
Anthropic Prediction for Λ and the Q Catastrophe(Chapter 2. Gravity and Cosmology-Four-Dimensional Phenomenology-, Part I: Invited Talks, The Next Chapter in Einstein's Legacy) (2006) (3)
Near Cancellation of Electron-Phonon Corrections in Thermoelectric Effects in Alloys (1979) (3)
Parity nonconservation and stellar collapse (1979) (3)
Correspondence principle in the self-energy problem (1979) (3)
On cosmic natural selection (2006) (3)
An Expanding Universe (2017) (3)
Anthropic Approach to the Cosmological Constant Problems (2003) (3)
No black holes from cosmic string cusps (2021) (2)
Creation of massive particles in a tunneling universe (2003) (2)
The tunneling wavefunction in Kantowski-Sachs quantum cosmology (2022) (2)
Lattice Effects in Simulations of Topological Defect Formation (1997) (2)
The theory of melting in heteropolymers. I. Random chains (1978) (2)
Cosmological chirality and magnetic fields from parity violating particle decays (2021) (2)
Kinky cosmic strings (1990) (2)
Black holes and uptunneling suppress Boltzmann brains (2021) (2)
Clustering of cosmic string loops (2020) (2)
QUANTUM COSMOLOGY (1993) (1)
Making Predictions in Eternally Innating Universe (1995) (1)
Perspectives in cosmology (2009) (1)
Open Universes, Eternal Inflation, and the Anthropic Principle (1998) (1)
Hubble’s Law and the Expanding Universe (2017) (1)
Correspondence principle in the electron self-energy problem (1974) (1)
Theory of the mechanical degradation of polymers in solution by stirring. Size distribution after random scission (1987) (1)
The correspondence principle in the problem of the self-energy of the electron (1975) (1)
N ov 2 00 3 Formation and Evolution of Cosmic D-strings (2004) (1)
Early universe phenomena (1992) (0)
Dark Matter and Dark Energy (2017) (0)
05 09 18 4 v 3 27 N ov 2 00 5 Probabilities in the inflationary multiverse (2005) (0)
Fleeing Russian researchers seek Western support (2022) (0)
Theory of the Intermediate Size Distribution in Random Cutting (1987) (0)
Die ewige Inflation (2021) (0)
Ein expandierendes Universum (2021) (0)
Did Privilege Blunt Soviet Scientists' Politics? (1993) (0)
Vortex pairs in two-dimensional superconductors (1995) (0)
Statistical analysis of DNA sequences. I. (1982) (0)
Astronomy. The vacuum energy crisis. (2006) (0)
The Fabric of Space and Time (2017) (0)
Computer Simulation of Interface Movement in the Process of Solid-Phase Epitaxy (1991) (0)
The theory of melting in heteropolymers. II. Correlated chains (1978) (0)
The Helix-Coil Transition in DNA (1978) (0)
Positron annihilation in metals with broken reflectional symmetry (1984) (0)
The Quantum World (2017) (0)
What determines the rest frame of bubble nucleation? (2023) (0)
05 01 5 v 1 1 M ay 2 00 6 Eternalobservers and bubble abundances in the landscape (2022) (0)
Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays from Superheavy Relic Particles (1998) (0)
ournal of C osmology and A stroparticle P hysics J Fast full N-body simulations of generic modiﬁed gravity: conformal coupling models (0)
Testing Inflation: Predictions and Observations (2017) (0)
Density parameter in quasiopen inflation (1998) (0)
The Hot Big Bang (2017) (0)
Inflation in random landscapes with two energy scales (2018) (0)
99 05 46 0 v 3 7 M ar 2 00 0 Macroscopic parity violating effects and 3 (2022) (0)
Hessian eigenvalue distribution in a random Gaussian landscape (2018) (0)
Prepared for submission to JCAP Watchers of the multiverse (2012) (0)
The Theory of Cosmic Inflation (2017) (0)
Gravitational Wave Background from Hybrid Topological Defects Typeset Using Revt E X (1996) (0)
Problems with the Big Bang (2017) (0)
The Fate of the Universe (2017) (0)
Quantum Cosmology and the Constants of Nature 1 (1995) (0)
The Very Early Universe (2017) (0)
Cosmic Defects (1996) (0)
Schwarzschild surface and derivation of motion equations from field equations in general relativity (1975) (0)
Simulating cosmic string loop captured by a rotating black hole (2023) (0)
Ultra-high energy cosmic rays from decaying relic particles (1999) (0)
Soviet Scientists' Apolitical Past (1992) (0)
03 04 04 3 v 1 4 A pr 2 00 3 Cosmic Attractors and Gauge Hierarchy (2003) (0)
A Historical Overview (2017) (0)
Quantum cosmology, eternal inflation, and swampland conjectures (2023) (0)
Cosmic Strings a (1986) (0)
v 2 2 M ay 2 00 1 Many worlds in one (2021) (0)
String Theory and the Multiverse (2017) (0)
Se p 20 03 LPT-ORSAY 03-64 Inflating magnetically charged braneworlds (2008) (0)

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