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Samir D. Mathur

Physics and Astronomy · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1984Rising activity
Black Holes and Theoretical PhysicsCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity TheoriesQuantum Electrodynamics and Casimir EffectAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations

Publications

187

Citations

8,614

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

43

Publishing since 1984

Research summary
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Samir D. Mathur works in theoretical physics, focusing on black holes and quantum gravity. His central contribution is the 'fuzzball' proposal, which suggests that black holes are not empty voids but are made of stringy, quantum structures that fill their entire volume, offering a way to resolve long-standing paradoxes about how information behaves near black holes. Much of his work uses string theory and related mathematical frameworks to study the internal structure and thermodynamic properties of these extremely compact objects.

Black hole structure and the fuzzball proposalString theory and quantum gravityBlack hole information paradoxCompact object thermodynamicsAdS/CFT and D1-D5 conformal field theory

Publication output has grown over the last decade, rising from a handful of papers per year in 2017-2021 to a notable peak of 12 in 2024, with continued strong activity into 2025-2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.6/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 4 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 12 publications12242025: 5 publications252026: 5 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×19
  • Journal of High Energy Physics×7
  • International Journal of Modern Physics D×7
  • General Relativity and Gravitation×2
  • TURKISH JOURNAL OF PHYSICS×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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