Physics papers: timeline

The papers of each topic, by year of publication. Each row is a group, each dot a paper; touch a dot to see its name, click it to go to its summary. In this chart there are no citation arrows between papers: only time. Saying which rests on which would require checking every citation in its source; that has not been done.

19201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Foundations of quantum mechanicsEntanglement and realityQuantum informationQuantum computationQuantum field theoryQuantum statisticsTopological quantum systemsQuantum and thermodynamicsQuantum and gravityCurrent big problemsBasic phenomena and the birth of the theoryInterpretations and collapseStates of matter, the vacuum and particlesSchrödinger 1926 — 1. What Is the Wave Function?Born 1926 — 1. What Is the Wave Function?Heisenberg 1927 — 3. The Copenhagen Interpretationde Broglie 1927 — 5. Hidden Variable TheoriesBohr 1928 — 3. The Copenhagen Interpretationvon Neumann 1932 — 2. The Measurement ProblemBohr 1935 — 3. The Copenhagen InterpretationBohm 1952 — 5. Hidden Variable TheoriesEverett 1957 — 4. Many WorldsWigner 1961 — 2. The Measurement ProblemZurek 2003 — 2. The Measurement ProblemPusey 2012 — 1. What Is the Wave Function?Einstein 1935 — 6. The EPR ParadoxBell 1964 — 7. Bell's TheoremClauser 1969 — 8. Bell ExperimentsAspect 1982 — 8. Bell ExperimentsGreenberger 1989 — 9. GHZ StatesPopescu 1994 — 10. Quantum NonlocalityWootters 1982 — 11. No-CloningDieks 1982 — 11. No-CloningBennett 1984 — 13. Quantum Cryptography (BB84)Bennett 1993 — 12. Quantum TeleportationShor 1995 — 15. Quantum Error CorrectionBennett 1996 — 14. Entanglement Entropy and the Measurement of EntanglementBennett 1996 — 14. Entanglement Entropy and the Measurement of EntanglementSteane 1996 — 15. Quantum Error CorrectionBouwmeester 1997 — 12. Quantum TeleportationDeutsch 1985 — 16. The Universal Quantum ComputerBernstein 1993 — 19. BQP: The Quantum Complexity ClassShor 1994 — 17. Shor's AlgorithmGrover 1996 — 18. Grover's AlgorithmArute 2019 — 20. Quantum SupremacyPednault 2019 — 20. Quantum SupremacyDirac 1928 — 21. The Dirac EquationSchwinger 1948 — 22. Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)Feynman 1949 — 22. Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)Wilson 1971 — 23. RenormalizationBose 1924 — 24. Bose-Einstein StatisticsEinstein 1925 — 24. Bose-Einstein StatisticsFermi 1926 — 25. Fermi-Dirac StatisticsDirac 1926 — 25. Fermi-Dirac StatisticsAnderson 1995 — 26. Bose-Einstein CondensationAharonov 1959 — 27. The Aharonov-Bohm Effectvon Klitzing 1980 — 29. The Quantum Hall EffectTsui 1982 — 30. The Fractional Quantum Hall EffectBerry 1984 — 28. The Berry PhaseKitaev 2003 — 31. Topological Quantum ComputationScovil 1959 — 32. Quantum Heat EnginesBennett 1982 — 33. Maxwell's Demon and the Thermodynamics of InformationJarzynski 1997 — 34. Quantum Thermodynamics and Fluctuation TheoremsCrooks 1999 — 34. Quantum Thermodynamics and Fluctuation TheoremsBekenstein 1973 — 36. Bekenstein EntropyHawking 1974 — 35. Hawking Radiation't Hooft 1993 — 37. The Holographic PrincipleSusskind 1995 — 37. The Holographic PrincipleMaldacena 1997 — 38. The AdS/CFT CorrespondenceKochen 1967 — 44. ContextualityHawking 1976 — 39. The Information ParadoxLindblad 1976 — 46. Open Quantum SystemsGorini 1976 — 46. Open Quantum SystemsBerry 1977 — 45. Quantum ChaosBohigas 1984 — 45. Quantum ChaosAharonov 1988 — 43. Weak MeasurementRitchie 1991 — 43. Weak MeasurementPage 1993 — 39. The Information ParadoxHorodecki 1996 — 47. Resource Theory of EntanglementHorodecki 1998 — 47. Resource Theory of EntanglementOllivier 2004 — 42. Quantum DarwinismGiovannetti 2004 — 48. Quantum MetrologyGiovannetti 2006 — 48. Quantum MetrologyKimble 2008 — 50. Quantum Networks and the Quantum InternetZurek 2009 — 42. Quantum DarwinismKirchmair 2009 — 44. ContextualityHorodecki 2009 — 47. Resource Theory of EntanglementKocsis 2011 — 43. Weak MeasurementAlmheiri 2013 — 40. The Firewall ParadoxMaldacena 2013 — 41. ER = EPRDressel 2014 — 43. Weak MeasurementDegen 2017 — 49. Quantum SensingCiampini 2018 — 42. Quantum DarwinismWehner 2018 — 50. Quantum Networks and the Quantum InternetBudroni 2022 — 44. ContextualityPlanck 1901 — 51. The Birth of Quantum TheoryEinstein 1905 — 51. The Birth of Quantum TheoryBohr 1913 — 51. The Birth of Quantum TheoryGerlach 1922 — 55. Spin and the Pauli Exclusion PrinciplePauli 1925 — 55. Spin and the Pauli Exclusion PrincipleUhlenbeck 1925 — 55. Spin and the Pauli Exclusion PrincipleDavisson 1927 — 52. The Double Slit and Wave-Particle DualityKennard 1927 — 53. The Uncertainty PrincipleGamow 1928 — 56. Quantum TunnelingRobertson 1929 — 53. The Uncertainty PrincipleSchrödinger 1935 — 54. Superposition and Schrödinger’s CatJönsson 1961 — 52. The Double Slit and Wave-Particle DualityBinnig 1982 — 56. Quantum TunnelingScully 1982 — 57. Delayed Choice and the Quantum EraserTonomura 1989 — 52. The Double Slit and Wave-Particle DualityMonroe 1996 — 54. Superposition and Schrödinger’s CatArndt 1999 — 52. The Double Slit and Wave-Particle DualityKim 2000 — 57. Delayed Choice and the Quantum EraserOzawa 2003 — 53. The Uncertainty PrincipleJacques 2007 — 57. Delayed Choice and the Quantum EraserFein 2019 — 54. Superposition and Schrödinger’s CatGhirardi 1986 — 58. Collapse ModelsPenrose 1996 — 58. Collapse ModelsRovelli 1996 — 59. Relational Quantum Mechanics and QBismFuchs 2014 — 59. Relational Quantum Mechanics and QBismKapitza 1938 — 60. Superconductivity and SuperfluidityAllen 1938 — 60. Superconductivity and SuperfluidityCasimir 1948 — 61. The Casimir Effect and the Quantum VacuumBardeen 1957 — 60. Superconductivity and SuperfluidityHiggs 1964 — 62. The Higgs Boson and the Standard ModelEnglert 1964 — 62. The Higgs Boson and the Standard ModelFeynman 1982 — 63. Quantum SimulationLloyd 1996 — 63. Quantum SimulationLamoreaux 1997 — 61. The Casimir Effect and the Quantum VacuumMohideen 1998 — 61. The Casimir Effect and the Quantum VacuumGreiner 2002 — 63. Quantum SimulationAad 2012 — 62. The Higgs Boson and the Standard ModelChatrchyan 2012 — 62. The Higgs Boson and the Standard Model

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