Mark M. Phillips
University of Minnesota
Mark M. Phillips (born March 31, 1951) is an American astronomer who works on the observational studies of all classes of supernovae. He has worked on SN 1986G, SN 1987A, the Calán/Tololo Supernova Survey, the High-Z Supernova Search Team, and the Phillips relationship. This relationship has allowed the use of Type Ia supernovae as standard candles, leading to the precise measurements of the Hubble constant H0 and the deceleration parameter q0, the latter implying the existence of dark energy or
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Mark M. Phillips (born March 31, 1951) is an American astronomer who works on the observational studies of all classes of supernovae. He has worked on SN 1986G, SN 1987A, the Calán/Tololo Supernova Survey, the High-Z Supernova Search Team, and the Phillips relationship. This relationship has allowed the use of Type Ia supernovae as standard candles, leading to the precise measurements of the Hubble constant H0 and the deceleration parameter q0, the latter implying the existence of dark energy or a cosmological constant in the Universe.
Affiliation
University of Minnesota
Top Publications
- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant (1998) - 19,674 citations
- Classification parameters for the emission-line spectra of extragalactic objects (1981) - 5,156 citations
- The absolute magnitudes of Type IA supernovae (1993) - 2,120 citations
- Cosmological Results from High‐zSupernovae (2003) - 1,737 citations
- Improved Cosmological Constraints from New, Old, and Combined Supernova Data Sets (2008) - 1,551 citations
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- Full name
- Mark M. Phillips
- ORCID
- 0000-0003-2734-0796
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5077055351
Research interests
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
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- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant ↗1998 · The Astronomical Journal19,674OpenAlex citations
- Classification parameters for the emission-line spectra of extragalactic objects ↗1981 · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific5,156OpenAlex citations
- The absolute magnitudes of Type IA supernovae ↗1993 · The Astrophysical Journal2,120OpenAlex citations
- Cosmological Results from High‐zSupernovae ↗2003 · The Astrophysical Journal1,737OpenAlex citations
- Improved Cosmological Constraints from New, Old, and Combined Supernova Data Sets ↗2008 · The Astrophysical Journal1,551OpenAlex citations
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- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant ↗1998 · The Astronomical Journal
- Classification parameters for the emission-line spectra of extragalactic objects ↗1981 · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- The absolute magnitudes of Type IA supernovae ↗1993 · The Astrophysical Journal
- Cosmological Results from High‐zSupernovae ↗2003 · The Astrophysical Journal
- Improved Cosmological Constraints from New, Old, and Combined Supernova Data Sets ↗2008 · The Astrophysical Journal
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