Marc Postman

22.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Marc Postman is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc Postman has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 66 papers in Instrumentation and 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Marc Postman's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (75 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (66 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (51 papers). Marc Postman is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (75 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (66 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (51 papers). Marc Postman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Marc Postman's co-authors include Margaret J. Geller, Tod R. Lauer, J. B. Oke, L. M. Lubin, J. P. Huchra, P. Rosati, Mark Dickinson, John P. Blakeslee, Megan Donahue and H. C. Ford and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Marc Postman

115 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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The Hubble Deep Field: Observations, Data Reduction, and Galaxy Photometry

1996 574 citations R. E. Williams, Mark Dickinson et al. The Astronomical Journal profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Excess Ultraviolet Emission at High Galactic Latitudes: A New Horizons View 2025 ·The Astronomical Journal ·Jayant Murthy, J. Michael Shull, Marc Postman, J. W. Parker, Seth Redfield, Nathaniel J. Cunningham, G. R. Gladstone, (unknown), P. C. Brandt, A. Verbiscer, K. N. Singer, H. A. Weaver, R. C. Henry, S. A. Stern	2
2	Chandra Observations of Abell 2261 Brightest Cluster Galaxy, a Candidate Host to a Recoiling Black Hole 2021 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Kayhan Gültekin, Sarah Burke-Spolaor, Tod R. Lauer, T. Joseph W. Lazio, Leonidas A. Moustakas, Patrick Ogle, Marc Postman	7
3	Assembly of the Most Massive Clusters at Cosmic Noon 2019 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Caitlin M. Casey, Mark Dickinson, Nimish P. Hathi, Anton M. Koekemoer, B. C. Lemaux, Marc Postman, Gregory Rudnick	1
4	The Next Great Observatories: How Can We Get There? 2019 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·Jason Tumlinson, Jonathan W. Arenberg, Matt Mountain, Lee D. Feinberg, J. M. Grunsfeld, (unknown), N. A. Levenson, John M. O’Meara, Marc Postman	0
5	Discovery of a New Fundamental Plane Dictating Galaxy Cluster Evolution from Gravitational Lensing 2018 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Yutaka Fujita, Keiichi Umetsu, Elena Rasia, M. Meneghetti, Megan Donahue, Elinor Medezinski, N. Okabe, Marc Postman	17
6	Constraints on the Mass, Concentration, and Nonthermal Pressure Support of Six CLASH Clusters from a Joint Analysis of X-Ray, SZ, and Lensing Data 2018 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Seth R. Siegel, Jack Sayers, Andisheh Mahdavi, Megan Donahue, Julian Merten, Adi Zitrin, M. Meneghetti, Keiichi Umetsu, Nicole G. Czakon, S. R. Golwala, Marc Postman, Patrick M. Koch, Anton M. Koekemoer, Kai-Yang Lin, P. Melchior, Sandor M. Molnar, Leonidas A. Moustakas, Tony Mroczkowski, E. Pierpaoli, (unknown)	16
7	THE MORPHOLOGIES AND ALIGNMENTS OF GAS, MASS, AND THE CENTRAL GALAXIES OF CLASH CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES 2016 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Megan Donahue, S. Ettori, Elena Rasia, Jack Sayers, Adi Zitrin, M. Meneghetti, G. Mark Voit, S. R. Golwala, Nicole G. Czakon, Gustavo Yepes, (unknown), Anton M. Koekemoer, Marc Postman	44
8	Beyond JWST: Science Drivers for the Next Great UVOIR Space Telescope 2015 ·Jason Tumlinson, Sara Seager, Julianne J. Dalcanton, Marc Postman, S. Aigrain, Steven Battel, W. N. Brandt, Charlie Conroy, Lee D. Feinberg, Suvi Gezari, Olivier Guyon, Walter M. Harris, Chris Hirata, John C. Mather, David C. Redding, David Schiminovich, H. Philip Stahl	1
9	EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES ATz= 1.3. I. THE LYNX SUPERCLUSTER: CLUSTER AND GROUPS ATz= 1.3. MORPHOLOGY AND COLOR-MAGNITUDE RELATION 2012 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·S. Mei, S. A. Stanford, B. Holden, Anand Raichoor, Marc Postman, Fumiaki Nakata, A. Finoguenov, H. C. Ford, G. D. Illingworth, (unknown), P. Rosati, Masayuki Tanaka, A. Rettura, Francesco Shankar, E. R. Carrasco, R. Demarco, P. Eisenhardt, M. James Jee, Yusei Koyama, R. L. White	40
10	Lunar Based Observations of the Earth as a Planet 2010 ·W. B. Sparks, Victoria Meadows, P. R. McCullough, Marc Postman, B. Bussey, C. A. Christian	5
11	The Science Cases for an Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST) 2010 ·Marc Postman, (unknown)	3
12	Tracing the Mass Buildup of Supermassive Black Holes and their Host Galaxies 2010 ·Anton M. Koekemoer, D. Batcheldor, Marc Postman, Rachel S. Somerville	0
13	The Cosmic Web 2009 ·Serena Bertone, Joel N. Bregman, Renyue Cen, Hsiao‐Wen Chen, J. Christopher Howk, E. B. Jenkins, Nicolas Lehner, Marc Postman, J. X. Prochaska, Blair D. Savage, (unknown)	1
14	Gigapixel Focal Plane Arrays for Large UVOIR Space Telescopes 2009 ·Dennis Ebbets, Morley M. Blouke, (unknown), Marc Postman, (unknown)	1
15	[ITAL]Hubble Space Telescope[/ITAL] Imaging of Brightest Cluster Galaxies 2003 ·The Astronomical Journal ·Seppo Laine, Roeland P. van der Marel, Tod R. Lauer, Marc Postman, C. P. O’Dea, F. N. Owen	103
16	Evidence for Cluster Evolution from an Improved Measurement of the Velocity Dispersion and Morphological Fraction of Cluster 1324+3011 at [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] = 0.76 2002 ·The Astronomical Journal ·L. M. Lubin, J. B. Oke, Marc Postman	45
17	The maxBCG technique for finding galaxy clusters in SDSS data 1999 ·AAS ·J. Annis, S. Kent, F. J. Castander, D. J. Eisenstein, J. E. Gunn, (unknown), (unknown), R. C. Nichol, Marc Postman, W. Voges	6
18	The Hubble Deep Field: Images 1995 ·American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts ·R. E. Williams, Mark Dickinson, Mauro Giavalisco, Ronald L. Gilliland, Henry C. Ferguson, A. S. Fruchter, D. B. McElroy, Ray A. Lucas, L. Petro, Marc Postman, H. M. Adorf, R. N. Hook	0
19	The Advanced Camera for the Hubble Space Telescope 1995 ·H. C. Ford, Tom Broadhurst, Paul D. Feldman, F. Bartko, Pierre Y. Bély, Robert L. Brown, Christopher J. Burrows, Mark Clampin, James H. Crocker, G. Hartig, Marc Postman, W. B. Sparks, R. L. White, E. S. Cheng, Randy A. Kimble, S. G. Neff, G. D. Illingworth, Michael P. Lesser, George Miley, Robert A. Woodruff	5
20	The Palomar Distant Cluster Survey 1995 ·American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts ·Marc Postman, L. M. Lubin, J. E. Gunn, J. B. Oke, J. G. Hoessel, D. P. Schneider, J. A. Christensen	1

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