Peter Challis

26.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Challis is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Challis has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4 papers in Instrumentation and 4 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Peter Challis's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (17 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (8 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (4 papers). Peter Challis is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (17 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (8 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (4 papers). Peter Challis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Sweden. Peter Challis's co-authors include R. Kirshner, Saurabh W. Jha, R. Chornock, A. V. Filippenko, Weidong Li, Mario Livio, Z. Tsvetanov, Mark Dickinson, L. Strolger and Mauro Giavalisco and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and The Astronomical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Peter Challis

20 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Type Ia Supernova Discoveries atz> 1 from theHubble Space Telescope: Evidence for Past Deceleration and Constraints on Dark Energy Evolution

2004 2.7k citations Adam G. Riess, L. Strolger et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
IMPROVED DARK ENERGY CONSTRAINTS FROM ∼100 NEW CfA SUPERNOVA TYPE Ia LIGHT CURVES

2009 503 citations M. Hicken, W. M. Wood‐Vasey et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Challis United States	16	4.0k	2.5k	213	179	177	20	4.0k
Supriya Pan India	38	3.3k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	270 1.3×	95 0.5×	191 1.1×	104	3.5k
V. F. Cardone Italy	28	3.6k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	295 1.4×	332 1.9×	361 2.0×	83	3.7k
Tristan L. Smith United States	26	3.4k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	130 0.6×	135 0.8×	369 2.1×	62	3.5k
Ruth Lazkoz Spain	31	3.1k 0.8×	2.5k 1.0×	327 1.5×	55 0.3×	214 1.2×	85	3.2k
Rafael C. Nunes Brazil	32	2.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	235 1.1×	87 0.5×	186 1.1×	76	2.6k
F. Finelli⋆ Italy	34	3.9k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	363 1.7×	84 0.5×	369 2.1×	108	4.0k
L. Raul Abramo Brazil	25	1.9k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	242 1.1×	147 0.8×	75 0.4×	66	1.9k
Savvas Nesseris Spain	32	3.1k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	199 0.9×	124 0.7×	282 1.6×	82	3.2k
Filippo Vernizzi France	30	3.7k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	259 1.2×	61 0.3×	361 2.0×	56	3.8k
Ignacy Sawicki Switzerland	24	4.1k 1.0×	3.0k 1.2×	244 1.1×	120 0.7×	491 2.8×	37	4.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Challis

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Avelino, Arturo, Andrew S. Friedman, Kaisey S. Mandel, et al.. (2019). Type Ia Supernovae Are Excellent Standard Candles in the Near-infrared. The Astrophysical Journal. 887(1). 106–106. 21 indexed citations

Fransson, Claes, M. Ergon, Peter Challis, et al.. (2014). HIGH-DENSITY CIRCUMSTELLAR INTERACTION IN THE LUMINOUS TYPE IIn SN 2010jl: THE FIRST 1100 DAYS. The Astrophysical Journal. 797(2). 118–118. 124 indexed citations

Challis, Peter, et al.. (2014). PS-183 Blood Transfusions Are Not A Risk Factor For Necrotizing Enterocolitis In Extremely Preterm Infants. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 99(Suppl 2). A177.2–A177. 1 indexed citations

Czekala, Ian, E. Berger, R. Chornock, et al.. (2013). THE UNUSUALLY LUMINOUS EXTRAGALACTIC NOVA SN 2010U. The Astrophysical Journal. 765(1). 57–57. 4 indexed citations

Marion, G. H., R. Kirshner, J. C. Wheeler, et al.. (2011). Helium Detection in IRTF Spectra of SN 2011dh. ATel. 3435. 1. 4 indexed citations

Parrent, J., R. C. Thomas, Robert A. Fesen, et al.. (2011). A STUDY OF CARBON FEATURES IN TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA SPECTRA. The Astrophysical Journal. 732(1). 30–30. 46 indexed citations

Foley, R. J., E. Berger, Ori D. Fox, et al.. (2011). THE DIVERSITY OF MASSIVE STAR OUTBURSTS. I. OBSERVATIONS OF SN2009ip, UGC 2773 OT2009-1, AND THEIR PROGENITORS. The Astrophysical Journal. 732(1). 32–32. 84 indexed citations

Milne, Peter, P. J. Brown, Peter W. A. Roming, et al.. (2010). NEAR-ULTRAVIOLET PROPERTIES OF A LARGE SAMPLE OF TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE AS OBSERVED WITH THESwiftUVOT. The Astrophysical Journal. 721(2). 1627–1655. 27 indexed citations

Blondin, S., J. L. Prieto, F. Patat, et al.. (2009). A SECOND CASE OF VARIABLE Na I D LINES IN A HIGHLY REDDENED TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA. The Astrophysical Journal. 693(1). 207–215. 79 indexed citations

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Hicken, M., W. M. Wood‐Vasey, S. Blondin, et al.. (2009). IMPROVED DARK ENERGY CONSTRAINTS FROM ∼100 NEW CfA SUPERNOVA TYPE Ia LIGHT CURVES. The Astrophysical Journal. 700(2). 1097–1140. 503 indexed citations breakdown →

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Foley, R. J., R. Chornock, A. V. Filippenko, et al.. (2009). SN 2008ha: AN EXTREMELY LOW LUMINOSITY AND EXCEPTIONALLY LOW ENERGY SUPERNOVA. The Astronomical Journal. 138(2). 376–391. 106 indexed citations

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Dwek, E., Richard G. Arendt, P. Bouchet, et al.. (2008). Infrared and X‐Ray Evidence for Circumstellar Grain Destruction by the Blast Wave of Supernova 1987A. The Astrophysical Journal. 676(2). 1029–1039. 44 indexed citations

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Modjaz, M., R. Kirshner, S. Blondin, Peter Challis, & T. Matheson. (2008). Double-Peaked Oxygen Lines Are Not Rare in Nebular Spectra of Core-Collapse Supernovae. The Astrophysical Journal. 687(1). L9–L12. 60 indexed citations

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Stritzinger, M., N. B. Suntzeff, M. Hamuy, et al.. (2005). An atlas of spectrophotometric landolt standard stars. Figshare. 26 indexed citations

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Riess, Adam G., L. Strolger, J. Tonry, et al.. (2004). Type Ia Supernova Discoveries atz> 1 from theHubble Space Telescope: Evidence for Past Deceleration and Constraints on Dark Energy Evolution. The Astrophysical Journal. 607(2). 665–687. 2699 indexed citations breakdown →

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McCray, Richard, C. S. J. Pun, Kazimierz J. Borkowski, et al.. (1998). New [ITAL]Hubble Space Telescope[/ITAL] Observations of High-Velocity L[CLC]y[/CLC]α and Hα in SNR 1987A. The Astrophysical Journal. 509(2). L117–L120. 16 indexed citations

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Garnavich, P., R. Kirshner, Peter Challis, et al.. (1997). Constraints on Cosmological Models from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of High-z Supernovae. CERN Bulletin. 191. 5 indexed citations

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Storchi‐Bergmann, Thaisa, Anne L. Kinney, & Peter Challis. (1995). Ultraviolet to Near-Infrared Spectral Distributions of Star-forming and Seyfert 2 Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 98. 103–103. 95 indexed citations

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Pun, C. S. J., R. Kirshner, G. Sonneborn, et al.. (1995). Ultraviolet Observations of SN 1987A with the IUE Satellite. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 99. 223–223. 45 indexed citations

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Schmidt, B., R. Kirshner, R. G. Eastman, et al.. (1994). The expanding photosphere method applied to SN 1992am AT CZ = 14 600 km/s. The Astronomical Journal. 107. 1444–1444. 31 indexed citations

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