Top Cited Articles of All Time (2005 edition) in astro-ph
The 50 most highly cited papers of All Time (2005 edition) in the astro-ph archive
Keep in mind that citation counts can never be exact,
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about number 32 versus 33, as this is often not a statistically
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counts as of Thu 1-Feb-2007. Further, the counts shown by the ranking are only the cites satisfying the
criteria for that list.
Actual citation numbers in the database may change as corrections are made and papers
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- 3106
- First year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations:
Determination of cosmological parameters
-
By WMAP Collaboration (D.N.
Spergel et al.).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.148:175,2003
[arXiv: astro-ph/0302209]
-
[4006 Total citations in HEP]
- 2609
- Measurements of Omega and Lambda from 42 high redshift supernovae
-
By Supernova Cosmology Project (S. Perlmutter et al.).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.517:565-586,1999
[arXiv: astro-ph/9812133]
-
[3144 Total citations in HEP]
- 2543
- Observational evidence from supernovae for an accelerating universe and a
cosmological constant
-
By Supernova Search Team (Adam
G. Riess et al.).
- Published in:Astron.J.116:1009-1038,1998
[arXiv: astro-ph/9805201]
-
[3028 Total citations in HEP]
- 2350
- Maps of dust IR emission for use in estimation of reddening and CMBR
foregrounds
-
By David J. Schlegel (Durham U.), Douglas P. Finkbeiner, Marc Davis (UC,
Berkeley).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.500:525,1998
[arXiv: astro-ph/9710327]
-
[2938 Total citations in HEP]
- 1633
- First year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations:
Preliminary maps and basic results
-
By C.L. Bennett, M. Halpern, G. Hinshaw, N. Jarosik, A. Kogut, M. Limon, S.S.
Meyer, L. Page, D.N. Spergel, G.S. Tucker, E. Wollack, E.L. Wright, C. Barnes,
M.R. Greason, R.S. Hill, E. Komatsu, M.R. Nolta, N. Odegard, Hiranya V. Peiris,
Licia Verde, J.L. Weiland (NASA, Goddard & British Columbia U. & Princeton U. &
Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr. & Chicago U. & Chicago U., EFI & KICP, Chicago
& Brown U. & UCLA & SSAI, Lanham).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.148:1,2003
[arXiv: astro-ph/0302207]
-
[2008 Total citations in HEP]
- 1269
- A Universal density profile from hierarchical clustering
-
By Julio F. Navarro (Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.), Carlos S.
Frenk (Durham U.), Simon D.M. White (Garching, Max Planck Inst.).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.490:493-508,1997
[arXiv: astro-ph/9611107]
-
[1550 Total citations in HEP]
- 1009
- The Structure of cold dark matter halos
-
By Julio F. Navarro (Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.), Carlos S.
Frenk (Durham U.), Simon D.M. White (Garching, Max Planck Inst.).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.462:563-575,1996
[arXiv: astro-ph/9508025]
-
[1185 Total citations in HEP]
- 934
- Cosmological imprint of an energy component with general equation of
state
-
By R.R. Caldwell, Rahul Dave, Paul J. Steinhardt (Pennsylvania U.).
- Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.80:1582-1585,1998
[arXiv: astro-ph/9708069]
-
[1074 Total citations in HEP]
- 929
- A Flat universe from high resolution maps of the cosmic microwave background
radiation
-
By Boomerang Collaboration (P.
de Bernardis et al.).
- Published in:Nature
404:955-959,2000
[arXiv: astro-ph/0004404]
-
[1001 Total citations in HEP]
- 878
- A Line of sight integration approach to cosmic microwave background
anisotropies
-
By Uros Seljak (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys.), Matias Zaldarriaga (MIT,
LNS).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.469:437-444,1996
[arXiv: astro-ph/9603033]
-
[1012 Total citations in HEP]
- 840
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: technical summary
-
By SDSS Collaboration (Donald G.
York et al.).
- Published in:Astron.J.120:1579-1587,2000
[arXiv: astro-ph/0006396]
-
[1124 Total citations in HEP]
- 790
- Final results from the Hubble Space Telescope key project to measure the
Hubble constant
-
By W.L. Freedman, B.F. Madore, B.K. Gibson, L. Ferrarese, D.D. Kelson, S. Sakai,
J.R. Mould, R.C. Kennicutt, H.C. Ford, J.A. Graham, J.P. Huchra, S.M.G. Hughes,
Garth D. Illingworth, L.M. Macri, P.B. Stetson, P.B. Stetson (Carnegie Inst.
Observ. & Caltech, IPAC & Swinburne U., Ctr. Astrophys. Supercomput. & Rutgers U.,
Piscataway & Carnegie Inst., Wash., D.C. & NOAO, Tucson & Res. Sch. Astron.
Astrophys., Weston Creek & Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ. & Johns
Hopkins U. & Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys. & Cambridge U., Inst. of Astron.
& Lick Observ. & NRC-HIA, Victoria).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.553:47-72,2001
[arXiv: astro-ph/0012376]
-
[977 Total citations in HEP]
- 711
- Discovery of a supernova explosion at half the age of the Universe and its
cosmological implications
-
By Supernova Cosmology Project (S. Perlmutter et al.).
- Published in:Nature
391:51-54,1998
[arXiv: astro-ph/9712212]
-
[772 Total citations in HEP]
- 703
- A measurement by Boomerang of multiple peaks in the angular power spectrum of
the cosmic microwave background
-
By Boomerang Collaboration (C.B.
Netterfield et al.).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.571:604-614,2002
[arXiv: astro-ph/0104460]
-
[740 Total citations in HEP]
- 681
- Lyman break galaxies at z >~ 4 and the evolution of the UV luminosity density
at high redshift
-
By Charles C. Steidel, Kurt L. Adelberger (Palomar Observ.), Mauro Giavalisco,
Mark Dickinson (Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci.), Max Pettini (Royal Greenwich
Observ.).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.519:1-17,1999
[arXiv: astro-ph/9811399]
-
[767 Total citations in HEP]
- 680
- The Demography of massive dark objects in galaxy centers
-
By John Magorrian, Scott Tremaine (Canadian Inst. Theor. Astrophys.), Douglas
Richstone (Michigan U.), Ralf Bender (Munich U. Observ.), Gary Bower (Kitt Peak
Observ.), Alan Dressler (Carnegie Inst. Observ.), S.M. Faber (Lick Observ.), Karl
Gebhardt (Michigan U.), Richard Green (Kitt Peak Observ.), Carl Grillmair
(Caltech, JPL), John Kormendy (Inst. Astron., Honolulu), Tod R. Lauer (Kitt Peak
Observ.).
- Published in:Astron.J.115:2285,1998
[arXiv: astro-ph/9708072]
-
[803 Total citations in HEP]
- 633
- Four year COBE DMR cosmic microwave background observations: Maps and basic
results
-
By C.L. Bennett (NASA, Goddard), A. Banday, K.M. Gorski, G. Hinshaw, P. Jackson,
P. Keegstra, A. Kogut (Hughes STX, Greenbelt), George F. Smoot (LBL, Berkeley &
UC, Berkeley), D.T. Wilkinson (Princeton U.), E.L. Wright (UCLA).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.464:L1-L4,1996
[arXiv: astro-ph/9601067]
-
[666 Total citations in HEP]
- 624
- Quintessence, cosmic coincidence, and the cosmological constant
-
By Ivaylo Zlatev, Li-Min Wang (Pennsylvania U.), Paul J. Steinhardt (Pennsylvania
U. & Princeton U.).
- Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.82:896-899,1999
[arXiv: astro-ph/9807002]
-
[740 Total citations in HEP]
- 615
- MAXIMA-1: A Measurement of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy on
angular scales of 10 arcminutes to 5 degrees
-
By S. Hanany (Minnesota U. & UC, Berkeley, CfPA), P. Ade, A. Balbi, J. Bock, J.
Borrill, A. Boscaleri, P. de Bernardis, P.G. Ferreira, V.V. Hristov, Andrew H.
Jaffe, A.E. Lange, A.T. Lee, P.D. Mauskopf, C.B. Netterfield, S. Oh, E. Pascale,
B. Rabii, P.L. Richards, George F. Smoot, R. Stompor, C.D. Winant, J.H.P. Wu (UC,
Berkeley, CfPA & Queen Mary, U. of London & Rome U.,Tor Vergata & Caltech, JPL &
Caltech & LBL, Berkeley & Florence, IROE & Rome U. & Oxford U. & Lisbon, IST &
Cardiff U. & Toronto U. & UC, Berkeley & Warsaw, Copernicus Astron. Ctr. & UC,
Berkeley, Astron. Dept.).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.545:L5,2000
[arXiv: astro-ph/0005123]
-
[678 Total citations in HEP]
- 602
- Cosmological parameters from SDSS and WMAP
-
By SDSS Collaboration (Max
Tegmark et al.).
- Published in:Phys.Rev.D69:103501,2004
[arXiv: astro-ph/0310723]
-
[859 Total citations in HEP]
- 589
- Type Ia supernova discoveries at z > 1 from the Hubble Space Telescope:
Evidence for past deceleration and constraints on dark energy evolution
-
By Supernova Search Team (Adam
G. Riess et al.).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.607:665-687,2004
[arXiv: astro-ph/0402512]
-
[982 Total citations in HEP]
- 571
- Using the evolution of clusters to constrain Omega
-
By Vincent R. Eke, Shaun Cole, Carlos S. Frenk (Durham U.).
- Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.282:263-280,1996
[arXiv: astro-ph/9601088]
-
[608 Total citations in HEP]
- 568
- A Fundamental relation between supermassive black holes and their host
galaxies
-
By Laura Ferrarese (UCLA), David Merritt (Rutgers U., Piscataway).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.539:L9,2000
[arXiv: astro-ph/0006053]
-
[737 Total citations in HEP]
- 564
- The Cosmic triangle: Assessing the state of the universe
-
By Neta A. Bahcall, Jeremiah P. Ostriker (Princeton U. Observ.), Saul Perlmutter
(LBL, Berkeley), Paul J. Steinhardt (Princeton U.).
- Published in:Science
284:1481-1488,1999
[arXiv: astro-ph/9906463]
-
[628 Total citations in HEP]
- 562
- The Cosmological constant and dark energy
-
By P.J.E. Peebles (Princeton U.), Bharat Ratra (Kansas State U.).
- Published in:Rev.Mod.Phys.75:559-606,2003
[arXiv: astro-ph/0207347]
-
[780 Total citations in HEP]
- 542
- Solar models: Current epoch and time dependences, neutrinos, and
helioseismological properties
-
By John N. Bahcall (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), M.H. Pinsonneault (Ohio
State U.), Sarbani Basu (Yale U.).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.555:990-1012,2001
[arXiv: astro-ph/0010346]
-
[563 Total citations in HEP]
- 533
- Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) first year observations: TE
polarization
-
By A. Kogut, D.N. Spergel, C. Barnes, C.L. Bennett, M. Halpern, G. Hinshaw, N.
Jarosik, M. Limon, S.S. Meyer, L. Page, G.S. Tucker, E. Wollack, E.L. Wright
(NASA, Goddard & Princeton U. & British Columbia U. & Chicago U., EFI & KICP,
Chicago & Brown U. & UCLA).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.148:161,2003
[arXiv: astro-ph/0302213]
-
[623 Total citations in HEP]
- 518
- Measurements of the cosmological parameters Omega and Lambda from the first 7
supernovae at z>=0.35
-
By Supernova Cosmology Project (S. Perlmutter et al.).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.483:565,1997
[arXiv: astro-ph/9608192]
-
[562 Total citations in HEP]
- 512
- First year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations:
Implications for inflation
-
By H.V. Peiris, E. Komatsu, Licia Verde, D.N. Spergel, C.L. Bennett, M. Halpern,
G. Hinshaw, N. Jarosik, A. Kogut, M. Limon, S.S. Meyer, L. Page, G.S. Tucker, E.
Wollack, E.L. Wright (Princeton U. & NASA, Goddard & British Columbia U. & Chicago
U., EFI & KICP, Chicago & Brown U. & UCLA).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.148:213,2003
[arXiv: astro-ph/0302225]
-
[619 Total citations in HEP]
- 511
- Measurement of the solar neutrino capture rate with gallium metal
-
By SAGE Collaboration (J.N.
Abdurashitov et al.).
- Published in:Phys.Rev.C60:055801,1999
[arXiv: astro-ph/9907113]
-
[548 Total citations in HEP]
- 510
- DASI first results: A Measurement of the cosmic microwave background angular
power spectrum
-
By N.W. Halverson, E.M. Leitch, C. Pryke, J. Kovac, J.E. Carlstrom (Chicago U.),
W.L. Holzapfel (UC, Berkeley), M. Dragovan (Caltech, JPL), J.K. Cartwright, B.S.
Mason, S. Padin, T.J. Pearson, M.C. Shepherd, A.C.S. Readhead (Caltech).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.568:38-45,2002
[arXiv: astro-ph/0104489]
-
[560 Total citations in HEP]
- 502
- Starburst99: synthesis models for galaxies with active star formation
-
By Claus Leitherer, Daniel Schaerer, Jeffrey D. Goldader, Rosa M. Gonzalez
Delgado, Carmelle Robert, Denis Foo Kune, Duilia F.de Mello, Daniel Devost,
Timothy M. Heckman.
- Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.123:3-40,1999
[arXiv: astro-ph/9902334]
-
[619 Total citations in HEP]
- 498
- The Hubble Deep Field: Observations, data reduction, and galaxy
photometry
-
By the HDF Team (Robert E.
Williams et al.).
- Published in:Astron.J.112:1335,1996
[arXiv: astro-ph/9607174]
-
[528 Total citations in HEP]
- 493
- Reconstructing the linear power spectrum of cosmological mass
fluctuations
-
By J.A. Peacock (Royal Observ., Edinburgh), S.J. Dodds (Edinburgh U.).
- Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.267:1020-1034,1994<
/a>
[arXiv: astro-ph/9311057]
-
[514 Total citations in HEP]
- 490
- A Relationship between nuclear black hole mass and galaxy velocity
dispersion
-
By Karl Gebhardt, Ralf Bender, Gary Bower, Alan Dressler, S.M. Faber, Alexei V.
Filippenko, Richard Green, Carl Grillmair, Luis C. Ho, John Kormendy, Tod R.
Lauer, John Magorrian, Jason Pinkney, Douglas Richstone, Scott Tremaine.
- Published in:Astrophys.J.539:L13,2000
[arXiv: astro-ph/0006289]
-
[652 Total citations in HEP]
- 471
- Hybrid inflation
-
By Andrei D. Linde (Stanford U., Phys. Dept.).
- Published in:Phys.Rev.D49:748-754,1994
[arXiv: astro-ph/9307002]
-
[529 Total citations in HEP]
- 471
- Unified schemes for radio-loud active galactic nuclei
-
By C.Megan Urry (Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci.), Paolo Padovani (Rome U.,Tor
Vergata).
- Published in:Publ.Astron.Soc.Pac.107:803,1995
[arXiv: astro-ph/9506063]
-
[542 Total citations in HEP]
- 457
- The Cold dark matter density perturbation
-
By Andrew R. Liddle (Sussex U.), David H. Lyth (Lancaster U.).
- Published in:Phys.Rept.231:1-105,1993
[arXiv: astro-ph/9303019]
-
[479 Total citations in HEP]
- 446
- The High Z supernova search: Measuring cosmic deceleration and global
curvature of the universe using type Ia supernovae
-
By Supernova Search Team (Brian
P. Schmidt et al.).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.507:46-63,1998
[arXiv: astro-ph/9805200]
-
[494 Total citations in HEP]
- 445
- The Canada-France Redshift Survey. 13. The Luminosity density and
star-formation history of the Universe to z ~ 1
-
By S.J. Lilly (Toronto U., Astron. Dept.), Olivier Le Fevre, F. Hammer (Meudon
Observ.), David Crampton (NRC-HIA, Victoria).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.460:L1,1996
[arXiv: astro-ph/9601050]
-
[483 Total citations in HEP]
- 441
- Extension of the cosmic ray energy spectrum beyond the predicted
Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuz'min cutoff
-
By M. Takeda, N. Hayashida (Tokyo U., ICRR), K. Honda (Yamanashi U.), N. Inoue
(Saitama U.), K. Kadota, F. Kakimoto (Tokyo Inst. Tech.), K. Kamata (Nishina
Memorial Found., Tokyo), S. Kawaguchi (Hirosaki U.), Y. Kawasaki (Osaka City U.),
N. Kawasumi (Yamanashi U.), H. Kitamura (Kobe U.), E. Kusano (Saitama U.), Y.
Matsubara (Nagoya U., Solar-Terrestrial Environ. Lab.), K. Murakami (Nagoya U. of
Foreign Studies), M. Nagano, D. Nishikawa, H. Ohoka, N. Sakaki, M. Sasaki (Tokyo
U., ICRR), K. Shinozaki, N. Souma (Saitama U.), M. Teshima, R. Torii (Tokyo U.,
ICRR), I. Tsushima (Yamanashi U.), Y. Uchihori (Chiba, Natl. Inst. Rad. Sci.), T.
Yamamoto, S. Yoshida (Tokyo U., ICRR), H. Yoshii (Ehime U.).
- Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.81:1163-1166,1998
[arXiv: astro-ph/9807193]
-
[471 Total citations in HEP]
- 439
- Cosmological results from high-z supernovae
-
By Supernova Search Team (John
L. Tonry et al.).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.594:1-24,2003
[arXiv: astro-ph/0305008]
-
[595 Total citations in HEP]
- 438
- Discovery of the peculiar supernova 1998bw in the error box of GRB
980425
-
By T.J. Galama, Paul M. Vreeswijk, J. van Paradijs, C. Kouveliotou, T. Augusteijn,
O.R. Hainaut, F. Patat, H. Bohnhardt, J. Brewer, V. Doublier, J.-F. Gonzalez, C.
Lidman, B. Leibundgut, J. Heise, J. in 't Zand, P.J. Groot, R.G. Strom, P.
Mazzali, K. Iwamoto, K. Nomoto, H. Umeda, T. Nakamura, T. Koshut, M. Kippen, C.
Robinson, P. de Wildt, R.A.M.J. Wijers, N. Tanvir, J. Greiner, E. Pian, E.
Palazzi, F. Frontera, N. Masetti, L. Nicastro, E. Malozzi, M. Feroci, E. Costa, L.
Piro, B.A. Peterson, C. Tinney, B. Boyle, R. Cannon, R. Stathakis, M.C. Begam, P.
Ianna (Amsterdam U., Astron. Inst. & Alabama U., Huntsville & Universities Space
Research Assoc. & NASA, Marshall & European Southern Obs., Chile & SRON, Utrecht &
NFRA, Dwingeloo & Trieste Observ. & Tokyo U., Astron. Dept. & Tokyo U., RESCEU).
- Published in:Nature
395:670,1998
[arXiv: astro-ph/9806175]
-
[529 Total citations in HEP]
- 431
- The Cosmic baryon budget
-
By M. Fukugita (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study & Tokyo U., ICRR), C.J. Hogan
(Washington U., Seattle), P.J.E. Peebles (Princeton U.).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.503:518,1998
[arXiv: astro-ph/9712020]
-
[475 Total citations in HEP]
- 430
- Gamma-ray bursts and the fireball model
-
By T. Piran (Hebrew U.).
- Published in:Phys.Rept.314:575-667,1999
[arXiv: astro-ph/9810256]
-
[465 Total citations in HEP]
- 429
- Profiles of dark haloes. Evolution, scatter, and environment
-
By James S. Bullock, Tsafrir S. Kolatt, Yair Sigad, Rachel S. Somerville, Andrey
V. Kravtsov, Anatoly A. Klypin, Joel R. Primack, Avishai Dekel (UC, Santa Cruz &
Ohio State U., Dept. Astron. & Hebrew U. & Cambridge U., Inst. of Astron. & New
Mexico State U.).
- Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.321:559-575,2001
[arXiv: astro-ph/9908159]
-
[535 Total citations in HEP]
- 429
- Collapsars: Gamma-ray bursts and explosions in 'failed supernovae'
-
By A. MacFadyen, S.E. Woosley (UC, Santa Cruz).
- Published in:Astrophys.J.524:262,1999
[arXiv: astro-ph/9810274]
-
[512 Total citations in HEP]
- 428
- Cosmological tracking solutions
-
By Paul J. Steinhardt, Li-Min Wang, Ivaylo Zlatev (Pennsylvania U.).
- Published in:Phys.Rev.D59:123504,1999
[arXiv: astro-ph/9812313]
-
[494 Total citations in HEP]
- 428
- Star formation in galaxies along the Hubble sequence
-
By Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr. (Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.).
- Published in:Ann.Rev.Astron.Astrophys.36:189-231,1998
a>
[arXiv: astro-ph/9807187]
-
[600 Total citations in HEP]
- 425
- How uncertain are solar neutrino predictions?
-
By John N. Bahcall, Sarbani Basu (Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study), M.H.
Pinsonneault (Ohio State U.).
- Published in:Phys.Lett.B433:1-8,1998
[arXiv: astro-ph/9805135]
-
[427 Total citations in HEP]