Top Cited Articles of All Time (2006 edition) in astro-ph

Keep in mind that citation counts can never be exact, there is something like a 5% error in most of these numbers. Please do not fret about number 32 versus 33, as this is often not a statistically significant difference. Remember the detailed warning about the accuracy of these counts.

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1. 3953

   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]

2. 3104

   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]

3. 2995

   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]

4. 2891

   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]

5. 1987

   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]

6. 1530

   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]

7. 1164

   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]

8. 1099

   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]

9. 1062

   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]

10. 1007

    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]

11. 993

    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]

12. 968

    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]

13. 955

    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]

14. 928

    Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (wmap) three year results: implications for cosmology

    By D.N. Spergel, R. Bean, O. Dore', M.R. Nolta, C.L. Bennett, G. Hinshaw, N. Jarosik, E. Komatsu, L. Page, H.V. Peiris, L. Verde, C. Barnes, M. Halpern, Robert S. Hill, A. Kogut, M. Limon, S.S. Meyer, N. Odegard, G.S. Tucker, J.L. Weiland, E. Wollack, E.L. Wright (Princeton U. & Cornell U., Astron. Dept. & Canadian Inst. Theor. Astrophys. & NASA, Goddard & Johns Hopkins U. & Texas U., Astron. Dept. & Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr. & KICP, Chicago & Chicago U., EFI & Pennsylvania U. & British Columbia U. & Brown U. & UCLA & SSAI, Lanham).

    HEP Record [arXiv: astro-ph/0603449]

    [1032 Total citations in HEP]

15. 836

    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]

16. 796

    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]

17. 769

    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]

18. 761

    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]

19. 760

    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]

20. 735

    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]

21. 730

    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]

22. 724

    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]

23. 672

    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]

24. 664

    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]

25. 641

    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]

26. 626

    Stellar population synthesis at the resolution of 2003

    By G. Bruzual (Merida, CIDA), Stephane Charlot (Garching, Max Planck Inst. & Paris, Inst. Astrophys.).

    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.344:1000,2003 [arXiv: astro-ph/0309134]

    [660 Total citations in HEP]

27. 626

    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]

28. 621

    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]

29. 614

    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]

30. 611

    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]

31. 604

    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]

32. 584

    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 [arXiv: astro-ph/9807187]

    [600 Total citations in HEP]

33. 578

    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]

34. 566

    A Phantom menace?

    By R.R. Caldwell (Princeton U.).

    Published in:Phys.Lett.B545:23-29,2002 [arXiv: astro-ph/9908168]

    [582 Total citations in HEP]

35. 562

    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]

36. 557

    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]

37. 554

    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]

38. 546

    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]

39. 541

    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]

40. 526

    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]

41. 525

    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]

42. 522

    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]

43. 520

    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]

44. 511

    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]

45. 502

    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]

46. 495

    The Case for a positive cosmological Lambda term

    By Varun Sahni (IUCAA, Pune), Alexei A. Starobinsky (Landau Inst.).

    Published in:Int.J.Mod.Phys.D9:373-444,2000 [arXiv: astro-ph/9904398]

    [506 Total citations in HEP]

47. 492

    Where are the missing galactic satellites?

    By Anatoly A. Klypin, Andrey V. Kravtsov, Octavio Valenzuela, Francisco Prada.

    Published in:Astrophys.J.522:82-92,1999 [arXiv: astro-ph/9901240]

    [497 Total citations in HEP]

48. 489

    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]

49. 487

    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]

50. 481

    Large scale bias and the peak background split

    By Ravi K. Sheth, Giuseppe Tormen.

    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.308:119,1999 [arXiv: astro-ph/9901122]

    [488 Total citations in HEP]