Top Cited Articles during 2006 in astro-ph

The 50 most highly cited papers during 2006 in the astro-ph archive

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.

Also note that the counts shown, and used in the rankings, are the 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 are added, the links will take you to the updated numbers. The lists, however, will not update.

  1. 922
    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]
  2. 847
    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]
  3. 541
    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]
  4. 495
    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]
  5. 452
    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]
  6. 366
    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]
  7. 354
    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]
  8. 272
    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]
  9. 261
    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]
  10. 259
    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]
  11. 234
    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]
  12. 219
    The Supernova legacy survey: Measurement of omega(m), omega(lambda) and W from the first year data set
    By Pierre Astier, J. Guy, N. Regnault, R. Pain, E. Aubourg, D. Balam, S. Basa, R.G. Carlberg, S. Fabbro, D. Fouchez, I.M. Hook, D.A. Howell, H. Lafoux, J.D. Neill, N. Palanque-Delabrouille, K. Perrett, C.J. Pritchet, J. Rich, M. Sullivan, R. Taillet, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, V. Arsenijevic, C. Balland, S. Baumont, J. Bronder, H. Courtois, R.S. Ellis, M. Filiol, A.C. Goncalves, A. Goobar, D. Guide, D. Hardin, V. Lusset, C. Lidman, R. McMahon, M. Mouchet, A. Mourao, S. Perlmutter, P. Ripoche, C. Tao, N. Walton (Paris U., VI-VII & APC, Paris & DAPNIA, Saclay & Victoria U. & Marseille, Lab. Astrophys. & Toronto U., Astron. Dept. & Lisbon, CENTRA & Marseille, CPPM & Oxford U. & Savoie U. & LBL, Berkeley & European Southern Obs., Chile & Lyon Observ. & Caltech & LUTH, Meudon & Stockholm U. & Cambridge U., Inst. of Astron. & UC, Berkeley).
    Published in:Astron.Astrophys.447:31-48,2006 [arXiv: astro-ph/0510447]
    [266 Total citations in HEP]
  13. 199
    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]
  14. 178
    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]
  15. 172
    Detection of the baryon acoustic peak in the large-scale correlation function of SDSS luminous red galaxies
    By SDSS Collaboration (Daniel J. Eisenstein et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.633:560-574,2005 [arXiv: astro-ph/0501171]
    [272 Total citations in HEP]
  16. 160
    Three year wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (wmap) observations: polarization analysis
    By L. Page, G. Hinshaw, E. Komatsu, M.R. Nolta, D.N. Spergel, C.L. Bennett, C. Barnes, R. Bean, O. Dore', M. Halpern, Robert S. Hill, N. Jarosik, A. Kogut, M. Limon, S.S. Meyer, N. Odegard, H.V. Peiris, G.S. Tucker, L. Verde, J.L. Weiland, E. Wollack, E.L. Wright (Princeton U. & NASA, Goddard & Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr. & KICP, Chicago & Chicago U., EFI & Brown U. & UCLA & Cornell U., Radio. Space Res. Ctr. & Canadian Inst. Theor. Astrophys. & Johns Hopkins U. & Texas U., Astron. Dept. & Pennsylvania U.).
    HEP Record [arXiv: astro-ph/0603450]
    [168 Total citations in HEP]
  17. 157
    Three-year wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (wmap) observations: temperature analysis
    By G. Hinshaw, M.R. Nolta, C.L. Bennett, R. Bean, O. Dore', M.R. Greason, M. Halpern, Robert S. Hill, N. Jarosik, A. Kogut, E. Komatsu, M. Limon, N. Odegard, S.S. Meyer, L. Page, H.V. Peiris, D.N. Spergel, G.S. Tucker, L. Verde, J.L. Weiland, E. Wollack, E.L. Wright (NASA, Goddard & Canadian Inst. Theor. Astrophys. & Johns Hopkins U. & Cornell U., Radio. Space Res. Ctr. & SSAI, Lanham & British Columbia U. & Princeton U. & Texas U., Astron. Dept. & Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr. & KICP, Chicago & Chicago U., EFI & Brown U. & Pennsylvania U. & UCLA).
    HEP Record [arXiv: astro-ph/0603451]
    [168 Total citations in HEP]
  18. 156
    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]
  19. 156
    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]
  20. 155
    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]
  21. 151
    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]
  22. 151
    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]
  23. 150
    The slope of the black hole mass versus velocity dispersion correlation
    By Scott Tremaine, 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 (Princeton U. Observ. & Texas U., Astron. Dept. & Munich U., Inst. Astron. Astrophys. & Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci. & Carnegie Inst. Observ. & Lick Observ. & UC, Berkeley, Astron. Dept. & NOAO, Tucson & Spitzer Space Telescope & Durham U. & Michigan U.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.574:740-753,2002 [arXiv: astro-ph/0203468]
    [452 Total citations in HEP]
  24. 147
    The Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
    By SDSS Collaboration (Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.162:38-48,2006 [arXiv: astro-ph/0507711]
    [192 Total citations in HEP]
  25. 143
    The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for the Spitzer Space Telescope
    By The IRAC Collaboration (G.G. Fazio et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.154:10-17,2004 [arXiv: astro-ph/0405616]
    [241 Total citations in HEP]
  26. 139
    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]
  27. 132
    New constraints on Omega(M), Omega(lambda), and w from an independent set of eleven high-redshift supernovae observed with HST
    By Supernova Cosmology Project (Robert A. Knop et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.598:102,2003 [arXiv: astro-ph/0309368]
    [447 Total citations in HEP]
  28. 130
    The Spitzer Space Telescope mission
    By M.W. Werner, Thomas L. Roellig, F.J. Low, G.H. Rieke, M. Rieke, W.F. Hoffmann, E. Young, J.R. Houck, B. Brandl, G.G. Fazio, J.L. Hora, R.D. Gehrz, G. Helou, B.T. Soifer, J. Stauffer, J. Keene, P. Eisenhardt, D. Gallagher, T.N. Gautier, W. Irace, C.R. Lawrence, L. Simmons, J.E. Van Cleve, M. Jura, E.L. Wright, D.P. Cruikshank (Caltech, JPL & NASA, Ames & Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ. & Cornell U., Astron. Dept. & Leiden U. & Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys. & Minnesota U. & Spitzer Space Telescope & Ball Aerospace Tech., Boulder & UCLA).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.Suppl.154:1-9,2004 [arXiv: astro-ph/0406223]
    [210 Total citations in HEP]
  29. 129
    The 3-D power spectrum of galaxies from the SDSS
    By SDSS Collaboration (Max Tegmark et al.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.606:702-740,2004 [arXiv: astro-ph/0310725]
    [394 Total citations in HEP]
  30. 129
    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]
  31. 128
    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]
  32. 125
    The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Power-spectrum analysis of the final dataset and cosmological implications
    By The 2dFGRS Collaboration (Shaun Cole et al.).
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.362:505-534,2005 [arXiv: astro-ph/0501174]
    [192 Total citations in HEP]
  33. 123
    The Many lives of AGN: Cooling flows, black holes and the luminosities and colours of galaxies
    By Darren J. Croton, Volker Springel, Simon D.M. White, G. De Lucia (Garching, Max Planck Inst.), C.S. Frenk (Durham U.), L. Gao (Garching, Max Planck Inst.), A. Jenkins (Durham U.), G. Kauffmann (Garching, Max Planck Inst.), J.F. Navarro (Victoria U.), N. Yoshida (Nagoya U.).
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.365:11-28,2006 [arXiv: astro-ph/0508046]
    [146 Total citations in HEP]
  34. 119
    Cosmological parameter analysis including SDSS Ly-alpha forest and galaxy bias: Constraints on the primordial spectrum of fluctuations, neutrino mass, and dark energy
    By SDSS Collaboration (Uros Seljak et al.).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D71:103515,2005 [arXiv: astro-ph/0407372]
    [334 Total citations in HEP]
  35. 116
    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]
  36. 116
    The u'g'r'i'z' Standard star system
    By SDSS Collaboration (J Allyn Smith et al.).
    Published in:Astron.J.123:2121-2144,2002 [arXiv: astro-ph/0201143]
    [452 Total citations in HEP]
  37. 109
    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]
  38. 108
    Simulating the joint evolution of quasars, galaxies and their large-scale distribution
    By Volker Springel, Simon D.M. White, Adrian Jenkins, Carlos S. Frenk, Naoki Yoshida, Liang Gao, Julio Navarro, Robert Thacker, Darren Croton, John Helly, John A. Peacock, Shaun Cole, Peter Thomas, Hugh Couchman, August Evrard, Joerg Colberg, Frazer Pearce (Garching, Max Planck Inst. & Durham U. & Nagoya U. & Victoria U. & McMaster U. & Edinburgh U., Inst. Astron. & Sussex U. & Sussex U., Astron. Ctr. & Michigan U. & Pittsburgh U. & Nottingham U.).
    Published in:Nature 435:629-636,2005 [arXiv: astro-ph/0504097]
    [169 Total citations in HEP]
  39. 106
    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]
  40. 105
    The Global schmidt law in star forming galaxies
    By Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr. (Arizona U., Astron. Dept. - Steward Observ.).
    Published in:Astrophys.J.498:541,1998 [arXiv: astro-ph/9712213]
    [477 Total citations in HEP]
  41. 105
    The swift gamma-ray burst mission
    By Swift Science Collaboration (N. Gehrels et al.).
    Published in:AIP Conf.Proc.727:637-641,2004, Astrophys.J.611:1005-1020,2004 [arXiv: astro-ph/0405233]
    [198 Total citations in HEP]
  42. 103
    Phantom energy and cosmic doomsday
    By Robert R. Caldwell (Dartmouth Coll.), Marc Kamionkowski, Nevin N. Weinberg (Caltech).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.Lett.91:071301,2003 [arXiv: astro-ph/0302506]
    [369 Total citations in HEP]
  43. 102
    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]
  44. 101
    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]
  45. 101
    Cosmological parameters from combining the Lyman-alpha forest with CMB, galaxy clustering and SN constraints
    By Uros Seljak (Princeton U. & ICTP, Trieste), Anze Slosar (Ljubljana U.), Patrick McDonald (Canadian Inst. Theor. Astrophys.).
    Published in:JCAP 0610:014,2006 [arXiv: astro-ph/0604335]
    [113 Total citations in HEP]
  46. 99
    Is cosmic speed - up due to new gravitational physics?
    By Sean M. Carroll, Vikram Duvvuri (Chicago U., EFI & Chicago U. & KICP, Chicago), Mark Trodden (Syracuse U.), Michael S. Turner (Chicago U., EFI & Chicago U. & KICP, Chicago & Chicago U., Astron. Astrophys. Ctr. & Fermilab).
    Published in:Phys.Rev.D70:043528,2004 [arXiv: astro-ph/0306438]
    [312 Total citations in HEP]
  47. 97
    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]
  48. 94
    The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Spectra and redshifts
    By The 2DFGRS Collaboration (Matthew Colless et al.).
    Published in:Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.328:1039,2001 [arXiv: astro-ph/0106498]
    [468 Total citations in HEP]
  49. 94
    Energy input from quasars regulates the growth and activity of black holes and their host galaxies
    By Tiziana Di Matteo, Volker Springel (Garching, Max Planck Inst.), Lars Hernquist (Harvard U.).
    Published in:Nature 433:604-607,2005 [arXiv: astro-ph/0502199]
    [161 Total citations in HEP]
  50. 94
    The Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
    By SDSS Collaboration (Kevork Abazajian et al.).
    Published in:Astron.J.129:1755-1759,2005 [arXiv: astro-ph/0410239]
    [198 Total citations in HEP]