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Christopher D. Fassnacht publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher D. Fassnacht sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 347 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Christopher D. Fassnacht D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher D. Fassnacht sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christopher D. Fassnacht is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focused interest on several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology.

Frequent publication venues for Fassnacht include:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
  • The Astrophysical Journal

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Fassnacht are:

  • "STRIDES: a 3.9 per cent measurement of the Hubble constant from the strong lens system DES J0408−5354" (2020), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Joint constraints on thermal relic dark matter from strong gravitational lensing, the Ly α forest, and Milky Way satellites" (2021), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "TDCOSMO" (2023), published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "STRIDES: automated uniform models for 30 quadruply imaged quasars" (2022), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "PTF10iya: a short-lived, luminous flare from the nuclear region of a star-forming galaxy" (2024), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fassnacht include:

  • Tommaso Treu
  • Simon Birrer
  • S. H. Suyu
  • Dominique Sluse
  • F. Courbin

Best Publications

  • The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: Initial Results From Optical and Near-Infrared Imaging

    M. Giavalisco

  • The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: Initial results from optical and near-infrared imaging

    M. Giavalisco;H. C. Ferguson;H. C. Ferguson;A. M. Koekemoer;M. Dickinson;M. Dickinson

  • LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

    Paul A. Abell;Julius Allison;Scott F. Anderson

  • H0LiCOW – XIII. A 2.4 per cent measurement of H0 from lensed quasars: 5.3σ tension between early- and late-Universe probes

    Kenneth C. Wong;Sherry H. Suyu;Sherry H. Suyu;Sherry H. Suyu;Geoff C. F. Chen;Cristian E. Rusu;Cristian E. Rusu

  • H0LiCOW - V. New COSMOGRAIL time delays of HE 0435-1223: H0 to 3.8 per cent precision from strong lensing in a flat ΛCDM model

    V. Bonvin;F. Courbin;S. H. Suyu;S. H. Suyu;S. H. Suyu;P. J. Marshall

  • Evidence for the accelerated expansion of the Universe from weak lensing tomography with COSMOS

    Tim Schrabback;Jan Hartlap;Benjamin Joachimi;Martin Kilbinger

  • The Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey - I. Source selection and observations

    S. T. Myers;S. T. Myers;N. J. Jackson;I. W. A. Browne;A. G. de Bruyn

  • Dissecting the Gravitational lens B1608+656. II. Precision Measurements of the Hubble Constant, Spatial Curvature, and the Dark Energy Equation of State

    S. H. Suyu;P. J. Marshall;P. J. Marshall;M. W. Auger;M. W. Auger;S. Hilbert

  • Evidence of the accelerated expansion of the Universe from weak lensing tomography with COSMOS

    T. Schrabback;T. Schrabback;J. Hartlap;B. Joachimi;M. Kilbinger;M. Kilbinger

  • SN 2002cx: The Most Peculiar Known Type Ia Supernova

    Weidong Li;Alexei V. Filippenko;Ryan Chornock;Edo Berger

  • TWO ACCURATE TIME-DELAY DISTANCES FROM STRONG LENSING: IMPLICATIONS FOR COSMOLOGY

    S. H. Suyu;S. H. Suyu;S. H. Suyu;M. W. Auger;S. Hilbert;P. J. Marshall

  • Gravitational detection of a low-mass dark satellite galaxy at cosmological distance

    S. Vegetti;D. J. Lagattuta;John McKean;M. W. Auger

  • ALMA redshifts of millimeter-selected galaxies from the SPT survey: The redshift distribution of dusty star-forming galaxies

    A. Weiss;C. De Breuck;D. P. Marrone;J. D. Vieira

  • Dusty starburst galaxies in the early Universe as revealed by gravitational lensing

    J. D. Vieira;D. P. Marrone;S. C. Chapman;S. C. Chapman;C. De Breuck

  • H0LiCOW – IX. Cosmographic analysis of the doubly imaged quasar SDSS 1206+4332 and a new measurement of the Hubble constant

    S. Birrer;T. Treu;C. E. Rusu;C. E. Rusu;V. Bonvin

  • The Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey - II. Gravitational lens candidate selection and follow-up

    I. W. A. Browne;P. N. Wilkinson;N. J. F. Jackson;S. T. Myers;S. T. Myers;S. T. Myers

  • H0LiCOW – I. H0 Lenses in COSMOGRAIL's wellspring: program overview

    Sherry H. Suyu;Sherry H. Suyu;Sherry H. Suyu;V. Bonvin;Frederic Courbin;Christopher D. Fassnacht

  • ALMA redshifts of millimeter-selected galaxies from the SPT survey: The redshift distribution of dusty star-forming galaxies

    A. Weiß;C. De Breuck;D. P. Marrone;J. D. Vieira

  • Large Synoptic Survey Telescope: Dark Energy Science Collaboration

    Alexandra Abate;David L. Burke;Guoliang Li;Tesla Jeltema

  • TDCOSMO IV: Hierarchical time-delay cosmography -- joint inference of the Hubble constant and galaxy density profiles

    S. Birrer;A. J. Shajib;A. Galan;M. Millon

Frequent Co-Authors

Tommaso Treu
Tommaso Treu University of California, Los Angeles
Roger Blandford
Roger Blandford Stanford University
Léon V. E. Koopmans
Léon V. E. Koopmans University of Groningen
T. J. Pearson
T. J. Pearson California Institute of Technology
Georges Meylan
Georges Meylan École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Daniel P. Marrone
Daniel P. Marrone University of Arizona
Joaquin Vieira
Joaquin Vieira University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John E. Carlstrom
John E. Carlstrom University of Chicago
Anthony H. Gonzalez
Anthony H. Gonzalez University of Florida

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