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Overview

Marc Postman is affiliated with the Space Telescope Science Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on physics and astronomy, with specific contributions to astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, atomic and molecular physics and optics, nuclear and high energy physics, and global and planetary change.

The scientist has published extensively, with 97 publications in the field of physics and astronomy. Their subfields of study include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Global and Planetary Change

Marc Postman's work covers a range of main topics such as:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

The scientist has frequent collaborators, including:

  • Dan Coe (16 joint publications)
  • Adi Zitrin (15 joint publications)
  • Larry Bradley (15 joint publications)
  • Seiji Fujimoto (15 joint publications)
  • Masamune Oguri (14 joint publications)

Marc Postman's research contributions appear predominantly in these publication venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) - 14 publications
  • The Astrophysical Journal - 9 publications
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters - 3 publications
  • The Astronomical Journal - 3 publications
  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series - 2 publications

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Marc Postman include:

  • Constraints on the Hubble constant from supernova Refsdal's reappearance, 2023, Science
  • New Horizons Observations of the Cosmic Optical Background, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Anomalous Flux in the Cosmic Optical Background Detected with New Horizons Observations, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • JWST Imaging of Earendel, the Extremely Magnified Star at Redshift z = 6.2, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • ALMA Lensing Cluster Survey: Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Photometry of 33 Lensed Fields Built with CHArGE, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Best Publications

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

    C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton

  • Sloan digital sky survey: Early data release

    Chris Stoughton;Robert H. Lupton;Mariangela Bernardi;Michael R. Blanton;Michael R. Blanton

  • The Hubble Space Telescope Cluster Supernova Survey. V. Improving the Dark-energy Constraints above z > 1 and Building an Early-type-hosted Supernova Sample

    N. Suzuki;N. Suzuki;D. Rubin;D. Rubin;C. Lidman;G. Aldering

  • The Hubble Deep Field: Observations, data reduction, and galaxy photometry

    Robert E. Williams;Brett Blacker;Mark Dickinson;W. Van Dyke Dixon;W. Van Dyke Dixon

  • Spectroscopic Target Selection for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Luminous Red Galaxy Sample

    D. J. Eisenstein;J. Annis;J. E. Gunn;A. S. Szalay

  • Wide-Field InfrarRed Survey Telescope-Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets WFIRST-AFTA 2015 Report

    D. Spergel;N. Gehrels;C. Baltay;D. Bennett

  • Spectroscopic Target Selection for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Luminous Red Galaxy Sample

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;James Annis;James E. Gunn;Alexander S. Szalay

  • Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH): An Overview

    Marc Postman;Dan Coe;Narciso Benitez;Larry Bradley

  • The morphology-density relation - The group connection

    M. Postman;M. J. Geller

  • The Luminosity Function of Galaxies in SDSS Commissioning Data

    M. R. Blanton

  • THE CLUSTER LENSING AND SUPERNOVA SURVEY WITH HUBBLE: AN OVERVIEW

    Marc Postman;Dan Coe;Narciso Benítez;Larry Bradley

  • The Luminosity Function of Galaxies in SDSS Commissioning Data

    Michael R. Blanton;Julianne Dalcanton;Daniel Eisenstein;Jon Loveday

  • The Morphology - Density Relation in z ~ 1 Clusters

    M. Postman;M. Franx;N. Cross;B. Holden

  • The Morphology-Density Relation in z ~ 1 Clusters

    M. Postman;M. Franx;N.J.G. Cross;B. Holden

  • The Motion of the Local Group with Respect to the 15,000 Kilometer per Second Abell Cluster Inertial Frame

    Tod R. Lauer;Marc Postman

  • The Masses of Nuclear Black Holes in Luminous Elliptical Galaxies and Implications for the Space Density of the Most Massive Black Holes

    Tod R. Lauer;S. M. Faber;Douglas Richstone;Karl Gebhardt

  • The Pan-STARRS1 Database and Data Products

    H. A. Flewelling;E. A. Magnier;K. C. Chambers;J. N. Heasley

  • The Palomar Distant Clusters Survey. I. The Cluster Catalog

    Marc Postman;Lori M. Lubin;James E. Gunn;J. B. Oke;J. B. Oke

  • CLASH: THREE STRONGLY LENSED IMAGES OF A CANDIDATE z ≈ 11 GALAXY

    Dan Coe;Adi Zitrin;Mauricio Carrasco;Mauricio Carrasco;Xinwen Shu

  • The Palomar Distant Cluster Survey: I. The Cluster Catalog

    M. Postman;L. M. Lubin;J. E. Gunn;J. B. Oke

Frequent Co-Authors

Megan Donahue
Megan Donahue Michigan State University
Holland C. Ford
Holland C. Ford Johns Hopkins University
Tom Broadhurst
Tom Broadhurst University of the Basque Country
John P. Blakeslee
John P. Blakeslee National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Lab
Keiichi Umetsu
Keiichi Umetsu Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica
Anton M. Koekemoer
Anton M. Koekemoer Space Telescope Science Institute
Massimo Meneghetti
Massimo Meneghetti National Institute for Astrophysics
Mario Nonino
Mario Nonino National Institute for Astrophysics
Leonidas A. Moustakas
Leonidas A. Moustakas California Institute of Technology
Rychard Bouwens
Rychard Bouwens Leiden University

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