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2026

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113
Citations
41726
World Ranking
1060
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in Chile Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in Chile Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Physics in Chile Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Physics in Chile Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Mario Hamuy is affiliated with the University of Chile in Chile and has contributed to the field of Physics and Astronomy, focusing primarily on Astronomy and Astrophysics. They have published extensively on topics such as gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, as well as related astrophysical phenomena.

Major topics of their research include:

  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mario Hamuy encompass:

  • M. Stritzinger
  • N. Morrell
  • C. Contreras
  • M. M. Phillips
  • N. B. Suntzeff

Selected recent publications highlight a focus on supernova research and related astrophysical studies:

  • "Type II supernovae from the Carnegie Supernova Project-I," 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "An atlas of spectrophotometric landolt standard stars," 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "Carnegie Supernova Project II: The Slowest Rising Type Ia Supernova LSQ14fmg and Clues to the Origin of Super-Chandrasekhar/03fg-like Events," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Carnegie Supernova Project: The First Homogeneous Sample of Super-Chandrasekhar-mass/2003fg-like Type Ia Supernovae," 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Type II supernovae from the Carnegie Supernova Project-I," 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics

The primary publication venues for their work include:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • UNC Libraries

Mario Hamuy's contributions lie predominantly within the subfields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, supported by work in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, as well as technical expertise related to Instrumentation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

Recognition for their work includes the title of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, awarded in 2011.

Best Publications

  • The High-Z Supernova Search: Measuring Cosmic Deceleration and Global Curvature of the Universe Using Type Ia Supernovae*

    Brian P. Schmidt;Nicholas B. Suntzeff;M. M. Phillips;Robert A. Schommer

  • The High-Z Supernova Search: Measuring Cosmic Deceleration and Global Cur vature of the Universe Using Type Ia Supernovae

    Brian P. Schmidt;Nicholas B. Suntzeff;M. M. Phillips;Robert A. Schommer

  • LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

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

  • Constraints on Cosmological Models from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of High-z Supernovae

    P. M. Garnavich;R. P. Kirshner;P. Challis;J. Tonry

  • The reddening-free decline rate versus luminosity relationship for type ia supernovae

    M. M. Phillips;Paulina Lira;Nicholas B. Suntzeff;R. A. Schommer

  • Constraints on Cosmological Models from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of High-z Supernovae

    P. M. Garnavich;R. P. Kirshner;P. Challis;J. Tonry

  • Southern spectrophotometric standards. I

    Mario Hamuy;A. R. Walker;N. B. Suntzeff;P. Gigoux

  • The Absolute Luminosities of the Calan/Tololo Type IA Supernovae

    Mario Hamuy;M. M. Phillips;Nicholas B. Suntzeff;Robert A. Schommer

  • The Absolute Luminosities of the Calan/Tololo Type Ia Supernovae

    Mario Hamuy;M.M. Phillips;Robert A. Schommer;Nicholas B. Suntzeff

  • A Hubble diagram of distant type IA supernovae

    Mario Hamuy;M. M. Phillips;Jose Maza;Nicholas B. Suntzeff

  • The Carnegie Supernova Project: First Photometry Data Release of Low-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae

    Carlos Contreras;Mario Hamuy;M. M. Phillips;Gaston Folatelli

  • Observed and Physical Properties of Core-Collapse Supernovae

    Mario Hamuy

  • An asymptotic-giant-branch star in the progenitor system of a type Ia supernova.

    Mario Hamuy;M. M. Phillips;Nicholas B. Suntzeff;José Maza

  • A relativistic type Ibc supernova without a detected gamma-ray burst.

    A. M. Soderberg;S. Chakraborti;G. Pignata;R. A. Chevalier

  • SN 1991T: Further Evidence of the Heterogeneous Nature of Type IA Supernovae

    M. M. Phillips;Lisa A. Wells;Nicholas B. Suntzeff;Mario Hamuy

  • SN 1991bg - A type Ia supernova with a difference

    Bruno Leibundgut;Robert P. Kirshner;Mark M. Phillips;Mark M. Phillips;Lisa A. Wells;Lisa A. Wells

  • Type Iax Supernovae: A new class of stellar explosion

    Ryan J. Foley;Peter J. Challis;Ryan Chornock;Mohan Ganeshalingam

  • Optical Photometry of the Type Ia SN 1999ee and the Type Ib/c SN 1999ex in IC 5179

    M. Stritzinger;M. Hamuy;N. B. Suntzeff;R. C. Smith

  • BVRI Light Curves for 29 Type Ia Supernovae

    M Hamuy;MM Phillips;NB Suntzeff;RA Schommer

  • The Carnegie Supernova Project: Second Photometry Data Release of Low-redshift Type Ia Supernovae

    Maximilian D. Stritzinger;Maximilian D. Stritzinger;Maximilian D. Stritzinger;M. M. Phillips;Luis N. Boldt;Chris Burns

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark M. Phillips
Mark M. Phillips Carnegie Institution for Science
Maximilian Stritzinger
Maximilian Stritzinger Aarhus University
Nidia Morrell
Nidia Morrell Carnegie Learning
S. E. Persson
S. E. Persson Carnegie Institution for Science
Wendy L. Freedman
Wendy L. Freedman University of Chicago
Nicholas B. Suntzeff
Nicholas B. Suntzeff Texas A&M University
Barry F. Madore
Barry F. Madore Carnegie Institution for Science
Paolo A. Mazzali
Paolo A. Mazzali Liverpool John Moores University
Brian P. Schmidt
Brian P. Schmidt Australian National University
Alexei V. Filippenko
Alexei V. Filippenko University of California, Berkeley

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