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81
Citations
57237
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2888
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1409

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Oskar Klein Medal, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1988 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1987 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1982 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1982 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society
  • 1981 - Eddington Medal, Royal Astronomical Society
  • 1977 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1968 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • 1964 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

P. J. E. Peebles is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and has made significant contributions to the fields of physics and astronomy. Their research spans multiple subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, nuclear and high energy physics, statistical and nonlinear physics, instrumentation, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's main topics of study encompass:

  • Cosmology and gravitation theories
  • Relativity and gravitational theory
  • History and developments in astronomy
  • Galaxies: formation, evolution, phenomena
  • Dark matter and cosmic phenomena
  • Astronomy and astrophysical research
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Recent papers published by P. J. E. Peebles include:

  • "Anomalies in physical cosmology," 2022, Annals of Physics
  • "Formation of the large nearby galaxies," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Flat patterns in cosmic structure," 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "The extended Local Supercluster," 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Status of the ΛCDM theory: supporting evidence and anomalies," 2025, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences

Publications frequently appear in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Annals of Physics
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences

Books published through Princeton University Press include several editions and works such as:

  • "Principles of Physical Cosmology" (multiple editions, 2020)
  • "The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe" (2020)
  • "Cosmology's Century" (2020)
  • "The Whole Truth" (2022)
  • "Principles of physical cosmology: including the 2019 Nobel lecture by the author" (2020)

P. J. E. Peebles has been recognized with various awards throughout their career, including:

  • Oskar Klein Medal, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1997)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1991)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1988)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1987)
  • Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society (1982)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1982)
  • Eddington Medal, Royal Astronomical Society (1981)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1977)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1968)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (1964)

Best Publications

  • The large-scale structure of the universe

    P. J. E. Peebles

  • The Cosmological Constant and Dark Energy

    P. J. E. Peebles;Bharat Ratra

  • Principles of Physical Cosmology

    Phillip James Edwin Peebles

  • Cosmological Consequences of a Rolling Homogeneous Scalar Field

    Bharat Ratra;P. J. E. Peebles

  • Cosmology with a Time Variable Cosmological Constant

    P.J.E. Peebles;Bharat Ratra

  • A survey of galaxy redshifts. V. The two-point position and velocity correlations.

    Marc Davis;P.J.E. Peebles

  • THE COSMIC BARYON BUDGET

    M. Fukugita;C. J. Hogan;P. J. E. Peebles

  • A Numerical Study of the Stability of Flattened Galaxies: or, can Cold Galaxies Survive?

    J. P. Ostriker;P. J. E. Peebles

  • Primeval Adiabatic Perturbation in an Expanding Universe

    P.J.E. Peebles;J.T. Yu

  • Origin of the Angular Momentum of Galaxies

    P.J.E. Peebles

  • The Cosmic Energy Inventory

    Masataka Fukugita;P. J. E. Peebles

  • Cosmic Black-Body Radiation

    R. H. Dicke;P. J. E. Peebles;P. G. Roll;D. T. Wilkinson

  • RECOMBINATION OF THE PRIMEVAL PLASMA.

    P.J.E. Peebles

  • Statistical analysis of catalogs of extragalactic objects. VII. Two- and three-point correlation functions for the high-resolution Shane-Wirtanen catalog of galaxies

    E. J. Groth;P. J. E. Peebles

  • Large-Scale Structure of the Universe

    Phillip James Edwin Peebles

  • Large-scale background temperature and mass fluctuations due to scale-invariant primeval perturbations

    P.J.E. Peebles

  • Are Young Galaxies Visible

    R. B. Partridge;P. J. E. Peebles

  • Tests of Cosmological Models Constrained by Inflation

    P.J.E. Peebles

  • Origin of the Globular Star Clusters

    P.J.E. Peebles;R.H. Dicke

  • Interacting Dark Matter and Dark Energy

    Glennys R. Farrar;Glennys R. Farrar;P. J. E. Peebles

Frequent Co-Authors

Masataka Fukugita
Masataka Fukugita University of Tokyo
R. Brent Tully
R. Brent Tully University of Hawaii at Manoa
Abraham Loeb
Abraham Loeb Harvard University
David N. Schramm
David N. Schramm University of Chicago
Steven S. Gubser
Steven S. Gubser Princeton University
Dennis Zaritsky
Dennis Zaritsky University of Arizona
Joseph Silk
Joseph Silk Johns Hopkins University
Margaret J. Geller
Margaret J. Geller Harvard University
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Jeremiah P. Ostriker Columbia University

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