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Peter Challis is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and works primarily within the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans several subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's work focuses on topics related to gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, astronomy and astrophysical research, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astro and planetary science, CCD and CMOS imaging sensors, astronomical observations and instrumentation, as well as astrophysics and cosmic phenomena.

Challis has contributed to multiple publications, with recent papers covering a range of topics and published in various venues. Among the notable papers are:

  • "An atlas of spectrophotometric landolt standard stars" (2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University))
  • "First Cosmology Results using Supernovae Ia from the Dark Energy Survey: Survey Overview, Performance, and Supernova Spectroscopy" (2020, Portsmouth Research Portal (University of Portsmouth))
  • "Light Curves of Pan-STARRS1 SN-like Transients" (2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research))
  • "Host Galaxy Spectra of Pan-STARRS1 Transients" (2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research))

These publications reflect contributions to both observational and instrumental aspects of astrophysics, particularly in the study of transient astronomical phenomena.

Peter Challis frequently collaborates with several researchers in the field. Regular coauthors include:

  • R. J. Foley
  • R. Kirshner
  • D. Scolnic
  • V. Ashley Villar
  • G. Hosseinzadeh

Most of Challis's work has been published in well-known scientific repositories and institutional platforms, with repeated publications in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, and the Portsmouth Research Portal at the University of Portsmouth.

The scientist's contributions cover both theoretical and practical aspects of astrophysical research, including development and use of CCD and CMOS imaging sensors, which are crucial for astronomical observations and the study of cosmic phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant

    Adam G. Riess;Alexei V. Filippenko;Peter Challis;Alejandro Clocchiatti

  • Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant

    Adam G. Riess;Alexei V. Filippenko;Peter Challis;Alejandro Clocchiattia

  • Type Ia Supernova Discoveries at z>1 From the Hubble Space Telescope: Evidence for Past Deceleration and Constraints on Dark Energy Evolution

    Adam G. Riess;Louis-Gregory Strolger;John Tonry;Stefano Casertano

  • Type Ia supernova discoveries at z > 1 from the Hubble Space Telescope: Evidence for past deceleration and constraints on dark energy evolution

    Adam G. Riess;Louis-Gregory Strolger;John Tonry;Stefano Casertano

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey - The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products and Mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed SNe Ia from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from the Combined Pantheon Sample

    D. M. Scolnic;D. O. Jones;A. Rest;A. Rest;Y. C. Pan

  • A 2.4% DETERMINATION OF THE LOCAL VALUE OF THE HUBBLE CONSTANT*

    Adam G. Riess;Adam G. Riess;Lucas M. Macri;Samantha L. Hoffmann;Dan Scolnic;Dan Scolnic

  • Cosmological Results from High-z Supernovae* **

    John L. Tonry;Brian P. Schmidt;Brian Barris;Pablo Candia

  • CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

    Norman A. Grogin;Dale D. Kocevski;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson

  • New Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries of Type Ia Supernovae at z ≥ 1: Narrowing Constraints on the Early Behavior of Dark Energy*

    Adam G. Riess;Adam G. Riess;Louis Gregory Strolger;Stefano Casertano;Henry C. Ferguson

  • 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

  • Improved Cosmological Constraints from New, Old, and Combined Supernova Data Sets

    M. Kowalski;D. Rubin;D. Rubin;G. Aldering;R. J. Agostinho

  • Candels: The cosmic assembly near-infrared deep extragalactic legacy survey - The hubble space telescope observations, imaging data products, and mosaics

    Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

  • 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

  • Supernova limits on the cosmic equation of state

    Peter M. Garnavich;Saurabh Jha;Peter Challis;Alejandro Clocchiatti

  • Improved Dark Energy Constraints From ~ 100 New CfA Supernova Type Ia Light Curves

    Malcolm Hicken;W. Michael Wood-Vasey;Stephane Blondin;Peter Challis

  • BVRI Light Curves for 22 Type Ia Supernovae

    Adam G. Riess;Robert P. Kirshner;Brian P. Schmidt;Saurabh Jha

  • BVRI Light Curves for 22 Type Ia Supernovae

    Adam G. Riess;Robert P. Kirshner;Brian P. Schmidt;Saurabh Jha

  • CfA3: 185 Type Ia Supernova Light Curves from the CfA

    Malcolm Hicken;Peter Challis;Saurabh Jha;Robert P. Kirshner

  • 23 High Redshift Supernovae from the IfA Deep Survey: Doubling the SN Sample at z>0.7

    Brian J. Barris;John Tonry;Stephane Blondin;Peter Challis

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert P. Kirshner
Robert P. Kirshner Harvard University
Adam G. Riess
Adam G. Riess Johns Hopkins University
Peter M. Garnavich
Peter M. Garnavich University of Notre Dame
Saurabh Jha
Saurabh Jha Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Alexei V. Filippenko
Alexei V. Filippenko University of California, Berkeley
Bruno Leibundgut
Bruno Leibundgut European Southern Observatory
Ryan Chornock
Ryan Chornock Northwestern University
Thomas Matheson
Thomas Matheson National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Lab
Brian P. Schmidt
Brian P. Schmidt Australian National University
Ryan J. Foley
Ryan J. Foley University of California, Santa Cruz

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