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Peter Nugent 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 Peter Nugent sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,202 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Nugent 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 Peter Nugent sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 150 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Nugent is affiliated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Physics and Astronomy, with an extensive body of work spanning 242 publications in the field. Within this area, their specialization includes several subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics of research covered by Peter Nugent encompass Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research.

Peter Nugent has published numerous papers in a variety of scientific journals and venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

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

Among the recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Peter Nugent are:

  • Bright, Months-long Stellar Outbursts Announce the Explosion of Interaction-powered Supernovae, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
  • First cosmology results using type Ia supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: the effect of host galaxy properties on supernova luminosity, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • GROWTH on S190814bv: Deep Synoptic Limits on the Optical/Near-infrared Counterpart to a Neutron Star-Black Hole Merger, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • The complex circumstellar environment of supernova 2023ixf, 2024, Nature
  • ZTF Early Observations of Type Ia Supernovae. II. First Light, the Initial Rise, and Time to Reach Maximum Brightness, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • M. M. Kasliwal
  • L. Galbany
  • J. Sollerman
  • J. Johansson
  • A. Goobar

Best Publications

  • Measurements of Omega and Lambda from 42 High-Redshift Supernovae

    S. Perlmutter;G. Aldering;G. Goldhaber;R.A. Knop

  • Measurements of Omega and Lambda from 42 High-Redshift Supernovae

    S. Perlmutter;S. Perlmutter;G. Aldering;G. Goldhaber;G. Goldhaber;R. A. Knop

  • Discovery of a supernova explosion at half the age of the Universe

    S. Perlmutter;S. Perlmutter;G. Aldering;M. Della Valle;S. Deustua;S. Deustua

  • Discovery of a Supernova Explosion at Half the Age of the Universe and its Cosmological Implications

    S. Perlmutter;G. Aldering;M. Della Valle;S. Deustua

  • New Constraints on $\Omega_M$, $\Omega_\Lambda$, and w from an Independent Set of Eleven High-Redshift Supernovae Observed with HST

    R. A. Knop;G. Aldering;R. Amanullah;P. Astier

  • New Constraints on ΩM, ΩΛ, and w from an Independent Set of 11 High-Redshift Supernovae Observed with the Hubble Space Telescope*

    R. A. Knop;R. A. Knop;G. Aldering;G. Aldering;R. Amanullah;P. Astier

  • Improved Cosmological Constraints from New, Old and Combined Supernova Datasets

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

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

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

  • The Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance and First Results

    N. M. Law;S. R. Kulkarni;R. G. Dekany;E. O. Ofek

  • The zwicky transient facility: System overview, performance, and first results

    Eric C. Bellm;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Matthew J. Graham;Richard Dekany

  • SPECTRA AND HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE LIGHT CURVES OF SIX TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE AT 0.511 <z< 1.12 AND THE UNION2 COMPILATION ∗

    Rahman Amanullah;Chris Lidman;D. Rubin;D. Rubin;G. Aldering

  • The Palomar Transient Factory: system overview, performance and first results

    Nicholas M. Law;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Richard G. Dekany;Eran O. Ofek

  • Overview of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys.

    Arjun Dey;David J. Schlegel;Dustin Lang;Robert Blum

  • Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: Cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and weak lensing

    T. M. C. Abbott;F. B. Abdalla;A. Alarcon;J. Aleksić

  • The Farthest Known Supernova: Support for an Accelerating Universe and a Glimpse of the Epoch of Deceleration*

    Adam G. Riess;Peter E. Nugent;Ronald L. Gilliland;Brian P. Schmidt

  • Electromagnetic counterparts of compact object mergers powered by the radioactive decay of r‐process nuclei

    B. D. Metzger;G. Martínez-Pinedo;S. Darbha;E. Quataert

  • A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese

  • Long γ-ray bursts and core-collapse supernovae have different environments

    A. S. Fruchter;A. J. Levan;A. J. Levan;A. J. Levan;L. Strolger;L. Strolger;P. M. Vreeswijk

  • The farthest known supernova: Support for an accelerating universe and a glimpse of the epoch of deceleration

    Adam G. Riess;Peter E. Nugent;Brian P. Schmidt;John Tonry

  • The DESI Experiment Part I: Science,Targeting, and Survey Design

    Amir Aghamousa;Jessica Aguilar;Steve Ahlen

Frequent Co-Authors

Saul Perlmutter
Saul Perlmutter Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mark Sullivan
Mark Sullivan University of Southampton
Avishay Gal-Yam
Avishay Gal-Yam Weizmann Institute of Science
Mansi M. Kasliwal
Mansi M. Kasliwal California Institute of Technology
Shrinivas R. Kulkarni
Shrinivas R. Kulkarni California Institute of Technology
Eran O. Ofek
Eran O. Ofek Weizmann Institute of Science
Dovi Poznanski
Dovi Poznanski Tel Aviv University
Daniel A. Perley
Daniel A. Perley Liverpool John Moores University
Jesper Sollerman
Jesper Sollerman Stockholm University
Joshua S. Bloom
Joshua S. Bloom University of California, Berkeley

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