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Overview

S. E. Persson is affiliated with the Carnegie Institution for Science in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics within physics and astronomy, with a particular emphasis on astronomy and astrophysics. Their work spans several subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, nuclear and high energy physics, instrumentation, education, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main areas of study encompass gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astrophysics and cosmic phenomena, pulsars and gravitational waves research, astronomy and astrophysical research, astrophysical phenomena and observations, as well as social and educational sciences.

Persson has published extensively in several key venues. The most frequent outlets for their work include:

  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Utbildning & Lärande

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on supernovae and cosmological measurements, including the properties and origins of specific supernova types. Notable papers include:

  • 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
  • Carnegie Supernova Project I and II: Measurements of H 0 Using Cepheid, Tip of the Red Giant Branch, and Surface Brightness Fluctuation Distance Calibration to Type Ia Supernovae, 2024, The Astrophysical Journal
  • ASASSN-15hy: An Underluminous, Red 03fg-like Type Ia Supernova, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Absolute Magnitudes of 1991T-like Supernovae, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal

The scientist collaborates frequently with a select group of co-authors, including M. M. Phillips, M. Stritzinger, C. R. Burns, N. B. Suntzeff, and N. Morrell. These collaborators have contributed to multiple publications alongside Persson, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • A New System of Faint Near-Infrared Standard Stars

    S. E. Persson;D. C. Murphy;W. Krzeminski;M. Roth

  • Relativistic ejecta from X-ray flash XRF 060218 and the rate of cosmic explosions

    A. M. Soderberg;S. R. Kulkarni;E. Nakar;E. Berger

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

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

  • Carnegie Hubble Program: A Mid-Infrared Calibration of the Hubble Constant

    Wendy L. Freedman;Barry F. Madore;Victoria Scowcroft;Chris Burns

  • The afterglow and elliptical host galaxy of the short gamma-ray burst GRB 050724.

    Edo Berger;Paul Antony Price;Stephen B Cenko;Avishay Gal-Yam

  • 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 novel explosive process is required for the γ-ray burst GRB 060614

    A Gal-Yam;D B Fox;P A Price;E O Ofek

  • GALAXY STELLAR MASS FUNCTIONS FROM ZFOURGE/CANDELS: AN EXCESS OF LOW-MASS GALAXIES SINCE z = 2 AND THE RAPID BUILDUP OF QUIESCENT GALAXIES*

    Adam R. Tomczak;Ryan F. Quadri;Kim-Vy H. Tran;Ivo Labbe

  • Photometric studies of composite stellar systems. I. CO and JHK observations of E and S0 galaxies.

    J. A. Frogel;S. E. Persson;K. Matthews;M. Aaronson

  • Type Iax Supernovae: A new class of stellar explosion

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

  • Field Galaxy Evolution Since Z approximately 1 from a Sample of QSO Absorption--selected Galaxies

    Charles C. Steidel;Mark Dickinson;S. E. Persson

  • Bolometric luminosities and infrared properties of carbon stars in the Magellanic Clouds and the galaxy.

    J. G. Cohen;J. A. Frogel;S. E. Persson;J. H. Elias

  • New Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relations for the Large Magellanic Cloud: 92 Near-Infrared Light Curves

    S. E. Persson;Barry F. Madore;Barry F. Madore;W. Krzemiński;Wendy L. Freedman

  • Characterizing the V-band light-curves of hydrogen-rich type II supernovae

    Joseph P. Anderson;Santiago González-Gaitán;Mario Hamuy;Claudia P. Gutiérrez

  • 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

  • The Carnegie Supernova Project: Analysis of the First Sample of Low-Redshift Type-Ia Supernovae

    Gastón Folatelli;Gastón Folatelli;M. M. Phillips;Christopher R. Burns;Carlos Contreras

  • Field Galaxy Evolution Since Z~1 from a Sample of QSO Absorption-Selected Galaxies

    C. Steidel;M. Dickinson;S. E. Persson

  • The SFR-M* Relation and Empirical Star-Formation Histories from ZFOURGE at 0.5 < z < 4

    Adam R. Tomczak;Adam R. Tomczak;Ryan F. Quadri;Kim-Vy H. Tran;Ivo Labbé

  • On the Source of the Dust Extinction in Type Ia Supernovae and the Discovery of Anomalously Strong Na I Absorption

    M. M. Phillips;Joshua D. Simon;Nidia Morrell;Christopher R. Burns

  • Characterizing the V-band light-curves of hydrogen-rich type II supernovae

    Joseph P. Anderson;Joseph P. Anderson;Santiago González-Gaitán;Mario Hamuy;Mario Hamuy;Claudia P. Gutiérrez;Claudia P. Gutiérrez

Frequent Co-Authors

Wendy L. Freedman
Wendy L. Freedman University of Chicago
Maximilian Stritzinger
Maximilian Stritzinger Aarhus University
Barry F. Madore
Barry F. Madore Carnegie Institution for Science
Mark M. Phillips
Mark M. Phillips Carnegie Institution for Science
Mario Hamuy
Mario Hamuy University of Chile
Nidia Morrell
Nidia Morrell Carnegie Learning
Nicholas B. Suntzeff
Nicholas B. Suntzeff Texas A&M University
G. Neugebauer
G. Neugebauer University of Arizona
Peter Nugent
Peter Nugent Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jane R. Rigby
Jane R. Rigby Goddard Space Flight Center

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