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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1991 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society
  • 1968 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Wallace L. W. Sargent was affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spanned several areas within physics and astronomy, with specific focus on subfields such as astronomy and astrophysics and nuclear and high-energy physics.

The scientist's work covered main topics including:

  • Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Among their recent scholarly contributions was the paper titled The nuclear superbubble of NGC 3079, published in 2022 and made available through UNC Libraries.

Frequent collaborators in their career included:

  • Sylvain Veilleux
  • Gerald Cecil
  • Joss Bland-Hawthorn
  • R.B. Tully
  • A. V. Filippenko

The scientist's publications primarily appeared in:

  • UNC Libraries

In recognition of their contributions to science, Wallace L. W. Sargent received several awards, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2005)
  • Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society (1991)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1968)

Best Publications

  • A Search for “Dwarf'' Seyfert Nuclei. III. Spectroscopic Parameters and Properties of the Host Galaxies

    Luis C. Ho;Luis C. Ho;Alexei V. Filippenko;Wallace L. W. Sargent

  • The Chandra Deep Field North Survey. XIII. 2 Ms Point-Source Catalogs

    D. M. Alexander;F. E. Bauer;W. N. Brandt;D. P. Schneider

  • Inferences from the Composition of Two Dwarf Blue Galaxies

    Leonard Searle;Wallace L. W. Sargent

  • Abundance Patterns in the Draco, Sextans, and Ursa Minor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies

    Matthew D. Shetrone;Patrick Côté;Patrick Côté;W. L. W. Sargent

  • The subluminous spectroscopically peculiar type Ia supernova 1991bg in the elliptical galaxy NGC 4374

    Alexei V. Filippenko;Michael W. Richmond;David Branch;Martin Gaskell

  • A Search for ``Dwarf'' Seyfert Nuclei. V. Demographics of Nuclear Activity in Nearby Galaxies

    Luis C. Ho;Luis C. Ho;Alexei V. Filippenko;Wallace L. W. Sargent

  • A Search for "Dwarf" Seyfert Nuclei. IV. Nuclei with Broad H-alpha Emission

    Luis C. Ho;Alexei V. Filippenko;Wallace L. W. Sargent;Chien Y. Peng

  • A Search for ``Dwarf'' Seyfert Nuclei. II. an Optical Spectral Atlas of the Nuclei of Nearby Galaxies

    L. C. Ho;A. V. Filippenko;W. L. Sargent

  • Abundances at High Redshifts: the Chemical Enrichment History of Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies

    Limin Lu;Wallace L. W. Sargent;Thomas A. Barlow

  • The Opacity of the Lyα Forest and Implications for Ωb and the Ionizing Background

    Michael Rauch;Jordi Miralda-Escudé;Wallace L. W. Sargent;Tom A. Barlow

  • The Opacity of the Lyman Alpha Forest and Implications for Omega_{baryon} and the Ionizing Background

    M. Rauch;J. Miralda-Escude;W. L. W. Sargent;T. A. Barlow

  • A Search for “Dwarf” Seyfert Nuclei. IV. Nuclei with Broad Hα Emission

    Luis C. Ho;Luis C. Ho;Alexei V. Filippenko;Wallace L. W. Sargent;Chien Y. Peng

  • The History of Star Formation and the Colors of Late-Type Galaxies

    Leonard Searle;W. L. W. Sargent;W. G. Bagnuolo

  • METALLICITY OF THE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM USING PIXEL STATISTICS. II. THE DISTRIBUTION OF METALS AS TRACED BY C IV

    Joop Schaye;Anthony Aguirre;Tae-Sun Kim;Tae-Sun Kim;Tom Theuns;Tom Theuns

  • The thermal history of the intergalactic medium

    Joop Schaye;Tom Theuns;Michael Rauch;George Efstathiou

  • The Chandra Deep Field North Survey. V. 1 Ms Source Catalogs

    W. N. Brandt;D. M. Alexander;A. E. Hornschemeier;G. P. Garmire

  • The Observed Probability Distribution Function, Power Spectrum, and Correlation Function of the Transmitted Flux in the Lyman-alpha Forest

    Patrick McDonald;Jordi Miralda-Escude;Michael Rauch;Wallace L. W. Sargent

  • The distribution of Lyman-alpha absorption lines in the spectra of six QSOs: evidence for an intergalactic origin.

    W.L.W. Sargent;P.J. Young;A. Boksenberg;D. Tytler

  • The Observed Probability Distribution Function, Power Spectrum, and Correlation Function of the Transmitted Flux in the Lyα Forest*

    Patrick McDonald;Patrick McDonald;Jordi Miralda-Escudé;Jordi Miralda-Escudé;Michael Rauch;Wallace L. W. Sargent

  • The Hubble Space Telescope quasar absorption line key project. I - First observational results, including Lyman-alpha and Lyman-limit systems

    John N. Bahcall;Jacqueline Bergeron;Alec Boksenberg;George F. Hartig

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis C. Ho
Luis C. Ho Peking University
Alexei V. Filippenko
Alexei V. Filippenko University of California, Berkeley
Tom A. Barlow
Tom A. Barlow California Institute of Technology
Aaron J. Barth
Aaron J. Barth University of California, Irvine
Donald P. Schneider
Donald P. Schneider Pennsylvania State University
Marc Sarzi
Marc Sarzi Armagh Observatory
Charles C. Steidel
Charles C. Steidel California Institute of Technology
Gordon P. Garmire
Gordon P. Garmire Pennsylvania State University
John N. Bahcall
John N. Bahcall Princeton University
W. N. Brandt
W. N. Brandt Pennsylvania State University

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