2026 Wolfgang Hillebrandt: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	101	1615	1535	140	134	466	31867

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Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Wolfgang Hillebrandt is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their primary research focus lies within the broad domain of Physics and Astronomy, with a specialized interest in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as well as Atmospheric Science.

Their scientific contributions consist largely of work related to Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, which account for the major portion of their publications. Other research topics include stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astrophysics and cosmic phenomena, astronomy and astrophysical research, neutrino physics, astrophysical phenomena and observations, and adaptive optics and wavefront sensing.

Wolfgang Hillebrandt has published extensively in several prominent venues. Most of their works appear in The Astrophysical Journal, with four papers, followed by contributions to arXiv (Cornell University), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

The Twins Embedding of Type Ia Supernovae. II. Improving Cosmological Distance Estimates, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
The Twins Embedding of Type Ia Supernovae. I. The Diversity of Spectra at Maximum Light, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
Uniform Recalibration of Common Spectrophotometry Standard Stars onto the CALSPEC System Using the SuperNova Integral Field Spectrograph, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Reeling in the Whirlpool galaxy: Distance to M 51 clarified through Cepheids and the type IIP supernova 2005cs, 2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics
A Probabilistic Autoencoder for Type Ia Supernova Spectral Time Series, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal

Frequent co-authors in Wolfgang Hillebrandt's research include S. Taubenberger, Y. Copin, C. Saunders, C. Tao, and K. Boone. Collaborations with these researchers have contributed to over 40 joint publications, reflecting a consistent network within the astrophysical research community.

Among the recognitions received, Wolfgang Hillebrandt was named a Member of the Academia Europaea in 2014.

Best Publications

Type IA Supernova Explosion Models

Wolfgang Hillebrandt;Jens C. Niemeyer

1478
Citations
Explosions of O-Ne-Mg cores, the Crab supernova, and subluminous type II-P supernovae

F. S. Kitaura;H.-Th. Janka;W. Hillebrandt

711
Citations
From twilight to highlight : the physics of supernovae : proceedings of the ESO/MPA/MPE workshop held at Garching, Germany, 29-31 July 2002

Wolfgang Hillebrandt;Bruno Leibundgut

596
Citations
Double-detonation sub-Chandrasekhar supernovae: can minimum helium shell masses detonate the core?

M. Fink;F. K. Roepke;W. Hillebrandt;I. R. Seitenzahl

562
Citations
Normal Type Ia supernovae from violent mergers of white dwarf binaries

R. Pakmor;M. Kromer;S. Taubenberger;S. A. Sim

527
Citations
Three-dimensional delayed-detonation models with nucleosynthesis for Type Ia supernovae

Ivo R. Seitenzahl;Franco Ciaraldi-Schoolmann;Friedrich K. Röpke;Michael Fink

511
Citations
Detonations in Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass C+O White Dwarfs

S. A. Sim;F. K. Roepke;W. Hillebrandt;M. Kromer

510
Citations
A Common Explosion Mechanism for Type Ia Supernovae

Paolo A. Mazzali;Friedrich K. Röpke;Stefano Benetti;Wolfgang Hillebrandt

477
Citations
NORMAL TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE FROM VIOLENT MERGERS OF WHITE DWARF BINARIES

R Pakmor;M Kromer;Stefano Taubenberger;Stuart A Sim

452
Citations
Double-detonation sub-Chandrasekhar supernovae: can minimum helium shell masses detonate the core?

M. Fink;F.K. Röpke;W. Hillebrandt;I.R. Seitenzahl

444
Citations
Detection of Circumstellar Material in a Normal Type Ia Supernova

F. Patat;P. Chandra;R. Chevalier;S. Justham

435
Citations
Sub-luminous type Ia supernovae from the mergers of equal-mass white dwarfs with mass ~0.9Msolar

Rüdiger Pakmor;Markus Kromer;Friedrich K. Röpke;Stuart A. Sim

430
Citations
DETONATIONS IN SUB-CHANDRASEKHAR-MASS C+O WHITE DWARFS

S. A. Sim;F. K. Röpke;W. Hillebrandt;M. Kromer

396
Citations
Double-detonation supernovae of sub-Chandrasekhar mass white dwarfs

M. Fink;W. Hillebrandt;F. K. Röpke

346
Citations
Nucleosynthesis in multi-dimensional SNIa explosions

C. Travaglio;W. Hillebrandt;M. Reinecke;F. K. Thielemann

342
Citations
Double-detonation sub-Chandrasekhar supernovae: synthetic observables for minimum helium shell mass models

M. Kromer;S. A. Sim;M. Fink;F. K. Roepke

333
Citations
PESSTO : survey description and products from the first data release by the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects

S. J. Smartt;S. Valenti;M. Fraser;C. Inserra

332
Citations
Towards an understanding of Type Ia supernovae from a synthesis of theory and observations

W. Hillebrandt;M. Kromer;F. K. Röpke;A. J. Ruiter

329
Citations
Violent mergers of nearly equal-mass white dwarf as progenitors of subluminous Type Ia supernovae

R. Pakmor;S. Hachinger;F. K. Röpke;W. Hillebrandt

312
Citations
Double-detonation supernovae of sub-Chandrasekhar mass white dwarfs

M. Fink;W. Hillebrandt;F. K. Roepke

300
Citations