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Cosmology

Cosmology is the branch of physics and astronomy that investigates the large-scale structure, origins, evolution, and ultimate fate of the universe.

103.2K

Publications

7.9M

Citations

225.6K

Authors

6.2K

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24.4K

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Publications

103.2K

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

Adam G. Riess, A. V. Filippenko, P. Challis et al. · The Astronomical Journal · 1998 · 19.5K citations · Full text

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Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High‐Redshift Supernovae

S. Perlmutter, G. Aldering, G. Goldhaber et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 1999 · 17.9K citations · Full text

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The large $N$ limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity

Juan Maldacena · Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics · 1998 · 14.5K citations · Full text

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Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy

Thomas Robitaille, Erik Tollerud, P. Greenfield et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2013 · 14.5K citations · Full text

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Anti de Sitter space and holography

Edward Witten · Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics · 1998 · 13.3K citations · Full text

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Authors

225.6K

  1. CS
    Carlos S. Frenk

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    358 publications · 84.7K citations

    132

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  2. SM
    S. Matarrese

    University of Padua, Italy

    323 publications · 82K citations

    124

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  3. GE
    G. Efstathiou

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    224 publications · 83.2K citations

    124

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  4. VS
    Volker Springel

    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany

    278 publications · 62.9K citations

    119

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  5. DS
    D. Scott

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    209 publications · 105.6K citations

    111

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Institutions

6.2K

  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    302 h-index

    14.7K publications

    3.5M citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    295 h-index

    65.7K publications

    9.9M citations

  3. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    294 h-index

    9.9K publications

    1.8M citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    293 h-index

    12.3K publications

    1.8M citations

  5. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    287 h-index

    10K publications

    1.8M citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    285 h-index

    9.6K publications

    1.9M citations

  7. European Organization for Nuclear Research

    Geneva, Switzerland

    267 h-index

    69.6K publications

    8M citations

  8. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

    Batavia, United States

    256 h-index

    28.5K publications

    3M citations

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Venues

  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 7.3K publications · 838.7K citations

    368

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    8.8K publications · 780.5K citations

    326

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  3. 305

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  4. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 2.7K publications · 402.9K citations

    293

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  5. Physics Letters B

    6.3K publications · 518.4K citations

    266

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See also

Cosmology

Core Theories

Observational Probes

Open Problems

Core Methods

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