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Period-luminosity Relation

Period-Luminosity Relation is a theoretical construct in astrophysics that establishes a direct correlation between the intrinsic luminosity of a pulsating variable star and the period of its brightness variations, enabling distance measurement in extragalactic astronomy.

744

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61.9K

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2.4K

Authors

681

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2017–2026

164

Variants

Leavitt's Law

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Publications

744

<i>Gaia</i> Data Release 2

A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari, T. Prusti et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2018 · 8.7K citations · Full text

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Final Results from the<i>Hubble Space Telescope</i>Key Project to Measure the Hubble Constant

The Astrophysical Journal · 2001 · 3.3K citations · Full text

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A relation between distance and radial velocity among extra-galactic nebulae

Edwin Hubble · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1929 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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<i>Gaia</i> Data Release 2

L. Lindegren, Jesús Hernández, A. Bombrun et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2018 · 2K citations · Full text

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Large Magellanic Cloud Cepheid Standards Provide a 1% Foundation for the Determination of the Hubble Constant and Stronger Evidence for Physics beyond ΛCDM

The Astrophysical Journal · 2019 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Authors

2.4K

  1. MM
    M. Marconi

    Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Italy

    49 publications · 12.2K citations

    32

    h-index

  2. BF
    Barry F. Madore

    Carnegie Observatories, United States

    47 publications · 3.9K citations

    30

    h-index

  3. WL
    Wendy L. Freedman

    Carnegie Observatories, United States

    39 publications · 3.7K citations

    27

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  4. MW
    M. W. Feast

    South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, South Africa

    28 publications · 2.9K citations

    24

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  5. GB
    G. Bono

    Astronomical Observatory of Rome, Italy

    27 publications · 1.7K citations

    23

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Institutions

681

  1. Carnegie Observatories

    Pasadena, United States

    44 h-index

    187 publications

    31.2K citations

  2. South African Radio Astronomy Observatory

    Cape Town, South Africa

    38 h-index

    101 publications

    7.4K citations

  3. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    37 h-index

    103 publications

    21.9K citations

  4. Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte

    Naples, Italy

    36 h-index

    175 publications

    67.2K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    33 h-index

    430 publications

    743.4K citations

  6. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    32 h-index

    76 publications

    30.4K citations

  7. European Southern Observatory

    Garching bei München, Germany

    32 h-index

    82 publications

    14.6K citations

  8. Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

    Potsdam, Germany

    32 h-index

    72 publications

    53K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 221 publications · 18.5K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    152 publications · 8.2K citations

    50

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    105 publications · 19.9K citations

    50

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 81 publications · 4K citations

    37

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    15 publications · 1.2K citations

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