Bruno Leibundgut
Bruno Leibundgut (born April 1, 1960 in Basel ) is a Swiss astronomer .
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Bruno Leibundgut attended the humanistic grammar school in Basel until he graduated in 1979. He then studied physics, mathematics and astronomy at the University of Basel , where he received his doctorate in 1988. Since 1993 he has worked at the European Southern Observatory .
He was best known for new discoveries in the field of supernovae . He was a member of the High-Z Supernova Search Team and helped make VLT .
From 2008 to March 2013 he was the director of science at the European Southern Observatory. Since then he has been using a sabbatical to travel through Europe and give lectures on topics such as the origin of the elements or the structure of the universe.
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- Light Curves of Supernovae Type I. ( full text ) (= dissertation)
- with Hillebrandt, W .: From twilight to highlight - the physics of supernovae . Springer, Berlin 2003
- with Goobar A: Supernova Cosmology: Legacy and Future, (preprint), 2011
- with Taubenberger, S .: 'Super-Chandrasekhar' Type Ia Supernovae at nebular epochs, 2013
- with Spiro, S .: Underluminous Type II Plateau Supernovae: II. Pointing towards moderate mass precursors, 2014
- with gray. O .: Type-Ia Supernova Rates to Redshift 2.4 from CLASH: the Cluster Lensing and Supernova survey with Hubble, 2014
Web links
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leibundgut, Bruno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |