Peter Nugent

The discovery and observation of supernovae of all types with the goal of understanding the physics of their explosions, their progenitor systems and nucleosynthesis products.
Spectrum Synthesis of supernovae
- 1-dimensional, non-LTE spectrum synthesis of supernovae using PHOENIX
- 3-dimensional, LTE spectrum synthesis of supernovae using SEDONA developed by my former graduate student Dan Kasen.
Cosmology, specifically anything involving supernovae (Ia's, IIP's, etc.) to measure the cosmological parameters.
N-body + hydro with the Nyx code for Lyman-alpha forest BAO studies.
Computational Astrophysics - I'm always looking for better and faster ways to solve an interesting problem.

I am a former member of the SN Factory and the Supernova Cosmology Project.

Links to, and for the more recent/interesting ones, text of scientific publications including my thesis.

US. Post address:

Peter Nugent Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory MS 50B-4206 Computational Cosmology Center 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley, CA, 94720-8139

Phone: +1 (510) 486-6942

Fax: +1 (510) 486-4300

E-mail: lastname (at) lbl (dot) gov