Collaborations:

ESSENCE: Measuring the Equation of State of the Universe
High-z Supernova Search Team
Supernova Intensive Study
European Supernova Consortium
Origin and Structure of the Universe (Excellence Cluster Munich)

Work at ESO:
Office for Science

Major Reviews:

• Cosmological Implications from observations of Type Ia Supernovae,
  Leibundgut, B.
  The Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2001, 39, 67
  
• Type Ia Supernovae,
  Leibundgut, B.
  The Astronomy & Astrophysics Review, 2000, 10, 179
  
• Optical Light Curves of Supernovae,
  Leibundgut, B., Suntzeff, N. B.
  in "Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts", 2003,
  ed. K. Weiler, Heidelberg: Springer, 77
  
• Cosmology with Supernovae,
  Leibundgut, B.
  in Reviews of Modern Astronomy 17, 2004,
  ed. R. E. Schielicke, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 221
  
• Supernovae as astrophysical objects,
  Leibundgut, B.
  in Frontiers of Cosmology, 2005,
  eds. A. Blanchard and M. Signore, Dordrecht: Springer, 195
  
• Cosmology with Supernovae,
  Leibundgut, B.
  in Frontiers of Cosmology, 2005,
  eds. A. Blanchard and M. Signore, Dordrecht: Springer, 207
  
• Supernovae and Cosmology, (preprint)
  Leibundgut, B.
  General Relativity and Gravitation, 2008, 40, 221
  

Scientific presentations and public talks

Populäre Artikel auf Deutsch:

• Kosmologie im Umbruch
  Neue Zürcher Zeitung Nr. 232, 71 (6. Oktober 1999)
  
• Das Dynamische Universum
  Beitrag zum Katalog der Ausstellung "Sieben Hügel - Bilder und Zeichen des 21. Jahrhunderts",
  Berlin, 89
  
• Helle Sterne im Dunklen Universum - Kosmologie mit Supernovae vom Typ Ia
  Sterne und Weltraum, 44, 30 (im Sterne und Weltraum Dossier 1/2006 "Struktur des Kosmos" nachgedruckt).
  Diese Version ist der ursprünglich eingesandte Text.Die gedruckte und veränderte Version ist hier erhältlich.
  

Popular articles in English:

• A cosmological surprise: the universe accelerates
  Bruno Leibundgut and Jesper Sollerman
  Europhysics News (2001), 32, 4
• Twenty Years of SN 1987A
  Claes Fransson, Roberto Gilmozzi, Per Grönigsson, Reinhard Hanuschik, Karina Kjær, Bruno Leibundgut, Jason Spyromilio
  ESO Messenger (2007), 127, 44

Selected recent publications

2008

• Supernovae and Cosmology,
  Leibundgut, B.
  General Relativity and Gravitation, 2008, 40, 221
  
• High resolution spectroscopy of the inner ring of SN 1987A
  Gröningsson, P., et al.,
  A&A, 479, 761
• Late-Time HST Photometry of SN 1994I: Hints of Positron Annihilation Energy Deposition
  Clocchiatti, A., et al.,
  PASP, 120, 290
• Optical and IR observations of SN 2002dj: some possible common properties of fast expanding SNe Ia
  Pignata, G., et al.,
  MNRAS, 388, 971
• Exploring the Outer Solar System with the ESSENCE Supernova Survey
  Becker, A., et al.,
  ApJ, 682, L53
• Time Dilation in Type Ia Supernova Spectra at High Redshift
  Blondin, S., et al.,
  ApJ, 682, 724
• Constraining Cosmic Evolution of Type Ia Supernovae,
  Foley, R., et al.
  ApJ, 684, 68
  
• The evolution of late-time optical emission from SN 1986J
  Milisavljevic, D., Fesen, R. A., Leibundgut, B., Kirshner, R. P.,
  ApJ, 684, 1170

2007

• Infrared Integral Field Spectroscopy of SN 1987A
  Kjær, K., et al.,
  A&A, 471, 617
• The ESSENCE Supernova Survey: Survey Optimization, Observations, and Supernova Photometry
  Miknaitis, G., et al.,
  ApJ, 666, 674
• Observational Constraints on the Nature of the Dark Energy: First Cosmological Results from the ESSENCE Supernova Survey
  Wood-Vasey, M., et al.,
  ApJ, 666, 694
• Scrutinizing Exotic Cosmological Models Using ESSENCE Supernova Data Combined with Other Cosmological Probes
  Davis, T. M., et al.,
  ApJ, 666, 716
• Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology - Einstein's Legacy
  Aschenbach, B., Burwitz, V., Hasinger, G., Leibundgut, B. (eds.)

2006

• Coronal emission from the shocked circumstellar ring of SN 1987A
  Gröningsson, P., Fransson, C., Lundqvist, P., Nymark, T., Lundqvist, N., Chevalier, R., Leibundgut, B., Spyromilio, J.
  A&A, 455, 581
• Constraints on the progenitor systems of type Ia supernovae
  Stritzinger, M., Leibundgut, B., Walch, S., Contardo, G.
  A&A, 450, 241
• Using Line Profiles to Test the Fraternity of Type Ia Supernovae at High and Low Redshifts
  Blondin, S., et al.
  AJ, 131, 1648
• Hydrogen and helium traces in type Ib-c supernovae
  Elmhamdi, A., Danziger, I.J., Branch, D., Leibundgut, B., Baron, E., Kirshner, R.P.
  A&A, 450, 305
• Hubble Space Telescope and Ground-based Observations of Type Ia Supernovae at Redshift 0.5: Cosmological Implications
  Clocchiatti, A., et al.
  ApJ, 642, 1
• Scientific Requirements for Extremely Large Telescopes
  Whitelock, P.A., Dennefeld, M., Leibundgut, B. (eds.)

2005

• Spectroscopy of High-Redshift Supernovae from the ESSENCE Project: The First Two Years
  Matheson, T., et al.
  AJ, 129, 2352
• Lower limits on the Hubble Constant from models of Type Ia Supernovae
  Stritzinger, M., Leibundgut, B.
  A&A, 431, 423
• Extracting clean supernova spectra: Towards a quantitative analysis of high-redshift Type Ia supernova spectra
  Blondin, S., Walsh, J. R., Leibundgut, B., Sainton, G.
  A&A, 431, 757
• Hubble Space Telescope and Ground-based Observations of SN 1993J and SN 1998S: CNO Processing in the Progenitors,
  Fransson, C. et al.
  ApJ, 622, 991
• Diffuse Interstellar Bands in NGC 1448,
  Sollerman, J. et al.
  A&A, 429, 559
• Early and late time VLT spectroscopy of SN 2001el - progenitor constraints for a type Ia supernova
  Mattila, S., et al.
  A&A, 443, 649
• Hubble Space Telescope Observations of nine High-Redshift ESSENCE Supernovae,
  Krisciunas, K. et al.
  AJ, 130, 2453
• High-Velocity Features: A Ubiquitous Property of Type Ia Supernovae
  Mazzali, P., et al.
  ApJ, 623, L37
• SN 1998A: explosion of a blue supergiant
  Pastorello, A., et al.
  MNRAS, 360, 950