Collaborations:

ESSENCE: Measuring the Equation of State of the Universe
High-z Supernova Search Team
Supernova Intensive Study
European Supernova Consortium
The Dark Universe (Transregio Collaborative Research Center TRR33)
Origin and Structure of the Universe (Excellence Cluster Munich)

Work at ESO:
VLT Programme Scientist

Major Reviews:

• Supernova Cosmology: Legacy and Future, (preprint)
  Goobar, A. and Leibundgut, B.
  Annual Reviews of Nuclear and Particle Science, 2011, 61, 251
  
• 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

2016

• Discovery of molecular hydrogen in SN 1987A
  Fransson, C., et al.:
  ApJL, accepted
• Applying the expanding photosphere and standardized candle methods to Type II-Plateau supernovae at cosmologically significant redshifts: the distance to SN 2013eq
  Gall, E.E.E., et al.:
  A&A, submitted
• Light Curves of 213 Type Ia Supernovae from the ESSENCE Survey
  Narayan, G., et al.:
  ApJS, accepted
• A reddening-free method to estimate the ⁵⁶Ni mass of Type Ia supernovae
  Dhawan, S., Leibundgut, B., Spyromilio, J., Blondin, S.:
  A&A, 588, A84

2015

• A comparative study of Type II-P and II-L supernova rise times as exemplified by the case of LSQ13cuw
  Gall, E.E.E., et al.:
  A&A, 582, A3
• The Destruction of the Circumstellar Ring of SN 1987A
  Fransson, C., et al.:
  ApJL, 806, 19
• Near-infrared light curves of Type Ia supernovae: studying properties of the second maximum
  Dhawan, S., Leibundgut, B., Spyromilio, J., Maguire, K.,
  MNRAS, 448, 1345

2014

• Type Ia Supernova Rate Measurements to Redshift 2.5 from CANDELS: Searching for Prompt Explosions in the Early Universe
  Rodney, S. A., et al.,
  AJ, 148, 13
• Underluminous Type II Plateau Supernovae: II. Pointing towards moderate mass precursors
  Spiro, S., et al.,
  MNRAS, 439, 2873
• Type-Ia Supernova Rates to Redshift 2.4 from CLASH: the Cluster Lensing and Supernova survey with Hubble
  Graur, O., et al.,
  ApJ, 782, 28
• Type IIb Supernova SN 2011dh: Spectra and Photometry from the Ultraviolet to the Near-Infrared
  Marion, G. H., et al.,
  ApJ, 781, 69

2013

• [OI] λλ6300, 6364 in the Nebular Spectrum of a Subluminous Type Ia Supernova
  Taubenberger, S., et al.,
  ApJ, 775, L43
• 'Super-Chandrasekhar' Type Ia Supernovae at nebular epochs
  Taubenberger, S., et al.,
  MNRAS, 432, 3117
• Late Spectral Evolution of Ejecta and Reverse Shock in SN 1987A
  Fransson, C., et al.,
  ApJ, 768, 88
• The Morphology of the Ejecta in Supernova 1987A: A Study over Time and Wavelength
  Larsson, J., et al.,
  ApJ, 768, 89
• Hydrogen and helium in the spectra of Type Ia supernovae
  Lundqvist, P., et al.,
  MNRAS, 435, 329

2012

• Evidence for Type Ia Supernova Diversity from Ultraviolet Observations with the Hubble Space Telescope
  Wang, X., et al.,
  ApJ, 749, 126
• Silver and palladium help unveil the nature of a second r-process
  Hansen, C., et al.,
  A&A, 545, 31
• GRIPS - Gamma-Ray Imaging, Polarimetry and Spectroscopy
  Greiner, J., et al.,
  Experimental Astronomy, 34, 551

2011

• X-ray illumination of the ejecta of supernova 1987A
  Larsson, J., et al.,
  Nature, 474, 484
• Supernova Cosmology: Legacy and Future, (preprint)
  Goobar, A. and Leibundgut, B.
  Annual Reviews of Nuclear and Particle Science, 2011, 61, 251