Publications etc.

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List of publications in one PDF file, sorted by type

Want to know why I've stopped submitting to arXiv?

An ideal present, for Christmas or any other occasion, for yourself or for anyone interested in astronomy, is a book which I have translated from German to English, namely The Cambridge Photographic Atlas of Galaxies (Cambridge as in Cambridge University Press). It is chock full of beautiful full-colour pictures of galaxies, with detailed descriptions of each object, often as a jumping-off point for discussion of more-general concepts, as well as several chapters of background material. The level is somewhere between a typical popular-astronomy book and a textbook. See the first link in this paragraph for links to reviews and the second for a preview and for ordering the book.

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information about publication list

If you already know what you want, then you can go find it in either the or in the With time, expect the to fill up, with both old and new stuff (some of the new stuff as PDF only).

Feel free to cite me! To make it easier, here's a BibTeX file which contains nothing but my publications! Entries preceded by ADS, Google, ORBi, or ARIBIB indicate in which, if any, databases the corresponding entry appears (see next paragraph). Note that the ARIBIB information is available only until the middle of the year 2000.

You can decrease the load on my server by getting stuff from ADS, Google Scholar Citations, or ORBi, but keep in mind that some of the information provided at these sites is automatic and perhaps not 100% reliable. At ORCID I have essentially the same stuff I have at Google Scholar Citations, which is not surprising since the entries at ORCID were created by importing BibTeX exported from Google Scholar and adding a bit more information.

The ADS query, should return 80 results. Note that it is not just a query on my name, since that returns (rightly or wrongly, I'm not sure) some papers which are not mine. I've also created a public ADS library which should contain the same publications as the query plus one due to a different surname and a book I translated but did not write (78), but check both to be sure since the library is maintained by hand. (Depending on what one is looking for, one or the other might be more useful.) There are also libraries for refereed publications in cosmology/astrophysics/astronomy (28) and other publications (52) (i.e. not normal refereed publications and/or not about cosmology/astrophysics/astronomy).

For more information about (including links to) my various publications, see the lists below. Here, page numbers in bold italics indicate that the main link to the official online version of the paper provides free access to the full paper. Otherwise, only part is available and/or some subscription is required. In such cases, if there is another link to the official online version which provides free access to the whole paper, this is listed separately before the DOI. (Usually, it is a link to the abstract where one can find links to PDF and, for all but the oldest papers, HTML versions.) (In order for this to work, you might occasionally have to delete some obviously named cookies from your computer and/or refresh your browser cache.) While DOIs themselves should always be valid, the actual site they resolve to can and does change. In some cases, DOIs now resolve to the same free, full version as that listed immediately before the DOI. Scanned articles at ADS are scans of the printed version, so this is another option to access the official content. The PostScript and PDF files on my site should correspond, except for minor matters of formatting, to the official versions, but keep in mind that these have been updated by hand when correcting the proofs. (In some cases, I don't have a self-generated PS or PDF file. Occasionally, this is the case for papers where I didn't actually physically write the paper and the original source has disappeared, so I have some scanned version from ADS. Most such cases are pieces for The Observatory which I did not write in LaTeX; here, I provide a PDF of the proof or, when it has become available, a scan from ADS. Note that the proofs might contain minor typos etc.)

A problem these days is having too many online publication lists, so here is a guide:

this page:
This page should be regarded as the master list.
ADS:
ADS is a tried and true traditional bibliographic database for astronomy. While some others contain a few more things, it is almost never wrong, and errors are corrected quickly by the friendly staff. I thus try to make sure that it is accurate. Only disadvantage is that the new site can be too slow for some folks.
Google Scholar:
Google has a bit more stuff than ADS, and usually finds stuff more quickly, but it is not always correct. Even though I have disabled automatic updates, sometimes after editing entries to correct them, my changes are reverted. Use it with a reasonably large grain of salt. I haven't found out how to contact a human in order to get obvious mistakes corrected. Despite the complexity, the page loads reasonably fast.
ORBi:
Since I was affiliated with the University of Liège, I was required to put publications (including full texts) on the university server there. It is thus reasonably complete and contains more information than the other databases. However, it is maintained by hand, so is not always up to date. Also, stuff goes there only when an official version is available. I plan to keep it updated as long as it exists and at least as long as I am affiliated with the University of Liège (enough so that they maintain the database of my stuff; apparently being an alumnus is enough). Interestingly, for a while the document most often downloaded from there (e.g. on 2022-09-24) was my Diplom thesis, which is in German. On 2023-11-19 it was my doctoral thesis (also at the University of Liège). I am no longer a student there and have no official affiliation, but can now access it as an alumnus and so plan to keep it up to date.
arXiv:
arXiv contains only stuff which I upload to arXiv, which is not everything. I have stopped submitting to arXiv until they change their policies and also commented out links to my papers at arXiv (hence such tags are no longer visible) until they clean up their act. (The fact that I didn't delete them, but just commented them out, shows that I still have hope that one day they will see the light.)
ORCID:
I signed up for ORCID since arXiv recommended it, and in the meantime several journals use it as well. The idea of having a unique author identifier is a good one. However, I don't see the point of maintaining a list of publications there. (It would be the obvious place, though, for someone whose field is not covered by ADS or Google Scholar, and for some might remove the need for a personal or institutional webserver for publications.) However, publications on ADS now show up there automatically, so I'll keep an eye on it.
ARIBib:
ARIBib is a bibliographic database which goes back a long way; it stops around the middle of 2000, due to more and more stuff becoming available online. Hence, the list of my things there is static. A good resource for older literature, though.
inSpire:
Some of my stuff can be found there, but I've never done much with it. My impression is that it is for particle physics what ADS is for astronomy, though obviously there is some overlap. When I have time, if it isn't too much trouble I might consider maintaining it like I do the ADS list (i.e. make sure that it is up to date and correct); in that case I would add links to inSpire for my stuff on this page. UPDATE: I've found and claimed some more stuff, and requested that more stuff be added to the database (which I can then claim). It now has almost all of my refereed-journal papers (missing those in The Observatory and a recent onewhich I have requested to be added). Like at Google Scholar, it is not clear to me why some non-refereed stuff shows up while other stuff, even though published in the same place, does not. It appears that some cosmology/astrophysics/astronomy is considered appropriate and some is not. Thus, my profile there will probably always be incomplete. NEWER UPDATE: It now has all refereed-journal publications except those from The Observatory, which it considers not to be relevant to HEP. I agree, but neither are most or all of my other refereed-journal publications. I had requested that the latest papers be added; not sure if they would have been picked up automatically had I waited longer. Since it will presumably be incomplete regarding refereed-journal papers anyway, I see little point in trying to make it complete with regard to other works, especially since it is not clear what they would accept and what not and what criteria are used. I noticed this because a job ad wanted a link to an iNSPIRE profile.
Researchgate:
I signed up there only because someone asked me to comment on something (and I had to be signed up in order to do so). I've done little with it and don't plan on maintaining a list there. There is thus no link to my profile there, and I might delete it. UPDATE: I have now (2023-11-19) deleted my profile there because of their new affiliation with MDPI.
Academia.edu:
I don't recall ever doing anything with them, but I get regular emails asking about my publications. Have now deleted my profile there after a) too many emails and b) recommending a "Darwin was wrong" article from someone with no qualifications (published by Springer;—while they do have some good journals, many of which, though there is a pay-to-publish gold OA option, also allow one to a) publish free of charge, b) share one's author's accepted manuscript (immediately on a personal website), and c) share the official version via a link they provide, I wish that they would get out of the pay-to-publish business with low-quality journals).
other stuff:
Some sites might automatically set up some profile and spam me asking me to join or whatever. I don't pay attention to stuff like that, so if a site isn't mentioned in this list, it's probably one of those.
For information about what is included in which list and why, see the comments in the BibTeX file linked to above.

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Papers in refereed journals

  1. Phillip Helbig & R. Kayser
    "Cosmological parameters and the redshift distribution of gravitational lenses"
    A&A, 308, 2, 359–367 (April (II) 1996)
    ADS: 1996A&A...308..359H | Google Scholar
  2. R. Kayser, Phillip Helbig & Th. Schramm
    "A general and practical method for calculating cosmological distances"
    A&A, 318, 3, 680–686 (February (III) 1997)
    ADS: 1997A&A...318..680K (duplicate 1: 1999ascl.soft09002H) (duplicate 2: 1996yCat..33180680K) | Google Scholar
  3. N. Jackson, Phillip Helbig, I. W. A. Browne, C. D. Fassnacht, L. V. E. Koopmans, D. R. Marlow & P. N. Wilkinson
    "Lensing galaxies: light or dark?"
    A&A, 334, 2, L33–L36 (June (II) 1998)
    ADS: 1998A&A...334L..33J | Google Scholar
  4. Phillip Helbig
    "The image separation-source redshift relation for gravitational lenses as a cosmological test"
    MNRAS, 298, 2, 395–398 (1 August 1998)
    free, full, official version | doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01692.x | ADS: 1998MNRAS.298..395H | Google Scholar
  5. A. D. Biggs, I. W. A. Browne, Phillip Helbig, L. V. E. Koopmans, P. N. Wilkinson & R. Perley
    "Time delay for the gravitational lens system B0218+357"
    MNRAS, 304, 2, 349–358 (7 April 1999)
    free, full, official version | doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02309.x | ADS: 1999MNRAS.304..349B | Google Scholar
  6. R. Quast & Phillip Helbig
    "Gravitational lensing statistics with extragalactic surveys. I. A lower limit on the cosmological constant"
    A&A, 344, 3, 721–734 (April (III) 1999)
    ADS: 1999A&A...344..721Q | Google Scholar
  7. Phillip Helbig, D. R. Marlow, R. Quast, P. N. Wilkinson, I. W. A. Browne & L. V. E. Koopmans
    "Gravitational lensing statics with extragalactic surveys. II. Analysis of the Jodrell Bank-VLA Astrometric Survey"
    A&ASS, 136, 2, 297–305 (April (II) 1999)
    doi:10.1051/aas:1999467 | ADS: 1999A&AS..136..297H | Google Scholar
  8. Phillip Helbig
    "Gravitational lensing statistics with extragalactic surveys. III. Joint constraints on $\lambda_{0}$ and $\Omega_{0}$ from lensing statistics and the $m$-$z$ relation for type Ia supernovae"
    A&A, 350, 1, 1–8 (October (I) 1999)
    ADS: 1999A&A...350....1H | Google Scholar
  9. J. F. Macias-Perez, Phillip Helbig, R. Quast, A. Wilkinson & R. D. Davies
    "Gravitational lensing statistics with extragalactic surveys. IV. Joint constraints on $\lambda_{0}$ and $\Omega_{0}$ from gravitational lensing statistics and CMB anisotropies "
    A&A, 353, 2, 419–426 (January (II) 2000)
    ADS: 2000A&A...353..419M | Google Scholar
  10. L. V. E. Koopmans, A. G. de Bruyn, C. D. Fassnacht, D. R. Marlow, D. Rusin, R. D. Blandford, I. W. A. Browne, Phillip Helbig, N. Jackson, S. T. Myers, T. J. Pearson, A. C. S. Readhead, P. N. Wilkinson, E. Xanthopoulos & H. Houkstra
    "B0827+525: `Dark' lens or binary radio-loud quasar?"
    A&A, 361, 3, 815–822 (September (III) 2000)
    ADS: 2000A&A...361..815K | Google Scholar
  11. P. M. Phillips, M. Norbury, L. V. E. Koopmans, I. W. A. Browne, N. Jackson, P. N. Wilkinson, A. D. Biggs, R. D. Blandford, A. G. de Bruyn, C. D. Fassnacht, Phillip Helbig, S. Mao, D. R. Marlow, S. T. Myers, T. J. Pearson, A. C. S. Readhead, D. Rusin & E. Xanthopoulos
    "A New Quadruple Gravitational Lens System: CLASS B0128+437"
    MNRAS, 319, 2, L7–L11 (1 December 2000)
    free, full, official version | doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.04033.x | ADS: 2000MNRAS.319L...7P | Google Scholar
  12. K.-H. Chae, A. D. Biggs, R. D. Blandford, I. W. A. Browne, A. G. de Bruyn, C. D. Fassnacht, Phillip Helbig, N. Jackson, L. J. King, L. V. E. Koopmans, S. Mao, D. R. Marlow, J. P. McKean, S. T. Myers, M. Norbury, T. J. Pearson, P. M. Phillips, A. C. S. Readhead, D. Rusin, C. M. Sykes, P. N. Wilkinson, E. Xanthopoulos & T. York
    "Constraints on Cosmological Parameters from the Analysis of the Cosmic Lens All Sky Survey Radio-Selected Gravitational Lens Statistics"
    PRL, 89, 15, 151301 (October 2002)
    doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.151301 | ADS: 2002PhRvL..89o1301C | Google Scholar
  13. I. W. A. Browne, P. N. Wilkinson, N. Jackson, S. T. Myers, C. D. Fassnacht, L. V. E. Koopmans, D. R. Marlow, M. Norbury, D. Rusin, C. M. Sykes, A. D. Biggs, R. D. Blandford, A. G. de Bruyn, K.-H. Chae, Phillip Helbig, L. J. King, J. P. McKean, T. J. Pearson, P. M. Phillips, A. C. S. Readhead, E. Xanthopoulos & T. York
    "The Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey. - II. Gravitational lens candidate selection and follow-up"
    MNRAS, 341, 1, 13–32 (1 May 2003)
    free, full, official version | doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06257.x | ADS: 2003MNRAS.341...13B | Google Scholar
  14. E. Zackrisson, N. Bergvall, T. Marquart & Phillip Helbig
    "Can microlensing explain the long-term optical variability of quasars?"
    A&A, 408, 1, 17–25 (September (I) 2003)
    doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20030895 | ADS: 2003A&A...408...17Z | Google Scholar
  15. J. P. McKean, I. W. A. Browne, N. Jackson, C. D. Fassnacht & Phillip Helbig
    "The Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey parent population - I. Sample selection and number counts"
    MNRAS, 377, 1, 430–440 (1 May 2007)
    free, full, official version | doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11618.x | ADS: 2007MNRAS.377..430M (duplicate: 2007yCat..83770430M) | Google Scholar
  16. Phillip Helbig
    "Is there a flatness problem in classical cosmology?"
    MNRAS, 421, 1, 561–569, (21 March 2012)
    free, full, official version | doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20334.x | ADS: 2012MNRAS.421..561H | Google Scholar
  17. Phillip Helbig
    "The m-z relation for type Ia supernovae, locally inhomogeneous cosmological models, and the nature of dark matter"
    MNRAS, 451, 2, 2097–2107 (1 August 2015)
    free, full, official version | doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1074 | ADS: 2015MNRAS.451.2097H | Google Scholar
  18. Phillip Helbig
    "The m-z relation for Type Ia supernovae: safety in numbers or safely without worry?"
    MNRAS 453, 4, 3975–3979 (11 November 2015)
    free, full, official version | doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1796 | ADS: 2015MNRAS.453.3975H | Google Scholar
  19. Phillip Helbig
    "Calculation of distances in cosmological models with small-scale inhomogeneities and their use in observational cosmology: a review"
    OJA, 3, 1 (January 2020)
    doi:10.21105/astro.1912.12269 | ADS: 2020OJAP....3....1H | Google Scholar
  20. Phillip Helbig
    "The flatness problem and the age of the Universe"
    MNRAS, 495, 4, 3571–3575 (July 2020)
    free, full, official version | doi:10.1093/mnras/staa1082 | ADS: 2020MNRAS.495.3571H | Google Scholar
  21. Phillip Helbig
    "Whatever happened to the Dyer-Roeder distance?"
    The Observatory, 140, 1277, 128–144 (August 2020)
    ADS: 2020OBS...140..128H | Google Scholar
  22. Phillip Helbig
    "Sonne und Mond, or, the good, the bad, and the ugly: comments on the debate between MOND and ΛCDM"
    The Observatory, 140, 1279, 225–247 (December 2020)
    ADS: 2020Obs...140..225H | PhilSci ARCHIVE: 18810 | Google Scholar
  23. Phillip Helbig
    "Can't get there from here? Curious logic in the famous paper by Einstein and de Sitter"
    The Observatory, 141, 1282, 117–121 (June 2021)
    ADS: 2021Obs...141.117H | Google Scholar
  24. Phillip Helbig
    "Arguments against the flatness problem in classical cosmology: a review"
    EPJH, 46, 1, 10 (December 2021)
    free, full, official version | doi:10.1140/epjh/s13129-021-00006-9 | ADS: 2021EPJH...46...10H | Google Scholar
  25. Phillip Helbig
    "Received Wisdom"
    The Observatory, 142, 1289, 142–156 (August 2022)
    ADS: 2022Obs...142..142H | Google Scholar
  26. Phillip Helbig
    "Redshift drift and strong gravitational lensing"
    MNRAS, 519, 2, 2769–2772 (February 2023)
    free, full, official version | doi:10.1093/mnras/stac3623 | ADS: 2023MNRAS.519.2769H | Google Scholar
    Phillip Helbig
    "Correction to: Redshift drift and strong gravitational lensing"
    MNRAS, 528, 2, 1582 (February 2024)
    doi:10.1093/mnras/stae125 | ADS: 2024MNRAS.528.1582H | Google Scholar
  27. Phillip Helbig
    "Life, the Multiverse, and Fine-Tuning: Fact, Fiction, and Misconceptions"
    Foundations of Physics, 53, 6, 93 (2023)
    free, full, official version | doi:10.1007/s10701-023-00732-8 | ADS: 2023FoPh...53...93H | Google Scholar
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Conference proceedings edited

  1. Phillip Helbig & N. Jackson (eds.)
    Golden Lenses
    Web proceedings
    ADS: 1997gole.conf.....H | Google Scholar
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Contributions to conference proceedings

Titles in bold (9/22) refer to talks I gave. All other contributions (13/22) are posters, except #9, which was a talk given by Neal Jackson. #16 was an invited talk; the rest were contributed. At least those posters which I prepared myself (i.e. not prepared by a co-author), marked by an asterisk (7/22 total, 7/12 posters), are available both in the proceedings version and in the original poster version, the latter, in the case of those I prepared before 2010, as a single-page PostScript file available both in A0 and A4 sizes (except for the first one, which consists of multiple pages, because it was made before A0 printers became reasonably common and cheap; after 2010, I used scalable fonts, so could just print the A4 version at A0.).
  1. Phillip King (as I was known before my first marriage)
    "Determining cosmological parameters through statistics of redshifts of lens galaxies"
    in Gravitational Lenses in the Universe: Proceedings of the 31st Liège International Astrophysical Colloquium (ADS: 1993LIACo..31.....S)
    J. Surdej, D. Fraipont-Caro, E. Gosset, S. Refsdal & M. Remy (eds.)
    Liège: Université de Liège, pp. 33–39 (1993)
    ADS: 1993LIACo..31...33K | Google Scholar
    Note: Since this was written before my first marriage, it appeared under my birth name "King".
  2. Phillip Helbig
    "Cosmological parameters and gravitational lensing statistics"
    in Proceedings of the Seventeenth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology (ADS: 1995NYASA.759.....B)
    H. Böhringer, G. E. Morfill & J. E. Trümper (eds.)
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 759, 600–603 (1995)
    ISBN 0-89766941-X (cloth)
    ISBN 0-89766942-8 (paper)
    doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb17617.x | ADS: 1995NYASA.759..600H | Google Scholar
  3. Phillip Helbig
    "Predicted lens redshifts and magnitudes for gravitational lenses"*
    in Astrophysical applications of gravitational lensing: proceedings of the 173rd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union; held in Melbourne; Australia; 9–14 July; 1995 (ADS: 1996IAUS..173.....K)
    C. S. Kochanek & J. Hewitt (eds.)
    Dordrecht: Kluver, pp. 21–22 (1996)
    ISBN 978-94-009-0221-3
    ADS: 1996IAUS..173...21H | Google Scholar
  4. D. R. Marlow, P. N. Wilkinson, Phillip Helbig & I. W. A. Browne
    "Constraining the value of the cosmological constant using JVAS/CLASS lensing statistics"
    in Observational Cosmology with the New Radio Surveys (ADS: 1998ASSL..226.....B)
    M. Bremer, N. Jackson & I. Péréz-Fournon (eds.)
    Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Volume 226
    Dordrecht: Kluver, pp. 339–340 (1998)
    ISBN 0-7923-4885-0
    ADS: 1998ASSL..226..339M | Google Scholar
  5. Phillip Helbig
    "Measuring the Hubble constant with lens time delays in an inhomogeneous universe"
    in Proceedings of the Jodrell Bank Workshop `Golden Lenses' (ADS: 1997gole.conf.....H)
    Phillip Helbig & N. Jackson (eds.)
    WorldWideWeb proceedings
    ADS: 1997gole.confE..27H | Google Scholar
  6. A. D. Biggs, I. W. A. Browne, Phillip Helbig, N. Jackson, L. J. King, D. R. Marlow, A. D. McGuinness, S. Nair, C. M. Sykes, P. N. Wilkinson, E. Xanthopoulos, A. G. de Bruyn, R. D. Blandford, J. Cohen, C. D. Fassnacht, T. J. Pearson, A. C. S. Readhead, D. Womble M. Bremer, G. Miley, L. V. E. Koopmans, S. T. Myers & A. Patnaik
    "Cosmological parameters from the CERES project"*
    in Cosmological Parameters and the Evolution of the Universe: Proceedings of the 183rd symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Kyoto, Japan, August 18–22, 1997 (ADS: 1999IAUS..183.....S)
    Katsuhiko Sato (ed.)
    Dordrecht, Boston: Kluwer Academic, p. 64 (1999)
    ISBN 981-023499-6
    ADS: 1999IAUS..183...64B | Google Scholar
  7. Phillip Helbig
    "The delta theta-z_s relation as a cosmological test"*
    in Proceedings of the twelfth Potsdam Cosmology Workshop (ADS: 1998lsst.conf.....M)
    V. Müller, St. Gottlöber, J. P. Mücket & J. Wambsganß (eds.)
    Singapore, World Scientific, pp. 319–320 (1998)
    ISBN 981-023499-6
    ADS: 1998lsst.conf..319H | Google Scholar
  8. D. R. Marlow, A. D. McGuinness, I. W. A. Browne, P. N. Wilkinson & Phillip Helbig
    "A Search for Large-Image-Separation Gravitational Lenses in the JVAS Radio Survey"*
    in Proceedings of the twelfth Potsdam Cosmology Workshop (ADS: 1998lsst.conf.....M)
    V. Müller, St. Gottlöber, J. P. Mücket & J. Wambsganß (eds.)
    Singapore, World Scientific pp. 327–328 (1998)
    ISBN 981-023499-6
    ADS: 1998lsst.conf..327M | Google Scholar
  9. N. Jackson, Phillip Helbig, I. W. A. Browne & L. V. E. Koopmans
    "Light on dark lenses"
    in Gravitational Lensing: Nature's Own Weighing Scales (ADS: 1998NewAR..42.....A)
    H. AbdelSalam, K. Blundell, J. Miller & P. Saha (eds.)
    New Astronomy Reviews 42, 2, 97–100 (1998)
    Amsterdam: Elsevier
    doi:10.1016/S1387-6473(98)00028-1 | ADS: 1998NewAR..42...97J | Google Scholar
  10. Phillip Helbig, R. D. Blandford, I. W. A. Browne, A. G. de Bruyn, C. D. Fassnacht, N. Jackson, L. V. E. Koopmans, J. F. Macias-Perez, D. R. Marlow, S. T. Myers, R. Quast, D. Rusin, P. N. Wilkinson & E. Xanthopoulos
    "Measuring Cosmological Parameters with the JVAS and CLASS Gravitational Lens Surveys"*
    in Proceedings of the 19th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology (ADS: 2000NuPhS..80.....P)
    E. Aubourg, T. Montmerle, J. Paul & P. Peter (eds.)
    Nuclear Physics B, Proc. Suppl., 80, CD-ROM (2000)
    ADS: 2000NuPhS..80C1304H | Google Scholar
  11. A. D. Biggs, I. W. A. Browne, P. N. Wilkinson, T. W. B. Muxlow, Phillip Helbig & L. V. E. Koopmans
    "B0218+357: Time Delays and New MERLIN/VLA 5 GHz Maps of the Einstein Ring"*
    in Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress and Future Goals (ADS: 2001ASPC..237.....B)
    T. G. Brainerd & C. S. Kochanek (eds.)
    San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific: PASP conference series No. 237, pp. 137–138 (2001)
    ISBN 1-58381-074-9
    ADS: 2001ASPC..237..137B | Google Scholar
  12. Phillip Helbig, J. F. Macias-Perez, R. Quast, A. Wilkinson & R. D. Davies
    "λ0 and Ω0 from Lensing Statistics and Other Methods: Is There a Conflict?"*
    in Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress and Future Goals (ADS: 2001ASPC..237.....B)
    T. G. Brainerd & C. S. Kochanek (eds.)
    San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific: PASP conference series No. 237, pp. 145–146 (2001)
    ISBN 1-58381-074-9
    ADS: 2001ASPC..237..145H | Google Scholar
  13. S. T. Myers, N. Jackson, I. W. A. Browne, A. G. de Bruyn, A. C. S. Readhead, P. N. Wilkinson, C. D. Fassnacht, L. V. E. Koopmans, D. R. Marlow, M. Norbury, D. Rusin, A. D. Biggs, R. D. Blandford, Phillip Helbig, T. J. Pearson & E. Xanthopoulos
    "CLASS: Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey"
    in Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress and Future Goals (ADS: 2001ASPC..237.....B)
    T. G. Brainerd & C. S. Kochanek (eds.)
    San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific: PASP conference series No. 237, pp. 51–52 (2001)
    ISBN 1-58381-074-9
    ADS: 2001ASPC..237...51M | Google Scholar
    Note that there are several proceedings contributions which list one, two or a few authors plus "CLASS collaboration". Some of these gathered some or all of the co-authors listed in the conference programme into "CLASS collaboration" to save the space taken up by the names, affiliations etc of the authors in the limited space provided in proceedings contributions, especially in the case of posters since these are often allowed fewer pages. Thus, on the basis of a proceedings contribution which lists "CLASS collaboration" among the authors, it is not clear whether the original author list contained more names or not. Although officially part of the CLASS collaboration, I have not listed any of these proceedings contributions here, even though I was involved in some, except for the one above, since I was mentioned explicitly on the original poster. (The names of all authors (actually fewer than the entire CLASS collaboration), as listed above, appeared on the original poster. The published version lists S. T. Myers and the Class collaboration as authors. As a result, this is not listed at ADS under my name.)
  14. Phillip Helbig
    "The Current Status of CLASS"
    in L2K: Cosmological Physics with Gravitational Lensing: Proceedings of the XXXVth Rencontres de Moriond, Les Arcs, France, March 11–18, 2000 (ADS: 2001cpgl.conf.....T)
    Jean Trân Thanh Vân, Y. Mellier & M. Moniez
    Les Ulis: EDP Sciences, pp. 261–264 (2001)
    ISBN 2-86883-531-7
    ADS: 2001cpgl.conf..261H | Google Scholar
  15. Phillip Helbig
    "The Lens-Redshift Test Revisited"
    in L2K: Cosmological Physics with Gravitational Lensing: Proceedings of the XXXVth Rencontres de Moriond, Les Arcs, France, March 11–18, 2000 (ADS: 2001cpgl.conf.....T)
    Jean Trân Thanh Vân, Y. Mellier & M. Moniez
    Les Ulis: EDP Sciences, pp. 279–282 (2001)
    ISBN 2-86883-531-7
    ADS: 2001cpgl.conf..279H | Google Scholar
  16. Phillip Helbig
    "Constraints in the λ0–Ω0 plane from gravitational lensing"
    in New Cosmological Data and the Values of the Fundamental Parameters, International Astronomical Union. Symposium No. 201 (ADS: 2005IAUS..201.....L)
    A. Lasenby & A. Wilkinson (eds.),
    San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p. 245 (2005)
    ISBN 978-1-58381-212-9; 1-58381-212-1
    ADS: 2005IAUS..201..245H | | Google Scholar
  17. J. P. McKean, I. W. A. Browne, Phillip Helbig, N. Jackson & P. N. Wilkinson
    "The Redshift Distribution of Flat-Spectrum Radio Sources at Low Flux-Densities"
    in New Cosmological Data and the Values of the Fundamental Parameters, International Astronomical Union. Symposium No. 201 (ADS: 2005IAUS..201.....L)
    A. Lasenby & A. Wilkinson (eds.),
    San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p. 76 (2005)
    ISBN 978-1-58381-212-9; 1-58381-212-1
    Google Scholar
  18. R. J. Nemiroff & Phillip Helbig
    "Current Status of the Astrophysics Source Code Library"
    Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 32, 1600 (2000)
    ADS: 2000AAS...19711605H | Google Scholar
  19. E. Zackrisson, N. Bergvall & Phillip Helbig
    "Constraining Dark Matter with the Long-Term Variability of Quasars"
    in Lighthouses of the Universe: The Most Luminous Celestial Objects and Their Use for Cosmology. Proceedings of the MPA/ ESO/ MPE/ USM Joint Astronomy Conference (ADS: 2002luml.conf.....G)
    M. Gilfanov, R. Sunyaev & E. Churazov (eds.)
    Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 550–552 (2002)
    ISBN 3-540-43769-X
    doi:10.1007/10856495_87 | ADS: 2002luml.conf..550Z | Google Scholar
  20. Phillip Helbig
    "Is there a flatness problem in classical cosmology?"
    in Relativity and Gravitation: 100 Years after Einstein in Prague
    Jiří Bičák & Tomáš Ledvinka (eds.)
    Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 555–561 (2014)
    ISBN 978-3-319-06760-5 (print)
    ISBN 978-3-319-06761-2 (online)
    free, full, official version | doi:10.1007/978-3-319-06761-2_50 | ADS: 2014SPPhy.157..355H | Google Scholar
  21. Phillip Helbig
    "The m-z relation for Type Ia supernovae, locally inhomogeneous cosmological models, and the nature of dark matter"
    in Proceedings of the 28th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (2015)
    free, full, official version (talk slides and proceedings contribution at the conference website) | ADS: 2015tsra.confE...1H | Google Scholar
  22. Phillip Helbig
    "The magnitude-redshift relation for type Ia supernovae, locally inhomogeneous cosmological models, and the nature of dark matter"
    in 2016 Cosmology: Proceedings of the 51st RENCONTRES DE MORIOND
    Étienne Augé, Jacques Dumarchez & Jean Trân Thanh Vân (eds.)
    ARISF, pp. 171–174 (2016)
    ISBN 979-10-968-7901-4
    slides of talk at Moriond website | ADS: 2016cosm.conf..171H | Google Scholar
  23. Phillip Helbig
    "Arguments against the flatness problem"
    in 2022 Cosmology: Proceedings of the 56th Reconcontres de Moriond
    Étienne Augé, Jacques Dumarchez & Jean Trân Thanh Vân (eds.)
    pp. 331–332 (2022)
    ISBN: 979-10-96879-16-8
    doi:10.58027/3q8k-ew90 (for the entire book) | ADS: 2022cosm.conf..331H | Google Scholar
  24. Phillip Helbig
    "Conserved quantities in cosmology"
    in 2022 Cosmology: Proceedings of the 56th Reconcontres de Moriond
    Étienne Augé, Jacques Dumarchez & Jean Trân Thanh Vân (eds.)
    pp. 333–334 (2022)
    ISBN: 979-10-96879-16-8
    doi:10.58027/3q8k-ew90 (for the entire book) | ADS: 2022cosm.conf..333H | Google Scholar
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Conference contributions not included in proceedings

Unlike some people, I have never failed to deliver a contribution to the proceedings if it was possible to have my contribution appear. So these are contributions which didn't appear in the published proceedings, for reasons beyong my control. Most are posters but also a regular talk and a pre-recorded flash talk. In general, proceedingsless contributions can occur either because the corresponding conference had no proceedings at all or because posters were not included. At the moment, only the former applies (but some of those conferences do have the slides of the talks online, which is becoming increasingly common). (Note that online-only proceedings, such as no. 21 above, are treated as other proceedings, which is appropriate since today many journals, and even some traditional journals, are online-only. In some cases, both a traditional book was published and the contributions it contains are available online—either individually or collectively—, as in nos. 20 and 22, respectively, above.)
  1. Phillip Helbig & James Overduin
    "Which flatness problem does inflation solve?"
    Poster presented at the 29th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Cape Town, South Africa (December 2017) (no proceedings)
    Google Scholar
  2. Phillip Helbig
    "Life, the multiverse, and fine-tuning: do probabilities matter?"
    Poster presented at Cosmology 2018 in Dubrovnik (there were no proceedings)
  3. Phillip Helbig
    "The flatness problem and the age of the Universe"
    Poster presented at the 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Portsmouth, UK (December 2019) (no proceedings)
    Google Scholar
  4. Phillip Helbig
    "Fifty years of the flatness problem"
    Pre-recorded flash talk at the online conference Cosmology From Home 2021 (July 2021) (no proceedings)
    Google Scholar
  5. Phillip Helbig
    "Conserved quantities in cosmology"
    Talk presented at the st31 Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Prague, 12--16 October 2022 (no proceedings)
    ADS: 2022tsra.confE..53H | Google Scholar
  6. Phillip Helbig
    "Don't take it from me: literature overview of arguments against the flatness problem"
    Poster presented at the 31st Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Prague, 12--16 October 2022 (no proceedings)
    ADS: 2022tsra.confE...1H | Google Scholar
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Correspondence

Correspondence in The Observatory*

Although all of these contributions have been refereed, as is usual for such pieces in The Observatory, they are not really traditional refereed-journal papers, which is why I have not included them in the first section above; they are more like old-style letters to the editor.

(Note that the PDF files linked to at the URLs referenced below might contain minor typos etc if they are from the proofs and not from the final product.)

  1. Phillip Helbig
    "Which Law is Hubble's Law?"
    The Observatory, 132, 1228, 183–184 (June 2012)
    ADS: 2012Obs...132..183H | Google Scholar
  2. Phillip Helbig
    "Why stop at two-thirds?"
    The Observatory, 132, 1229, 267 (August 2012)
    ADS: 2012Obs...132..267H | Google Scholar
  3. Phillip Helbig
    "Cosmic Confusion"
    The Observatory, 133, 1236, 294–295 (October 2013)
    ADS: 2013Obs...133..294H | Google Scholar
  4. Phillip Helbig
    "Reply to Mr Osmaston Concerning the Nature of the Redshift"
    The Observatory, 134, 1239, 76 (April 2014)
    ADS: 2014Obs...134...76H | Google Scholar
  5. Phillip Helbig
    "A Classic Problem Concluded"
    The Observatory, 134, 1240, 138–139 (June 2014)
    ADS: 2014Obs...134..138H | Google Scholar
  6. Phillip Helbig
    "Cosmology and Cosmogony"
    The Observatory, 135, 1247, 218–220 (August 2015)
    ADS: 2015Obs...135..218H | Google Scholar
  7. Phillip Helbig
    "A Formula for Confusion"
    The Observatory, 138, 1262, 22–25 (February 2018)
    ADS: 2018Obs...138...22H | Google Scholar
  8. Phillip Helbig
    "The Big Bang: Who Really First Suggested It?"
    The Observatory, 138, 1267, 305–306 (December 2018)
    ADS: 2018Obs...138..305H | Google Scholar
  9. Phillip Helbig
    " Further Discussion of the Speeds of Light, Gravitational Waves, and Gravity"
    The Observatory, 139, 1268, 5–7 (February 2019)
    ADS: 2019OBS...139....5H | Google Scholar
  10. Phillip Helbig
    "Otto Heckmann: Friend or Foe?"
    The Observatory, 140, 1276, 92–94 (June 2020)
    ADS: 2020Obs...140...92H | Google Scholar
  11. Phillip Helbig
    "Chess-playing armchair cosmologists"
    The Observatory, 140, 1276, 94–96 (June 2020)
    ADS: 2020Obs...140...94H | Google Scholar
  12. Phillip Helbig
    "The Elephant in the Open-Access Room"
    The Observatory, 141, 1282, 133–136 (June 2021)
    ADS: 2021Obs...141..133H Google Scholar
  13. Phillip Helbig
    "Don't mention the war!"
    The Observatory, 141, 1282, 133–136 (June 2021)
    ADS: 2021Obs...141..136H Google Scholar
  14. Phillip Helbig
    "Kapteyn in Leiden"
    The Observatory, 141, 1284, 247–248 (October 2021)
    ADS: 2021Obs...141..247H | Google Scholar
  15. Phillip Helbig
    "On the Absence of Flat Star Clusters"
    The Observatory, 142, 1286, 12–13 (February 2022)
    ADS: 2022Obs...142...12H | Google Scholar
  16. Phillip Helbig
    "Other Losses"
    The Observatory, 142, 1288, 114–115 (June 2022)
    ADS: 2022Obs...142..114H | Google Scholar
  17. Phillip Helbig
    "Increasing crescents"
    The Observatory, 143, 1294, 131 (June 2023)
    ADS: 2023Obs...143..131H Google Scholar
  18. Phillip Helbig
    "A match-making metric"
    Astronomy & Geophysics, 65, 3, 3.36–3.37 (June 2024)
    free, full, official version | doi:10.1093/astrogeo/atae033 | ADS: 2024A&G....65.3.36H | Google Scholar
  19. Phillip Helbig
    "An old idea"
    The Observatory, 144, 130, 143–144 (June 2024)
  20. Phillip Helbig
    "Future Tense?"
    The Observatory, 144, 1301, 193–194 (2024)
  21. Phillip Helbig
    "On the value of conference proceedings"
    The Observatory, 144, 1302, 254–255 (October 2024)
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Book reviews

Book reviews in The Observatory

(Note that the PDF files linked to at the URLs referenced below might contain minor typos etc if they are from the proofs and not from the final product.)
  1. Phillip Helbig
    Review of How It Began: A Time-Traveler's Guide to the Universe by C. Impey
    The Observatory, 133, 1232, 45–46 (February 2013)
    ADS: 2013Obs...133...45
  2. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Book of Universes by J. D. Barrow
    The Observatory, 133, 1235, 232–233 (August 2013)
    ADS: 2013Obs...133..232
  3. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Fifty Years of Quasars: From Early Observations and Ideas to Future Research edited by M. D'Onofrio, P. Marziani & J. W. Sulentic
    The Observatory, 133, 1236, 302–303, (October 2013)
    ADS: 2013Obs...133..302
  4. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Beating the Odds: The Life and Times of E. A. Milne by Meg Weston Smith
    The Observatory, 134, 1238, 35–37 (February 2014)
    ADS: 2014Obs...134...35
  5. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Revealing the Heart of the Galaxy: The Milky Way and Its Black Hole by Bob Sanders
    The Observatory, 134, 1240, 146–148 (June 2014)
    ADS: 2014Obs...134..146
  6. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality by Max Tegmark
    The Observatory, 134, 1240, 150–154 (June 2014)
    ADS: 2014Obs...134..150
  7. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Perfect Theory: A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity by Pedro G. Ferreira
    The Observatory, 134, 1241, 214–216 (August 2014)
    ADS: 2014Obs...134..214
  8. Phillip Helbig
    Review of In Search of the True Universe: The Tools, Shaping, and Cost of Cosmological Thought by Martin Harwit
    The Observatory, 134, 1241, 217–220 (August 2014)
    ADS: 2014Obs...134..217
  9. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Astronomy for Young and Old: A Beginner's Guide to the Visual Sky by Walter Kraul
    The Observatory, 134, 1242, 301–303 (October 2014)
    ADS: 2014Obs...134..301
  10. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Flags of the Night Sky: When Astronomy Meets National Pride by André Bordeleau
    The Observatory, 134, 1243, 370–372 (December 2014)
    ADS: 2014Obs...134..370
  11. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Relativity and Gravitation: 100 Years After Einstein in Prague edited by Jiří Bičák & Tomáš Ledvinka
    The Observatory, 134, 1243, 376–377 (December 2014)
    ADS: 2014Obs...134..376
  12. Phillip Helbig
    Review of General Relativity, Cosmology and Astrophysics: Perspectives 100 Years After Einstein's Stay in Prague edited by Jiří Bičák & Tomáš Ledvinka
    The Observatory, 134, 1243, 377–378 (December 2014)
    ADS: 2014Obs...134..377
  13. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Falling Sky by Pippa Goldschmidt
    The Observatory, 135, 1244, 50 (February 2015)
    ADS: 2015Obs...135...30
  14. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Cosmigraphics: Picturing Space Through Time by Michael Benson
    The Observatory, 135, 1247, 222 (August 2015)
    ADS: 2015Obs...135..222
  15. Phillip Helbig
    Review of An Introduction to Galaxies and Cosmology edited by Mark H. Jones, Robert J. A. Lambourne & Stephen Serjeant
    The Observatory, 135, 1247, 234–236 (August 2015)
    ADS: 2015Obs...135..234
  16. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Cosmic Microwave Background: How It Changed Our Understanding of the Universe by Rhodri Evans
    The Observatory, 135, 1247, 237–238 (August 2015)
    ADS: 2015Obs...135..237
  17. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Post-Planck Cosmology edited by Cedric Deffayet et al.
    The Observatory, 135, 1248, 302–303 (October 2015)
    ADS: 2015Obs...135..302
  18. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Sleeping Beauties in Theoretical Physics: 26 Surprising Insights by Thanu Padmanabhan
    The Observatory, 136, 1250, 39–41 (February 2016)
    ADS: 2016Obs...136...39
  19. Phillip Helbig
    Review of To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science by Steven Weinberg
    The Observatory, 136, 1251, 82–84 (April 2016)
    ADS: 2016Obs...136...82
  20. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Universe Unveiled: The Cosmos in My Bubble Bath by C. V. Vishveshwara
    The Observatory, 136, 1251, 96–97 (April 2016)
    ADS: 2016Obs...136...96
  21. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction, 2nd Edition by Peter Schneider
    The Observatory, 136, 1251, 98–100 (April 2016)
    ADS: 2016Obs...136...98
  22. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli
    The Observatory, 136, 1252, 155–156 (June 2016)
    ADS: 2016Obs...136..155
  23. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Expanding Universe: A Primer in Relativistic Cosmology by William D. Heacox
    The Observatory, 136, 1253, 204–207 (August 2016)
    ADS: 2016Obs...136..204
  24. Phillip Helbig
    Review of 50 Astronomy Ideas You Really Need to Know by Giles Sparrow
    The Observatory, 137, 1256, 30–31 (February 2017)
    ADS: 2017Obs...137...24
  25. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Hunt for Vulcan...And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe by Thomas Levenson
    The Observatory, 137, 1256, 40–41 (February 2017)
    ADS: 2017Obs...137...40
  26. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Deconstructing Cosmology by Bob Sanders
    The Observatory, 137, 1257, 91–93 (April 2017)
    ADS: 2017Obs...137...91
  27. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Galaxy: Mapping the Cosmos by James Geach
    The Observatory, 137, 1258, 140–141 (June 2017)
    ADS: 2017Obs...137..140 | Google Scholar
  28. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Physics: The Ultimate Adventure by R. Barrett, P. P. Delsanto & A. Tartaglia
    The Observatory, 137, 1258, 144–145 (June 2017)
    ADS: 2017Obs...137..144 | Google Scholar
  29. Phillip Helbig
    Review of From the Realm of the Nebulae to Populations of Galaxies: Dialogues of a Century of Research edited by M. D'Onofrio, Roberto Rompazzo & Simone Zaggia,
    The Observatory, 137, 1259, 185–186 (August 2017)
    ADS: 2017Obs...137..185
  30. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Light after Dark I: Structures of the Sky by C. Francis
    The Observatory, 137, 1259, 187–189 (August 2017)
    ADS: 2017Obs...137..187
  31. Phillip Helbig
    Review of A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos by Geraint F. Lewis & Luke Barnes
    The Observatory, 137, 1260, 243–245 (October 2017)
    ADS: 2017Obs...137..243
  32. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Time Machine Tales by P. J. Nahin
    The Observatory, 137, 1261, 299–300 (December 2017)
    ADS: 2017Obs...137..299 | Google Scholar
  33. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Philosophy of Cosmology edited by K. Chamcham, J. Silk, J. D. Barrow & S. Saunders
    The Observatory, 137, 1261, 301–303 (December 2017)
    ADS: 2017Obs...137..301 | Google Scholar
  34. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Before Time Began by Helmut Satz
    The Observatory, 138, 1262, 34–35 (February 2018)
    ADS: 2018Obs...138...34
  35. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Origin of Mass: Elementary Particles & Fundamental Symmetries by J. Iliopoulos
    The Observatory, 138, 1263, 70–72 (April 2018)
    ADS: 2018Obs...138...70
  36. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Where the Universe Came From by various authors
    The Observatory, 138, 1263, 75–76 (April 2018)
    ADS: 2018Obs...138...75
  37. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Cosmic Zoo: Complex Life on Many Worlds by Dirk Schulze-Makuch & William Bains
    The Observatory, 138, 1265, 174–175 (August 2018)
    ADS: 2018Obs...138..174
  38. Phillip Helbig
    Review of On Gravity: A Brief Tour of a Weighty Subject by Anthony Zee
    The Observatory, 138, 1266, 255–256 (October 2018)
    ADS: 2018Obs...138..255
  39. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Introduction to Cosmology by Barbara Ryden
    The Observatory, 138, 1267, 323–325 (December 2018)
    ADS: 2018Obs...138..323
  40. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Gravitational Waves: How Einstein's Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe by Brian Clegg
    The Observatory, 138, 1267, 326–327 (December 2018)
    ADS: 2018Obs...138..326
  41. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Shape Dynamics: Relativity and Relationalism by Flavio Mercati
    The Observatory, 138, 1267, 327–328 (December 2018)
    ADS: 2018Obs...138..327
  42. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Astronomy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by Jacqueline Mitton, David W. Hughes, Robert Dinwiddie, Penny Johnson & Tom Jackson
    The Observatory, 138, 1267, 339–340 (December 2018)
    ADS: 2018Obs...138..339
  43. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Conjuring the Universe: the Origins of the Laws of Nature by Peter Atkins
    The Observatory, 139, 1268, 18–19 (February 2019)
  44. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Quantum Space: Loop Quantum Gravity and the Search for the Structure of Space, Time, and the Universe by Jim Baggott
    The Observatory, 139, 1270, 128–130 (June 2019)
  45. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
    The Observatory, 139, 1271, 157–158 (August 2019)
  46. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology edited by Helge Kragh & Malcom S. Longair
    The Observatory, 139, 1272, 219–222 (October 2019)
  47. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Space–Time–Matter: Cosmology, Particles and Waves in Five Dimensions by Paul S. Wesson & James Overduin
    The Observatory, 139, 1272, 223–225 (October 2019)
  48. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium by Jay M. Pasachoff & Alex Filippenko
    The Observatory, 140, 1274, 22–23 (February 2020)
  49. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity by Sean M. Carroll
    The Observatory, 140, 1274, 33–35 (February 2020)
  50. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Dark Matter and Dark Energy: The Hidden 95% of the Universe by Brian Clegg
    The Observatory, 140, 1275, 61–62 (April 2020)
    Google Scholar
  51. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Gravity's Century: From Einstein's Eclipses to Images of Black Holes by Ron Cowen
    The Observatory, 140, 1275, 64–65 (April 2020)
    Google Scholar
  52. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Origin and Evolution of the Universe edited by Matthew A. Malkan & Ben Zuckerman
    The Observatory, 140, 1276, 106–107 (June 2020)
    Google Scholar
  53. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Little Book of Cosmology by Lyman Page
    The Observatory, 140, 1279, 281–282 (December 2020)
    Google Scholar
  54. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Dark Energy Survey: The Story of a Cosmological Experiment by Ofer Lahav, Lucy Calder, Julian Mayers & Joshua A. Frieman
    The Observatory, 140, 1279, 282–283 (December 2020)
    Google Scholar
  55. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Cosmology's Century: An Inside History of Our Modern Understanding of the Universe by P. J. E. Peebles
    The Observatory, 141, 1280, 43–45 (February 2021)
    Google Scholar
  56. Phillip Helbig
    Review of A Philosophical Approach to MOND: Assessing the Milgromian Research Program in Cosmology by David Merritt
    The Observatory, 141, 1281, 73–76 (April 2021)
    Google Scholar
  57. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang) by Luke Barnes & Geraint F. Lewis
    The Observatory, 141, 1281, 81–82 (April 2021)
    Google Scholar
  58. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Thinking About Space and Time: 100 Years of Applying and Interpreting General Relativity edited by Claus Beisbart, Tilman Sauer & Christian Wüthrich
    The Observatory, 141, 1281, 90–92 (April 2021)
    Google Scholar
  59. Phillip Helbig
    Review of A Short Course in General Relativity and Cosmology by Reinhard Hentschke & Christian Hölbing
    The Observatory, 141, 1282, 145–146 (June 2021)
    Google Scholar
  60. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Elementary Cosmology: From Aristotle's Universe to the Big Bang, Second Edition by James J. Kolata
    The Observatory, 141, 1283, 215–216 (August 2021)
    Google Scholar
  61. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Invisible Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Origin and End of the Universe by Antonino Del Popolo
    The Observatory, 141, 1284, 264–265 (October 2021)
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  62. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Multiverse Theories: A Philosophical Perspective by Simon Friederich
    The Observatory, 141, 1284, 267–268 (October 2021)
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  63. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity by James B. Hartle
    The Observatory, 141, 1285, 303–304 (December 2021)
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  64. Phillip Helbig
    Review of General Relativity: The Essentials by Carlo Rovelli
    The Observatory, 142, 1287, 70–71 (April 2022)
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  65. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Conversations on Quantum Gravity by Jácome Armas
    The Observatory, 142, 1288, 122–124 (June 2022)
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  66. Phillip Helbig
    Review of extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth by Avi Loeb
    The Observatory, 142, 1289, 184–186 (August 2022)
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  67. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Sidney Coleman's Lectures on Relativity edited by David Griffiths, David Derbes & Richard Sohn
    The Observatory, 142, 1290, 230–231 (October 2022)
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  68. Phillip Helbig
    Review of A Student's Guide to Special Relativity by Norman Gray
    The Observatory, 142, 1290, 232–233 (October 2022)
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  69. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Stephen Hawking: Friendship and Physics by Leonard Mlodinow
    The Observatory, 142, 1290, 241–242 (October 2022)
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  70. Phillip Helbig
    Review of A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks by Chad Orzel
    The Observatory, 142, 1291, 288–289 (December 2022)
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  71. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Applications of General Relativity, With Problems by Philippe Jetzer
    The Observatory, 142, 1291, 301–302 (December 2022)
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  72. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter by Govert Schilling
    The Observatory, 143, 1292, 37–39 (February 2023)
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  73. Phillip Helbig
    Review of What is Dark Matter? by Peter Fisher
    The Observatory, 143, 1292, 40–42 (February 2023)
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  74. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Modern Special Relativity: A Student's Guide with Discussions and Examples by Johann Rafelski
    The Observatory, 143, 1292, 53–54 (February 2023)
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  75. Phillip Helbig
    Review of When Galaxies Were Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn by Richard S. Ellis
    The Observatory, 43, 1293, 92–93 (April 2023)
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  76. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Fundamental Ideas in Cosmology: Scientific, philosophical and sociological critical perspectives by Martin López-Corredoira
    The Observatory, 143, 1293, 214–216 (April 2023)
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  77. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Een Passie voor Precisie: Frederik Kaiser (1808--1872) Vader van de Leidse Sterrewacht by Rob van den Berg
    The Observatory, 143, 1294, 135–137 (June 2023)
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  78. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Irresistable Attraction of Gravity: A Journey to Discover Black Holes by Luciano Rezzolla
    The Observatory, 143, 1296, 229–230 (October 2023)
  79. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Reversing the Arrow of Time by Bryan W. Roberts
    The Observatory, 143, 1296, 238–240 (October 2023)
  80. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack
    The Observatory, 144, 1298, 38–41 (February 2024)
  81. Phillip Helbig
    Review of More Than Curious: A Science Memoir by William H. Press
    The Observatory, 144, 1300, 151–153 (June 2024)
  82. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Galaxy Formation, Third Edition by Malcom S. Longair
    The Observatory, 144, 1300, 153–154 (June 2024)
  83. Phillip Helbig
    Review of White Holes: Inside the Horizon by Carlo Rovelli
    The Observatory, 144, 1300, 157–159 (June 2024)
  84. Phillip Helbig
    Review of The Allure of the Multiverse by Paul Halpern
    The Observatory, 144, 1301, 197–199 (August 2024)
  85. Phillip Helbig
    Review of On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory by Thomas Hertog
    The Observatory, 144, 1301, 201–204 (August 2024)
  86. Phillip Helbig
    Review of A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? by Kelly Weinersmith & Zach Weinersmith
    The Observatory, 144, 1301, 210–213 (August 2024)
  87. Phillip Helbig
    Review of A General Relativity Coursebook by Ed Daw
    The Observatory, 144, 1301, 213–214 (August 2024)
  88. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Quantum Drama: From the Bohr--Einstein Debate to the Riddle of Entanglement by Jim Baggott & John L. Heilbron
    The Observatory, 144, 1302, 257–258 (October 2024)
  89. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Strong Gravitational Lensing in the Era of Big Data by Hannah_Stacey, Alessandro Sonnenfeld & Claudio Grillo
    The Observatory, 144, 1302, 262–263 (October 2024)

Book reviews in the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage

  1. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Space Sciences in the History of the Max Planck Society by Luisa Bonolis & Juan-Andres Leon
    JAHH, 27, 1, 221--–224 (March 2024)
    doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1440-2807.2024.01.15 | ADS: 2024JAHH...27..221H
  2. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Visionen neuer Wissenschaft: Zur dialogischen Dichtung von Dante Alighieri und Johannes Kepler by Laetitia Rimpau
    JAHH, 27, 1, 232–235 (March 2024)
    doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1440-2807.2024.01.20 | ADS: 2024JAHH...27..232H

Book reviews in Isis

  1. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Hans-Jürgen Treder: Ein Porträt edited by Klaus Mauersberger & Monika Schulz-Fieguth
    Isis, 112, 2, 431–432 (June 2021)
    doi: 10.1086/714741
  2. Phillip Helbig
    Review of Biologie in der DDR: Beiträge zur 24. Jahrestagung der DGGTB in Greifswald 2015 edited by Michael Kaasch, Joachim Kaasch & Torsten K. D. Himmel.
    ISIS, 112, 2, 432–433 (June 2021)
    doi: 10.1086/714750

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Translation

  1. Phillip Helbig
    The Cambridge Photographic Atlas of Galaxies, translation of Bildatlas der Galaxien by Michael König & Stefan Binnewies
    Cambridge University Press (2017)
    ISBN 978-1-107-18948-5 (hardback)
    ADS: 2017cpag.book.....K | Google Scholar
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Theses

  1. Phillip King (as I was known before my first marriage)
    Bestimmung kosmologischer Parameter durch Rotverschiebungsstatistik von Gravitationslinsen
    Diplomarbeit written at the Hamburg Observatory under the supervision of S. Refsdal, December 1993
    (Achtung: in German!)
    doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8116221 ADS: 1993MsT.........22H | Google Scholar
  2. Phillip Helbig
    Cosmological Distances: Calculation of distances in cosmological models with small-scale inhomogeneities and their use in observational cosmology
    Doctoral thesis at the University of Liège, Department of Astrophysics, Geophysics and Oceanography September 2021 (final version of thesis; oral defence was 19 October 2021)
    doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8116235 | ADS: 2021PhDT........14H | Google Scholar
    ADS: 2022Obs...142...76H (abstract)
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Talks

The first item with links is for 2012. The reason is that before then my talks were given with transparencies displayed on old-fashioned overhead projectors and thus don't exist as a single file. The earlier ones were even hand-written and thus don't exist as a file at all (although some of the plots do). I will probably never put up the hand-written ones, since the only practical way would be to scan them, which is too much trouble. When I have some spare time, I might put up the ones which were done in LaTeX. (Unlike the ones of 2012 and later, not everything was in the PostScript file produced from LaTeX; in particular, some plots were "standalone" and not included into the LaTeX file.)

The subjects of most of the talks are covered in the refereed-journal articles and/or in the proceedings contributions. However, the talk versions include less text and more pictures, so at least in some cases it might be worth putting them up.

The list is incomplete before 2011. When I have time, I will add a list of the older talks, just for documentation purposes. However, these will be only "external" talks, i.e.;nbsp;not talks given at the institute where I was working at the time nor at occasions such as network meetings, workshops etc.

Talks at conferences

  1. Phillip Helbig
    "Is there a flatness problem in classical cosmology?"
    Talk given at the conference Relativity and Gravitation, 100 Years after Einstein in Prague, June 25–29, 2012, Prague, Czech Republic on Wednesday 27 June 2012.
    abstract | slides
    ISBN 978-3-319-06760-5 (print)
    ISBN 978-3-319-06761-2 (online)

Seminars, colloquia etc

  1. Phillip Helbig
    "Is there a flatness problem in classical cosmology?"
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