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John E. Carlstrom

Subramanyan Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Dept. of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, and the College; Director, Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA); the Chair of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Ph.D., California/Berkeley, 1988
 
Contact Information
Phone: (773) 834-0269
Location: ERC 341
Email: jckicp.uchicago.edu
WWW: Web Site

 
Research
Picture: Research
The South Pole Telescope, SPT.
Observational cosmology using new instruments to measure the primary anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation and the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect. Leader of the Degree Angular Scale Interferometer (DASI) project. DASI, a unique 13 element compact interferometric array located at the NSF Amundsen-Scott South Pole station, recently reported detection of the harmonic peaks in the CMB angular power spectrum. The new DASI data was used to set tight constraints on cosmological parameters, such as the curvature of the universe (1.04 - 0.06) and the fractional amounts of baryonic and cold dark matter. The results provide further support for Inflationary models for the origin of the universe. Current DASI observations are directed toward measuring the polarization of the CMB anisotropy.
Interferometric techniques are also used for detailed imaging of the CMB which has been scattered by hot gas associated with clusters of galaxies, the Sunyaev Zeldovich effect (SZE). The intensity of the SZE for a cluster is independent of its distance making the SZE an ideal cosmological probe. Combining SZE measurements with x-ray observations allows an independent determination of the expansion history of the universe, as well as detailed information about these extremely large structures. A major expansion of this project, which includes building a dedicated six element array of telescopes, has recently been funded. The factor of 100 increase in imaging speed provided by the new array will enable a SZE survey of the high redshift universe over a region of roughly 12 square degrees.

Ongoing Scientific Projects:

Past Scientific Projects: Degree Angular Scale Interferometer (DASI) | Interferometric Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Imaging Experiment (SZE) | Sunyaev-Zeldovich Array (SZA) | QUaD

 
KICP Highlights & News

 
Talks, Lectures, & Workshops

 
Students
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Past Students

GRADUATE: Daniel Dutcher (2020), Zhaodi Pan (2020), Zubair Abdulla (2018), Laura M Mocanu (2017), Nikita Kuklev (2017), Tyler Natoli (2015), Kat Ziegler (2015), Kyle Story (2015), Abigail T. Crites (2013), Lindsey E. Bleem (2013), Christopher Greer (2012), Ryan Hennessy (2012), Constantinos Melachrinos (2011), Ryan Keisler (2010), Joaquin D. Vieira (2010), Jonathan Stricker (2009), Michael Loh (2008), Matthew Sharp (2008), Brian Epley (2005), Daisuke Nagai (2005), Sam LaRoque (2005), Dan Siegal (2004), John Kovac (2003)

UNDERGRADUATE: Anthony J. Corso (2018), Lily Ling Zhao (2015), Milo Korman (2015), Michael Karfunkle (2014), Joshua Montgomery (2013), Nicha Leethochawalit (2013), Michelle Buckner (2012), Jason W. Henning (2006), Elizabeth Olhsson (2006)

 
Currently in Committees
  • Budget and Policy committee
  • Appointments committee
  • PFC Executive committee
  • Space committee

 
KICP Publications
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001


Latest Journal Publications
  1. "The SPTpol Extended Cluster Survey", arXiv:1910.04121 (Oct 2019)
  2. "Measurements of B-mode Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background from 500 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data", arXiv:1910.05748 (Oct 2019)
  3. "Constraints on Cosmological Parameters from the 500 deg$^2$ SPTpol Lensing Power Spectrum", arXiv:1910.07157 (Oct 2019)
  4. "CMB-S4", Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, APC white papers, no. 209; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 7, id. 209 (2019) (Sep 2019)
  5. "Measurement of the splashback feature around SZ-selected Galaxy clusters with DES, SPT, and ACT", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 487, Issue 2, p.2900-2918 (Aug 2019)
  6. "Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Cross-correlation between Dark Energy Survey Y1 galaxy weak lensing and South Pole Telescope+P l a n c k CMB weak lensing", Physical Review D, Volume 100, Issue 4, id.043517 (Aug 2019)
  7. "Measurements of the Cross-spectra of the Cosmic Infrared and Microwave Backgrounds from 95 to 1200 GHz", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 881, Issue 2, article id. 96, 12 pp. (2019) (Aug 2019)
  8. "Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Tomographic cross-correlations between Dark Energy Survey galaxies and CMB lensing from South Pole Telescope +Planck", Physical Review D, Volume 100, Issue 4, id.043501 (Aug 2019)
  9. "The Event Horizon General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Code Comparison Project", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 243, Issue 2, article id. 26, 40 pp. (2019) (Aug 2019)
  10. "Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: Joint analysis of galaxy clustering, galaxy lensing, and CMB lensing two-point functions", Physical Review D, Volume 100, Issue 2, id.023541 (Jul 2019)
  11. "Cosmological lensing ratios with DES Y1, SPT, and Planck", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 487, Issue 1, p.1363-1379 (Jul 2019)
  12. "Detection of anti-correlation of hot and cold baryons in galaxy clusters", Nature Communications, Volume 10, id. 2504 (Jul 2019)
  13. "Consistency of cosmic microwave background temperature measurements in three frequency bands in the 2500-square-degree SPT-SZ survey", Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 07, article id. 038 (2019) (Jul 2019)
  14. "Detection of anti-correlation of hot and cold baryons in galaxy clusters", arXiv:1907.02502 (Jul 2019)
  15. "Fractional Polarisation of Extragalactic Sources in the 500-square-degree SPTpol Survey", arXiv:1907.02156 (Jul 2019)
  16. "CMB-S4 Science Case, Reference Design, and Project Plan", arXiv:1907.04473 (Jul 2019)
  17. "A Detection of CMB-Cluster Lensing using Polarization Data from SPTpol", arXiv:1907.08605 (Jul 2019)
  18. "Galaxy Clusters Selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the SPTpol 100-Square-Degree Survey", arXiv:1907.09621 (Jul 2019)
  19. "On-sky performance of the SPT-3G frequency-domain multiplexed readout", arXiv:1907.10947 (Jul 2019)
  20. "Performance of Al-Mn Transition-Edge Sensor Bolometers in SPT-3G", arXiv:1907.11976 (Jul 2019)

Latest Conference Proceedings
  1. "Probing AGN-Inflated Cavities in Galaxy Cluster MS 0735+74 with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect", American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #17, id.400.01 (Mar 2019)
  2. "A VLBI receiving system for the South Pole Telescope", Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 10708, id. 107082S 14 pp. (2018) (Jul 2018)
  3. "Broadband anti-reflective coatings for cosmic microwave background experiments", Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 10708, id. 1070843 13 pp. (2018) (Jul 2018)
  4. "Characterization and performance of the second-year SPT-3G focal plane", Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 10708, id. 107081Z 13 pp. (2018) (Jul 2018)
  5. "Year two instrument status of the SPT-3G cosmic microwave background receiver", Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 10708, id. 1070803 21 pp. (2018) (Jul 2018)
  6. "Design and characterization of the SPT-3G receiver", Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 10708, id. 107081H 11 pp. (2018) (Jul 2018)
  7. "Integrated performance of a frequency domain multiplexing readout in the SPT-3G receiver", Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9914, id. 99141D 11 pp. (2016) (Jul 2016)
  8. "Large arrays of dual-polarized multichroic TES detectors for CMB measurements with the SPT-3G receiver", Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9914, id. 991417 11 pp. (2016) (Jul 2016)
  9. "Surveying Future Surveys", American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #228, id.310.01 (Jun 2016)
  10. "The Next Generation Ground-based CMB experiment, CMB-S4", American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #228, id.301.07 (Jun 2016)

 
Visitors
Past Visitors:
  1. Jeff McMahon, University of Michigan (2019)
  2. Martina Gerbino, Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, Stockholm University (2017)
  3. Massimiliano Lattanzi, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy) (2017)
  4. Jacqueline Hewitt, MIT (2016)
  5. Nipanjana Patra, Raman Research Institute (2014)
  6. Rashid Sunyaev, Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics (2014)
  7. Megan Eckart, NASA/GSFC (2013)
  8. Eduardo Rozo, SLAC (2013)
  9. Christopher Sheehy, University of Minnesota (2013)
  10. Yashar Hezaveh, McGill University (2012)
  11. Gilbert Holder, McGill University (2012)
  12. Douglas Applegate, KIPAC/Stanford/SLAC (2011)
  13. James Bock, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2011)
  14. Liu Jiayi, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich (2011)
  15. Steven Allen, KIPAC, Stanford University (2009)
  16. Gil Holder, McGill University (2009)
  17. James Bartlett, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Universite Paris Diderot (2008)
  18. James Bock, California Institute of Technology (2008)
  19. Wick Haxton, University of Washington (2008)
  20. Gilbert Holder, McGill University (2008)
  21. Leslie Rosenberg, University of Washington (2008)
  22. Laurie Shaw, McGill University (2008)
  23. Massimiliano Bonamente, University of Alabama, Huntsville (2007)
  24. Keith Grainge, Cambridge University (2007)
  25. Marshall Joy, NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center (2007)
  26. Fred Lo, National Radio Astronomy Observatory (2007)
  27. Graham Smith, University of Birmingham (2007)
  28. William Holzapfel, University of California, Berkeley (2005)
  29. Lev Kofman, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (2005)
  30. Sunil Golwala, California Institute of Technology (2004)
  31. Gil Holder, McGill University (2004)
  32. Avi Loeb, Harvard University (2004)
  33. Ian McCarthy, University of Victoria (2004)
  34. Max Tegmark, University of Pennsylvania (2004)
  35. Jonas Zmuidzinas, California Institute of Technology (2004)
  36. Mike Gladders, Carnegie Institution (2003)
  37. Pengjie Zhang, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (2003)
  38. Philip Farese, University of California, Santa Barbara (2002)
  39. Paul Steinhardt, Princeton University (2002)
  40. Tony Tyson, Bell Labs Lucent Technologies (2002)
  41. Paul Vanden Bout, National Radio Astronomy Observatory (2002)
  42. David Woody, California Institute of Technology (2002)
  43. Jose Diego, University (2001)
  44. Joe Mohr, University of Illinois (2001)