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Michael D. Gladders

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2002
 
Contact Information
Phone: (773) 834-0392
Location: ERC 527
Email: gladderskicp.uchicago.edu
WWW: Web Site

 
Research
Instrumentation, Observational Astronomy

Ongoing Scientific Projects:

Past Scientific Projects: SDSS Supernova Survey (SDSS SS) | Sunyaev-Zeldovich Array (SZA)

 
KICP Highlights & News

 
Talks, Lectures, & Workshops

 
Students
Past Students

GRADUATE: Michael Florian (2017), Louis Abramson (2015), Eva Wuyts (2012), Matthew B. Bayliss (2011), Megan B. Gralla (2011)

UNDERGRADUATE: Max Smith (2013)

 
Currently in Committees
  • Wednesday Colloquium committee

 
KICP Publications
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007


Latest Journal Publications
  1. "The SPTpol Extended Cluster Survey", arXiv:1910.04121 (Oct 2019)
  2. "An X-ray Detection of Star Formation In a Highly Magnified Giant Arc", arXiv:1910.05343 (Oct 2019)
  3. "Constraining the Metallicities, Ages, Star Formation Histories, and Ionizing Continua of Extragalactic Massive Star Populations", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 882, Issue 2, article id. 182, 31 pp. (2019) (Sep 2019)
  4. "Galaxy Clusters Selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the SPTpol 100-Square-Degree Survey", arXiv:1907.09621 (Jul 2019)
  5. "The Importance of Secondary Halos for Strong Lensing in Massive Galaxy Clusters across Redshift", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 878, Issue 2, article id. 122, 10 pp. (2019) (Jun 2019)
  6. "Cluster Cosmology Constraints from the 2500 deg2 SPT-SZ Survey: Inclusion of Weak Gravitational Lensing Data from Magellan and the Hubble Space Telescope", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 878, Issue 1, article id. 55, 25 pp. (2019) (Jun 2019)
  7. "What lurks below the Lyman-Limit? Uncovering the unseen ionizing continuum of massive stars", HST Proposal. Cycle 27, ID. #15966 (Jun 2019)
  8. "Lyman Continuum Escape in High Definition", HST Proposal. Cycle 27, ID. #15949 (Jun 2019)
  9. "Focusing The Next Generation of Extraordinary Cluster Lenses for JWST", HST Proposal. Cycle 27, ID. #15937 (Jun 2019)
  10. "Measuring the Stellar Populations In a Strongly Lensed X-ray Emitting Dwarf Starburst at Cosmic Noon", HST Proposal. Cycle 27, ID. #15831 (Jun 2019)
  11. "Constraining the metallicities, ages, star formation histories, and ionizing continua of extragalactic massive star populations", arXiv:1905.04314 (May 2019)
  12. "The production and escape of ionizing photons from galaxies over cosmic time (Astro2020 Science White Paper)", arXiv:1905.05566 (May 2019)
  13. "The production and escape of ionizing photons from galaxies over cosmic time", Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, science white papers, no. 245; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 3, id. 245 (2019) (May 2019)
  14. "Lens Model and Source Reconstruction Reveal the Morphology and Star Formation Distribution in the Cool Spiral LIRG SGAS J143845.1+145407", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 875, Issue 1, article id. 18, 7 pp. (2019) (Apr 2019)
  15. "Spatially Resolved Outflows in a Seyfert Galaxy at z = 2.39", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 875, Issue 2, article id. 102, 15 pp. (2019) (Apr 2019)
  16. "Strong Lens Models for 37 Clusters of Galaxies from the SDSS Giant Arcs Survey", arXiv:1904.05940 (Apr 2019)
  17. "Hubble captures multiply-imaged ionizing radiation from strongly lensed galaxy at z=2.4", arXiv:1904.08186 (Apr 2019)
  18. "Anatomy of a Cooling Flow: The Feedback Response to Pure Cooling in the Core of the Phoenix Cluster", arXiv:1904.08942 (Apr 2019)
  19. "Spectroscopic Confirmation of Five Galaxy Clusters at z > 1.25 in the 2500 deg2 SPT-SZ Survey", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 870, Issue 1, article id. 7, 16 pp. (2019) (Jan 2019)
  20. "VizieR Online Data Catalog: MEGaSaURA. I. The sample and the spectra (Rigby+, 2018)", VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/AJ/155/104. Originally published in: 2018AJ....155..104R (Oct 2018)

Latest Conference Proceedings
  1. "Zooming In on Distant Star-Formation: Strong Lensing Assisted Observations of X-Ray Emission From Young Stellar Populations at Cosmic Noon", American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #17, id.200.06 (Mar 2019)
  2. "The South Pole Telescope Strong Lensing Cluster Sample", American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #233, id.#461.08 (Jan 2019)
  3. "Megasaura: The definitive UV spectral atlas of star-forming galaxies at cosmic noon", American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #233, id.#333.05 (Jan 2019)
  4. "Measuring the Mass at the Cores of Strong Gravitational Lensing Galaxy Clusters", American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #233, id.#261.13 (Jan 2019)
  5. "The South Pole Telescope Strong Lensing Cluster Sample", American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #233, id.461.08 (Jan 2019)
  6. "Megasaura: The definitive UV spectral atlas of star-forming galaxies at cosmic noon", American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #233, id.333.05 (Jan 2019)
  7. "Measuring the Mass at the Cores of Strong Gravitational Lensing Galaxy Clusters", American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #233, id.261.13 (Jan 2019)
  8. "Spectroscopic Confirmation of Five Galaxy Clusters at z > 1.25 in the 2500 deg^2 SPT-SZ Survey", American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #232, id. 324.05 (Jun 2018)
  9. "X-Ray Properties of Lensing-Selected Clusters", American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #16, id.105.05 (Aug 2017)
  10. "See Change: the Supernova Sample from the Supernova Cosmology Project High Redshift Cluster Supernova Survey", American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #229, id.341.08 (Jan 2017)

 
Visitors
Past Visitors:
  1. Thomas Rice, University of Michigan (2016)
  2. Nicolaas Groeneboom, University of Oslo (2013)
  3. Nicolaas Groeneboom, Institute of theoretical astrophysics, University of Oslo (2012)
  4. August Evrard, University of MIchigan (2011)
  5. Dennis Zaritsky, University of Arizona (2011)
  6. Chuck Steidel, California Institute of Technology (2010)
  7. Subha Majumdar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (2009)
  8. Joseph Hennawi, University of California, Berkeley (2008)