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Angela V. Olinto

Dean of Physical Sciences Division; Albert A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Enrico Fermi Institute; and the College;

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
 
Contact Information
Phone: (773)702-7950
Location: ERC 399
Email: aolintouchicago.edu
WWW: Web Site

 
Research
Picture: Research
Cosmic rays shower.
Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays: The Highest Energy Particles ever observed! <br> Magnetic Fields in the Universe: from the Early Universe to the present <br> Neutron Stars and Strange Stars: the densest stars in the Universe<br> Inflation and other Phase Transitions: The Beginning of It All!

Ongoing Scientific Projects:

 
KICP Highlights & News

 
Talks, Lectures, & Workshops

 
Students
Past Students

GRADUATE: Ke Fang (2015), Fabian Schmidt (2010), Tonia Venters (2009), Jennifer M. Siegal-Gaskins (2008), Nicolas G. Busca (2007), Eun-Joo Ahn (2006), Argyro Tasitsiomi (2005)

UNDERGRADUATE: Mikhail Rezazadeh (2018), Joshua Banks (2007), Carolyn Brown (2007), Tien-Tien Yu (2007)

 
Currently in Committees
  • PFC Executive committee

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


Latest Journal Publications
  1. "Probing the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with neutrinos in the EeV energy range using the Pierre Auger Observatory", Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 10, article id. 022 (2019) (Oct 2019)
  2. "The Pierre Auger Observatory: Contributions to the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2019)", arXiv:1909.09073 (Sep 2019)
  3. "UCIRC2: An Infrared Cloud Monitor for EUSO-SPB2", arXiv:1909.02663 (Sep 2019)
  4. "Ultra-violet imaging of the night-time earth by EUSO-Balloon towards space-based ultra-high energy cosmic ray observations", Astroparticle Physics, Volume 111, p. 54-71 (Sep 2019)
  5. "Probing the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with neutrinos in the EeV energy range using the Pierre Auger Observatory", arXiv:1906.07422 (Jun 2019)
  6. "Limits on point-like sources of ultra-high-energy neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory", arXiv:1906.07419 (Jun 2019)
  7. "Fundamental Physics with High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos", Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, science white papers, no. 215; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 3, id. 215 (2019) (May 2019)
  8. "Astrophysics Uniquely Enabled by Observations of High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos", Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, science white papers, no. 185; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 3, id. 185 (2019) (May 2019)
  9. "Multi-Messenger Physics with the Pierre Auger Observatory", arXiv:1904.11918 (Apr 2019)
  10. "Measurement of the average shape of longitudinal profiles of cosmic-ray air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory", Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 03, article id. 018 (2019) (Mar 2019)
  11. "Geometrical constraints of observing very high energy Earth-skimming neutrinos from space", Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 03, article id. 021 (2019) (Mar 2019)
  12. "Astrophysics Uniquely Enabled by Observations of High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos", arXiv:1903.04334 (Mar 2019)
  13. "Fundamental Physics with High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos", arXiv:1903.04333 (Mar 2019)
  14. "Data-driven estimation of the invisible energy of cosmic ray showers with the Pierre Auger Observatory", arXiv:1901.08040 (Jan 2019)
  15. "Ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray composition from the distribution of arrival directions", Physical Review D, Volume 98, Issue 12, id.123018 (Dec 2018)
  16. "EUSO-TA - First results from a ground-based EUSO telescope", Astroparticle Physics, Volume 102, p. 98-111 (Nov 2018)
  17. "Large-scale Cosmic-Ray Anisotropies above 4 EeV Measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 868, Issue 1, article id. 4, 12 pp. (2018) (Nov 2018)
  18. "Observation of inclined EeV air showers with the radio detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory", Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 10, article id. 026 (2018) (Oct 2018)
  19. "The EUSO-SPB2 Mission", 42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 14-22 July 2018, in Pasadena, California, USA, Abstract id. PSB.1-24-18 (Jul 2018)
  20. "POEMMA: Probe Of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics", 42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 14-22 July 2018, in Pasadena, California, USA, Abstract id. E1.5-65-18 (Jul 2018)

Latest Conference Proceedings
  1. "The Extreme Universe Space Observatory Super Pressure Balloon Mission", APS April Meeting 2017, abstract id. R4.006 (Jan 2017)
  2. "EUSO-SPB to observe UHECR from above", APS April Meeting 2017, abstract id. R4.003 (Jan 2017)
  3. "EUSO-SPB and the future of Space observations of UHECRs", APS April Meeting 2017, abstract id. K4.003 (Jan 2017)
  4. "POEMMA: Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics", 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference. 10-20 July, 2017. Bexco, Busan, Korea, Proceedings of Science, Vol. 301. Online at https://pos.sissa.it/cgi-bin/reader/conf.cgi?confid=301, id.542 (Jan 2017)
  5. "EUSO-SPB1 Mission and Science", 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference. 10-20 July, 2017. Bexco, Busan, Korea, Proceedings of Science, Vol. 301. Online at https://pos.sissa.it/cgi-bin/reader/conf.cgi?confid=301, id.1097 (Jan 2017)
  6. "UCIRC: Infrared Cloud Monitor for EUSO-SPB", 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference. 10-20 July, 2017. Bexco, Busan, Korea, Proceedings of Science, Vol. 301. Online at https://pos.sissa.it/cgi-bin/reader/conf.cgi?confid=301, id.436 (Jan 2017)
  7. "The EUSO-SPB Mission", APS April Meeting 2016, abstract #M12.002 (Mar 2016)
  8. "Update on JEM-EUSO", APS April Meeting 2016, abstract #J13.006 (Mar 2016)
  9. "High-Energy Neutrinos from Galaxy Clusters", APS April Meeting 2016, abstract #H12.005 (Mar 2016)
  10. "Evolution and Next Generation of Large Cosmic-Ray Experiments", APS April Meeting 2016, abstract #Y7.002 (Mar 2016)

 
Visitors
Past Visitors:
  1. Kumiko Kotera, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (2016)
  2. Foteini Oikonomou, Penn State (2015)
  3. Nicolas Renault-Tinacci, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (2015)
  4. Aaron Chou, Fermilab (2014)
  5. Kumiko Kotera, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (2014)
  6. Gabriele Veneziano, College de France (Emeritus) (2014)
  7. George Fuller, University of California, San Diego (2013)
  8. Kumiko Kotera, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (2013)
  9. Kerstin Kunze, University of Salamanca (2013)
  10. Foteini Oikonomou, University College London (2013)
  11. Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins, Caltech (2013)
  12. James Adams, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville (2012)
  13. Ivone Albuquerque, University of São Paulo (2012)
  14. Luis Anchordoqui, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (2012)
  15. Pasquale Blasi, INAF/Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory (2012)
  16. Mark Christl, NASA/MSFC (2012)
  17. Valerie Connaughton, UAH (2012)
  18. Steven Csorna, Vanderbilt University (2012)
  19. Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, RIKEN (2012)
  20. Kumiko Kotera, Caltech/IAP (2012)
  21. Reina Maruyama, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2012)
  22. Tonia Venters, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center (2012)
  23. Lawrence Wiencke, Colorado School of Mins (2012)
  24. Pasquale Blasi, INAF/Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory (2011)
  25. Federico Fraschetti, University of Arizona (2011)
  26. Kumiko Kotera, California Institute of Technology (2011)
  27. Aurélien Benoit-Lévy, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (2010)
  28. Denis Allard, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Universite de Paris 7 (2009)
  29. Aurélien Benoit-Lévy, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (2009)
  30. Guillaume Decerprit, Laboratoire APC - Universite de Paris 7 (2009)
  31. Stefan Funk, KIPAC, Stanford University (2009)
  32. Dan Hooper, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (2009)
  33. Alexander Kusenko, University of California, Los Angeles (2009)
  34. Teresa Montaruli, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2009)
  35. Risa Wechsler, KIPAC, Stanford University (2009)
  36. Denis Allard, Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie (2008)
  37. Eric Aubourg, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Paris/Princeton University (2006)
  38. Joao deMello Neto, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2006)
  39. Sandy Faber, University of California, Santa Cruz (2006)
  40. Chung-Pei Ma, University of California, Berkeley (2006)
  41. Teresa Montaruli, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2006)
  42. Marta Volonteri, Northwestern University (2006)
  43. Jim Beatty, Ohio State University (2005)
  44. Daniel De Marco, Bartol Research Institute (2005)
  45. Alan Watson, University of Leeds (2005)
  46. Ivone Albuquerque, University of California, Berkeley (2003)
  47. Peter Biermann, University (2003)
  48. Neil Cornish, Montana State University (2003)
  49. Fay Dowker, Queen Mary, University of London (2003)
  50. Priyamvada Natarajan, Yale University (2003)
  51. David Rusin, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (2003)
  52. Deirdre Shoemaker, Cornell University (2003)
  53. Paul Sommers, University of Utah (2003)
  54. Roberto Aloisio, Gran Sasso Laboratory (2002)
  55. Roberto Aloisio, INFN Gran Sasso Laboratory (2002)
  56. Pijushpani Bhattacharjee, Indian Institute of Astrophysics (2002)
  57. Pasquale Blasi, INAF/Osservatorio Astrofisica di Arcetri (2002)
  58. Maria Teresa Dova, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (2002)
  59. Steve Furlanetto, Harvard University (2002)
  60. Gunter Sigl, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (2002)