A. Roodman
A5001496087- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Neutrino Physics Research
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers
- Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
- Computational Physics and Python Applications
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Superconducting Materials and Applications
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
- Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Calibration and Measurement Techniques
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2016-2025
Stanford University
2016-2025
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
2016-2025
Menlo School
2000-2025
University of Hull
2023
University of Chicago
1997-2022
Argonne National Laboratory
1992-2022
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2021
Campbell Collaboration
2009-2021
Swinburne University of Technology
2020
The Dark Energy Camera is a new imager with 22 diameter field of view mounted at the prime focus Victor M. Blanco 4 m telescope on Cerro Tololo near La Serena, Chile. camera was designed and constructed by Survey Collaboration meets or exceeds stringent requirements for wide-field supernova surveys which collaboration uses it. consists five-element optical corrector, seven filters, shutter 60 cm aperture, charge-coupled device (CCD) focal plane 250 μm thick fully depleted CCDs cooled inside...
We report the discovery of eight new ultra-faint dwarf galaxy candidates in second year optical imaging data from Dark Energy Survey (DES). Six these are detected at high confidence, while two lower-confidence identified regions non-uniform survey coverage. The stellar systems found by three independent automated search techniques and as overdensities stars, consistent with isochrone luminosity function an old metal-poor simple population. faint (Mv > -4.7 mag) span a range physical sizes...
This work is on the Physics of B Factories. Part A this book contains a brief description SLAC and KEK Factories as well their detectors, BaBar Belle, data taking related issues. discusses tools methods used by experiments in order to obtain results. The results themselves can be found C. Please note that version 3 archive auxiliary book. uses notation alpha, beta, gamma for angles Unitarity Triangle. nominal phi_1, phi_2 phi_3. cite Eur. Phys. J. C74 (2014) 3026.
We report the discovery of eight new Milky Way companions in optical imaging data collected during first year Dark Energy Survey (DES). Each system is identified as a statistically significant over-density individual stars consistent with expected isochrone and luminosity function an old metal-poor stellar population. The objects span wide range absolute magnitudes (MV from to ), physical sizes (), heliocentric distances (). Based on low surface brightnesses, large sizes, and/or...
This work, together with its companion paper, Secco and Samuroff et al. (2021), presents the Dark Energy Survey Year 3 cosmic shear measurements cosmological constraints based on an analysis of over 100 million source galaxies. With data spanning 4143 deg$^2$ sky, divided into four redshift bins, we produce highest significance measurement to date, a signal-to-noise 40. We conduct blind in context $\Lambda$CDM model find 3% constraint clustering amplitude, $S_8\equiv \sigma_8 (\Omega_{\rm...
This work and its companion paper, Amon et al. (2021), present cosmic shear measurements cosmological constraints from over 100 million source galaxies in the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 3 data. We constrain lensing amplitude parameter $S_8\equiv\sigma_8\sqrt{\Omega_\textrm{m}/0.3}$ at 3% level $\Lambda$CDM: $S_8=0.759^{+0.025}_{-0.023}$ (68% CL). Our constraint is 2% when using angular scale cuts that are optimized for $\Lambda$CDM analysis: $S_8=0.772^{+0.018}_{-0.017}$ With alone, we...
We combine Dark Energy Survey Year 1 clustering and weak lensing data with Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) experiments to constrain the Hubble constant. Assuming a flat $\Lambda$CDM model minimal neutrino mass ($\sum m_\nu = 0.06$ eV) we find $H_0=67.2^{+1.2}_{-1.0}$ km/s/Mpc (68% CL). This result is completely independent of constant measurements based on distance ladder, Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropies (both temperature polarization), strong...
We describe the creation, content, and validation of Dark Energy Survey (DES) internal year-one cosmology data set, Y1A1 GOLD, in support upcoming cosmological analyses. The GOLD set is assembled from multiple epochs DES imaging consists calibrated photometric zeropoints, object catalogs, ancillary products - e.g., maps survey depth observing conditions, star-galaxy classification, redshift estimates that are necessary for accurate wide-area catalog ~137 million objects detected coadded...
We present an improved measurement of the Hubble constant (H_0) using 'inverse distance ladder' method, which adds information from 207 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) Dark Energy Survey (DES) at redshift 0.018 < z 0.85 to existing measurements 122 low (z 0.07) SNe (Low-z) and Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAOs). Whereas traditional H_0 with use a ladder parallax Cepheid variable stars, inverse relies on absolute BAOs calibrate intrinsic magnitude Ia. find = 67.8 +/- 1.3 km s-1 Mpc-1...
We constrain the mass–richness scaling relation of redMaPPer galaxy clusters identified in Dark Energy Survey Year 1 data using weak gravitational lensing. split into 4 × 3 bins richness λ and redshift |$z$| for ≥ 20 0.2 ≤ 0.65 measure mean masses these their stacked lensing signal. By modelling as 〈M200m|λ, |$z$|〉 = M0(λ/40)F((1 + |$z$|)/1.35)G, we normalization at 5.0 per cent level, finding M0 [3.081 ± 0.075(stat) 0.133(sys)] · 1014 M⊙ 40 0.35. The recovered index is F 1.356 0.051 (stat)...
We present two galaxy shape catalogues from the Dark Energy Survey Year 1 data set, covering 1500 square degrees with a median redshift of $0.59$. The cover main fields: Stripe 82, and an area overlapping South Pole Telescope survey region. describe our analysis process in particular measurement using independent shear pipelines, METACALIBRATION IM3SHAPE. catalogue uses Gaussian model innovative internal calibration scheme, was applied to $riz$-bands, yielding 34.8M objects. IM3SHAPE...
We present constraints on extensions of the minimal cosmological models dominated by dark matter and energy, $\Lambda$CDM $w$CDM, using a combined analysis galaxy clustering weak gravitational lensing from first-year data Dark Energy Survey (DES Y1) in combination with external data. consider four energy-dominated scenarios: 1) nonzero curvature $\Omega_k$, 2) number relativistic species $N_{\rm eff}$ different standard value 3.046, 3) time-varying equation-of-state energy described...
ABSTRACT We present a blind time-delay cosmographic analysis for the lens system DES J0408−5354. This is extraordinary presence of two sets multiple images at different redshifts, which provide opportunity to obtain more information cost increased modelling complexity with respect previously analysed systems. perform detailed mass distribution this using three band Hubble Space Telescope imaging. combine measured time delays, line-of-sight central velocity dispersion deflector, and...
We describe the derivation and validation of redshift distribution estimates their uncertainties for populations galaxies used as weak-lensing sources in Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 1 cosmological analyses. The Bayesian Photometric Redshift (bpz) code is to assign four bins between z ≈ 0.2 ≈1.3, produce initial lensing-weighted distributions |$n^i_{\rm PZ}(z)\propto \mathrm{d}n^i/\mathrm{d}z$| members bin i. Accurate determination parameters depends critically on knowledge ni, but...
We introduce redMaGiC, an automated algorithm for selecting Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs). The was specifically developed to minimize photometric redshift uncertainties in large-scale structure studies. redMaGiC achieves this by self-training the color-cuts necessary produce a luminosity-thresholded LRG sample of constant comoving density. demonstrate that photozs are very nearly as accurate best machine-learning based methods, yet they require minimal spectroscopic training, do not suffer...
We present weak lensing shear catalogues for 139 square degrees of data taken during the Science Verification (SV) time new Dark Energy Camera (DECam) being used Survey (DES). describe our object selection, point spread function estimation and measurement procedures using two independent pipelines, im3shape ngmix, which produce 2.12 million 3.44 galaxies, respectively. detail a set null tests measurements find that they pass requirements systematic errors at level necessary science...
ABSTRACT We present angular diameter distance measurements obtained by locating the baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) scale in distribution of galaxies selected from first year Dark Energy Survey data. consider a sample over 1.3 million distributed footprint 1336 deg2 with 0.6 < $z$photo 1 and typical redshift uncertainty 0.03(1 + $z$). This was selected, as fully described companion paper, using colour/magnitude selection that optimizes trade-offs between number density uncertainty....
ABSTRACT We present and characterize the galaxy shape catalogue from first 3 yr of Dark Energy Survey (DES) observations, over an effective area 4143 deg2 southern sky. describe our data analysis process self-calibrating shear measurement pipeline metacalibration, which builds improves upon used in DES Year 1 several aspects. The weak-lensing consists 100 204 026 galaxies, measured riz bands, resulting a weighted source number density neff = 5.59 gal arcmin−2 corresponding noise σe 0.261....
Determining the distribution of redshifts galaxies observed by wide-field photometric experiments like Dark Energy Survey is an essential component to mapping matter density field with gravitational lensing. In this work we describe methods used assign individual weak lensing source from Year 3 Weak Lensing Source Catalogue four tomographic bins and estimate redshift distributions in these bins. As first application data, validate that assumptions made apply DES Y3 develop a full treatment...
We present angular diameter measurements obtained by measuring the position of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) in an optimised sample galaxies from first three years Dark Energy Survey data (DES Y3). The consists 7 million distributed over a footprint 4100 deg$^2$ with $0.6 < z_{\rm photo} 1.1$ and typical redshift uncertainty $0.03(1+z)$. selection is same as BAO measurement year DES data, but analysis presented here uses times area, extends to higher makes number improvements, including...
ABSTRACT We measure the current expansion rate of Universe, Hubble’s constant $H_0$, by calibrating absolute magnitudes supernovae to distances measured baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO). This ‘inverse distance ladder’ technique provides an alternative using nearby measurements, replacing calibration with a high-redshift anchor. use recent release 1829 from Dark Energy Survey spanning $0.01\lt z\lt 1.13$ anchored oscillation measurements Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) $0.30 \lt...
We have compared the decay rates of ${K}_{L}$ and ${K}_{S}$ to ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}$ final states using a subset data from KTeV experiment (E832) at Fermilab. find that direct-CP-violation parameter $\mathrm{Re}({\ensuremath{\epsilon}}^{\ensuremath{'}}/\ensuremath{\epsilon})$ is equal...
The Proceedings of the 2011 workshop on Fundamental Physics at Intensity Frontier. Science opportunities intensity frontier are identified and described in areas heavy quarks, charged leptons, neutrinos, proton decay, new light weakly-coupled particles, nucleons, nuclei, atoms.
We present precise tests of CP and CPT symmetry based on the full dataset K to pipi decays collected by KTeV experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory during 1996, 1997, 1999. This contains 16 million 2pi0 69 pi+pi- decays. measure direct violation parameter Re(epsilon'/epsilon) = (19.2 pm 2.1)x10-4. find KL-KS mass difference Deltam (5270 12)x10^6 hbar/s KS lifetime tauS (89.62 0.05)x10-12 s. also several parameters that test invariance. between phase indirect parameter, epsilon,...
We present results from a study of the photometric redshift performance Dark Energy Survey (DES), using early data Science Verification period observations in late 2012 and 2013 that provided science-quality images for almost 200 sq. deg. at nominal depth survey. assess (photo-z) about 15 000 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts available other surveys. These are used, different configurations, as calibration sample, photo-z's obtained studied most existing photo-z codes. A weighting method...