2022
Meet new KICP Fellow: Hayley Macpherson
November 3, 2022
My research lies at the intersection of cosmology and general relativity, most of the time involving simulations. Usually, our cosmological simulations of large-scale structure formation make assumptions about the nature of gravity and space-time. These simulations are extremely important to our understanding of the Universe in regimes we cannot access analytically.
“Discovering the highest energy particles from the top of the Greenland Ice Sheet”, PSD spotlight
October 27, 2022
Prof. Abigail Vieregg and her students build instruments to detect the highest energy neutrinos.
Congratulations to Abigail Vieregg
October 27, 2022
Abigail Vieregg received a Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative Award for instrumentation development to advance the detection of the highest energy neutrinos.
Meet new KICP Fellow: Thomas Callister
October 24, 2022
I work broadly within the realm of gravitational-wave astronomy. Nearly infinitesimal ripples in the fabric of spacetime, gravitational waves are generated by the most cataclysmic events in the Universe, including the explosions of stars and the relativistic collisions of black holes.
Meet new KICP Fellow: Christoph Welling
October 10, 2022
I work on the detection of ultra-high energy neutrinos by measuring the radio signals that are emitted when they interact in glacial ice in Greenland or Antarctica.
Meet new Associate KICP Fellow: Matthew R. Young
September 26, 2022
Ph.D., Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 2021
Meet new Associate KICP Fellow: Zhijie Qu
September 21, 2022
Research: Circumgalactic Medium and Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium; Quasar Absorption Lines; X-ray and Sunyaev–Zeldovich Effect.
Meet new Associate KICP Fellow: Akhil Premkumar
September 21, 2022
I work on field theoretic aspects of de Sitter (dS) space, and its relation to the physics of inflation.
“Black hole collisions could help us measure how fast the universe is expanding”, UChicago News, by Louise Lerner
August 16, 2022
In their new paper, Holz and first author Jose María Ezquiaga suggest that they can use our newfound knowledge about the whole population of black holes as a calibration tool.
Meet new KICP Fellow: Leah Jenks
August 11, 2022
Leah is a theoretical physicist whose research lies at the intersections of cosmology, gravitational physics and high-energy physics.
“Carnegie rallies $205 million founding partner investment to accelerate completion of the Giant Magellan Telescope”, Carnegie News
August 3, 2022
A Carnegie-led effort secured $205 million toward the completion of the next-generation Giant Magellan Telescope, which is currently being built at our Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. When completed, the GMT will enable breakthrough astronomy—from revealing the fundamental physics underpinning the cosmos to advancing our ability to search for life on distant worlds.
“NASA’s new flagship telescope just released its beautiful first images of the universe”, UChicago News, by Louise Lerner
July 12, 2022
Nebulas, galaxy clusters among first batch of images from James Webb Space Telescope, successor to Hubble
Congratulations to Anirudh Chiti
May 18, 2022
Anirudh Chiti won a 2021 IAU PhD Prize
“Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy”, UChicago News by Louise Lerner
May 12, 2022
South Pole Telescope, UChicago scientists help take historic image of Milky Way’s supermassive black hole.
“Twelve for dinner: How the Milky Way ‘ate’ smaller star clusters and galaxies”, UChicago News
January 12, 2022
Study including UChicago scientists creates map of nearby stellar streams and dark matter