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Abigail Vieregg received a Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative Award for instrumentation development to advance the detection of the highest energy neutrinos.

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.

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.

Ph.D., Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 2021

Research: Circumgalactic Medium and Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium; Quasar Absorption Lines; X-ray and Sunyaev–Zeldovich Effect.

I work on field theoretic aspects of de Sitter (dS) space, and its relation to the physics of inflation.

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.

Leah is a theoretical physicist whose research lies at the intersections of cosmology, gravitational physics and high-energy physics.

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.

Nebulas, galaxy clusters among first batch of images from James Webb Space Telescope, successor to Hubble

Anirudh Chiti won a  2021 IAU PhD Prize

South Pole Telescope, UChicago scientists help take historic image of Milky Way’s supermassive black hole.

Study including UChicago scientists creates map of nearby stellar streams and dark matter

University of Chicago physicist Abby Vieregg is leading an international experiment that essentially uses the ice in Antarctica as a giant detector to find extremely energetic particles from outer space. Recently approved by NASA, the $20 million project will build an instrument to fly above the Antarctic in a balloon, launching in December 2024.

Asst. Prof. Alex Ji comments on the potential of the James Webb Telescope