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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

Astro2020 survey prioritizes UChicago-affiliated projects such as Giant Magellan Telescope, CMB-S4

The Weizmann Institute of Science is joining the GMTO Corporation. The new partnership reinforces that completing the largest and most powerful Gregorian optical-infrared telescope ever engineered is a top priority for the global scientific community.

Alex is a postdoctoral appointee in the CPAC group of the  Argonne National Laboratory. He is interested in the study of the expansion and growth history of the Universe using data from galaxy surveys and cosmological simulations. He has worked in the analysis of galaxy clustering measurements and photometric redshift error estimation and calibration for photometric lensing surveys.

UChicago-led South Pole Telescope helps pinpoint location of supermassive black hole in galaxy Centaurus A