KECK INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES

       

Erik Shirokoff

Development of Ultra-Sensitive Photon Detectors for Sub-mm Wavelength Astronomy

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Where is he NOW? - Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago

"Most research intuitions talk about multidisciplinary interaction in their mission statements. The Keck Institute for Space Studies actually achieves it. KISS funding has made possible a remarkably successful research program and a rewarding postdoctoral experience, both through the fellowship program and several related workshops and technical development programs. But, the opportunity to interact with a diverse group of scholars working in distinct but intersecting disciplines has been equally valuable. I expect to spend years following up on some of the fresh ideas and new questions that were asked at KISS sponsored events."
(May 2014)

"As a Keck Institute Fellow, I will pursue a research program which focuses on the development and characterization of Modified Kinetic Inductance Devices and related technologies which make use of superconducting nitride thin films. These detectors will enable massively multiplexed detector arrays for mm and sub-mm astronomy, including a proposed wide-band, multi-object spectrometer designed for the CCAT telescope."
 (April 2011)


Papers and Publications

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship Final Report (1.31 MB pdf)
  • E. Shirokoff, C. L. Reichardt, L. Shaw, M. Millea, and 42 co-authors.
    “Improved constraints on cosmic microwave background secondary anisotropies from the complete 2008 South Pole Telescope data”
    2011, ApJ, 736, 61
  • T. M. Crawford and 42 co-authors.
    “Maps of the Magellanic Clouds from Combined South Pole Telescope and Planck Data”
    2016, Submitted to ApJ, arXiv:1605.00966
  • T. de Haan and 77 co-authors.
    “Cosmological Constraints from Galaxy Clusters in the 2500 square-degree SPT-SZ Survey”
    2016, Submitted to ApJ, arXiv:1603.06522
  • C. M. Posada & 67 co-authors.
    “Fabrication of large dual-polarized multichroic TES bolometer arrays for CMB measurements with the SPT-3G camera”
    2015, Supercond. Sci. Tech., 28, 094002
  • R. Keisler & 65 co-authors.
    “Measurements of Sub-degree B-mode Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background from 100 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data”
    2015, ApJ, 807, 151
  • E. J. Baxter & 73 co-authors.
    “A Measurement of Gravitational Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background by Galaxy Clusters Using Data from the South Pole Telescope”
    2015, ApJ, 806, 247
  • L. E. Bleem & 72 co-authors.
    “Galaxy Clusters Discovered via the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect in the 2500-Square-Degree SPT-SZ Survey”
    2015, ApJ Suppl., 216, 27
  • J. Liu and 64 co-authors.
    “Analysis of Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect Mass-Observable Relations using South Pole Telescope Observations of an X-ray Selected Sample of Low Mass Galaxy Clusters and Groups”
    2015, MNRAS, 448, 2085
  • S. Bocquet and 69 co-authors.
    “Mass Calibration and Cosmological Analysis of the SPT-SZ Galaxy Cluster Sample Using Velocity Dispersion σv and X-ray YX Measurements”
    2015, ApJ, 799, 214
  • B. R. Saliwanchik and 69 co-authors.
    “Measurement of Galaxy Cluster Integrated Comptonization and Mass Scaling Relations with the South Pole Telescope”
    2015, ApJ, 799, 137
  • A. Saro and 70 co-authors.
    “Constraints on the CMB temperature evolution using multiband measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect with the South Pole Telescope”
    2014, MNRAS,440, 2610
  • M. McDonald and 64 co-authors.
    “The Redshift Evolution of the Mean Temperature, Pressure, and Entropy Profiles in 80 SPT-Selected Galaxy Clusters”
    2014, ApJ, 794, 67
  • T. Crawford and 48 co-authors.
    “A Measurement of the Secondary-CMB and Millimeter-wave-foreground Bispectrum using 800 deg2 of South Pole Telescope Data”
    2014, ApJ, 784, 143
  • Z. Hou and 51 co-authors.
    “Constraints on Cosmology from the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectrum of the 2500-square degree SPT-SZ Survey”,
    2014, ApJ, 782, 74
  • D. R. Semler and 78 co-authors.
    “High-redshift Cool-core Galaxy Clusters Detected via the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect in the South Pole Telescope Survey”
    2012, ApJ, 761, 183
  • J. Song and 76 co-authors.
    “Redshifts, Sample Purity, and BCG Positions for the Galaxy Cluster Catalog from the First 720 Square Degrees of the South Pole Telescope
    Survey”

    2012, ApJ, 761, 22
  • K. T. Story and 49 co-authors.
    “A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Damping Tail from the 2500-square-degree SPT-SZ survey”
    2013, ApJ, 779, 86s
  • F. W. High and 86 co-authors.
    “Weak-lensing Mass Measurements of Five Galaxy Clusters in the South Pole Telescope Survey Using Magellan/Megacam”
    2012, ApJ, 758, 68
  • A. van Engelen and 50 co-authors.
    “A Measurement of Gravitational Lensing of the Microwave Background Using South Pole Telescope Data”
    2012, ApJ, 756, 142
  • T. R. Greve and 57 co-authors.
    “Submillimeter Observations of Millimeter Bright Galaxies Discovered by the South Pole Telescope”
    2012, ApJ, 756, 4550
  • O. Zahn and 50 co-authors.
    “Cosmic microwave background constraints on the duration and timing of reionization from the South Pole Telescope”
    2012, ApJ, 756, 65
  • M. McDonald and 75 co-authors.
    “A massive, cooling-flow-induced starburst in the core of a luminous cluster of galaxies”
    2012, Nature, 488, 349
  • C. L. Reichardt and 48 co-authors.
    “A Measurement of Secondary Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies with Two Years of South Pole Telescope Observations”
    2012, ApJ, 755, 70
  • M. A. Dobbs and 47 co-authors.
    “Frequency Multiplexed SQUID Readout of Large Bolometer Arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background Measurements”
    2012, Rev. Sci. Inst., 83, 73113
  • L. E. Bleem and 70 co-authors.
    “A Measurement of the Correlation of Galaxy Surveys with CMB Lensing Convergence Maps from the South Pole Telescope”
    2012, ApJ, 753, 9
  • B. Stalder and 72 co-authors.
    “SPT-CL J0205-5829: A z = 1.32 Evolved Massive Galaxy Cluster in the South Pole Telescope Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect Survey”
    2013, ApJ, 763, 93
  • C. L. Reichardt and 80 co-authors.
    “Galaxy clusters discovered via the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect in the first 720 square degrees of the South Pole Telescope survey”
    2012, ApJ, 756, 65
  • B. A. Benson, and 75 co-authors.
    “Cosmological Constraints from Sunyaev-Zel’dovich-Selected Clusters with X-ray Observations in the First 178 Square Degrees of the South Pole Telescope Survey”
    2013, ApJ, 73, 147
  • K. K. Schaffer, and 42 co-authors.
    “The First Public Release of South Pole Telescope Data: Maps of a 95 deg2 Field from 2008 Observations”
    2011, ApJ, 743, 90.
  • R. Keisler and 49 co-authors
    “A Measurement of the Damping Tail of the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectrum with the South Pole Telescope”
    2011, ApJ, 743, 28
  • K. Story, and 63 co-authors.
    “South Pole Telescope Detections of the Previously Unconfirmed Planck Early SZ Clusters in the Southern Hemisphere.”
    2011, ApJ, 735, 36
  • R. J. Foley and 72 co-authors.
    “Discovery and Cosmological Implications of SPT-CLJ2106-5844, the Most ˜Massive Known Cluster at z > 1”,
    2011, ApJ, 731, 86.
  • R. Williamson and 73 co-authors.
    “An SZ-selected sample of the most massive galaxy clusters in the 2500-square-degree South Pole Telescope survey”
    2011, ApJ, 738, 139.
  • K. Andersson and 61 co-authors.
    “X-ray Properties of the First SZE-selected Galaxy Cluster Sample from the South Pole Telescope”
    2011, ApJ, 738, 48.
  • F. W. High and 70 co-authors.
    “Optical Redshift and Richness Estimates for Galaxy Clusters Selected with the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect from 2008 South Pole Telescope Observations”
    2010, ApJ, 723, 1736
  • K. Vanderlinde and 58 co-authors.
    “Galaxy Clusters Selected with the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect from 2008 South Pole Telescope Observations”
    2010, ApJ, 72, 1180
  • M. Brodwin and 67 co-authors.
    “SPT-CL J0546-5345: A Massive z>1 Galaxy Cluster Selected Via the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect with the South Pole Telescope”
    2010, ApJ, 721, 90
  • M. Lueker and 43 co-authors.
    “Measurements of Secondary Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies with the South Pole Telescope”
    2010, ApJ, 719, 1045.
  • J. D. Vieira and 54 co-authors.
    “Extragalactic Millimeter-wave Sources in South Pole Telescope Survey Data: Source Counts, Catalog, and Statistics for an 87 Square-degree Field”
    2010, ApJ, 719, 763.
  • N. R. Hall and 44 co-authors.
    “Angular Power Spectra of the Millimeter-wavelength Background Light from Dusty Star-forming Galaxies with the South Pole Telescope”
    2010, ApJ, 718, 632.
  • T. Plagge and 44 co-authors.
    “Sunyaev-Zeldovich Cluster Profiles Measured with the South Pole Telescope”,
    2010, ApJ, 716, 1118
  • J. E. Carlstrom, and 37 co-authors.
    “The South Pole Telescope”
    2011, Proc. Astron. Soc. of the Pacific, 123, 568.
  • Z. Staniszewski, and 43 co-authors.
    “Galaxy Clusters Discovered with a Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect Survey”
    2009, ApJ, 701, 32
  • S. Padin and 34 co-authors.
    “South Pole Telescope optics”
    2008, Appl. Opt., 47, 4418.