Caltech Astronomy

Anthony Readhead
Barbara and Stanley Rawn, Jr., Professor of Astronomy
Director, Chajnantor Observatory
Director, Strategic Alliance for the Implementation of New Technologies (SAINT)
Astronomy Graduate Students Option Representative

Telephone: (626)395-4972
Mail 111 Robinson,Caltech, Pasadena, CA91125
Fax: (626)568-9352
e-mail acr"at"astro.caltech.edu


Major Research Interests:

Selected Publications

  1. Sievers, J. L., et al. 2005, preprint
    Implications of the Cosmic Background Imager polarization data
    Preprint
  2. Readhead, A. C. S., et al. 2004, Science, 306, 836-844
    Polarization observations with the Cosmic Background Imager
    ADS abstract · Preprint
  3. Readhead, A. C. S., et al. 2004, ApJ, 609, 498-512
    Extended mosaic observations with the Cosmic Background Imager
    ADS abstract · PDF Reprint (© 2004. The American Astronomical Society)
  4. Bond, J. R., et al. 2005, ApJ, 626, 12-30
    The Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect in CMB-calibrated theories applied to the Cosmic Background Imager anisotropy power at l > 2000
    ADS abstract · PDF Reprint (© 2005. The American Astronomical Society) · Preprint
  5. P. S. Udomprasert, B. S. Mason, A. C. S. Readhead, & T. J. Pearson 2004, Astrophys. J., 615, 63-81 v
    An unbiased measurement of H0 through Cosmic Background Imager observations of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in nearby galaxy clusters
    ADS abstract · PDF Reprint (© 2004. The American Astronomical Society)
  6. Sievers, J. L., et al. 2003, ApJ, 591-622
    Cosmological parameters from Cosmic Background Imager observations and comparisons with BOOMERANG, DASI, and MAXIMA
    ADS abstract · PDF Reprint (© 2003. The American Astronomical Society)
  7. Pearson, T. J., et al. 2003, ApJ, 591, 556-574
    The anisotropy of the microwave background to l=3500: Mosaic observations with the Cosmic Background Imager
    ADS abstract · PDF Reprint (© 2001. The American Astronomical Society)
  8. Mason, B. S., et al. 2003, ApJ, 591, 540-555
    The anisotropy of the microwave background to l=3500: Deep field observations with the Cosmic Background Imager
    ADS abstract · PDF Reprint (© 2003. The American Astronomical Society)
  9. S. Padin, M. C. Shepherd, J. K. Cartwright, R. G. Keeney, B. S. Mason, T. J. Pearson, A. C. S. Readhead, W. A. Schaal, J. Sievers, P. S. Udomprasert, J. K. Yamasaki, W. L. Holzapfel, J. E. Carlstrom, M. Joy, S. T. Myers, & A. Otarola 2002, PASP, 114, 83-97
    The Cosmic Background Imager
    PDF Reprint (© 2002. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific.)
  10. Myers, et al., 2003, MNRAS, 341,1
    "The Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey - I. Source selection and observations",
  11. Wilkinson, et al., 2001, PRL, 86, 584
    "Limits on the Cosmological Abundance of Supermassive Compact Objects from a Search for Multiple Imaging in Compact Radio Sources",
  12. Taylor, G.B., Marr, J.M., Pearson, T.J., Readhead, A.C.S., 2000, ApJ, 541, 1, 112
    "Kinematic Age Estimates for Four Compact Symmetric Objects from the Pearson-Readhead Survey",
  13. Leitch, E.M., Readhead, A.C.S., Pearson, T.J., Myers, S.T., Gulkis, S., Lawrence, C.R., 2000, ApJ, 532, 1, 37
    "A Measurement of Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background on 7'-22' Scales"
  14. Leitch, E.M., Readhead, A.C.S., Pearson, T.J., & Myers, S.T., 1997, Ap.J., 486, L23.
    "An Anomalous Component of Galactic Emission",
  15. Readhead, Taylor, Xu, Pearson, Wilkinson, & Polatidis. 1996, Ap.J. 460, 612.
    "The Statistics and Ages of Compact Symmetric Objects",
  16. Readhead, Lawrence, Myers, Sargent, Hardebeck & Moffett. 1989, Ap.J., 346,566.
    "A Limit on the Anisotropy of the Microwave Background Radiation on Arc Minute Scales"
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Graduate Students
Former:
John Cartwright, Prof. Chris Fassnacht, Thomas Herbig, Prof. David Hough

Erik Leitch, Steven Myers, Jonathan Sievers, Richard Simon, Patricia Udomprasert, Wenge Xu

Current:
Ricardo Bustos, Nolberto Oyarce, Rodrigo Reeves, Joey Richards, Larry Weintraub,

Postdoctoral Fellows
Former:
Prof. Peter Barthel, John Conway, Charles Lawrence, Brian Mason, Steven Myers,

Tim Pearson, Prof. Greg Taylor, Steve Unwin, Rene Vermeulen, Prof. Anton Zensus,

Current:
Kieran Cleary, Clive Dickinson

Courses taught

(Caltech access only)

Current:

  • Astronomy 121 Radiative Processes
  • Astronomy 122 Astronomical Measurements and Instrumentation

    Previous Years:

  • Astronomy 20 Basic Astronomy and the Galaxy
  • Astronomy 21 Galaxies and Cosmology
  • Astronomy 125 High Energy Astrophysics
  • Astronomy 127 Cosmology and Galaxy Formation

    Departmental Duties

  • Astronomy Graduate Student Options Representative
  • Astronomy Graduate Student Support
  • SEDS faculty liason

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