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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Career

  • 2017-present Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics
    • Deputy Director, Institute of Astromony
    • Deputy Director, Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge
  • 2011-2017 Reader in Astrophysics and Cosmology
  • 2006 -2011 University Lecturer, Institute of Astronomy and DAMTP
  • 2002 -2007 Royal Society University Research Fellow
  • 2000 -2002 PPARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • 1998 -present Fellow, Queens' College

Research

I have a range of research interests in physical and theoretical cosmology, mostly centred on the issue of testing the cosmological model and the origin of cosmic structure with cosmological observations. A particular focus is the the origin, interpretation, and measurement of temperature anisotropies and polarization in the CMB. I am a Core Team member of the Planck High-Frequency Instrument and a member of the Simons Observatory with particular interests in lensing of the CMB, constraining the key cosmological parameters and searching for B-mode polarization induced by gravitational waves from the early universe.

Selected Publications

Publications list on ADS

 

Publications

Planck early results. XV. Spectral energy distributions and radio continuum spectra of northern extragalactic radio sources
J Aatrokoski, PAR Ade, N Aghanim, HD Aller, MF Aller, E Angelakis, M Arnaud, M Ashdown, J Aumont, C Baccigalupi, A Balbi, AJ Banday, RB Barreiro, JG Bartlett, E Battaner, K Benabed, A Benoît, A Berdyugin, J-P Bernard, M Bersanelli, R Bhatia, A Bonaldi, L Bonavera, JR Bond, J Borrill, FR Bouchet, M Bucher, C Burigana, DN Burrows, P Cabella, M Capalbi, B Cappellini, J-F Cardoso, A Catalano, E Cavazzuti, L Cayón, A Challinor, A Chamballu, R-R Chary, L-Y Chiang, PR Christensen, DL Clements, S Colafrancesco, S Colombi, F Couchot, A Coulais, S Cutini, F Cuttaia, L Danese, RD Davies, RJ Davis, P de Bernardis, G de Gasperis, A de Rosa, G de Zotti, J Delabrouille, J-M Delouis, C Dickinson, H Dole, S Donzelli, O Doré, U Dörl, M Douspis, X Dupac, G Efstathiou, TA Enßlin, F Finelli, O Forni, M Frailis, E Franceschi, L Fuhrmann, S Galeotta, K Ganga, F Gargano, D Gasparrini, N Gehrels, M Giard, G Giardino, N Giglietto, P Giommi, F Giordano, Y Giraud-Héraud, J González-Nuevo, KM Górski, S Gratton, A Gregorio, A Gruppuso, D Harrison, S Henrot-Versillé, D Herranz, SR Hildebrandt, E Hivon, M Hobson, WA Holmes, W Hovest, RJ Hoyland, KM Huffenberger, AH Jaffe, M Juvela, E Keihänen, R Keskitalo, O King, TS Kisner, R Kneissl, L Knox, TP Krichbaum, H Kurki-Suonio, G Lagache, A Lähteenmäki, J-M Lamarre, A Lasenby, RJ Laureijs, N Lavonen, CR Lawrence, S Leach, R Leonardi, J León-Tavares, M Linden-Vørnle, E Lindfors, M López-Caniego, PM Lubin, JF Macías-Pérez, B Maffei, D Maino, N Mandolesi, R Mann, M Maris, E Martínez-González, S Masi, M Massardi, S Matarrese, F Matthai, W Max-Moerbeck, MN Mazziotta, P Mazzotta, A Melchiorri, L Mendes, A Mennella, PF Michelson, M Mingaliev, S Mitra, M-A Miville-Deschênes, A Moneti, C Monte, L Montier, G Morgante, D Mortlock, D Munshi, A Murphy, P Naselsky, P Natoli, I Nestoras, CB Netterfield, E Nieppola, K Nilsson, HU Nørgaard-Nielsen, F Noviello, D Novikov, I Novikov, IJ O’Dwyer, S Osborne, F Pajot, B Partridge, F Pasian, G Patanchon, V Pavlidou, TJ Pearson, O Perdereau, L Perotto, M Perri, F Perrotta, F Piacentini, M Piat, S Plaszczynski, P Platania, E Pointecouteau, G Polenta, N Ponthieu, T Poutanen, G Prézeau, P Procopio, S Prunet, J-L Puget, JP Rachen, S Rainò, WT Reach, A Readhead, R Rebolo, R Reeves, M Reinecke, R Reinthal, C Renault, S Ricciardi, J Richards, T Riller, D Riquelme, I Ristorcelli, G Rocha, C Rosset, M Rowan-Robinson, JA Rubiño-Martín, B Rusholme, J Saarinen, M Sandri, P Savolainen, D Scott, MD Seiffert, A Sievers, A Sillanpää, GF Smoot, Y Sotnikova, J-L Starck, M Stevenson, F Stivoli, V Stolyarov, R Sudiwala, J-F Sygnet, L Takalo, J Tammi, JA Tauber, L Terenzi, DJ Thompson, L Toffolatti, M Tomasi, M Tornikoski, J-P Torre, G Tosti, A Tramacere, M Tristram, J Tuovinen, M Türler, M Turunen, G Umana, H Ungerechts, L Valenziano, E Valtaoja, J Varis, F Verrecchia, P Vielva, F Villa, N Vittorio, BD Wandelt, J Wu, D Yvon, A Zacchei, JA Zensus, X Zhou, A Zonca
– Astronomy & Astrophysics
(2011)
536,
a15
Planck early results. XIV. ERCSC validation and extreme radio sources
PAR Ade, N Aghanim, E Angelakis, M Arnaud, M Ashdown, J Aumont, C Baccigalupi, A Balbi, AJ Banday, RB Barreiro, JG Bartlett, E Battaner, K Benabed, A Benoît, J-P Bernard, M Bersanelli, R Bhatia, A Bonaldi, L Bonavera, JR Bond, J Borrill, FR Bouchet, M Bucher, C Burigana, P Cabella, B Cappellini, J-F Cardoso, A Catalano, L Cayón, A Challinor, A Chamballu, R-R Chary, X Chen, L-Y Chiang, PR Christensen, DL Clements, S Colombi, F Couchot, A Coulais, BP Crill, F Cuttaia, L Danese, RD Davies, RJ Davis, P de Bernardis, G de Gasperis, A de Rosa, G de Zotti, J Delabrouille, J-M Delouis, F-X Désert, C Dickinson, S Donzelli, O Doré, U Dörl, M Douspis, X Dupac, G Efstathiou, TA Enßlin, F Finelli, O Forni, M Frailis, E Franceschi, L Fuhrmann, S Galeotta, K Ganga, M Giard, G Giardino, Y Giraud-Héraud, J González-Nuevo, KM Górski, S Gratton, A Gregorio, A Gruppuso, D Harrison, S Henrot-Versillé, D Herranz, SR Hildebrandt, E Hivon, M Hobson, WA Holmes, W Hovest, RJ Hoyland, KM Huffenberger, M Huynh, AH Jaffe, M Juvela, E Keihänen, R Keskitalo, TS Kisner, R Kneissl, L Knox, TP Krichbaum, H Kurki-Suonio, G Lagache, A Lähteenmäki, J-M Lamarre, A Lasenby, RJ Laureijs, N Lavonen, CR Lawrence, S Leach, JP Leahy, R Leonardi, J León-Tavares, M Linden-Vørnle, M López-Caniego, PM Lubin, JF Macías-Pérez, B Maffei, D Maino, N Mandolesi, R Mann, M Maris, F Marleau, E Martínez-González, S Masi, M Massardi, S Matarrese, F Matthai, P Mazzotta, PR Meinhold, A Melchiorri, L Mendes, A Mennella, M Mingaliev, M-A Miville-Deschênes, A Moneti, L Montier, G Morgante, D Mortlock, D Munshi, A Murphy, P Naselsky, P Natoli, I Nestoras, CB Netterfield, E Nieppola, HU Nørgaard-Nielsen, F Noviello, D Novikov, I Novikov, S Osborne, F Pajot, R Paladini, B Partridge, F Pasian, G Patanchon, TJ Pearson, O Perdereau, L Perotto, F Perrotta, F Piacentini, M Piat, E Pierpaoli, S Plaszczynski, P Platania, E Pointecouteau, G Polenta, N Ponthieu, T Poutanen, G Prézeau, P Procopio, S Prunet, J-L Puget, JP Rachen, WT Reach, R Rebolo, M Reinecke, C Renault, S Ricciardi, T Riller, D Riquelme, I Ristorcelli, G Rocha, C Rosset, M Rowan-Robinson, JA Rubiño-Martín, B Rusholme, A Sajina, M Sandri, P Savolainen, D Scott, MD Seiffert, A Sievers, GF Smoot, Y Sotnikova, J-L Starck, F Stivoli, V Stolyarov, R Sudiwala, J-F Sygnet, J Tammi, JA Tauber, L Terenzi, L Toffolatti, M Tomasi, M Tornikoski, J-P Torre, M Tristram, J Tuovinen, M Türler, M Turunen, G Umana, H Ungerechts, L Valenziano, J Varis, P Vielva, F Villa, N Vittorio, LA Wade, BD Wandelt, A Wilkinson, D Yvon, A Zacchei, JA Zensus, A Zonca
– Astronomy and Astrophysics
(2011)
536,
A14
Linearization of homogeneous, nearly-isotropic cosmological models
A Pontzen, A Challinor
– Classical and Quantum Gravity
(2011)
28,
185007
Linear power spectrum of observed source number counts
A Challinor, A Lewis
– Physical Review D
(2011)
84,
043516
Testing a direction-dependent primordial power spectrum with observations of the cosmic microwave background
Y-Z Ma, G Efstathiou, A Challinor
– Physical Review D
(2011)
83,
083005
The shape of the CMB lensing bispectrum
A Lewis, A Challinor, D Hanson
– Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
(2011)
2011,
018
CMB temperature lensing power reconstruction
D Hanson, A Challinor, G Efstathiou, P Bielewicz
– Physical Review D
(2011)
83,
043005
COrE (Cosmic Origins Explorer) A White Paper
TC Collaboration, C Armitage-Caplan, M Avillez, D Barbosa, A Banday, N Bartolo, R Battye, JP Bernard, PD Bernardis, S Basak, M Bersanelli, P Bielewicz, A Bonaldi, M Bucher, F Bouchet, F Boulanger, C Burigana, P Camus, A Challinor, S Chongchitnan, D Clements, S Colafrancesco, J Delabrouille, MD Petris, GD Zotti, C Dickinson, J Dunkley, T Ensslin, J Fergusson, P Ferreira, K Ferriere, F Finelli, S Galli, J Garcia-Bellido, C Gauthier, M Haverkorn, M Hindmarsh, A Jaffe, M Kunz, J Lesgourgues, A Liddle, M Liguori, M Lopez-Caniego, B Maffei, P Marchegiani, E Martinez-Gonzalez, S Masi, P Mauskopf, S Matarrese, A Melchiorri, P Mukherjee, F Nati, P Natoli, M Negrello, L Pagano, D Paoletti, T Peacocke, H Peiris, L Perroto, F Piacentini, M Piat, L Piccirillo, G Pisano, N Ponthieu, C Rath, S Ricciardi, JR Martin, M Salatino, P Shellard, R Stompor, LTJ Urrestilla, BV Tent, L Verde, B Wandelt, S Withington
(2011)
Planck early results. III. First assessment of the Low Frequency Instrument in-flight performance
A Mennella, M Bersanelli, RC Butler, A Curto, F Cuttaia, RJ Davis, J Dick, M Frailis, S Galeotta, A Gregorio, H Kurki-Suonio, CR Lawrence, S Leach, JP Leahy, S Lowe, D Maino, N Mandolesi, M Maris, E Martínez-González, PR Meinhold, G Morgante, D Pearson, F Perrotta, G Polenta, T Poutanen, M Sandri, MD Seiffert, AS Suur-Uski, D Tavagnacco, L Terenzi, M Tomasi, J Valiviita, F Villa, R Watson, A Wilkinson, A Zacchei, A Zonca, B Aja, E Artal, C Baccigalupi, AJ Banday, RB Barreiro, JG Bartlett, N Bartolo, P Battaglia, K Bennett, A Bonaldi, L Bonavera, J Borrill, FR Bouchet, C Burigana, P Cabella, B Cappellini, X Chen, L Colombo, M Cruz, L Danese, O D'Arcangelo, RD Davies, G De Gasperis, A De Rosa, G De Zotti, C Dickinson, JM Diego, S Donzelli, G Efstathiou, TA Enßlin, HK Eriksen, MC Falvella, F Finelli, S Foley, C Franceschet, E Franceschi, TC Gaier, RT Génova-Santos, D George, F Gómez, J González-Nuevo, KM Górski, A Gruppuso, FK Hansen, D Herranz, JM Herreros, RJ Hoyland, N Hughes, J Jewell, P Jukkala, M Juvela, P Kangaslahti, E Keihänen, R Keskitalo, VH Kilpia, TS Kisner, J Knoche, L Knox, M Laaninen, A Lähteenmäki, JM Lamarre, R Leonardi, J León-Tavares
– Astronomy and Astrophysics
(2011)
536,
Planckpre-launch status: ThePlanckmission
JA Tauber, N Mandolesi, J-L Puget, T Banos, M Bersanelli, FR Bouchet, RC Butler, J Charra, G Crone, J Dodsworth, G Efstathiou, R Gispert, G Guyot, A Gregorio, JJ Juillet, J-M Lamarre, RJ Laureijs, CR Lawrence, HU Nørgaard-Nielsen, T Passvogel, JM Reix, D Texier, L Vibert, A Zacchei, PAR Ade, N Aghanim, B Aja, E Alippi, L Aloy, P Armand, M Arnaud, A Arondel, A Arreola-Villanueva, E Artal, E Artina, A Arts, M Ashdown, J Aumont, M Azzaro, A Bacchetta, C Baccigalupi, M Baker, M Balasini, A Balbi, AJ Banday, G Barbier, RB Barreiro, M Bartelmann, P Battaglia, E Battaner, K Benabed, J-L Beney, R Beneyton, K Bennett, A Benoit, J-P Bernard, P Bhandari, R Bhatia, M Biggi, R Biggins, G Billig, Y Blanc, H Blavot, JJ Bock, A Bonaldi, R Bond, J Bonis, J Borders, J Borrill, L Boschini, F Boulanger, J Bouvier, M Bouzit, R Bowman, E Bréelle, T Bradshaw, M Braghin, M Bremer, D Brienza, D Broszkiewicz, C Burigana, M Burkhalter, P Cabella, T Cafferty, M Cairola, S Caminade, P Camus, CM Cantalupo, B Cappellini, J-F Cardoso, R Carr, A Catalano, L Cayón, M Cesa, M Chaigneau, A Challinor, A Chamballu, JP Chambelland, M Charra, L-Y Chiang, G Chlewicki, PR Christensen, S Church, E Ciancietta, M Cibrario, R Cizeron, D Clements, B Collaudin, J-M Colley, S Colombi, A Colombo, F Colombo, O Corre, F Couchot, B Cougrand, A Coulais, P Couzin, B Crane, B Crill, M Crook, D Crumb, F Cuttaia, U Dörl, P da Silva, R Daddato, C Damasio, L Danese, G d'Aquino, O D'Arcangelo, K Dassas, RD Davies, W Davies, RJ Davis, P De Bernardis, D de Chambure, G de Gasperis, ML De la Fuente, P De Paco, A De Rosa, G De Troia, G De Zotti, M Dehamme, J Delabrouille, J-M Delouis, F-X Désert, G di Girolamo, C Dickinson, E Doelling, K Dolag, I Domken, M Douspis, D Doyle, S Du, D Dubruel, C Dufour, C Dumesnil, X Dupac, P Duret, C Eder, A Elfving, TA Enßlin, P Eng, K English, HK Eriksen, P Estaria, MC Falvella, F Ferrari, F Finelli, A Fishman, S Fogliani, S Foley, A Fonseca, G Forma, O Forni, P Fosalba, J-J Fourmond, M Frailis, C Franceschet, E Franceschi, S François, M Frerking, MF Gómez-Reñasco, KM Górski, TC Gaier, S Galeotta, K Ganga, JG Lázaro, A Garnica, M Gaspard, E Gavila, M Giard, G Giardino, G Gienger, Y Giraud-Heraud, J-M Glorian, M Griffin, A Gruppuso, L Guglielmi, D Guichon, B Guillaume, P Guillouet, J Haissinski, FK Hansen, J Hardy, D Harrison, A Hazell, M Hechler, V Heckenauer, D Heinzer, R Hell, S Henrot-Versillé, C Hernández-Monteagudo, D Herranz, JM Herreros, V Hervier, A Heske, A Heurtel, SR Hildebrandt, R Hills, E Hivon, M Hobson, D Hollert, W Holmes, A Hornstrup, W Hovest, RJ Hoyland, G Huey, KM Huffenberger, N Hughes, U Israelsson, B Jackson, A Jaffe, TR Jaffe, T Jagemann, NC Jessen, J Jewell, W Jones, M Juvela, J Kaplan, P Karlman, F Keck, E Keihänen, M King, TS Kisner, P Kletzkine, R Kneissl, J Knoche, L Knox, T Koch, M Krassenburg, H Kurki-Suonio, A Lähteenmäki, G Lagache, E Lagorio, P Lami, J Lande, A Lange, F Langlet, R Lapini, M Lapolla, A Lasenby, M Le Jeune, JP Leahy, M Lefebvre, F Legrand, G Le Meur, R Leonardi, B Leriche, C Leroy, P Leutenegger, SM Levin, PB Lilje, C Lindensmith, M Linden-Vørnle, A Loc, Y Longval, PM Lubin, T Luchik, I Luthold, JF Macias-Perez, T Maciaszek, C MacTavish, S Madden, B Maffei, C Magneville, D Maino, A Mambretti, B Mansoux, D Marchioro, M Maris, F Marliani, J-C Marrucho, J Martí-Canales, E Martínez-González, A Martín-Polegre, P Martin, C Marty, W Marty, S Masi, M Massardi, S Matarrese, F Matthai, P Mazzotta, A McDonald, P McGrath, A Mediavilla, PR Meinhold, J-B Mélin, F Melot, L Mendes, A Mennella, C Mervier, L Meslier, M Miccolis, M-A Miville-Deschenes, A Moneti, D Montet, L Montier, J Mora, G Morgante, G Morigi, G Morinaud, N Morisset, D Mortlock, S Mottet, J Mulder, D Munshi, A Murphy, P Murphy, P Musi, J Narbonne, P Naselsky, A Nash, F Nati, P Natoli, B Netterfield, J Newell, M Nexon, C Nicolas, PH Nielsen, N Ninane, F Noviello, D Novikov, I Novikov, IJ O'Dwyer, P Oldeman, P Olivier, L Ouchet, CA Oxborrow, L Pérez-Cuevas, L Pagan, C Paine, F Pajot, R Paladini, F Pancher, J Panh, G Parks, P Parnaudeau, B Partridge, B Parvin, JP Pascual, F Pasian, DP Pearson, T Pearson, M Pecora, O Perdereau, L Perotto, F Perrotta, F Piacentini, M Piat, E Pierpaoli, O Piersanti, E Plaige, S Plaszczynski, P Platania, E Pointecouteau, G Polenta, N Ponthieu, L Popa, G Poulleau, T Poutanen, G Prézeau, L Pradell, M Prina, S Prunet, JP Rachen, D Rambaud, F Rame, I Rasmussen, J Rautakoski, WT Reach, R Rebolo, M Reinecke, J Reiter, C Renault, S Ricciardi, P Rideau, T Riller, I Ristorcelli, JB Riti, G Rocha, Y Roche, R Pons, R Rohlfs, D Romero, S Roose, C Rosset, S Rouberol, M Rowan-Robinson, JA Rubiño-Martín, P Rusconi, B Rusholme, M Salama, E Salerno, M Sandri, D Santos, JL Sanz, L Sauter, F Sauvage, G Savini, M Schmelzel, A Schnorhk, W Schwarz, D Scott, MD Seiffert, P Shellard, C Shih, M Sias, JI Silk, R Silvestri, R Sippel, GF Smoot, J-L Starck, P Stassi, J Sternberg, F Stivoli, V Stolyarov, R Stompor, L Stringhetti, D Strommen, T Stute, R Sudiwala, R Sugimura, R Sunyaev, J-F Sygnet, M Türler, E Taddei, J Tallon, C Tamiatto, M Taurigna, D Taylor, L Terenzi, S Thuerey, J Tillis, G Tofani, L Toffolatti, E Tommasi, M Tomasi, E Tonazzini, J-P Torre, S Tosti, F Touze, M Tristram, J Tuovinen, M Tuttlebee, G Umana, L Valenziano, D Vallée, M van der Vlis, F Van Leeuwen, J-C Vanel, B Van-Tent, J Varis, E Vassallo, C Vescovi, F Vezzu, D Vibert, P Vielva, J Vierra, F Villa, N Vittorio, C Vuerli, LA Wade, AR Walker, BD Wandelt, C Watson, D Werner, M White, SDM White, A Wilkinson, P Wilson, A Woodcraft, B Yoffo, M Yun, V Yurchenko, D Yvon, B Zhang, O Zimmermann, A Zonca, D Zorita
– Astronomy and Astrophysics
(2010)
520,
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