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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Career

  • 2024-: Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2022-2024: Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics (Grade 11), DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2017-2022: Assistant Professor, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2017-2022: STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2016-2017: NASA Einstein Fellow, Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
  • 2013-2016: Miller Research Fellow, Dept. of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
  • 2008-2013: Ph.D. in Physics, Princeton University
  • 2004-2008: Part III Mathematics and Parts I/II NST Physics, University of Cambridge

Research Interests

Blake is a theoretical and observational cosmologist. He has research interests across CMB and large-scale structure, with a particular focus on measurements of the gravitational lensing of the CMB.

Research Group

Blake leads the CMBLENS project, funded by a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. Group members include:

Postdoctoral and senior researchers: 

Boris Bolliet (Senior Research Associate)

Fiona McCarthy (joint with Flatiron CCA)

Niall MacCrann (now Royal Society University Research Fellow)

PhD students:

Frank Qu

Gerrit Farren

Irene Abril Cabezas

Carmen Embil-Villagra

 

Former group members and next steps:

Toshiya Namikawa (postdoc -> Project Assistant Professor, IPMU), Dongwon Han (postdoc -> tech. industry), Omar Darwish (PhD -> postdoc U Geneva); Boryana Hadzhiyska (Masters -> PhD Harvard); Oliver Philcox (Masters -> PhD Princeton); Alex Reeves (Masters-> PhD ETH Zurich)

 

 

Publications

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: a CMB lensing mass map over 2100 square degrees of sky and its cross-correlation with BOSS-CMASS galaxies
O Darwish, MS Madhavacheril, BD Sherwin, S Aiola, N Battaglia, JA Beall, DT Becker, JR Bond, E Calabrese, SK Choi, MJ Devlin, J Dunkley, R Dünner, S Ferraro, AE Fox, PA Gallardo, Y Guan, M Halpern, D Han, M Hasselfield, JC Hill, GC Hilton, M Hilton, AD Hincks, S-P Patty Ho, J Hubmayr, JP Hughes, BJ Koopman, A Kosowsky, J Van Lanen, T Louis, M Lungu, A MacInnis, L Maurin, J McMahon, K Moodley, S Naess, T Namikawa, F Nati, L Newburgh, JP Nibarger, MD Niemack, LA Page, B Partridge, FJ Qu, N Robertson, A Schillaci, B Schmitt, N Sehgal, C Sifón, DN Spergel, S Staggs, E Storer, A van Engelen, EJ Wollack
– Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
(2020)
500,
2250
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Weighing Distant Clusters with the Most Ancient Light
MS Madhavacheril, C Sifón, N Battaglia, S Aiola, S Amodeo, JE Austermann, JA Beall, DT Becker, JR Bond, E Calabrese, SK Choi, EV Denison, MJ Devlin, SR Dicker, SM Duff, AJ Duivenvoorden, J Dunkley, R Dünner, S Ferraro, PA Gallardo, Y Guan, D Han, JC Hill, GC Hilton, M Hilton, J Hubmayr, KM Huffenberger, JP Hughes, BJ Koopman, A Kosowsky, J Van Lanen, E Lee, T Louis, A MacInnis, J McMahon, K Moodley, S Naess, T Namikawa, F Nati, L Newburgh, MD Niemack, LA Page, B Partridge, FJ Qu, NC Robertson, M Salatino, E Schaan, A Schillaci, BL Schmitt, N Sehgal, BD Sherwin, SM Simon, DN Spergel, S Staggs, ER Storer, JN Ullom, LR Vale, A van Engelen, EM Vavagiakis, EJ Wollack, Z Xu
– Astrophysical Journal Letters
(2020)
903,
L13
Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Component-separated maps of CMB temperature and the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
MS Madhavacheril, JC Hill, S Næss, GE Addison, S Aiola, T Baildon, N Battaglia, R Bean, JR Bond, E Calabrese, V Calafut, SK Choi, O Darwish, R Datta, MJ Devlin, J Dunkley, R Dünner, S Ferraro, PA Gallardo, V Gluscevic, M Halpern, D Han, M Hasselfield, M Hilton, AD Hincks, R Hložek, S-PP Ho, KM Huffenberger, JP Hughes, BJ Koopman, A Kosowsky, M Lokken, T Louis, M Lungu, A MacInnis, L Maurin, JJ McMahon, K Moodley, F Nati, MD Niemack, LA Page, B Partridge, N Robertson, N Sehgal, E Schaan, A Schillaci, BD Sherwin, C Sifón, SM Simon, DN Spergel, ST Staggs, ER Storer, A van Engelen, EM Vavagiakis, EJ Wollack, Z Xu
– Physical Review D
(2020)
102,
023534
Measurement of the cosmic microwave background polarization lensing power spectrum from two years of polarbear data
MA Faúndez, K Arnold, C Baccigalupi, D Barron, D Beck, S Beckman, F Bianchini, J Carron, K Cheung, Y Chinone, HE Bouhargani, T Elleflot, J Errard, G Fabbian, C Feng, T Fujino, N Goeckner-Wald, T Hamada, M Hasegawa, M Hazumi, CA Hill, H Hirose, O Jeong, N Katayama, B Keating, S Kikuchi, A Kusaka, AT Lee, D Leon, E Linder, LN Lowry, F Matsuda, T Matsumura, Y Minami, M Navaroli, H Nishino, ATP Pham, D Poletti, G Puglisi, CL Reichardt, Y Segawa, BD Sherwin, M Silva-Feaver, P Siritanasak, R Stompor, A Suzuki, O Tajima, S Takatori, D Tanabe, GP Teply, C Tsai
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2020)
893,
85
Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Constraints on cosmic birefringence
T Namikawa, Y Guan, O Darwish, BD Sherwin, S Aiola, N Battaglia, JA Beall, DT Becker, JR Bond, E Calabrese, GE Chesmore, SK Choi, MJ Devlin, J Dunkley, R Dünner, AE Fox, PA Gallardo, V Gluscevic, D Han, M Hasselfield, GC Hilton, AD Hincks, R Hložek, J Hubmayr, K Huffenberger, JP Hughes, BJ Koopman, A Kosowsky, T Louis, M Lungu, A MacInnis, MS Madhavacheril, M Mallaby-Kay, L Maurin, J McMahon, K Moodley, S Naess, F Nati, LB Newburgh, JP Nibarger, MD Niemack, LA Page, FJ Qu, N Robertson, A Schillaci, N Sehgal, C Sifón, SM Simon, DN Spergel, ST Staggs, ER Storer, A van Engelen, J van Lanen, EJ Wollack
(2020)
Internal Delensing of Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization B-Modes with the POLARBEAR Experiment.
S Adachi, MAO Aguilar Faúndez, Y Akiba, A Ali, K Arnold, C Baccigalupi, D Barron, D Beck, F Bianchini, J Borrill, J Carron, K Cheung, Y Chinone, K Crowley, H El Bouhargani, T Elleflot, J Errard, G Fabbian, C Feng, T Fujino, N Goeckner-Wald, M Hasegawa, M Hazumi, CA Hill, L Howe, N Katayama, B Keating, S Kikuchi, A Kusaka, AT Lee, D Leon, E Linder, LN Lowry, F Matsuda, T Matsumura, Y Minami, T Namikawa, M Navaroli, H Nishino, J Peloton, ATP Pham, D Poletti, G Puglisi, CL Reichardt, Y Segawa, BD Sherwin, M Silva-Feaver, P Siritanasak, R Stompor, O Tajima, S Takatori, D Tanabe, GP Teply, C Vergès, POLARBEAR Collaboration
– Physical Review Letters
(2020)
124,
131301
The Gravitational Lensing Signatures of BOSS Voids in the Cosmic Microwave Background
S Raghunathan, S Nadathur, BD Sherwin, N Whitehorn
– Astrophysical Journal
(2020)
890,
168
Updated Design of the CMB Polarization Experiment Satellite LiteBIRD
H Sugai, PAR Ade, Y Akiba, D Alonso, K Arnold, J Aumont, J Austermann, C Baccigalupi, AJ Banday, R Banerji, RB Barreiro, S Basak, J Beall, S Beckman, M Bersanelli, J Borrill, F Boulanger, ML Brown, M Bucher, A Buzzelli, E Calabrese, FJ Casas, A Challinor, V Chan, Y Chinone, J-F Cliche, F Columbro, A Cukierman, D Curtis, P Danto, P de Bernardis, T de Haan, M De Petris, C Dickinson, M Dobbs, T Dotani, L Duband, A Ducout, S Duff, A Duivenvoorden, J-M Duval, K Ebisawa, T Elleflot, H Enokida, HK Eriksen, J Errard, T Essinger-Hileman, F Finelli, R Flauger, C Franceschet, U Fuskeland, K Ganga, J-R Gao, R Génova-Santos, T Ghigna, A Gomez, ML Gradziel, J Grain, F Grupp, A Gruppuso, JE Gudmundsson, NW Halverson, P Hargrave, T Hasebe, M Hasegawa, M Hattori, M Hazumi, S Henrot-Versille, D Herranz, C Hill, G Hilton, Y Hirota, E Hivon, R Hlozek, D-T Hoang, J Hubmayr, K Ichiki, T Iida, H Imada, K Ishimura, H Ishino, GC Jaehnig, M Jones, T Kaga, S Kashima, Y Kataoka, N Katayama, T Kawasaki, R Keskitalo, A Kibayashi, T Kikuchi, K Kimura, T Kisner, Y Kobayashi, N Kogiso, A Kogut, K Kohri, E Komatsu, K Komatsu, K Konishi, N Krachmalnicoff, CL Kuo, N Kurinsky, A Kushino, M Kuwata-Gonokami, L Lamagna, M Lattanzi, AT Lee, E Linder, B Maffei, D Maino, M Maki, A Mangilli, E Martínez-González, S Masi, R Mathon, T Matsumura, A Mennella, M Migliaccio, Y Minami, K Mistuda, D Molinari, L Montier, G Morgante, B Mot, Y Murata, JA Murphy, M Nagai, R Nagata, S Nakamura, T Namikawa, P Natoli, S Nerval, T Nishibori, H Nishino, Y Nomura, F Noviello, C O’Sullivan, H Ochi, H Ogawa, H Ogawa, H Ohsaki, I Ohta, N Okada, N Okada, L Pagano, A Paiella, D Paoletti, G Patanchon, F Piacentini, G Pisano, G Polenta, D Poletti, T Prouvé, G Puglisi, D Rambaud, C Raum, S Realini, M Remazeilles, G Roudil, JA Rubiño-Martín, M Russell, H Sakurai, Y Sakurai, M Sandri, G Savini, D Scott, Y Sekimoto, BD Sherwin, K Shinozaki, M Shiraishi, P Shirron, G Signorelli, G Smecher, P Spizzi, SL Stever, R Stompor, S Sugiyama, A Suzuki, J Suzuki, E Switzer, R Takaku, H Takakura, S Takakura, Y Takeda, A Taylor, E Taylor, Y Terao, KL Thompson, B Thorne, M Tomasi, H Tomida, N Trappe, M Tristram, M Tsuji, M Tsujimoto, C Tucker, J Ullom, S Uozumi, S Utsunomiya, J Van Lanen, G Vermeulen, P Vielva, F Villa, M Vissers, N Vittorio, F Voisin, I Walker, N Watanabe, I Wehus, J Weller, B Westbrook, B Winter, E Wollack, R Yamamoto, NY Yamasaki, M Yanagisawa, T Yoshida, J Yumoto, M Zannoni, A Zonca
– Journal of Low Temperature Physics
(2020)
199,
1107
Cross-correlation of CMB Polarization Lensing with High-z Submillimeter Herschel-ATLAS Galaxies
MA Faúndez, K Arnold, C Baccigalupi, D Barron, D Beck, F Bianchini, D Boettger, J Borrill, J Carron, K Cheung, Y Chinone, HE Bouhargani, T Elleflot, J Errard, G Fabbian, C Feng, N Galitzki, N Goeckner-Wald, M Hasegawa, M Hazumi, L Howe, D Kaneko, N Katayama, B Keating, N Krachmalnicoff, A Kusaka, AT Lee, D Leon, E Linder, LN Lowry, F Matsuda, Y Minami, M Navaroli, H Nishino, ATP Pham, D Poletti, G Puglisi, CL Reichardt, BD Sherwin, M Silva-Feaver, R Stompor, A Suzuki, O Tajima, S Takakura, S Takatori, GP Teply, C Tsai, C Vergès
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2019)
886,
38
Evidence for the Cross-correlation between Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Lensing from Polarbear and Cosmic Shear from Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam
T Namikawa, Y Chinone, H Miyatake, M Oguri, R Takahashi, A Kusaka, N Katayama, S Adachi, M Aguilar, H Aihara, A Ali, R Armstrong, K Arnold, C Baccigalupi, D Barron, D Beck, S Beckman, F Bianchini, D Boettger, J Borrill, K Cheung, L Corbett, KT Crowley, HE Bouhargani, T Elleflot, J Errard, G Fabbian, C Feng, N Galitzki, N Goeckner-Wald, J Groh, T Hamada, M Hasegawa, M Hazumi, CA Hill, L Howe, O Jeong, D Kaneko, B Keating, AT Lee, D Leon, E Linder, LN Lowry, A Mangu, F Matsuda, Y Minami, S Miyazaki, H Murayama, M Navaroli, H Nishino, AJ Nishizawa, ATP Pham, D Poletti, G Puglisi, CL Reichardt, BD Sherwin, M Silva-Feaver, P Siritanasak, JS Speagle, R Stompor, A Suzuki, PJ Tait, O Tajima, M Takada, S Takakura, S Takatori, D Tanabe, M Tanaka, GP Teply, C Tsai, C Vergés, B Westbrook, Y Zhou
– Astrophysical Journal
(2019)
882,
62
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Research Group

Relativity and Gravitation

Room

B2.06

Telephone

01223 337906