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  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Alan Heavens is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and has made significant contributions to the field of physics and astronomy. Their research portfolio encompasses a variety of subfields, including astronomy and astrophysics, artificial intelligence, nuclear and high energy physics, instrumentation, and general health professions.

The primary research domains addressed by Heavens cover galaxies formation, evolution, and phenomena, as well as cosmology and gravitation theories. Their work also includes Gaussian processes and Bayesian inference, dark matter and cosmic phenomena, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, astronomy and astrophysical research, and historical developments in astronomy.

Heavens has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Cosmology intertwined: A review of the particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology associated with the cosmological tensions and anomalies (2022), Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna)
  • Snowmass2021 - Letter of interest cosmology intertwined II: The hubble constant tension (2021), Astroparticle Physics
  • Cosmology intertwined III: fσ8 and S8 (2021), Astroparticle Physics
  • Snowmass2021 - Letter of interest cosmology intertwined IV: The age of the universe and its curvature (2021), Astroparticle Physics
  • Snowmass2021 - Letter of interest cosmology intertwined I: Perspectives for the next decade (2021), Astroparticle Physics

Frequent co-authors with whom Heavens has collaborated include:

  • B. D. Wandelt
  • Özgür Akarsu
  • Eleonora Di Valentino
  • Luis A. Anchordoqui
  • Marika Asgari

Heavens' research has been published largely in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • Astroparticle Physics
  • The Open Journal of Astrophysics

In recognition of their contributions, Alan Heavens was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Planck 2013 results. I. Overview of products and scientific results

    P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. I. R. Alves

  • Euclid Definition Study Report

    R. Laureijs;J. Amiaux;S. Arduini;J.-L. Auguères

  • Cosmology and Fundamental Physics with the Euclid Satellite

    Luca Amendola;Stephen Appleby;Anastasios Avgoustidis;David Bacon

  • Cosmology and fundamental physics with the Euclid satellite

    Luca Amendola;Stephen Appleby;David Bacon;Tessa Baker

  • The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys

    K. C. Chambers;E. A. Magnier;N. Metcalfe;H. A. Flewelling

  • LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

    Paul A. Abell;Julius Allison;Scott F. Anderson

  • Planck 2015 results. XVII. Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity

    P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. Arnaud

  • Planck 2015 results. XIV. Dark energy and modified gravity

    P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. Arnaud

  • Planck 2015 results. I. Overview of products and scientific results

    R. Adam;P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim

  • Karhunen-Loève Eigenvalue Problems in Cosmology: How Should We Tackle Large Data Sets?

    Max Tegmark;Andy N. Taylor;Alan F. Heavens

  • Planck 2013 Results. XXIV. Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity

    P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;C. Armitage-Caplan

  • The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: The bias of galaxies and the density of the Universe

    Licia Verde;Licia Verde;Alan F. Heavens;Will J. Percival;Sabino Matarrese

  • The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: The bias of galaxies and the density of the Universe

    Licia Verde;Alan F. Heavens;Will J. Percival;Sabino Matarrese

  • CFHTLenS tomographic weak lensing cosmological parameter constraints: Mitigating the impact of intrinsic galaxy alignments

    Catherine Heymans;Emma Grocutt;Alan Heavens;Martin Kilbinger

  • Planck 2015 results: XIV. Dark energy and modified gravity

    Peter A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. Arnaud;M. Ashdown

  • Planck 2015 results - XVII. Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity

    Peter Ade;N. Aghanim;M. Arnaud;F. Arroja;F. Arroja

  • Planck 2013 results. XXIV. Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity

    P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;C. Armitage-Caplan;M. Arnaud

  • The star-formation history of the Universe from the stellar populations of nearby galaxies

    Alan Heavens;Benjamin Panter;Raul Jimenez;James Dunlop

  • Beyond ΛCDM: Problems, solutions, and the road ahead

    Philip Bull;Yashar Akrami;Julian Adamek;Tessa Baker

  • Cosmology and Fundamental Physics with the Euclid Satellite

    L Amendola;S Appleby;A Avgoustidis;D Bacon

Frequent Co-Authors

Licia Verde
Licia Verde University of Barcelona
Raul Jimenez
Raul Jimenez University of Barcelona
Catherine Heymans
Catherine Heymans University of Edinburgh
Sabino Matarrese
Sabino Matarrese University of Padua
John A. Peacock
John A. Peacock University of Edinburgh
Alessandro Melchiorri
Alessandro Melchiorri Sapienza University of Rome
Benjamin D. Wandelt
Benjamin D. Wandelt Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Fabio Finelli
Fabio Finelli National Institute for Astrophysics
Andrew H. Jaffe
Andrew H. Jaffe Imperial College London
George Efstathiou
George Efstathiou University of Cambridge

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