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  • 2013 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Rachel Mandelbaum is a researcher affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their scientific contributions primarily lie within the field of physics and astronomy, focusing extensively on astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, and related subfields.

Their research covers a broad array of topics, including:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology

Rachel Mandelbaum has contributed to a substantial body of research publications. Some of the recent notable papers include:

  • "Hyper Suprime-Cam Year 3 results: Cosmology from cosmic shear power spectra" (2023), published in Physical Review D
  • "Hyper Suprime-Cam Year 3 results: Cosmology from cosmic shear two-point correlation functions" (2023), published in Physical Review D
  • "Optimization of the Observing Cadence for the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time: A Pioneering Process of Community-focused Experimental Design" (2021), published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • "The three-year shear catalog of the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam SSP Survey" (2022), published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
  • "Hyper Suprime-Cam Year 3 results: Cosmology from galaxy clustering and weak lensing with HSC and SDSS using the minimal bias model" (2023), published in Physical Review D

The scientist's publications frequently appear in specific venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Physical Review D
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Collaborations form an important aspect of their research activities, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Xiangchong Li
  • Tianqing Zhang
  • Hironao Miyatake
  • Mike Jarvis
  • Masahiro Takada

Rachel Mandelbaum's academic work spans complex observational and theoretical studies related to cosmology, galaxy formation, and adaptive optics technologies. Their research contributes data and analysis methods pertinent to current large-scale astronomical surveys.

Among their recognitions, they were named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2013.

Best Publications

  • The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Kevork N. Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-Mccarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam

  • LSST: from Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products

    Željko Ivezić;Steven M. Kahn;J. Anthony Tyson;Bob Abel

  • The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

  • SDSS-III: Massive Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

  • The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

  • SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

  • The Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Data from SDSS-III

    Hiroaki Aihara;Carlos Allende Prieto;Deokkeun An

  • THE BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF SDSS-III

    Kyle S. Dawson;David J. Schlegel;Christopher P. Ahn;Scott F. Anderson

  • The Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Data from SDSS-III

    Hiroaki Aihara;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;Deokkeun An;Scott F. Anderson

  • The ninth data release of the sloan digital sky survey: First spectroscopic data from the sdss-iii baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey

    Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto;Scott F. Anderson

  • The Ninth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey

    Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • LSST: From Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products

    Željko Ivezić;Steven M. Kahn;J. Anthony Tyson;Bob Abel

  • LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

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

  • Galaxy halo masses and satellite fractions from galaxy-galaxy lensing in the SDSS: stellar mass, luminosity, morphology, and environment dependencies

    Rachel Mandelbaum;Uros Seljak;Guinevere Kauffmann;Christopher M. Hirata

  • The Hyper Suprime-Cam SSP Survey: Overview and Survey Design

    H. Aihara;N. Arimoto;R. Armstrong;S. Arnouts

  • Galaxy halo masses and satellite fractions from galaxy–galaxy lensing in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: stellar mass, luminosity, morphology and environment dependencies

    Rachel Mandelbaum;Uroš Seljak;Uroš Seljak;Guinevere Kauffmann;Christopher M. Hirata

  • Cosmology from cosmic shear power spectra with Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam first-year data

    Chiaki Hikage;Masamune Oguri;Masamune Oguri;Takashi Hamana;Surhud More;Surhud More

  • The Hyper Suprime-Cam SSP Survey: Overview and survey design

    Hiroaki Aihara;Nobuo Arimoto;Nobuo Arimoto;Robert Armstrong;Stéphane Arnouts

  • The Hyper Suprime-Cam software pipeline

    James Bosch;Robert Armstrong;Steven Bickerton;Hisanori Furusawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Uroš Seljak
Uroš Seljak University of California, Berkeley
Christopher M. Hirata
Christopher M. Hirata The Ohio State University
Michael A. Strauss
Michael A. Strauss University of Oklahoma
Masamune Oguri
Masamune Oguri Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
David N. Spergel
David N. Spergel Princeton University
Masahiro Takada
Masahiro Takada Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
Robert H. Lupton
Robert H. Lupton Princeton University
Jeffrey A. Newman
Jeffrey A. Newman University of Pittsburgh
Satoshi Miyazaki
Satoshi Miyazaki The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Masayuki Tanaka
Masayuki Tanaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences

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