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Josh Bloom
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 121
Citations - 11106
Josh Bloom is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gamma-ray burst & Supernova. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 121 publications receiving 9855 citations. Previous affiliations of Josh Bloom include Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & California Institute of Technology.
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LSST: from Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products
Željko Ivezić,Steven M. Kahn,J. Anthony Tyson,Bob Abel,Emily Acosta,R. A. Allsman,David Alonso,Yusra AlSayyad,Scott F. Anderson,John Andrew,James Roger P. Angel,George Angeli,R. Ansari,P. Antilogus,Constanza Araujo,Robert Armstrong,Kirk Arndt,Pierre Astier,Éric Aubourg,Nicole Auza,Tim Axelrod,Deborah Bard,J. Barr,A. Barrau,James G. Bartlett,Amanda E. Bauer,Brian J. Bauman,S. Baumont,Andrew C. Becker,Jacek Becla,Cristina E. Beldica,Steve Bellavia,Federica B. Bianco,Rahul Biswas,G. Blanc,Jonathan Blazek,Roger Blandford,Josh Bloom,J.R. Bogart,Tim W. Bond,A. W. Borgland,Kirk D. Borne,James Bosch,D. Boutigny,Craig A. Brackett,Andrew Bradshaw,W. N. Brandt,Michael E. Brown,James S. Bullock,Patricia R. Burchat,D. L. Burke,Gianpietro Cagnoli,Daniel Calabrese,Shawn Callahan,Alice L. Callen,Srinivasan Chandrasekharan,Glenaver Charles-Emerson,Steve Chesley,Elliott Cheu,Hsin-Fang Chiang,James Chiang,Carol Chirino,Derek Chow,David R. Ciardi,Charles F. Claver,Johann Cohen-Tanugi,Joseph J. Cockrum,Rebecca Coles,Andrew J. Connolly,Kem H. Cook,Asantha Cooray,Kevin R. Covey,Chris Cribbs,Wei Cui,Roc M. Cutri,P. N. Daly,Scott F. Daniel,Felipe Daruich,Guillaume Daubard,Greg Daues,William A. Dawson,Francisco Delgado,Alfred Dellapenna,Robert de Peyster,Miguel de Val-Borro,Seth Digel,Peter Doherty,Richard Dubois,G. P. Dubois-Felsmann,Josef Durech,Frossie Economou,Michael Eracleous,Henry C. Ferguson,Enrique Figueroa,Merlin Fisher-Levine,W. B. Focke,Michael D. Foss,James Frank,Michael D. Freemon,E. Gangler,Eric Gawiser,John C. Geary,Perry M. Gee,Marla Geha,Charles J. B. Gessner,Robert R. Gibson,D. Kirk Gilmore,T. Glanzman,William Glick,Tatiana Goldina,Daniel A. Goldstein,Iain Goodenow,Melissa L. Graham,William J. Gressler,Philippe Luc Yves Gris,Leanne P. Guy,Augustin Guyonnet,Gunther Haller,Ron Harris,P. Hascall,Justine Haupt,Fabio Hernandez,Sven Herrmann,Edward Hileman,Joshua Hoblitt,John A. Hodgson,Craig J. Hogan,Dajun Huang,M.E. Huffer,P. Ingraham,Walter R. Innes,Suzanne Jacoby,Bhuvnesh Jain,Fabrice Jammes,James Jee,Tim Jenness,G. Jernigan,Darko Jevremović,Kenneth Johns,A. S. Johnson,M. W. G. Johnson,R. Lynne Jones,Claire Juramy-Gilles,Mario Juric,Jason S. Kalirai,Nitya Kallivayalil,Bryce Kalmbach,Jeffrey P. Kantor,P. Karst,Mansi M. Kasliwal,H. Kelly,Richard Kessler,Veronica Kinnison,D. Kirkby,Lloyd Knox,Ivan Kotov,V. Krabbendam,K. Simon Krughoff,Petr Kubánek,John Kuczewski,Shri Kulkarni,John Ku,N. Kurita,Craig S. Lage,Ron Lambert,Travis Lange,J. Brian Langton,Laurent Le Guillou,D. Levine,Ming Liang,Kian-Tat Lim,Chris Lintott,Kevin E. Long,Margaux Lopez,Paul J. Lotz,Robert H. Lupton,Nate B. Lust,Lauren A. MacArthur,Ashish Mahabal,Rachel Mandelbaum,Darren S. Marsh,Philip J. Marshall,S. L. Marshall,Morgan May,Robert McKercher,Michelle McQueen,Joshua Meyers,Myriam Migliore,M. L. Miller,David J. Mills,Connor Miraval,Joachim Moeyens,David G. Monet,M. Moniez,Serge Monkewitz,Christopher Montgomery,Fritz Mueller,Gary P. Muller,Freddy Munoz Arancibia,Douglas R. Neill,Scott P. Newbry,Jean-Yves Nief,Andrei Nomerotski,Martin Nordby,Paul O'Connor,John Oliver,Scot S. Olivier,Knut Olsen,William O'Mullane,Sandra Ortiz,Shawn Osier,Russell Owen,Reynald Pain,Paul E. Palecek,John K. Parejko,James B. Parsons,Nathan M. Pease,J. Matt Peterson,John R. Peterson,Don Petravick,M. E.Libby Petrick,C. E. Petry,Francesco Pierfederici,Stephen R. Pietrowicz,R. Pike,Philip A. Pinto,Raymond Plante,S. Plate,Paul A. Price,Michael Prouza,V. Radeka,J. Rajagopal,Andrew P. Rasmussen,Nicolas Regnault,Kevin Reil,David J Reiss,Michael A. Reuter,Stephen T. Ridgway,Vincent J. Riot,Steve Ritz,Sean M. Robinson,William Roby,A. Roodman,Wayne Rosing,Cecille Roucelle,Matthew R. Rumore,Stefano Russo,Abhijit Saha,B. Sassolas,T. Schalk,Pim Schellart,Rafe Schindler,Samuel Schmidt,Donald P. Schneider,Michael Schneider,William Schoening,German Schumacher,Megan E. Schwamb,Jacques Sebag,Brian M. Selvy,G. H. Sembroski,Lynn G. Seppala,Andrew Serio,Eduardo P. Serrano,Richard A. Shaw,Ian Shipsey,Jonathan Sick,Nicole M. Silvestri,C. T. Slater,J. Allyn Smith,R. Chris Smith,Shahram Sobhani,Christine Soldahl,Lisa J. Storrie-Lombardi,Edward Stover,Michael A. Strauss,Rachel Street,Christopher W. Stubbs,Ian Sullivan,Donald W. Sweeney,John D. Swinbank,Alexander S. Szalay,Péter Takács,Stephen A. Tether,Jon J Thaler,J. G. Thayer,Sandrine Thomas,V. Thukral,Jeff Tice,David Trilling,M. Turri,Richard Van Berg,Daniel E. Vanden Berk,K. Vetter,Francoise Virieux,Tomislav Vucina,William Wahl,Lucianne M. Walkowicz,Brian Walsh,C. W. Walter,Daniel L. Wang,Shin-Yawn Wang,Michael Warner,Oliver Wiecha,Beth Willman,Scott Winters,David Wittman,Sidney C. Wolff,W. Michael Wood-Vasey,Xiuqin Wu,Bo Xin,Peter Yoachim,Hu Zhan +312 more
TL;DR: The LSST design is driven by four main science themes: probing dark energy and dark matter, taking an inventory of the solar system, exploring the transient optical sky, and mapping the Milky Way.
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LSST: From Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products
Željko Ivezić,Steven M. Kahn,J. Anthony Tyson,Bob Abel,Emily Acosta,R. A. Allsman,David Alonso,Y. AlSayyad,Scott F. Anderson,John Andrew,James Roger P. Angel,George Z. Angeli,R. Ansari,P. Antilogus,Constanza Araujo,Robert Armstrong,Kirk Arndt,Pierre Astier,Éric Aubourg,Nicole Auza,Tim Axelrod,D. J. Bard,J. Barr,A. Barrau,James G. Bartlett,Amanda E. Bauer,Brian J. Bauman,S. Baumont,Ellen Bechtol,Keith Bechtol,Andrew C. Becker,Jacek Becla,Cristina E. Beldica,Steve Bellavia,Federica B. Bianco,Rahul Biswas,G. Blanc,G. Blanc,Jonathan Blazek,Jonathan Blazek,Roger Blandford,Josh Bloom,J.R. Bogart,Tim W. Bond,Michael T. Booth,A. W. Borgland,Kirk D. Borne,James Bosch,D. Boutigny,Craig A. Brackett,Andrew Bradshaw,W. N. Brandt,Michael E. Brown,James S. Bullock,Patricia R. Burchat,D. L. Burke,Gianpietro Cagnoli,Daniel Calabrese,Shawn Callahan,Alice L. Callen,Jeffrey L. Carlin,Erin L. Carlson,Srinivasan Chandrasekharan,Glenaver Charles-Emerson,Steve Chesley,Elliott Cheu,Hsin Fang Chiang,James Chiang,Carol Chirino,Derek Chow,David R. Ciardi,Charles F. Claver,Johann Cohen-Tanugi,Joseph J. Cockrum,Rebecca Coles,Andrew J. Connolly,Kem H. Cook,Asantha Cooray,Kevin R. Covey,Chris Cribbs,Wei Cui,Roc M. Cutri,P. N. Daly,Scott F. Daniel,Felipe Daruich,Guillaume Daubard,Greg Daues,William A. Dawson,Francisco Delgado,Alfred Dellapenna,Robert de Peyster,Miguel de Val-Borro,Seth Digel,Peter Doherty,Richard Dubois,G. P. Dubois-Felsmann,Josef Durech,Frossie Economou,Tim Eifler,Michael Eracleous,Benjamin L. Emmons,Angelo Fausti Neto,Henry C. Ferguson,Enrique Figueroa,Merlin Fisher-Levine,W. B. Focke,Michael D. Foss,James Frank,Michael D. Freemon,E. Gangler,Eric Gawiser,John C. Geary,Perry M. Gee,Marla Geha,Charles J. B. Gessner,R. R. Gibson,D. Kirk Gilmore,T. Glanzman,William Glick,Tatiana Goldina,Daniel A. Goldstein,Daniel A. Goldstein,Iain Goodenow,Melissa L. Graham,William J. Gressler,Philippe Luc Yves Gris,Leanne P. Guy,Augustin Guyonnet,Gunther Haller,Ron Harris,P. Hascall,Justine Haupt,Fabio Hernandez,Sven Herrmann,Edward Hileman,Joshua Hoblitt,John A. Hodgson,Craig J. Hogan,J. Howard,Dajun Huang,M.E. Huffer,Patrick Ingraham,Walter R. Innes,Suzanne Jacoby,Bhuvnesh Jain,Fabrice Jammes,M. James Jee,M. James Jee,Tim Jenness,G. Jernigan,Darko Jevremović,Kenneth Johns,A. S. Johnson,M. W. G. Johnson,R. Lynne Jones,Claire Juramy-Gilles,Mario Juric,Jason S. Kalirai,Nitya Kallivayalil,Bryce Kalmbach,Jeffrey P. Kantor,P. Karst,Mansi M. Kasliwal,H. Kelly,Richard Kessler,Veronica Kinnison,D. Kirkby,Lloyd Knox,Ivan Kotov,V. Krabbendam,K. Simon Krughoff,Petr Kubánek,John Kuczewski,Shri Kulkarni,John Ku,N. Kurita,Craig S. Lage,Ron Lambert,Travis Lange,J. Brian Langton,Laurent Le Guillou,D. Levine,Ming Liang,Kian Tat Lim,Chris Lintott,Kevin E. Long,Margaux Lopez,Paul J. Lotz,Robert H. Lupton,Nate B. Lust,Lauren A. MacArthur,Ashish Mahabal,Rachel Mandelbaum,Thomas W. Markiewicz,Darren S. Marsh,Philip J. Marshall,S. L. Marshall,Morgan May,Robert McKercher,Michelle McQueen,J. Meyers,Myriam Migliore,M. L. Miller,David Mills,Connor Miraval,Joachim Moeyens,Fred Moolekamp,Fred Moolekamp,David G. Monet,M. Moniez,Serge Monkewitz,Christopher Montgomery,Christopher B. Morrison,Fritz Mueller,Gary P. Muller,Freddy Munoz Arancibia,Douglas R. Neill,Scott P. Newbry,Jean Yves Nief,Andrei Nomerotski,Martin Nordby,Paul O'Connor,John Oliver,Scot S. Olivier,Knut Olsen,William O'Mullane,Sandra Ortiz,Shawn Osier,Russell Owen,Reynald Pain,Paul E. Palecek,John K. Parejko,James B. Parsons,Nathan M. Pease,J. Matt Peterson,John R. Peterson,Don Petravick,M. E.Libby Petrick,C. E. Petry,Francesco Pierfederici,Stephen R. Pietrowicz,R. Pike,Philip A. Pinto,Raymond L. Plante,S. Plate,J. Plutchak,Paul A. Price,Michael Prouza,V. Radeka,J. Rajagopal,Andrew P. Rasmussen,Nicolas Regnault,Kevin Reil,David J Reiss,Michael A. Reuter,Stephen T. Ridgway,Vincent J. Riot,Steve Ritz,Sean Robinson,William Roby,A. Roodman,Wayne Rosing,Cecille Roucelle,Matthew R. Rumore,Stefano Russo,Abhijit Saha,B. Sassolas,T. Schalk,Pim Schellart,Pim Schellart,Rafe Schindler,S. J. Schmidt,Donald P. Schneider,Michael Schneider,William Schoening,German Schumacher,Megan E. Schwamb,Jacques Sebag,Brian M. Selvy,G. H. Sembroski,Lynn G. Seppala,Andrew Serio,Eduardo P. Serrano,Richard A. Shaw,Ian Shipsey,Jonathan Sick,Nicole M. Silvestri,C. T. Slater,J. Allyn Smith,R. Chris Smith,Shahram Sobhani,Christine Soldahl,Lisa J. Storrie-Lombardi,Edward Stover,Michael A. Strauss,Rachel Street,Christopher W. Stubbs,Ian Sullivan,Donald W. Sweeney,John D. Swinbank,John D. Swinbank,Alexander S. Szalay,Péter Takács,Stephen A. Tether,Jon J Thaler,J. G. Thayer,Sandrine Thomas,Adam J. Thornton,V. Thukral,Jeff Tice,David Trilling,M. Turri,Richard Van Berg,Richard Van Berg,Daniel E. Vanden Berk,K. Vetter,Francoise Virieux,Tomislav Vucina,William Wahl,Lucianne M. Walkowicz,Lucianne M. Walkowicz,Brian Walsh,C. W. Walter,Daniel L. Wang,Shin Yawn Wang,Michael Warner,Oliver Wiecha,Beth Willman,Scott Winters,David Wittman,Sidney C. Wolff,W. Michael Wood-Vasey,Xiuqin Wu,Bo Xin,Peter Yoachim,Hu Zhan +335 more
TL;DR: The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) as discussed by the authors is a large, wide-field ground-based system designed to obtain repeated images covering the sky visible from Cerro Pachon in northern Chile.
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An Extremely Luminous Panchromatic Outburst from the Nucleus of a Distant Galaxy
Andrew J. Levan,Nial R. Tanvir,S. B. Cenko,Daniel A. Perley,Klaas Wiersema,Josh Bloom,A. S. Fruchter,A. de Ugarte Postigo,P. T. O'Brien,Nathaniel R. Butler,A. J. van der Horst,Giorgos Leloudas,Adam N. Morgan,Kuntal Misra,Geoffrey C. Bower,Jay Farihi,R. L. Tunnicliffe,Maryam Modjaz,J. M. Silverman,Jens Hjorth,Christina C. Thöne,Antonino Cucchiara,J. M. Castro Cerón,A. J. Castro-Tirado,Jacob A. Arnold,M. Bremer,Jean P. Brodie,T. Carroll,Michael C. Cooper,P. A. Curran,R. M. Cutri,J. Ehle,Duncan A. Forbes,Johan P. U. Fynbo,Javier Gorosabel,John D. Graham,John D. Graham,D. I. Hoffman,Sergei Guziy,Pall Jakobsson,Atish Kamble,T. Kerr,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Chryssa Kouveliotou,Daniel Kocevski,Nicholas M. Law,Peter Nugent,Peter Nugent,Eran O. Ofek,Dovi Poznanski,Dovi Poznanski,Robert M. Quimby,E. Rol,Aaron J. Romanowsky,R. Sanchez-Ramirez,Steve Schulze,N. Singh,N. Singh,L. van Spaandonk,L. van Spaandonk,R. L. C. Starling,Richard G. Strom,Richard G. Strom,J. C. Tello,Ovidiu Vaduvescu,Peter J. Wheatley,Ralph A. M. J. Wijers,J. M. Winters,D. Xu +68 more
TL;DR: Multiwavelength observations of a unique γ-ray–selected transient detected by the Swift satellite, accompanied by bright emission across the electromagnetic spectrum, and whose properties are unlike any previously observed source are presented.
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PTF 11kx: a type Ia supernova with a symbiotic nova progenitor
Ben Dilday,Ben Dilday,D. A. Howell,D. A. Howell,S. B. Cenko,J. M. Silverman,Peter Nugent,Peter Nugent,Mark Sullivan,Sagi Ben-Ami,Lars Bildsten,Lars Bildsten,Michael Bolte,Michael Endl,Alexei V. Filippenko,Orly Gnat,Assaf Horesh,Eric Hsiao,Eric Hsiao,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Mansi M. Kasliwal,David Kirkman,Kate Maguire,G. W. Marcy,K. Moore,Yen-Chen Pan,Jerod T. Parrent,Jerod T. Parrent,P. Podsiadlowski,Robert M. Quimby,Assaf Sternberg,Nao Suzuki,David Tytler,Dong Xu,Josh Bloom,Avishay Gal-Yam,I. M. Hook,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni,Nicholas M. Law,Eran O. Ofek,David Polishook,Dovi Poznanski +41 more
TL;DR: A temporal series of high-resolution optical spectra of the SN Ia PTF 11kx reveals a complex circumstellar environment that provides an unprecedentedly detailed view of the progenitor system.
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Circumstellar Material in Type Ia Supernovae via Sodium Absorption Features
Assaf Sternberg,Avishay Gal-Yam,J. D. Simon,Douglas C. Leonard,R. M. Quimby,Mark M. Phillips,Nidia Morrell,Ian B. Thompson,Inese I. Ivans,Jennifer L. Marshall,Alexei V. Filippenko,G. W. Marcy,Josh Bloom,Ferdinando Patat,Ryan J. Foley,David Yong,Bryan E. Penprase,Daniel J. Beeler,C. Allende Prieto,C. Allende Prieto,Guy S. Stringfellow +20 more
TL;DR: It is shown that the velocity structure of absorbing material along the line of sight to 35 type Ia supernovae tends to be blueshifted, and these structures are likely signatures of gas outflows from the supernova progenitor systems.