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Risa H. Wechsler
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 572
Citations - 63450
Risa H. Wechsler is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Galaxy & Dark matter. The author has an hindex of 116, co-authored 528 publications receiving 54728 citations. Previous affiliations of Risa H. Wechsler include University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign & Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Forecasting [C II] line-intensity mapping measurements between the end of reionization and the epoch of galaxy assembly
Abstract: We combine recent simulation work on the SFR--[C II] correlation at high redshift with empirical modeling of the galaxy--halo connection (via UniverseMachine) to forecast [C II] auto power spectra from $z\sim4$ to $z\sim8$. We compare these to sensitivities realistically expected from various instruments expected to come on-line in the next decade. If the predictions of our model are correct, [C II] should be detectable up to $z\sim6$ in this generation of surveys, but detecting [C II] past the end of reionization will require a generational leap in line-intensity survey capabilities.
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The HST See Change Program: I. Survey Design, Pipeline, and Supernova Discoveries
Brian Hayden,David Rubin,Kyle Boone,Greg Aldering,J. Nordin,Mark Brodwin,Susana E. Deustua,S. Dixon,Parker Fagrelius,A. S. Fruchter,Peter Eisenhardt,Anthony H. Gonzalez,Ravi R. Gupta,Isobel Hook,Chris Lidman,Kyle Luther,Adam Muzzin,Zachary Raha,Pilar Ruiz-Lapuente,Clare Saunders,Caroline Sofiatti,Adam Stanford,Nao Suzuki,Tracy Webb,Steven Williams,Gillian Wilson,Mike Yen,Rahman Amanullah,Kyle Barbary,Hans Böhringer,Greta Chappell,Carlos E. Cunha,Miles Currie,Rene Fassbender,Michael D. Gladders,Ariel Goobar,Hendrik Hildenrandt,Henk Hoekstra,Xiaosheng Huang,Dragan Huterer,M. James Jee,Alex G. Kim,Marek Kowalski,Eric V. Linder,J. Meyers,Reynald Pain,Saul Perlmutter,Johan Richard,Piero Rosati,Eduardo Rozo,Eli S. Rykoff,J. S. Santos,A. L. Spadafora,Daniel Stern,Risa H. Wechsler,Supernova Cosmology +55 more
TL;DR: The See Change survey as mentioned in this paper was designed to make $z>1$ cosmological measurements by efficiently discovering high-redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and improving cluster mass measurements through weak lensing.
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The C4 Clustering Algorithm: Clusters of Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Christopher J. Miller,Robert C. Nichol,Robert C. Nichol,Daniel E. Reichart,Risa H. Wechsler,August E. Evrard,James Annis,Timothy A. McKay,Neta A. Bahcall,Mariangela Bernardi,Mariangela Bernardi,Hans Boehringer,Andrew J. Connolly,Tomotsugu Goto,Alexie Kniazev,D. Q. Lamb,Marc Postman,Donald P. Schneider,Ravi K. Sheth,Wolfgang Voges +19 more
TL;DR: The C4 catalog as discussed by the authors is a new sample of 748 clusters of galaxies identified in the spectroscopic sample of the Second Data Release (DR2) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS).
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Dark Matter Constraints from a Unified Analysis of Strong Gravitational Lenses and Milky Way Satellite Galaxies.
Ethan O. Nadler,Simon Birrer,Daniel Gilman,Risa H. Wechsler,Xiaolong Du,Andrew J. Benson,Anna Nierenberg,Tommaso Treu +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a multidimensional analysis of dark matter substructure using strong gravitational lenses and the Milky Way satellite galaxy population was presented, accounting for degeneracies in model predictions and using covariances in the constraining power of individual probes for the first time.
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Robust Optical Richness Estimation with Reduced Scatter
Eli S. Rykoff,Benjamin P. Koester,Eduardo Rozo,James Annis,August E. Evrard,Sarah Hansen,Jiangang Hao,David Johnston,Timothy A. McKay,Risa H. Wechsler,Risa H. Wechsler +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider various modifications to the red-sequence matched filter richness estimator of Rozo et al. and evaluate their impact on the scatter in X-ray luminosity at fixed richness.