education and training
- B.S., California Institute of Technology
- M.A., Princeton University
- Ph.D., Princeton University
- Websites
Stark, Antony
Dr.
Positions
- Senior Astronomer, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 1991 -
Antarctic submillimeter astronomy (AST/RO Project); radio astronomical instrumentation; interstellar medium; galactic structure; cosmic background radiation; Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect observations; telescope control and data acquisition.
Background And Education
awards and honors
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2020
- Mountain Range in Antarctica named "Stark Ridge", conferred by U.S. Antarctic Program, 2006
Research And Grants
investigator on
- Determination of the Mass of Neutrino Species via the Galaxy Cluster Method using the SPT, PISCO, and Archival Data awarded by Competitive Grants Program for Science
- Determination of the Mass of Neutrino Species via the Galaxy Cluster Method using the SPT, PISCO, and Archival Data awarded by Competitive Grants Program for Science
Publications
selected publications
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- A demonstration of improved constraints on primordial gravitational waves with delensing 2021
- An Improved Measurement of the Secondary Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies from the SPT-SZ SPTpol Surveys 2021
- The Clusters Hiding in Plain Sight (CHiPS) Survey: CHIPS1911 4455, a Rapidly Cooling Core in a Merging Cluster 2021
- The Clusters Hiding in Plain Sight (CHiPS) Survey: Complete Sample of Extreme BCG Clusters 2021
- Broadband, millimeter-wave antireflection coatings for large-format, cryogenic aluminum oxide optics 2020
- Constraining the masses of high-redshift clusters with weak lensing: Revised shape calibration testing for the impact of stronger shears and increased blending 2020
- Constraints on Cosmological Parameters from the 500 deg2 SPTPOL Lensing Power Spectrum 2020
- Event Horizon Telescope imaging of the archetypal blazar 3C 279 at an extreme 20 microarcsecond resolution 2020
- Galaxy Clusters Selected via the Sunyaev─Zel'dovich Effect in the SPTpol 100-square-degree Survey 2020
- Measurements of B -mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background from 500 square degrees of SPTpol data 2020
- Millimeter-wave Point Sources from the 2500 Square Degree SPT-SZ Survey: Catalog and Population Statistics 2020
- Searching for anisotropic cosmic birefringence with polarization data from SPTpol 2020
- Strong Lensing Model of SPT-CL J0356-5337, a Major Merger Candidate at Redshift 1.0359 2020
- The Complete Redshift Distribution of Dusty Star-forming Galaxies from the SPT-SZ Survey 2020
- The Most Rapidly Declining Type I Supernova 2019bkc/ATLAS19dqr 2020
- The SPTpol Extended Cluster Survey 2020
- The [C II]/[N II] ratio in 3 < z < 6 sub-millimetre galaxies from the South Pole Telescope survey 2020
- Validation of selection function, sample contamination and mass calibration in galaxy cluster samples 2020
- A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Lensing Potential and Power Spectrum from 500 deg2 of SPTpol Temperature and Polarization Data 2019
- Cluster Cosmology Constraints from the 2500 deg2 SPT-SZ Survey: Inclusion of Weak Gravitational Lensing Data from Magellan and the Hubble Space Telescope 2019
- Consistency of cosmic microwave background temperature measurements in three frequency bands in the 2500-square-degree SPT-SZ survey 2019
- Cosmological lensing ratios with DES Y1, SPT, and Planck 2019
- Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Cross-correlation between Dark Energy Survey Y1 galaxy weak lensing and South Pole Telescope P l a n c k CMB weak lensing 2019
- Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Tomographic cross-correlations between Dark Energy Survey galaxies and CMB lensing from South Pole Telescope Planck 2019
- Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: Joint analysis of galaxy clustering, galaxy lensing, and CMB lensing two-point functions 2019
- Detection of CMB-Cluster Lensing using Polarization Data from SPTpol 2019
- Fractional polarization of extragalactic sources in the 500 deg2 SPTpol survey 2019
- Galaxy kinematics and mass calibration in massive SZE-selected galaxy clusters to z = 1.3 2019
- Mass Calibration of Optically Selected DES Clusters Using a Measurement of CMB-cluster Lensing with SPTpol Data 2019
- Measurement of the splashback feature around SZ-selected Galaxy clusters with DES, SPT, and ACT 2019
- Measurements of the Cross-spectra of the Cosmic Infrared and Microwave Backgrounds from 95 to 1200 GHz 2019
- Probing ISM Structure in Trumpler 14 and Carina I Using the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory 2 2019
- Source Structure and Molecular Gas Properties from High-resolution CO Imaging of SPT-selected Dusty Star-forming Galaxies 2019
- Spectroscopic Confirmation of Five Galaxy Clusters at z > 1.25 in the 2500 deg2 SPT-SZ Survey 2019
- Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect and X-ray scaling relations from weak lensing mass calibration of 32 South Pole Telescope selected galaxy clusters 2019
- A Comparison of Maps and Power Spectra Determined from South Pole Telescope and Planck Data 2018
- A massive core for a cluster of galaxies at a redshift of 4.3 2018
- Cosmic evolution and metal aversion in superluminous supernova host galaxies 2018
- Dense-gas tracers and carbon isotopes in five 2.5 < z < 4 lensed dusty star-forming galaxies from the SPT SMG sample 2018
- Design and Assembly of SPT-3G Cold Readout Hardware 2018
- Design and Bolometer Characterization of the SPT-3G First-Year Focal Plane 2018
- Fabrication of Detector Arrays for the SPT-3G Receiver 2018
- Fast molecular outflow from a dusty star-forming galaxy in the early Universe 2018
- Galaxy growth in a massive halo in the first billion years of cosmic history 2018
- Impact of Electrical Contacts Design and Materials on the Stability of Ti Superconducting Transition Shape 2018
- Measurements of the Temperature and E-mode Polarization of the CMB from 500 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data 2018
- Optical Characterization of the SPT-3G Camera 2018
- SPT-3G: A Multichroic Receiver for the South Pole Telescope 2018
- The Clusters Hiding in Plain Sight (CHiPS) Survey: A First Discovery of a Massive Nearby Cluster around PKS 1353-341 2018
- Thermal Links and Microstrip Transmission Lines in SPT-3G Bolometers 2018
- Tuning SPT-3G Transition-Edge-Sensor Electrical Properties with a Four-Layer Ti–Au–Ti–Au Thin-Film Stack 2018
- A 2500 deg2 CMB Lensing Map from Combined South Pole Telescope and Planck Data 2017
- CMB Polarization B-mode Delensing with SPTpol and Herschel 2017
- Testing for X-Ray–SZ Differences and Redshift Evolution in the X-Ray Morphology of Galaxy Clusters 2017
- Velocity Segregation and Systematic Biases In Velocity Dispersion Estimates with the SPT-GMOS Spectroscopic Survey 2017
- An ALMA view of the interstellar medium of the z = 4.77 lensed starburst SPT-S J213242-5802.9 2016
- Cosmological Constraints from Galaxy Clusters in the 2500 Square-degree SPT-SZ Survey 2016
- Maps of the Magellanic Clouds from Combined South Pole Telescope and PLANCK Data 2016
- Millimeter Transient Point Sources in the SPTpol 100 Square Degree Survey 2016
- Probing star formation in the dense environments of z ˜ 1 lensing haloes aligned with dusty star-forming galaxies detected with the South Pole Telescope 2016
- SPT-GMOS: A Gemini/GMOS-South Spectroscopic Survey of Galaxy Clusters in the SPT-SZ Survey 2016
- SPT0346-52: Negligible AGN Activity in a Compact, Hyper-starburst Galaxy at z = 5.7 2016
- Star-forming Brightest Cluster Galaxies at 0.25 > z > 1.25: A Transitioning Fuel Supply 2016
- The Evolution of the Intracluster Medium Metallicity in Sunyaev Zel'dovich-selected Galaxy Clusters at 0 > z > 1.5 2016
- The Redshift Distribution of Dusty Star-forming Galaxies from the SPT Survey 2016
- A Measurement of Gravitational Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background by Galaxy Clusters Using Data from the South Pole Telescope 2015
- A Measurement of Secondary Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies from the 2500 Square- degree SPT-SZ Survey 2015
- A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Gravitational Lensing Potential from 100 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data 2015
- A rocky planet transiting a nearby low-mass star 2015
- Analysis of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect mass-observable relations using South Pole Telescope observations of an X-ray selected sample of low-mass galaxy clusters and groups 2015
- Constraints on the richness-mass relation and the optical-SZE positional offset distribution for SZE-selected clusters 2015
- Fabrication of large dual-polarized multichroic TES bolometer arrays for CMB measurements with the SPT-3G camera 2015
- Galaxy Clusters Discovered via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the 2500-Square-Degree SPT-SZ Survey 2015
- Mass Calibration and Cosmological Analysis of the SPT-SZ Galaxy Cluster Sample Using Velocity Dispersion ? v and X-Ray Y X Measurements 2015
- Measurement of Galaxy Cluster Integrated Comptonization and Mass Scaling Relations with the South Pole Telescope 2015
- Measurements of E-Mode Polarization and Temperature-E-Mode Correlation in the Cosmic Microwave Background from 100 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data 2015
- Measurements of Sub-degree B-mode Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background from 100 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data 2015
- Neutrino physics from the cosmic microwave background and large scale structure 2015
- The Mopra Southern Galactic Plane CO Survey - Data Release 1 2015
- The nature of the [C II] emission in dusty star-forming galaxies from the SPT survey 2015
- A Measurement of the Secondary-CMB and Millimeter-wave-foreground Bispectrum using 800 deg2 of South Pole Telescope Data 2014
- Constraints on Cosmology from the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectrum of the 2500 deg2 SPT-SZ Survey 2014
- Constraints on the CMB temperature evolution using multiband measurements of the Sunyaev- Zel'dovich effect with the South Pole Telescope 2014
- SPT-CL J2040-4451: An SZ-selected Galaxy Cluster at z = 1.478 with Significant Ongoing Star Formation 2014
- The Redshift Evolution of the Mean Temperature, Pressure, and Entropy Profiles in 80 SPT- Selected Galaxy Clusters 2014
- The Rest-frame Submillimeter Spectrum of High-redshift, Dusty, Star-forming Galaxies 2014
- A Direct Measurement of the Linear Bias of Mid-infrared-selected Quasars at z ˜ 1 Using Cosmic Microwave Background Lensing 2013
- A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Damping Tail from the 2500-Square- Degree SPT-SZ Survey 2013
- ALMA Observations of SPT-discovered, Strongly Lensed, Dusty, Star-forming Galaxies 2013
- ALMA Redshifts of Millimeter-selected Galaxies from the SPT Survey: The Redshift Distribution of Dusty Star-forming Galaxies 2013
- Cosmological Constraints from Sunyaev-Zel'dovich-selected Clusters with X-Ray Observations in the First 178 deg2 of the South Pole Telescope Survey 2013
- Detection of B-Mode Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background with Data from the South Pole Telescope 2013
- Dusty starburst galaxies in the early Universe as revealed by gravitational lensing 2013
- Extragalactic Millimeter-wave Point-source Catalog, Number Counts and Statistics from 771 deg2 of the SPT-SZ Survey 2013
- Galaxy Clusters Discovered via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the First 720 Square Degrees of the South Pole Telescope Survey 2013
- Large gas reservoirs and free-free emission in two lensed star-forming galaxies at z = 2.7 2013
- SPT 0538–50: Physical Conditions in the Interstellar Medium of a Strongly Lensed Dusty Star- forming Galaxy at z = 2.8 2013
- SPT-CL J0205-5829: A z = 1.32 Evolved Massive Galaxy Cluster in the South Pole Telescope Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Survey 2013
- The Growth of Cool Cores and Evolution of Cooling Properties in a Sample of 83 Galaxy Clusters at 0.3 < z < 1.2 Selected from the SPT-SZ Survey 2013
- The Mopra Southern Galactic Plane CO Survey 2013
- A Measurement of Gravitational Lensing of the Microwave Background Using South Pole Telescope Data 2012
- A Measurement of Secondary Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies with Two Years of South Pole Telescope Observations 2012
- A Measurement of the Correlation of Galaxy Surveys with CMB Lensing Convergence Maps from the South Pole Telescope 2012
- A massive, cooling-flow-induced starburst in the core of a luminous cluster of galaxies 2012
- Cosmic Microwave Background Constraints on the Duration and Timing of Reionization from the South Pole Telescope 2012
- High-redshift Cool-core Galaxy Clusters Detected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the South Pole Telescope Survey 2012
- Redshifts, Sample Purity, and BCG Positions for the Galaxy Cluster Catalog from the First 720 Square Degrees of the South Pole Telescope Survey 2012
- SPTpol: an instrument for CMB polarization measurements with the South Pole Telescope 2012
- Submillimeter Observations of Millimeter Bright Galaxies Discovered by the South Pole Telescope 2012
- Weak-lensing Mass Measurements of Five Galaxy Clusters in the South Pole Telescope Survey Using Magellan/Megacam 2012
- A 205 ?m [N II] Map of the Carina Nebula 2011
- A Measurement of the Damping Tail of the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectrum with the South Pole Telescope 2011
- A Multiband Study of the Galaxy Populations of the First Four Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Selected Galaxy Clusters 2011
- Improved Constraints on Cosmic Microwave Background Secondary Anisotropies from the Complete 2008 South Pole Telescope Data 2011
- Measuring space-time variation of the fundamental constants with redshifted submillimetre transitions of neutral carbon 2011
- The 10 Meter South Pole Telescope 2011
- The First Public Release of South Pole Telescope Data: Maps of a 95 deg2 Field from 2008 Observations 2011
- The Galactic Center in the Far-infrared 2011
- Angular Power Spectra of the Millimeter-wavelength Background Light from Dusty Star- forming Galaxies with the South Pole Telescope 2010
- Extragalactic Millimeter-wave Sources in South Pole Telescope Survey Data: Source Counts, Catalog, and Statistics for an 87 Square-degree Field 2010
- Measurements of Secondary Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies with the South Pole Telescope 2010
- Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Cluster Profiles Measured with the South Pole Telescope 2010
- Galaxy Clusters Discovered with a Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Survey 2009
- Large-Scale CO Maps of the Lupus Molecular Cloud Complex 2009
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Location
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department
Mailing Address
- 60 Garden St. MS 42; Cambridge, MA 02138
Shipping Address
- 100 Acorn Park Drive; Cambridge, MA 02140
