Christopher Hirata's Publication List

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• Gravitational lensing of galaxies: theory & methods
• Gravitational lensing of galaxies: observation
• Recombination epoch
• Cosmic microwave background
• 21 cm radiation and Dark Ages
• Large scale structure
• Galactic emission
• Dark energy theory
• Teaching
• Data release publications

• The Shear TEsting Programme 2: Factors affecting high precision weak lensing analyses (R. Massey and 30 other authors) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 376, 13--38, 2007 [arXiv:astro-ph/0608643]
• Intrinsic alignment-lensing interference as a contaminant of cosmic shear. (C. Hirata, U. Seljak) Phys. Rev. D, 70, 063526, 2004. [arXiv:astro-ph/0406275]
• Spectroscopic source redshifts and parameter constraints from weak lensing and CMB. (M. Ishak, C. Hirata) Phys. Rev. D, 71, 023002, 2005. [arXiv:astro-ph/0405042]
• Weak lensing and CMB: parameter forecasts including a running spectral index. (M. Ishak, C. Hirata, P. McDonald, U. Seljak) Phys. Rev. D, 69, 083514, 2004. [arXiv:astro-ph/0308446]
• Shear calibration biases in weak lensing surveys. (C. Hirata, U. Seljak) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 343, 459--480, 2003. [arXiv:astro-ph/0301054]

• Halo mass - concentration relation from weak lensing. (R. Mandelbaum, U. Seljak, C. Hirata) JCAP, 08, 006, 2008. [arXiv:0805.2552; SDSS-875]
• Improved optical mass tracer for galaxy clusters calibrated using weak lensing measurements. (R. Reyes, R. Mandelbaum, C. Hirata, N. Bahcall, U. Seljak) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 390, 1157--1169, 2008. [arXiv:0802.2365; SDSS-859]
• Precision photometric redshift calibration for galaxy-galaxy weak lensing. (R. Mandelbaum and 28 other authors) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 386, 781--806, 2008. [arXiv:0709.1692]
• Intrinsic galaxy alignments from the 2SLAQ and SDSS surveys: luminosity and redshift scalings and implications for weak lensing surveys. (C. Hirata, R. Mandelbaum, M. Ishak, U. Seljak, R. Nichol, K. Pimbblet, N. Ross, D. Wake) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 381, 1197--1218, 2007. [arXiv:astro-ph/0701671]
• Density profiles of galaxy groups and clusters from SDSS galaxy-galaxy weak lensing. (R. Mandelbaum, U. Seljak, R. Cool, M. Blanton, C. Hirata, J. Brinkmann) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 372, 758--776, 2006 [arXiv:astro-ph/0605476; SDSS-640]
• Galaxy halo masses and satellite fractions from galaxy-galaxy lensing in the SDSS: stellar mass, luminosity, morphology, and environment dependencies. (R. Mandelbaum, U. Seljak, G. Kauffmann, C. Hirata, J. Brinkmann) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 368, 715--731, 2006 [arXiv:astro-ph/0511164; SDSS-568]
• Detection of large scale intrinsic ellipticity-density correlation from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and implications for weak lensing surveys. (R. Mandelbaum, C. Hirata, M. Ishak, U. Seljak, J. Brinkmann) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 367, 611--626, 2006 [arXiv:astro-ph/0509026; SDSS-539]
• Weak gravitational lensing theory and data analysis. (C. Hirata) Ph. D. Thesis, Princeton University, 2005.
• Ellipticity of dark matter halos with galaxy-galaxy weak lensing. (R. Mandelbaum, C. Hirata, T. Broderick, U. Seljak, J. Brinkmann) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 370, 1008--1024, 2006 [arXiv:astro-ph/0507108; SDSS-518]
• Systematic errors in weak lensing: application to SDSS galaxy-galaxy weak lensing. (R. Mandelbaum, C. Hirata, U. Seljak, J. Guzik, N. Padmanabhan, C. Blake, M. Blanton, R. Lupton, J. Brinkmann) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 361, 1287--1322, 2005. [arXiv:astro-ph/0501201; SDSS-472]
• SDSS galaxy bias from halo mass-bias relation and its cosmological implications (U. Seljak, A. Makarov, R. Mandelbaum, C. Hirata, N. Padmanabhan, P. McDonald, M. Blanton, M. Tegmark, N. Bahcall, J. Brinkmann) Phys. Rev. D, 71, 043511, 2005. [arXiv:astro-ph/0406594; SDSS-345]
• Galaxy-galaxy weak lensing in SDSS: intrinsic alignments and shear calibration errors. (C. Hirata, R. Mandelbaum, U. Seljak, J. Guzik, N. Padmanabhan, C. Blake, J. Brinkmann, T. Budavari, A. Connolly, I. Csabai, R. Scranton, A. Szalay) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 353, 529--549, 2004. [arXiv:astro-ph/0403255; SDSS-352]

• Lyman-α transfer in primordial hydrogen recombination. (C. Hirata, J. Forbes) Phys. Rev. D, 80, 023001, 2009. [arXiv:0903.4925]
• Two-photon transitions in primordial hydrogen recombination. (C. Hirata) Phys. Rev. D, 78, 023001, 2008. [arXiv:0803.0808]
• Primordial helium recombination III: Thomson scattering, isotope shifts, and cumulative results. (E. Switzer, C. Hirata) Phys. Rev. D, 77, 083008, 2008. [arXiv:astro-ph/0702145]
• Primordial helium recombination II: two-photon processes. (C. Hirata, E. Switzer) Phys. Rev. D, 77, 083007, 2008. [arXiv:astro-ph/0702144]
• Primordial helium recombination I: feedback, line transfer, and continuum opacity. (E. Switzer, C. Hirata) Phys. Rev. D, 77, 083006, 2008. [arXiv:astro-ph/0702143]
• Ionizing radiation from hydrogen recombination strongly suppresses the lithium scattering signature in the CMB. (E. Switzer, C. Hirata) Phys. Rev. D, 72, 083002, 2005. [arXiv:astro-ph/0507106]

• CMBPol mission concept study: gravitational lensing. (K. Smith and 12 other authors). [arXiv:0811.3916]
• CMBPol mission concept study: prospects for polarized foreground removal. (J. Dunkley and 30 other authors). [arXiv:0811.3915]
• Correlation of CMB with large-scale structure: II. Weak lensing. (C. Hirata, S. Ho, N. Padmanabhan, U. Seljak, N. Bahcall) Phys. Rev. D, 78, 043520, 2008. [arXiv:0801.0644; SDSS-852]
• Correlation of CMB with large-scale structure: I. ISW Tomography and Cosmological Implications. (S. Ho, C. Hirata, N. Padmanabhan, U. Seljak, N. Bahcall) Phys. Rev. D, 78, 043519, 2008. [arXiv:0801.0642; SDSS-851]
• Detectability of tensor modes in the presence of foregrounds. (M. Amarie, C. Hirata, U. Seljak) Phys. Rev. D, 72, 123006, 2005. [arXiv:astro-ph/0508293]
• A search for lensing of CMB in correlation with large-scale structure. (C. Hirata, for the SDSS collaboration) Proc. IAU S225, 111, 2005. [SDSS-416]
• CMB B-mode polarization from Thomson scattering in the local universe. (C. Hirata, A. Loeb, and N. Afshordi) Phys. Rev. D, 71, 063531, 2005. [arXiv:astro-ph/0501167]
• Correlating the CMB with luminous red galaxies: the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect. (N. Padmanabhan, C. Hirata, U. Seljak, D. Schlegel, J. Brinkmann, D. Schneider) Phys. Rev. D, 72, 043525, 2005. [arXiv:astro-ph/0410360; SDSS-431]
• Cross-correlation of CMB with large-scale structure: weak gravitational lensing. (C. Hirata, N. Padmanabhan, U. Seljak, D. Schlegel, J. Brinkmann) Phys. Rev. D, 70, 103501, 2004. [arXiv:astro-ph/0406004; SDSS-391]
• Gravitational lensing as a contaminant of the gravity wave signal in CMB. (U. Seljak, C. Hirata) Phys. Rev. D, 69, 043005, 2004. [arXiv:astro-ph/0310163]
• Reconstruction of lensing from the cosmic microwave background polarization. (C. Hirata, U. Seljak) Phys. Rev. D, 68, 083002, 2003. [arXiv:astro-ph/0306354]
• Analyzing weak lensing of the cosmic microwave background using the likelihood function. (C. Hirata, U. Seljak) Phys. Rev. D, 67, 043001, 2003. [arXiv:astro-ph/0209489]

• Cosmological production of H₂ before the formation of the first galaxies. (C. Hirata, N. Padmanabhan) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 372, 1175--1186, 2006 [arXiv:astro-ph/0606437]
• The spin-resolved atomic velocity distribution and 21-cm line profile of dark-age gas. (C. Hirata, K. Sigurdson) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 375, 1241--1268, 2007 [arXiv:astro-ph/0605071]
• Wouthuysen-Field coupling strength and application to high-redshift 21 cm radiation. (C. Hirata) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 367, 259--274, 2006 [arXiv:astro-ph/0507102]

• Constraints on cosmic hemispherical power anomalies from quasars. (C. Hirata) JCAP, 09, 011, 2009. [arXiv:0907.0703]
• Tidal alignments as a contaminant of redshift space distortions. (C. Hirata) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., in press [arXiv:0903.4929]
• Constraints on local primordial non-Gaussianity from large scale structure. (A. Slosar, C. Hirata, U. Seljak, S. Ho, N. Padmanabhan) JCAP, 08, 031, 2008. [arXiv:0805.3580]
• Luminous red galaxy population in clusters at 0.2<=z<=0.6. (S. Ho, Y. Lin, D. Spergel, C. Hirata) Astrophys. J., 697, 1358--1368, 2009. [arXiv:0706.0727; SDSS-777]

• A refined model for spinning dust radiation. (Y. Ali-Haimoud, C. Hirata, C. Dickinson) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 395, 1055--1078, 2009. [arXiv:0812.2904]
• CMBPol mission concept study: foreground science knowledge and prospects. (A. Fraisse and 12 other authors). [arXiv:0811.3920]
• The GMRT EoR experiment: Limits on polarized sky brightness at 150 MHz. (U. Pen, T. Chang, C. Hirata, J. Peterson, J. Roy, Y. Gupta, J. Odegova, K. Sigurdson) Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 399, 181--194, 2009. [arXiv:0807.1056]

• A scale-dependent power asymmetry from isocurvature perturbations. (A. Erickcek, C. Hirata, M. Kamionkowski) Phys. Rev. D, 80, 083507, 2009. [arXiv:0907.0705]
• Interpreting the dark energy figure of merit. (C. Hirata, D. Eisenstein).
• Findings of the Joint Dark Energy Mission Figure of Merit Science Working Group. (A. Albrecht, L. Amendola, G. Bernstein, D. Clowe, D. Eisenstein, L. Guzzo, C. Hirata, D. Huterer, R. Kirshner, E. Kolb, R. Nichol). [arXiv:0901.0721]
• Can superhorizon cosmological perturbations explain the acceleration of the universe? (C. Hirata, U. Seljak) Phys. Rev. D, 72, 083501, 2005. [arXiv:astro-ph/0503582]

• A basic lock-in amplifier experiment for the undergraduate laboratory. (K. Libbrecht, E. Black, C. Hirata) Am. J. Phys., 71, 1208, 2003.

• The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. (J. Adelman-McCarthy and 159 other authors) Astrophys. J. Supp, 175, 297--313, 2008. [arXiv:0707.3413; SDSS-797]
• The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. (J. Adelman-McCarthy and 153 other authors) Astrophys. J. Supp, 172, 634--644, 2007. [arXiv:0707.3380; SDSS-701]
• The Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. (J. Adelman-McCarthy and 140 other authors) Astrophys. J. Supp, 162, 38, 2006. [arXiv:astro-ph/0507711; SDSS-530]