Axel de la Macorra
Papers
9
Total Citations
477
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About
Axel de la Macorra is a leading cosmologist whose work is central to the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a Stage IV ground-based experiment designed to unravel the mysteries of dark energy. His primary research focuses on baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) and the large-scale structure of the universe, using precision spectroscopy to map cosmic expansion and the growth of structure. De la Macorra has made major contributions to DESI’s instrument design, fiber system, and data analysis, including the first detection of the BAO signal from early DESI data (37 citations), a landmark achievement in cosmology. His work on fiber assignment incompleteness and alternate realizations (over 45 citations combined) has been critical for unbiased clustering measurements, ensuring the accuracy of DESI’s galaxy surveys. With over 450 total citations across his most-cited papers, de la Macorra’s impact is evident in foundational publications like "The DESI Experiment Part II: Instrument Design" (234 citations) and "The BigBOSS Experiment" (80 citations). His efforts are key to DESI’s goal of measuring 40 million galaxies and quasars, producing the largest 3D map of the universe, and advancing our understanding of dark energy.
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Top Papers
- 1The DESI Experiment Part II: Instrument Design234 citations · 2016
- 2The BigBOSS Experiment80 citations · 2011
- 3Overview of the Fiber System for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument57 citations · 2024
- 4First detection of the BAO signal from early DESI data37 citations · 2023
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- 7Overview of the Instrumentation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument10 citations · 2022
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