Antonella Palmese
· Assistant ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University · Physics
Active 2015–2026
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About
Antonella Palmese is an astrophysicist at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Her research group focuses on multi-messenger analyses, primarily involving optical and near-infrared observations of transients and galaxies, as well as gravitational waves from compact object binaries detected by LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA. The group is also engaged in supernova searches and cosmology, along with studies of sources for the space-based gravitational wave interferometer LISA. Through these efforts, Palmese and her team contribute to advancing the understanding of gravitational wave events, their electromagnetic counterparts, and the broader astrophysical phenomena associated with compact object mergers and transient sources.
Research topics
- Physics
- Astrophysics
- Astronomy
- Theoretical physics
- Computer Science
- Particle physics
- Quantum mechanics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Statistics
- Chemistry
Selected publications
Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger
2017 · 1398 citations
On 2017 August 17 a binary neutron star coalescence candidate (later designated GW170817) with merger time 12:41:04 UTC was observed through gravitational waves by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor independently detected a gamma-ray burst (GRB 170817A) with a time delay of ~1.7 s with respect to the merger time. From the gravitational-wave signal, the source was initially localized to a sky region of 31 deg² at a luminosity distance of 40₋₈⁺⁸ Mpc a…
Journal of High Energy Astrophysics · 2022 · 1153 citations
The standard Λ Cold Dark Matter (ΛCDM) cosmological model provides a good description of a wide range of astrophysical and cosmological data. However, there are a few big open questions that make the standard model look like an approximation to a more realistic scenario yet to be found. In this paper, we list a few important goals that need to be addressed in the next decade, taking into account the current discordances between the different cosmological probes, such as the disagreement in the v…
Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: Cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and weak lensing
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 2022 · 1090 citations
Artículo escrito por un elevado número de autores, solo se referencian el que aparece en primer lugar, el nombre del grupo de colaboración, si le hubiere, y los autores pertenecientes a la UAM
Astroparticle Physics · 2021 · 425 citations
Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: Cosmology from cosmic shear and robustness to data calibration
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 2022 · 416 citations
This work, together with its companion paper, Secco, Samuroff et al. [Phys. Rev. D 105, 023515 (2022)], present the Dark Energy Survey Year 3 cosmic-shear measurements and cosmological constraints based on an analysis of over 100 million source galaxies. With the data spanning $4143\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{deg}}^{2}$ on the sky, divided into four redshift bins, we produce a measurement with a signal-to-noise of 40. We conduct a blind analysis in the context of the Lambda-Cold Dark Matter ($\math…
Recent grants
Frequent coauthors
- 833 shared
L. N. da Costa
Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia
- 768 shared
E. Bertin
Orange (France)
- 765 shared
D. Gruen
- 740 shared
K. Kuehn
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
- 688 shared
A. Carnero Rosell
- 644 shared
J. Gschwend
Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia
- 643 shared
M. Costanzi
Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe
- 609 shared
M. Carrasco Kind
Urbana University
Labs
Education
- 2018
Ph.D.
University College London
- 2013
M.S.
La Sapienza University of Rome
- 2011
B.S.
La Sapienza University of Rome
Awards & honors
- Leonardo Da Vinci Award for Physics, Math, and Engineering (…
- Einstein Fellowship (2021)
- Fermilab Exceptional Performance Recognition Award (2020)
- Royal Astronomical Society Michael Penston Prize runner-up (…
- Enrico Persico award (2014)
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