Michael Strauss

About

Michael Strauss is interested in all aspects of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology, especially in the context of wide-field imaging and spectroscopic surveys of the sky. He has used large surveys including IRAS and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to study the large-scale distribution of galaxies to constrain cosmological parameters, the relationship between galaxy properties and their environment, and the nature and evolution of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and quasars at large redshifts. Currently, he is utilizing data from the Hyper Suprime-Cam on the Subaru Telescope to search for distant quasars and to study the properties of the galaxies in which they reside. He is involved in planning for the next generation of large surveys, including the Prime Focus Spectrograph on Subaru and the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

Research topics

• Physics
• Astronomy
• Computer Science
• Astrophysics
• Statistics
• Systems engineering
• Engineering
• Geography
• Astrobiology

Selected publications

• Third data release of the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program

  Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan · 2021 · 330 citations

  Abstract This paper presents the third data release of the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (HSC-SSP), a wide-field multi-band imaging survey with the Subaru 8.2 m telescope. HSC-SSP has three survey layers (Wide, Deep, and UltraDeep) with different area coverages and depths, designed to address a wide array of astrophysical questions. This third release from HSC-SSP includes data from 278 nights of observing time and covers about 670 deg2 in all five broad-band filters (grizy) at the…

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• Hyper Suprime-Cam Year 3 results: Cosmology from cosmic shear power spectra

  Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 2023 · 184 citations

  A new analysis of the distribution of matter in the Universe continues to find a discrepancy in the clumpiness of dark matter in the late and early Universe, suggesting a fundamental error in the standard cosmological model.

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• Optimization of the Observing Cadence for the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time: A Pioneering Process of Community-focused Experimental Design

  The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2021 · 125 citations

  Abstract Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a ground-based astronomical facility under construction, a joint project of the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, designed to conduct a multipurpose 10 yr optical survey of the Southern Hemisphere sky: the Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Significant flexibility in survey strategy remains within the constraints imposed by the core science goals of probing dark energy and dark matter, cataloging the solar system, exploring the tra…

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• A post-starburst pathway for the formation of massive galaxies and black holes at z > 6

  Nature Astronomy · 2025-08-11 · 15 citations

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• SHELLQs. Bridging the Gap: JWST Unveils Obscured Quasars in the Most Luminous Galaxies at <i>z </i> &gt; 6

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2025-07-14 · 10 citations

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  Abstract The unprecedented sensitivity of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has uncovered a surprisingly abundant population of mildly obscured, low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the epoch of reionization (EoR). However, the link between these objects and classical unobscured quasars remains a mystery. Here we report the discovery of obscured quasars hosted by the most luminous galaxies at z &gt; 6, possibly bridging the gap between the two AGN populations. The 13 objects prese…

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Recent grants

• The Clustering of High Redshift Quasars on Large and Small Scales

  NSF · $403k · 2007–2013

• A Complete Census of Seyferts and Obscured AGN from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

  NSF · $326k · 2003–2007

Frequent coauthors

• Donald P. Schneider

  272 shared

• Xiaohui Fan

  257 shared

• Gordon T. Richards

  240 shared

• Donald G. York

  192 shared

• James E. Gunn

  178 shared

• David J. Schlegel

  169 shared

• Robert H. Lupton

  167 shared

• Patrick B. Hall

  161 shared

Labs

• Michael Strauss | Department of Astrophysical SciencesPI

Education

• BA, PhD, Physics, Astronomy

  University of California Berkeley

  1989

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