Chung-Pei Ma
Specialty areas
Cosmology, Dark Matter Dynamics, Gravitational Clustering, Gravitational Lensing, Halos, The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect.
Biography
Chung-Pei Ma is a cosmologist and astrophysicist.
Among the topics Chung-Pei has studied are the properties of dark matter and dark energy, the cosmic microwave background, gravitational lensing, galaxy formation and evolution, supermassive black holes, and the large-scale structure of the universe. She occasionally manages to climb out of the dark and lumpy universe; during these sunny moments (or rather, moonless nights), she enjoys being an observer and studying properties of galaxies and monster black holes using big telescopes.
C-P Ma received both her undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before joining the faculty at UC Berkeley in 2002, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology and an Assistant and Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania, where she won the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. Ma is an avid violin player and was an exchange student at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston while studying cosmic strings and theoretical cosmology at MIT. She was the first prize winner in the Taiwan National Violin Competition in 1983. Ma is the cosmology scientific editor for the Astrophysical Journal.
Research
You must obey these three laws to join the group.
Chung-Pei’s scientific work has been on theoretical and observational problems in extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. Four personae have been diagnosed for her multiple personality syndrome, although her graduate students and postdocs may report (and have induced) more identities:
- The Smooth Side: During the first ten million years or so after the big bang, the fluctuations in matter and radiation in the universe remain small enough that they can be viewed as tiny ripples imprinted on a smooth background. The universe at this stage is well described by the linear cosmological perturbation theory, which Chung-Pei has investigated in some depth. This theory is specified by the coupled Einstein, Boltzmann, and fluid equations and is the foundation for many calculations in cosmology, e.g., the matter fluctuation power spectra and the temperature variations imprinted on the cosmic microwave background.
- The Lumpy Side: A major challenge in theoretical cosmology today is in understanding how small initial fluctuations in matter and radiation in the smooth universe grow under gravitational instability into highly collapsed objects in the lumpy universe. Chung-Pei has been involved in designing and running large numerical N-body and hydrodynamical codes to simulate and study the nonlinear growth of dark matter and galaxies. She has developed new analytical techniques to better understand and model the nonlinear structure in the universe, including the halo model, kinetic theory for halo formation, and non-Markovian extension of the excursion set theory.
- The Dark Side: The nature of dark matter remains one of the most intriguing unsolved mysteries in astronomy. Chung-Pei’s interest has evolved from cold, to hot, to warm, and back to cold (but never lukewarm) dark matter, and has extended to dark energy. She makes detailed theoretical predictions for the impact of the dark sector on structure formation, and obtains constraints on the nature and abundance of dark matter and energy by comparing theory with observational results from, e.g., the high redshift universe and gravitational lenses.
- The Bright Side: Chung-Pei has participated in a number of projects using telescopes such as Palomar and Keck. The projects include dynamical studies of superclusters, gravitational lensing studies of quasars and galaxy clusters, properties of distant galaxies, and weighing supermassive black holes. She is currently conducting an exciting survey named MASSIVE to study the most massive galaxies in the local universe.
Graduate Students (to keep off the street)
- Melanie Veale
- Irina Ene
- Matthew Quenneville
- You? Come and chat
Postdocs (to dine and wine)
- Peter Behroozi (Hubble Fellow; Stanford PhD 2012)
- Freeke van de Voort (TAC-ASIAA Fellow; Leiden PhD 2012)
Former Team Members (and other diligent students who brightened my days or ate cookies at group meetings)
- Nicholas McConnell (PhD 2012; Plaskett Postdoc Fellow, NRC Canada, Herzberg)
- Jackson DeBuhr (PhD 2012; CREST Research Associate, U Indiana)
- Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere (Miller Fellow 2010-2013; Northwestern Assistant Professor)
- Jaime Forero-Romero (Gruber Fellow 2011-2012; Universidad de los Andes Colombia Associate Professor)
- Dusan Keres (Hubble Fellow 2010-2012; UCSD Associate Professor)
- Shelley Wright (Hubble Fellow 2009-2012; UCSD Assistant Professor)
- Phillip Zukin (TAC-ASIAA Fellow; MIT PhD 2012; Search and Data Mining Engineer, Yelp)
- Genevieve Graves (Miller Fellow 2009-2012; Co-Founder, hiQ Labs)
- Kevin Bundy (Hubble Fellow 2008-2011; IPMU Assistant Professor)
- Onsi Fakhouri (PhD 2010; Vice President of Cloud R&D at Pivotal Labs)
- Michael Boylan-Kolchin (PhD 2006; UT Austin Assistant Professor)
- Jun Zhang (TAC Fellow 2006-2009; Shanghai Jiao Tong University Associate Professor)
- Tzu-Ching Chang (TAC Fellow 2003-2006; JPL Research Scientist)
- Alice Shapley (Miller Fellow 2003-2005; UCLA Professor)
- James McBride (Senior Thesis 2009)
- Brad Hagan
- David Rusin (UPenn)
- Shwetabh Singh (UPenn)
- Nick Sarbu (UPenn)
Publications
Selected Publications
- I. Ene, C.-P. Ma, M. Veale, J. Greene, J. Thomas, J. Blakeslee, J. Walsh and J. Ito (2018),
submitted to Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
The MASSIVE Survey – X. Stellar Velocity Features and Misalignment between Kinematic and Photometric Axes in Massive Early-Type Galaxies
(arXiv:1802.00014) - K.-W. Huang, T. Di Matteo, A. Bhowmick, Y. Feng, and C.-P. Ma (2018), submitted to MNRAS.
BlueTides Simulation: Establishing Black Hole-Galaxy Relations at High Redshift
(arXiv:1801.04951) - C. Goullaud, J. Jensen, J. Blakeslee, C.-P. Ma, J. Greene, and J. Thomas (2018), The Astrophysical Journal, in press.
The MASSIVE Survey – IX. Photometric Analysis of 35 High-Mass Early-Type Galaxies with HST WFC3/IR
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1801.08245) - M. Voit, C.-P. Ma, J. Greene, A. Goulding, V. Pandya, M. Donahue, and M. Sun (2018), ApJ, 853, 78.
A General Precipitation-Limited Lx-T-R Relation Among Early-Type Galaxies
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1708.02189) - M. Veale, C.-P. Ma, J. Greene, J. Thomas, J. Blakeslee, J. Walsh and J. Ito (2018), MNRAS, 473, 5446.
The MASSIVE Survey – VIII. Stellar Velocity Dispersion Profiles and Environmental Dependence of Early-Type Galaxies
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1708.00870) - C. Mingarelli, J. Lazio, A. Sesana, J. Greene, J. Ellis, C.-P. Ma, S. Croft, S. Burke-Spolaor and S. Taylor (2017), Nature Astronomy, 1, 886.
The Local Nanohertz Gravitational-Wave Landscape From Supermassive Black Hole Binaries
(paper) (abstract/paper) - N. Choksi, P. Behroozi, M. Volonteri, R. Schneider, C.-P. Ma, J. Silk and B. Moster (2017), MNRAS, 472, 1526.
Recoiling Supermassive Black Hole Escape Velocities from Dark Matter Halos
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1707.06220) - M. Veale, C.-P. Ma, J. Greene, J. Thomas, J. Blakeslee, N. McConnell, J. Walsh and J. Ito (2017), MNRAS, 471, 1428.
The MASSIVE Survey – VII. The Relationship of Angular Momentum, Stellar Mass and Environment of Early-Type Galaxies
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1703.08573) - P. Torrey, S. Wellons, C.-P. Ma, P. Hopkins and M. Vogelsberger (2017), MNRAS, 467, 4872.
Forward and Backward Galaxy Evolution in Comoving Number Density Space
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1606.07271) - V. Rodriguez-Gomez, L. Sales, S. Genel, A. Pillepich, J. Zjupa, D. Nelson, B. Griffen, P. Torrey and M. Vogelsberger,
V. Springel, C.-P. Ma, and L. Hernquist (2017), MNRAS, 467, 3083.
The Role of Mergers and Halo Spin in Shaping Galaxy Morpology
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1609.09498) - V. Pandya, J. Greene, C.-P. Ma, M. Veale, I. Ene, T. Davis, J. Blakeslee, A. Goulding, N. McConnell, K. Nyland and J. Thomas (2017),
The Astrophysical Journal, 837, 44.
The MASSIVE Survey – VI. The Spatial Distribution and Kinematics of Warm Ionized Gas in the Most Massive Local Early-Type Galaxies
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1701.08772) - M. Veale, C.-P. Ma, J. Thomas, J. Greene, N. McConnell, J. Walsh, J. Ito, J. Blakeslee and R. Janish (2017), MNRAS, 464, 356.
The MASSIVE Survey – V. Spatially-Resolved Stellar Angular Momentum, Velocity Dispersion, and Higher Moments
of the 41 Most Massive Local Early-Type Galaxies
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1609.00391) - J. Thomas, C.-P. Ma, N. McConnell, J. Greene, J. Blakeslee and R. Janish (2016), Nature, 532, 340.
A 17-Billion-Solar-Mass Black Hole in a Group Galaxy with a Diffuse Core
(paper) (abstract/paper) - A. Goulding, J. Greene, C.-P. Ma, M. Veale, A. Bogdan, K. Nyland, J. Blakeslee, N. McConnell and J. Thomas (2016),
The Astrophysical Journal, 826, 167.
The MASSIVE Survey – IV. The X-Ray Halos of the Most Massive Early-Type Galaxies in the Nearby Universe
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1604.01764) - K. Schutz and C.-P. Ma (2016), MNRAS, 459, 1737.
Constraints on Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries from Pulsar Timing Array Limits on Continuous Gravitational Waves
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1510.08472) - V. Rodriguez-Gomez, A. Pillepich, L. Sales, S. Genel, M. Vogelsberger, Q. Zhu, S. Wellons, D. Nelson, P. Torrey,
V. Springel, C.-P. Ma, and L. Hernquist (2016), MNRAS, 458, 2371.
The Stellar Mass Assembly of Galaxies in the Illustris Simulation: Growth by Mergers and the Spatial Distribution of Accreted Stars
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1511.08804) - S. Wellons, P. Torrey, C.-P. Ma, V. Rodriguez-Gomez, A. Pillepich, D. Nelson, S. Genel, M. Vogelsberger and L. Hernquist (2016),
MNRAS, 456, 1030.
The Diverse Evolutionary Paths of Simulated High-redshift Massive, Compact Galaxies to z = 0
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1507.02291) - T. A. Davis, J. Greene, C.-P. Ma, V. Pandya, J. Blakeslee, N. McConnell and J. Thomas (2016), MNRAS, 455, 214.
The MASSIVE Survey – III. Molecular Gas and a Broken Tully-Fisher Relation in the Most Massive Early-Type Galaxies
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1510.00729) - P. Torrey, S. Wellons, F. Machado, B. Griffen, D. Nelson, V. Rodriguez-Gomez, A. Pillepich,
C.-P. Ma, M. Vogelsberger, V. Springel and L. Hernquist (2015), MNRAS, 454, 2770.
An Analysis of the Evolving Comoving Number Density of Galaxies in Hydrodynamical Simulations
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1507.01942) - J. Greene, R. Janish, C.-P. Ma, N. McConnell, J. Blakeslee, J. Thomas and J. Murphy (2015), ApJ, 807, 11.
The MASSIVE Survey – II. Stellar Population Trends Out to Large Radius in Massive Early-Type Galaxies
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1504.02483) - S. Wellons, P. Torrey, C.-P. Ma et al. (2015), MNRAS, 449, 361.
The Formation of Massive, Compact Galaxies at z=2 in the Illustris Simulation
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1411.0667) - V. Rodriguez-Gomez, S. Genel, M. Vogelsberger, D. Sijacki, A. Pillepich, P. Torrey, D. Nelson,
V. Springel, C.-P. Ma, and L. Hernquist (2015), MNRAS, 449, 49.
The Merger Rate of Galaxies in the Illustris Simulation: a Comparison with Observations and Semi-Empirical Models
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1502.01339) - J. Naiman, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, J. DeBuhr, and C.-P. Ma (2015), ApJ, 803, 81.
The Role of Nuclear Star Clusters in Enhancing Supermassive Black Hole Feeding Rates During Galaxy Mergers
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1410.7381) - C.-P. Ma, J. Greene, N. McConnell, R. Janish, J. Blakeslee, J. Thomas and J. Murphy (2014), ApJ, 795, 158.
The MASSIVE Survey – I. A Volume-Limited Integral-Field Spectroscopic Study of the Most Massive Early-Type Galaxies within 108 Mpc
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1407.1054) - R. O’Leary, S. Stahler, and C.-P. Ma (2014), MNRAS, 444, 80.
Two Paths of Cluster Evolution: Global Expansion versus Core Collapse
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1406.0784) - J. Zhang, C.-P. Ma, and A. Riotto (2014), ApJ, 782, 44.
Dark-Matter Halo Assembly Bias: Environmental Dependence in the Non-Markovian Excursion Set Theory
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1312.0358) - M. George, C.-P. Ma, K. Bundy, A. Leauthaud, J. Tinker, R. Wechsler, A. Finoguenov, and B. Vulcani (2013), ApJ, 770, 113.
Galaxies in X-ray Groups III: Satellite Color and Morphology Transformations
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1302.6620) - N. McConnell, S. Chen, C.-P. Ma, J. Greene, T. Lauer, and K. Gebhardt (2013), The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 768, L21.
The Effect of Spatial Gradients in Stellar Mass-to-Light Ratio on Black Hole Mass Measurements
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1303.4393) - N. McConnell and C.-P. Ma (2013), ApJ, 764, 184.
Revisiting the Scaling Relations of Black Hole Masses and Host Galaxy Properties
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1211.2816) - J. DeBuhr, C.-P. Ma, and S.D.M. White (2012), MNRAS, 426, 983.
Stellar Disks in Aquarius Dark Matter Haloes
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1205.6472) - M. George, A. Leauthaud, K. Bundy, A. Finoguenov, C.-P. Ma, E. Rykoff, and J. Tinker, R. Wechsler, R. Massey, and S. Mei (2012),
ApJ, 757, 2.
Galaxies in X-ray Groups II: A Weak Lensing Study of Halo Centering
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1205.4262) - N. McConnell, C.-P. Ma, J. Murphy, K. Gebhardt, T. Lauer, J. Graham, S. Wright, and D. Richstone (2012), ApJ, 756, 179.
Dynamical Measurements of Black Hole Masses in Four Brightest Cluster Galaxies at 100 Megaparsecs
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1203.1620) - J. DeBuhr, E. Quataert, and C.-P. Ma (2012), MNRAS, 420, 2221.
Galaxy-Scale Outflows Driven by Active Galactic Nuclei
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1107.5579) - N. McConnell, C.-P. Ma, K. Gebhardt, S. Wright, J. Murphy, T. Lauer, J. Graham, and D. Richstone (2011), Nature, 480, 215.
Two Ten-Billion-Solar-Mass Black Holes at the Centers of Giant Elliptical Galaxies
(abstract/paper) (News & Views: Monster Black Holes) (Editorial: A Massive Comfort) - C.-A. Faucher-Giguere, D. Keres, and C.-P. Ma (2011), MNRAS, 417, 2982.
The Baryonic Assembly of Dark Matter Halos
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1103.0001) - N. McConnell, C.-P. Ma, J. Graham, K. Gebhardt, T. Lauer, S. Wright, and D. Richstone (2011), ApJ, 728, 100.
The Black Hole Mass in Brightest Cluster Galaxy NGC 6086
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1009.0750) - C.-P. Ma, M. Maggiore, A. Riotto, and J. Zhang (2011), MNRAS, 411, 2644.
The Bias and Mass Function of Dark Matter Halos in Non-Markovian Extension of the Excursion Set Theory
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1007.4201) - J. DeBuhr, E. Quataert, and C.-P. Ma (2011), MNRAS, 412, 1341.
The Growth of Massive Black Holes in Galaxy Merger Simulations with Feedback by Radiation Pressure
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1006.3312) - P. Hopkins, D. Croton, K. Bundy, S. Khochfar, F. van den Bosch, R. Somerville, A. Wetzel, D. Keres, L. Hernquist,
K. Stewart, J. Younger, S. Genel, C.-P. Ma (2010), ApJ, 724, 915.
Mergers in Lambda-CDM: Uncertainties in Theoretical Predictions and Interpretations of the Merger Rate
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1004.2708) - O. Fakhouri, C.-P. Ma, and M. Boylan-Kolchin (2010), MNRAS, 406, 2267.
The Merger Rates and Mass Assembly Histories of Dark Matter Haloes in the Two Millennium Simulations
(abstract/paper) (arXiv:1001.2304) - S. Wright, J. Larkin, J. R. Graham, and C.-P. Ma (2010), ApJ, 711, 1291.
Presence of Weak AGN in High Redshift Star Forming Galaxies
(abstract/full paper) (arXiv:1001.5041) - K. Bundy, C. Scarlata, C. Carollo, R. Ellis, N. Drory, P. Hopkins, M. Salvato, A. Leauthaud, A. Koekemoer, N. Murray,
O. Ilbert, P. Oesch, C.-P. Ma, P. Capak, L. Pozzetti, N. Scoville (2010), ApJ, 719, 1969.
The Rise and Fall of Passive Disk Galaxies: Morphological Evolution Along the Red Sequence Revealed by COSMOS
(abstract/full paper) (arXiv:0912.1077) - A. Bauermeister, L. Blitz, and C.-P. Ma (2010), ApJ, 717, 323.
The Gas Consumption History to Redshift 4
(abstract/full paper) (arXiv:0909.3840) - J. DeBuhr, E. Quataert, C.-P. Ma, and P. Hopkins (2010), MNRAS, 406, L55 .
Self-Regulated Black Hole Growth via Momentum Deposition in Galaxy Merger Simulations
(abstract/full paper) (arXiv:0909.2872) - C.-P. Ma, P. Chang, and J. Zhang (2009), MNRAS, submitted.
Is the Radial Profile of the Phase Space Density of Dark Matter Haloes a Power Law?
(arXiv:0907.3144) - P. Hopkins, D. Keres, C.-P. Ma, and E. Quataert (2010), MNRAS, 401, 1131.
When Should We Treat Galaxies as Isolated?
(abstract/full paper) (arXiv:0909.3306) - O. Fakhouri and C.-P. Ma (2009), MNRAS, 401, 2245.
Dark Matter Halo Growth II: Diffuse Accretion and its Environmental Dependence
(abstract/full paper) (arXiv:0906.1196) - P. Hopkins, K. Bundy, N. Murray, E. Quataert, T. Lauer, C.-P. Ma (2009), MNRAS, 398, 898.
Compact High-Redshift Galaxies Are the Cores of Present-Day Massive Spheroids
(abstract/full paper) (arXiv:0903.2479) - J. McBride, O. Fakhouri and C.-P. Ma (2009), MNRAS, 398, 1858.
Mass Accretion Rates and Histories of Dark Matter Halos
(abstract/full paper) (arXiv:0902.3659) - P. Hopkins, R. Somerville, T. J. Cox, L. Hernquist, S. Jogee, D. Keres, C.-P. Ma, B. Robertson, K. Stewart (2009), MNRAS, 397, 802.
The Effects of Gas on Morphological Transformation in Mergers: Implications for Bulge and Disk Demographics
(abstract/full paper) (arXiv:0901.4111) - O. Fakhouri and C.-P. Ma (2009), MNRAS, 394, 1825.
Environmental Dependence of Dark Matter Halo Growth I: Halo Merger Rates
(abstract/full paper) (arXiv:0808.2471) - J. Zhang, O. Fakhouri, and C.-P. Ma (2008), MNRAS, 389, 1521.
How to Grow a Healthy Merger Tree
(abstract/full paper) (arXiv:0805.1230) - J. Zhang, C.-P. Ma, and O. Fakhouri (2008), MNRAS, 387, L13.
Conditional Mass Functions and Merger Rates of Dark Matter Halos in the Ellipsoidal Collapse Model
(abstract/full paper) (arXiv:0801.3459) - O. Fakhouri and C.-P. Ma (2008), MNRAS, 386, 577.
The Nearly Universal Merger Rate of Dark Matter Halos in LCDM Cosmology
(abstract/full paper) (arXiv:0710.4567) - X. Liu, A. Shapley, A. Coil, J. Brinchmann, and C.-P. Ma (2008), ApJ, 678, 758.
Metallicities and Physical Conditions in Star-Forming Galaxies at Redshifts 1.0 to 1.5
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0801.1670) - M. Boylan-Kolchin, C.-P. Ma, and E. Quataert (2007), MNRAS, 383, 93.
Dynamical Friction and Galaxy Merging Timescales
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0707.2960) - L. Desroches, E. Quataert, C.-P. Ma, and A. West (2007), MNRAS, 377, 402.
Luminosity Dependence in the Fundamental Plane Projections of Elliptical Galaxies
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0608474) - M. Boylan-Kolchin and C.-P. Ma (2006), MNRAS, 374, 1227.
Satellite Accretion onto Massive Galaxies with Central Black Holes
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0608122) - M. Boylan-Kolchin, C.-P. Ma, and E. Quataert (2006), MNRAS, 369, 1081.
Red Mergers and the Assembly of Massive Elliptical Galaxies: the Fundamental Plane and its Projections
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0601400) - A. Coil, B. Gerke, J. Newman, C.-P. Ma, R. Yan, M. Cooper, M. Davis, S. Faber, P. Guhathakurta and D. Koo (2006), ApJ, 638, 668.
The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Clustering of Groups and Group Galaxies at z~1
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0507647) - A. Shapley, A. Coil, C.-P. Ma, and K. Bundy (2005), The Astrophysical Journal, 635, 1006.
Chemical Abundances of DEEP2 Star-Forming Galaxies at Redshifts 1.0 to 1.5
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0509102) - B. Hagan, C.-P. Ma, and A. Kravtsov (2005), The Astrophysical Journal, 633, 537.
Impact of Dark Matter Substructure on the Matter and Weak Lensing Power Spectra
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0504557) - M. Boylan-Kolchin, C.-P. Ma, and E. Quataert (2005), MNRAS, 362, 184.
Dissipationless Mergers of Elliptical Galaxies and the Evolution of the Fundamental Plane
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0502495) - D. Huterer, C. R. Keeton, and C.-P. Ma (2005), The Astrophysical Journal, 624, 34.
Effects of Ellipticity and Shear on Gravitational Lens Statistics
(abstract/full article) (astro-ph/0405040) - C.-P. Ma (2004), AIP Conference Proceedings of the Mitchell Symposium on Observational Cosmology, p.157. ed. R. Allen, D. Nanopoulos, and C. Pope.
Understanding Dark Matter Distribution from a Kinetic View
(abstract/full article) (ADS) - M. Boylan-Kolchin, C.-P. Ma, and E. Quataert (2004), The Astrophysical Journal, 61, L37.
Core Formation in Galactic Nuclei due to Recoiling Black Holes
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0407488) - C.-P. Ma and M. Boylan-Kolchin (2004), Physical Review Letters, 93, 021301.
Are Halos of Collisionless Cold Dark Matter Collisionless?
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0403102) - A. Coil, J. Newman, N. Kaiser, M. Davis, C.-P. Ma, D. Kocevski, and D. Koo (2004), The Astrophysical Journal, 617, 765.
Evolution and Color Dependence of the Galaxy Angular Correlation Function: 350,000 Galaxies in 5 Square Degrees
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0403423) - C.-P. Ma and E. Bertschinger (2004), The Astrophysical Journal, 612, 28.
A Cosmological Kinetic Theory for the Evolution of Cold Dark Matter Halos with Substructure: Quasi-Linear Theory
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0311049) - M. Boylan-Kolchin and C.-P. Ma (2004), MNRAS, 349, 1117.
Major Mergers of Galaxy Halos: Cuspy or Cored Inner Density Profile?
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0309243) - S. Singh, C.-P. Ma, and J. Arons (2004), Physical Review D, 69, 063003.
Gamma-Ray Bursts and Magnetars as Possible Sources of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays: Correlation of Cosmic Ray Event Positions with IRAS Galaxies
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0308257) - D. Huterer and C.-P. Ma (2003), The Astrophysical Journal, 600, L7.
Constraints on the Inner Cluster Mass Profile and the Power Spectrum Normalization from Strong Lensing Statistics
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0307301) - M. Santos, A. Cooray, Z. Haiman, L. Knox, and C.-P. Ma (2003), The Astrophysical Journal, 598, 756.
Small-Scale Cosmic Microwave Background Temperature and Polarization Anisotropies due to Patchy Reionization
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0305471) - C.-P. Ma (2003), The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 584, L1.
Schechter versus Schechter: Sub-Arcsecond Gravitational Lensing and Inner Halo Profiles
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0211464) - S. Singh and C.-P. Ma (2003), Physical Review D, 67, 023506.
Neutrino Clustering in Cold Dark Matter Halos: Implications for Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0208419) - C.-P. Ma and J. N. Fry (2002), Physical Review Letters, 88, 211301.
Nonlinear Kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0106342) - C.-P. Ma (2002), Nuclear Physics B, 124, 79.
Probing Cosmic Baryons and Dark Matter with the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effects - S. Singh and C.-P. Ma (2002), The Astrophysical Journal, 569, 1.
Linear and Second-Order Evolution of Cosmic Baryon Perturbations below 10^6 Solar Masses
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0111450) - C.-P. Ma and J. N. Fry (2002), Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conf. Ser., 257 , 61.
AMiBA 2001: High-z Clusters, Missing Baryons, and CMB Polarization, ed. L.-W. Chen, C.-P. Ma, K.-W. Ng, and U. Pen. The Nonlinear Thermal and Kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect
(abstract) - N. Sarbu, D. Rusin and C.-P. Ma (2001), The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 561, L147.
Strong Gravitational Lensing and Dark Energy
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0110093) - D. Rusin and C.-P. Ma (2001), The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 549, L33.
Constraints on the Inner Mass Profiles of Lensing Galaxies from Missing Odd Images
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0009079) - J. N. Fry and C.-P. Ma (2001), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 927, 143.
The Onset of Nonlinearity in Cosmological Structure
(ADS) (NYAS-online) - K. Y. Lo, T. Chiueh, R. Martin, K. Ng, H. Liang, U. Pen, and C.-P. Ma (2001), Proceedings of IAU Symposium 201: New Cosmological Data and the Values of the Fundamental Parameters , ed. A. Lasenby and A. Wilkinson. “AMiBA: Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy”
(abstract) (astro-ph/0012282) - C.-P. Ma and J. N. Fry (2000), The Astrophysical Journal, 543, 503.
Deriving the Nonlinear Cosmological Power Spectrum and Bispectrum from Analytic Dark Matter Halo Profiles and Mass Functions
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0003343) - V. Narayanan, D. Spergel, R. Dave, and C.-P. Ma (2000), The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 543, L103.
Constraints on the Mass of Warm Dark Matter Particles and the Shape of the Linear Power Spectrum from the Lyman-alpha Forest
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0005095) - C.-P. Ma and J. N. Fry (2000), The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 538, L107.
What Does it Take to Stabilize Gravitational Clustering?
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0005233) - C.-P. Ma and J. N. Fry (2000), The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 531, L87.
Halo Profiles and the Nonlinear Two- and Three-Point Correlation Functions of Cosmological Mass Density
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/0001347) - M. Metzger and C.-P. Ma (2000), Astronomical Journal, 120, 2879.
Lensed Arcs and Inner Structure of Abell 697
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/9909166) - C.-P. Ma, R. R. Caldwell, P. Bode, and L. Wang (1999), The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 521, L1.
The Mass Power Spectrum in Quintessence Cosmological Models
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/9906174) - C.-P. Ma (1999), in TASI-98: Neutrinos in Physics and Astrophysics from 10^-33 to 10^+28 cm , ed. P. Langacker (World Scientific), p. 504. “Neutrinos and Dark Matter”
(astro-ph/9904001) - T. A. Small, C.-P. Ma, W. L. W. Sargent, and D. Hamilton (1999), The Astrophysical Journal, 524, 31.
Galaxy Clustering and Large-Scale Structure from z=0.2 to z=0.5 in Two Norris Redshfit Surveys
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/9901194) - C.-P. Ma (1999), The Astrophysical Journal, 510, 32.
Redshift Evolution of the Nonlinear Two-Point Correlation Function
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/9808130) - C.-P. Ma (1998), The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 508, L5.
Analytical Approximation to the Nonlinear Power Spectrum of Gravitational Clustering
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/9809267) - C.-P. Ma, T. A. Small, and W. L. W. Sargent (1998), Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, vol. 151, 89. Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure of the Universe , ed. Y. I. Byun and K. W. Ng,
“Weighing Superclusters”
(astro-ph/9808034) - C.-P. Ma (1998), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 848, 75. Long-Range Correlations in Astrophysical Systems , ed. J. R. Buchler, J. W. Dufty, and H. E. Kandrup, “Nonlinear Cosmological Structure Formation”
(NYAS-online) (astro-ph/9810001) - T. A. Small, C.-P. Ma, W. L. W. Sargent, and D. Hamilton (1998), The Astrophysical Journal, 492, 45.
The Norris Survey of the Corona Borealis Supercluster: Structure and Mass of the Supercluster
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/9708153) - C.-P. Ma, E. Bertschinger, L. Hernquist, D. Weinberg, and N. Katz (1997), The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 484, L1.
Cosmological Constraints from High-Redshift Damped Lyman-alpha Systems
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/9705113) - C.-P. Ma (1996), The Astrophysical Journal, 471, 13.
Linear Power Spectra in Cold+Hot Dark Matter Models: Analytical Approximations and Applications
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/9605198) - C.-P. Ma (1996), Nuclear Physics 51B, 254.
Constraints on Massive Neutrinos as Hot Dark Matter - C.-P. Ma and E. Bertschinger (1995), The Astrophysical Journal, 455, 7.
Cosmological Perturbation Theory in the Synchronous and Conformal Newtonian Gauges
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/9506072) - C.-P. Ma (1995), in Dark Matter: Proceedings of the 5th Annual Maryland Astrophysics Conference , ed. S. Holt and C. Bennett (American Institute of Physics, New York), p. 420. “Massive Neutrinos and Galaxy Formation”
(astro-ph/9412068) - C.-P. Ma (1995), in Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Sources of Dark Matter in the Universe , ed. D. B. Cline (World Scientific, Singapore), p. 88.
Dark Halos in Two Cold+Hot Dark Matter Models - C.-P. Ma and E. Bertschinger (1994), The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 434, L5.
Do Galactic Systems Form Too Late in Cold+Hot Dark Matter Models?
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/9407085) - C.-P. Ma and E. Bertschinger (1994), The Astrophysical Journal, 429, 22.
A Calculation of the Full Neutrino Phase Space in Cold+Hot Dark Matter Models
(abstract/full paper) (astro-ph/9308006) - C.-P. Ma (1993), Physical Review D48, 530.
SO(10) Cosmic Strings and Baryon-Number Violation
(abstract/full paper) (hep-ph/9211206) - A. Levine, C.-P. Ma, J. McClintock, S. Rappaport, M. van der Klis, & F. Verbunt (1988), The Astrophysical Journal, 327, 732.
4U 1626-67: The Binary with the Smallest Known Mass Function
(abstract/full paper) - S. Rappaport, L.A. Nelson, C.-P. Ma, and P. C. Joss (1987), The Astrophysical Journal, 322, 842.
The Evolutionary Status of 4U 1820-30
(abstract/full paper)