Andisheh Mahdavi

Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
San Francisco State University

Thornton Hall 309 
Office: (415) 338 1880
Email: amahdavi at sfsu.edu  

Research Interests: dark matter, clusters of galaxies, X-ray astronomy, dynamics

Curriculum Vitae
Most of the material in the universe is invisible. That is one of the most dramatic, perplexing, and yet persistent findings of modern astrophysics. We know that dark matter exists because of the way it tugs on galaxies, heats cosmic gas, and bends the light from distant objects. My research involves mapping the large dark halos within cluster of galaxies, looking for structures that reveal the nature and composition of dark matter.
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Teaching
Recent Refereed Publications
  • "The Role of Black Holes in Galaxy Formation and Evolution," Cattaneo et al., 2009, Nature, 460, 213

  • "Sérsiclets - a matched filter extension of Shapelets for weak lensing studies," Ngan et al., 2009, MNRAS, 396, 1211

  • "The X-ray Cluster Normalization of the Matter Power Spectrum," Henry et al. 2009, ApJ, 691, 1307

All Refereed Publications