David Bacon

Biography

I studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, and then joined the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge for my PhD, which I received in 2002. I was awarded a PPARC research fellowship to carry out research at the University of Edinburgh, followed by an STFC Advanced Fellowship in 2004. I joined the University of Portsmouth in 2007 as a Senior Research Fellow and RCUK Academic Fellow, becoming a Senior Lecturer in 2012, Reader in 2014, Professor in 2018 and Associate Director of the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation in 2019.

Research interests

Cosmology at radio wavelengths, gravitational lensing, theories of gravity.

Research outputs

2026

Dark Energy Survey Year 6 results: Weak lensing and galaxy clustering cosmological analysis framework

Sanchez-Cid, D., Ferté, A., Blazek, J., Samuroff, S., Amon, A., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Coloma-Nadal, J. M., Muir, J., Porredon, A., Prat, J., Weaverdyck, N., Yamamoto, M., Anbajagane, D., Becker, M. R., Carrilho, P., Chang, C., Crocce, M., Giannini, G., d’Assignies, W., DeRose, J., Dodelson, S., Krause, E., Legnani, E., Mena-Fernández, J., MacCrann, N., Pourtsidou, A., Preston, C., Rogozenski, P., Rodriguez-Monroy, M., Rosenfeld, R., Sanchez, E., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Soares-Santos, M., To, C., Troxel, M. A., Tsedrik, M., Yin, B., Zuntz, J., Abbott, T. M., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Alves, O., Avila, S., Bacon, D., Bechtol, K., Bertin, E., Gaztanaga, E., Nichol, R. C., Percival, W. J., Thomas, D.

3 Sep 2026, In: Physical Review D. 114, 6, 36p., 063506

Research output: Article

Weak Lensing Mass Calibration of the ACT DR5 Galaxy Clusters with the DES Year 3 Weak Lensing Data

Shin, T., Baxter, E. J., Lee, E., Battaglia, N., Alarcon, A., Amon, A., Becker, M., Bernstein, G., Bond, J. R., Campos, A., Chang, C., Chen, R., Choi, A., DeRose, J., Dodelson, S., Doux, C., Dunkley, J., Elvin-Poole, J., Esteves, J. H., Everett, S., Ferté, A., Gatti, M., Grandis, S., Gruen, D., Harrison, I., Hill, J. C., Hilton, M., Jarvis, M., MacCrann, N., McCullough, J., Moodley, K., Mroczkowski, T., Myles, J., Navarro Alsina, A., Nicola, A., Page, L., Pandey, S., Prat, J., Raveri, M., Ried Guachalla, B., Rollins, R. P., Sanchez, C., Secco, L. F., Sheldon, E., Sifón, C., Troxel, M., Tutusaus, I., von der Linden, A., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Bacon, D.

28 Aug 2026, In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2026, 8, 52p., 075

Research output: Article

The CosmoCube lunar mission for probing the dark ages and cosmic dawn via 21-cm cosmology

Acedo, E. d. l., Bacon, D., Grainger, W., Anstey, D., Bevins, H., King, L. S., Artuc, K., Al-Badri, M., Pearson, C., Balaji, S., Holdaway, R., Bowman, J., Jacobs, D., Varelidi-Strati, T., Eckersley, S., Harvey, A., Turconi, A., Gretarsson, A. M., Dorobat, A., Liao, Y., Morice-Atkinson, X. G. M., Olumodimu, O. A.

14 Aug 2026, In: Nature Astronomy. 10, 8, p. 1097–1106

Research output: Article

Enhancing weak lensing redshift distribution characterization by optimizing the Dark Energy Survey Self-Organizing Map Photo-z method

Campos, A., Yin, B., Dodelson, S., Amon, A., Alarcon, A., Sánchez, C., Bernstein, G., Giannini, G., Myles, J., Samurof, S., Alves, O., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Bechtol, K., Becker, M. R., Blazek, J., Camacho, H., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Cawthon, R., Chang, C., Chen, R., Choi, A., Cordero, J., Davis, C., DeRose, J., Diehl, H. T., Doux, C., Drlica-Wagner, A., Eckert, K., Eifler, T. F., Elvin-Poole, J., Everett, S., Fang, X., Ferté, A., Friedrich, O., Gatti, M., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Harrison, I., Hartley, W. G., Herner, K., Huang, H., Huf, E. M., Jarvis, M., Krause, E., Kuropatkin, N., Leget, P. F., Ross, A. J., Bacon, D., Gaztanaga, E.

28 Jul 2026, In: Open Journal of Astrophysics. 9, 25p.

Research output: Article

OzDES reverberation mapping program: Civ lags from six years of data

Penton, A., McDougall, H. G., Davis, T. M., Yu, Z., Malik, U., Martini, P., Tucker, B. E., Lidman, C., Lewis, G., Sharp, R., Aguena, M., Alam, S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Asorey, J., Bacon, D., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Camilleri, R., Carnero Rosell, A., Carollo, D., Carr, A., Carretero, J., Cheng, T. Y., Da Costa, L., Da Silva Pereira, M. E., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Everett, S., Garcia-Bellido, J., Glazebrook, K., Gruen, D., Gutierrez, G., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D., Honscheid, K., Kuehn, K., Lahav, O., Lee, S., March, M., Marshall, J., Mena-Fernández, J., Miquel, R., Myles, J., Nichol, R., Ogando, R., Plazas Malagón, A. A., Porredon, A., Rodriguez Monroy, M., Romer, K., Sanchez, E.

22 Jun 2026, In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 43, 11p., e088

Research output: Article

OzDES reverberation mapping of Active Galactic Nuclei: Final data release, black-hole mass results, and scaling relations

Mcdougall, H., Davis, T. M., Yu, Z., Martini, P., Lidman, C., Malik, U., Penton, A., Lewis, G. F., Tucker, B. E., Pope, B. J., Allam, S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Asorey, J., Bacon, D., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Carnero Rosell, A., Carollo, D., Carr, A., Carretero, J., Cheng, T. Y., Da Costa, L., Da Silva Pereira, M. E., De Vicente, J., Diehl, H. T., Doel, P., Everett, S., Garcia-Bellido, J., Glazebrook, K., Gruen, D., Gutierrez, G., Herner, K., Hinton, S., Hollowood, D. L., James, D., Kim, A., Kuehn, K., Lee, S., March, M., Marshall, J., Mena-Fernández, J., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Myles, J., Nichol, R., Ogando, R., Porredon, A., Sanchez, E., Sanchez Cid, D., Sharp, R.

19 Jun 2026, In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 43, 32p., e084

Research output: Article

The SPT-deep cluster catalog: Sunyaev–Zel’dovich Selected Clusters from Combined SPT-3G and SPTpol Measurements over 100 Square Degrees

Kornoelje, K., Bleem, L. E., Rykoff, E. S., Abbott, T. M., Ade, P. A., Aguena, M., Alves, O., Anderson, A. J., Oliveira, F. A., Ansarinejad, B., Archipley, M., Ashby, M. L., Austermann, J. E., Bacon, D., Balkenhol, L., Bayliss, M. B., Beall, J. A., Benabed, K., Bender, A. N., Benson, B. A., Bianchini, F., Bocquet, S., Bouchet, F. R., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Calzadilla, M., Campitiello, M. G., Camphuis, E., Carlstrom, J. E., Carnero Rosell, A., Carretero, J., Chang, C. L., Chaubal, P., Chiang, H. C., Chichura, P. M., Chokshi, A., Chou, T. L., Citron, R., Coerver, A., Moran, C. C., Costanzi, M., Crawford, T. M., Crites, A. T., da Costa, L. N., Daley, C., de Haan, T., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Floyd, B., Vincenzi, M.

10 Jun 2026, In: Astrophysical Journal. 1004, 1, 20p., 48

Research output: Article

The Dark Energy Survey supernova program: a reanalysis of cosmology results and evidence for evolving dark energy with an updated Type Ia supernova calibration

Popovic, B., Shah, P., Kenworthy, W. D., Kessler, R., Davis, T. M., Goobar, A., Scolnic, D., Vincenzi, M., Wiseman, P., Chen, R., Charleton, E., Acevedo, M., Armstrong, P., Boyd, B. M., Brout, D., Camilleri, R., Frieman, J., Galbany, L., Grayling, M., Kelsey, L., Rose, B., Sánchez, B., Lee, J., Möller, A., Smith, M., Sullivan, M., Shiamtanis, N., Alarcon, A., Allam, S. S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Avila, S., Bacon, D., Blazek, J., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. C., Carretero, J., Cawthon, R., da Costa, L. N., da Silva Pereira, M. E., Diehl, H. T., Dodelson, S., Doel, P., Everett, S., Frohmaier, C., García-Bellido, J., Gruen, D., Gutierrez, G., Nichol, R. C.

1 Jun 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 548, 4, 27p., stag632

Research output: Article

Robust Measurement of Stellar Streams around the Milky Way: Correcting Spatially Variable Observational Selection Effects in Optical Imaging Surveys

Boone, K. K., Ferguson, P. S., Tabbutt, M., Bechtol, K., Cheng, T. Y., Drlica-Wagner, A., Martínez-Vázquez, C. E., Mutlu-Pakdil, B., Abbott, T. M., Aguena, M., Alves, O., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Bacon, D., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Camilleri, R., Carnero Rosell, A., da Costa, L. N., da Silva Pereira, M. E., Davis, T. M., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Doel, P., Everett, S., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gruen, D., Gutierrez, G., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K., James, D. J., Kuehn, K., Marshall, J. L., Mena-Fernández, J., Menanteau, F., Miquel, R., Myles, J., Ogando, R. L., Plazas Malagón, A. A., Porredon, A., Rodríguez-Monroy, M., Sanchez, E., Sanchez Cid, D., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, M., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E., Vikram, V.

20 Apr 2026, In: Astrophysical Journal. 1001, 2, 20p., 208

Research output: Article

DELVE Milky Way Satellite Galaxy Census. I. Satellite Population and Survey Selection Function in DES, DELVE, and Pan-STARRS

Tan, C. Y., Drlica-Wagner, A., Pace, A. B., Cerny, W., Nadler, E. O., Doliva-Dolinsky, A., Anbajagane, D., Li, T. S., Simon, J. D., Vivas, A. K., Walker, A. R., Adamów, M., Bechtol, K., Carlin, J. L., Casey, Q. O., Chang, C., Chaturvedi, A., Cheng, T. Y., Chiti, A., Choi, Y., Crnojević, D., Ferguson, P. S., Gruendl, R. A., Ji, A. P., Limberg, G., Medina, G. E., Mutlu-Pakdil, B., Noël, N. E., Overdeck, K., Placco, V. M., Riley, A. H., Sand, D. J., Sharp, J., Sherman, N. F., Stringfellow, G. S., Wechsler, R. H., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Alves, O., Bacon, D., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Camilleri, R., Carballo-Bello, J. A., Carnero Rosell, A., Carretero, J., da Costa, L. N., da Silva Pereira, M. E., Davis, T. M., De Vicente, J.

20 Mar 2026, In: Astrophysical Journal. 1000, 1, 28p., 87

Research output: Article

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Professor David Bacon

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2026