Enrique Gaztanaga Portrait

Professor Enrique Gaztanaga

Summary

My expertise is in the area of Cosmological models and the Large Scale Structure (LSS): the distribution of galaxies, radiation and matter on the largest observable scales. In particular:  i) how light from galaxies traces the underlaying mass: theory, measurements and simulations ii) comparison of perturbation theory to data and simulations: development of novel tools,  iii)  measurement and modelling of  Galaxy-CMB cross-correlation techniques iv) measurements and modelling of higher order correlation function and Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO), v) interpretation of cosmological models and the laws of Physics.

Research outputs

2026

PAC in DESI. II. Galaxy–halo connection into the 106 M⊙ frontier

Xu, K., Frenk, C. S., Jing, Y. P., Cole, S., Bose, S., Aguilar, J., Ahlen, S., Bianchi, D., Brooks, D., Castander, F. J., Claybaugh, T., Macorra, A. d. l., Doel, P., Forero-Romero, J. E., Gaztañaga, E., Gontcho, S. G. A., Gutierrez, G., Hahn, C., Joyce, R., Juneau, S., Kehoe, R., Kisner, T., Landriau, M., Guillou, L. L., Manera, M., Miquel, R., Moustakas, J., Nadathur, S., Percival, W. J., Prada, F., Pérez-Ràfols, I., Rossi, G., Samushia, L., Sanchez, E., Schlegel, D., Silber, J. H., Sprayberry, D., Tarlé, G., Weaver, B. A., Zou, H.

19 Aug 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 551, 2, 40p., stag1487

Research output: Article

Euclid preparation. Baryon acoustic oscillations extraction techniques: comparison and optimisation

Collaboration, E., Sarpa, E., Veropalumbo, A., Bonici, M., Kärcher, M., Crocce, M., Sefusatti, E., Maragliano, E., Branchini, E., Oliveri, C., Gambardella, G., Quevedo, B. C., Moretti, C., Monaco, P., Bautista, J., Viel, M., Percival, W. J., Nadathur, S., Pezzotta, A., Eggemeier, A., Bel, J., Carbone, C., Crespi, A., Radinović, S., Parimbelli, G., Farina, A., Risso, I., Guidi, M., Degni, G., Eisenstein, D., Beutler, F., García-García, C., Piccirilli, G., Sorce, J. G., Altieri, B., Andreon, S., Baccigalupi, C., Baldi, M., Bardelli, S., Battaglia, P., Biviano, A., Brescia, M., Camera, S., Gaztanaga, E., Koyama, K., Leclercq, F., Naidoo, K., Pace, F., Pattison, C., Pourtsidou, A.

6 Aug 2026, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research output: Article

Euclid: VIII. Populating a dark universe with galaxies using SciPIC

Collaboration, E., Gonzalez, E. J., Carretero, J., Baghkhani, Z., Castander, F. J., Fosalba, P., Tallada-Crespí, P., Stadel, J., Potter, D., Tutusaus, I., Ramakrishnan, S., van Heukelum, M. L., Chisari, N. E., Marulli, F., Bolzonella, M., Pozzetti, L., Navarro-Gironés, D., Chaves-Montero, J., Parimbelli, G., Manera, M., Blot, L., Hoffmann, K., Huertas-Company, M., Monaco, P., Scarlata, C., Breton, M. -., Teyssier, R., Crocce, M., Congedo, G., Biviano, A., Hirschmann, M., Pezzotta, A., Hoekstra, H., Percival, W. J., Oesch, P. A., Bowler, R. A. A., Gonzalez-Perez, V., Avila, S., Kovács, A., Altieri, B., Andreon, S., Auricchio, N., Casas, S., Beutler, F., Gaztanaga, E., Koyama, K., Nadathur, S., Naidoo, K., Pace, F., Pattison, C.

6 Aug 2026, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 712, 24p., A90

Research output: Article

Frequentist cosmological constraints from full-shape clustering measurements in DESI DR1

Morawetz, J., Zhang, H., Bonici, M., Percival, W., Crespi, A., Aguilar, J. N., Ahlen, S., Bianchi, D., Brooks, D., Castander, F. J., Claybaugh, T., Cole, S., Cuceu, A., Macorra, A. d. l., de Mattia, A., Dey, B., Doel, P., Ferraro, S., Font-Ribera, A., Forero-Romero, J. E., Gaztañaga, E., Gontcho, S. G. A., Gutierrez, G., Hahn, C., Honscheid, K., Huterer, D., Ishak, M., Joyce, D., Kehoe, R., Kirkby, D., Kisner, T., Lahav, O., Lambert, A., Landriau, M., Guillou, L. L., Manera, M., Miquel, R., Mueller, E., Nadathur, S., Newman, J. A., Niz, G., Palanque-Delabrouille, N., Prada, F., Pérez-Ràfols, I., Rossi, G., Samushia, L., Sanchez, E., Schlegel, D., Schubnell, M., Silber, J. H.

3 Aug 2026, In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2026, 08, 28p., 001

Research output: Article

Quasars acting as Strong Lenses Found in DESI DR1

McArthur, E., Millon, M., Powell, M., Wechsler, R. H., Pan, Z., Siudek, M., Spiller, J., Aguilar, J. N., Ahlen, S., Anand, A., BenZvi, S., Bianchi, D., Brooks, D., Claybaugh, T., Cuceu, A., Macorra, A. d. l., Dey, A., Doel, P., Font-Ribera, A., Forero-Romero, J. E., Gaztañaga, E., Gontcho, S. G. A., Gutierrez, G., Herrera-Alcantar, H. K., Honscheid, K., Ishak, M., Joyce, D., Juneau, S., Kirkby, D., Kisner, T., Kremin, A., Lahav, O., Lamman, C., Landriau, M., Guillou, L. L., Manera, M., Meisner, A., Miquel, R., Nadathur, S., Palanque-Delabrouille, N., Percival, W., Poppett, C., Prada, F., Pérez-Ràfols, I., Rossi, G., Sanchez, E., Schlegel, D., Schubnell, M., Seo, H., Silber, J. H.

1 Aug 2026, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 1006, 2, 14p., 147

Research output: Article

Stacked Reverberation Mapping of High Redshift Quasars in DESI. I. Feasibility Analysis

Alfarsy, R., Canning, R. E. A., Mueller, E., Aguilar, J., Ahlen, S., Bianchi, D., Brooks, D., Clark, P., Claybaugh, T., Cuceu, A., Davis, T., Macorra, A. d. l., Dhavala, S., Fawcett, V. A., Floyd, B., Font-Ribera, A., Forero-Romero, J., Gaztañaga, E., Guo, W., Gutierrez, G., Honscheid, K., Joyce, R., Juneau, S., Kirkby, D., Kisner, T., Kremin, A., Lamman, C., Landriau, M., Guillou, L. L., Martini, P., McDougall, H., Meisner, A., Miquel, R., Moustakas, J., Nadathur, S., Palanque-Delabrouille, N., Pan, Z., Panda, S., Pérez-Ràfols, I., Prada, F., Pucha, R., Rossi, G., Sanchez, E., Schlegel, D., Schubnell, M., Shanks, T., Siudek, M., Sprayberry, D., Tarlé, G., Weaver, B. A.

28 Jul 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Research output: Article

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1): XXXVIII. Euclid spectroscopy of quasars. 1. Identification and redshift determination of 3500 bright quasars

Collaboration, E., Fu, Y., Bouwens, R., Caputi, K. I., Vergani, D., Scialpi, M., Margalef-Bentabol, B., Bolzonella, M., Banerji, M., Bañados, E., Feltre, A., Toba, Y., Calhau, J., Tarsitano, F., Cunha, P. A. C., Humphrey, A., Vietri, G., Mannucci, F., Bisogni, S., Ricci, F., Landt, H., Spinoglio, L., Zatarain, T. M., Stern, D., Alexander, D. M., Zamorani, G., Roster, W., Salvato, M., Copin, Y., Sorce, J. G., Lusso, E., Wolf, J., Yang, D., Rottgering, H. J. A., Laloux, B., Siudek, M., Belladitta, S., Liu, Q., Allevato, V., Andreon, S., Auricchio, N., Baccigalupi, C., Baldi, M., Casas, S., Markovic, K., Nichol, R. C., Percival, W. J., Gaztanaga, E., Nadathur, S., Naidoo, K.

23 Jul 2026, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics, 24p., A285

Research output: Article

The DESI DR1 Peculiar Velocity Survey: Fundamental Plane Catalogue

Howlett, C., Lucey, J. R., Said, K., Davis, T. M., Aguilar, J., Ahlen, S., Amsellem, A. J., Bautista, J., Benzvi, S., Bianchi, D., Blake, C., Brooks, D., Carr, A., Claybaugh, T., Cuceu, A., De La Macorra, A., Dey, B., Doel, P., Douglass, K., Ferraro, S., Font-Ribera, A., Forero-Romero, J. E., Gaztañaga, E., Gontcho A Gontcho, S., Gutierrez, G., Guy, J., Honscheid, K., Huterer, D., Ishak, M., Joyce, R., Kim, A. G., Kremin, A., Lahav, O., Lamman, C., Landriau, M., Le Guillou, L., Leauthaud, A., Levi, M. E., Martini, P., Meisner, A., Miquel, R., Moustakas, J., Muñoz-Gutiérrez, A., Nadathur, S., Palanque-Delabrouille, N., Percival, W. J., Poppett, C., Prada, F., Pérez-Ràfols, I., Qin, F.

6 Jul 2026, In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

Research output: Article

The kinematically hot, extremely metal-poor C-19 stellar stream in DESI DR2

Mohammed, N., Tang, J. Y., Li, T. S., Koposov, S. E., Carlberg, R. G., Jarvis, E., Li, A. P., Sandford, N., Medina, G. E., Wang, W., Valluri, M., Riley, A. H., Silva, L. B. e., Najita, J., Lambert, M., Li, S., Aguilar, J., Ahlen, S., Bianchi, D., Brooks, D., Claybaugh, T., Macorra, A. d. l., Forero-Romero, J. E., Gaztañaga, E., Gontcho, S. G. A., Gutierrez, G., Joyce, R., Juneau, S., Kehoe, R., Kisner, T., Kremin, A., Landriau, M., Guillou, L. L., Manera, M., Meisner, A., Miquel, R., Nadathur, S., Percival, W. J., Prada, F., Pérez-Ràfols, I., Rossi, G., Sanchez, E., Schlegel, D., Silber, J., Sprayberry, D., Tarlé, G., Weaver, B. A., Zhou, R., Zou, H.

6 Jul 2026, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 1005, 2, 20p., 200

Research output: Article

The DESI DR1 Peculiar Velocity Survey: growth rate measurements from galaxy and momentum correlation functions

Turner, R. J., Blake, C., Qin, F., Aguilar, J., Ahlen, S., Amsellem, A. J., Bautista, J., BenZvi, S., Bianchi, D., Brooks, D., Carr, A., Chaussidon, E., Claybaugh, T., Cuceu, A., Macorra, A. d. l., Doel, P., Douglass, K., Ferraro, S., Font-Ribera, A., Forero-Romero, J. E., Gaztañaga, E., Gontcho, S. G. A., Gutierrez, G., Guy, J., Herrera-Alcantar, H. K., Honscheid, K., Howlett, C., Huterer, D., Ishak, M., Joyce, R., Kehoe, R., Kim, A. G., Kirkby, D., Kremin, A., Lahav, O., Lamman, C., Landriau, M., Guillou, L. L., Leauthaud, A., Levi, M. E., Manera, M., Meisner, A., Miquel, R., Moustakas, J., Muñoz-Gutiérrez, A., Nadathur, S., Palanque-Delabrouille, N., Percival, W. J., Poppett, C., Prada, F.

6 Jul 2026, In: Open Journal of Astrophysics. 9, 20p.

Research output: Article

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