Publications - Risa Wechsler

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Milky Way Satellite Census I. The Observational Selection Function for Milky Way Satellites in DES Y3 and PanSTARRS DR1 Drlica-Wagner, Bechtol et al 2019
Milky Way Satellite Census II. Galaxy-Halo Connection Constraints including the Impact of the Large Magellanic Cloud Nadler et al 2019
RedMaPPer: Evolution and Mass Dependence of the Conditional Luminosity Functions of Red Galaxies To et al 2019
Constraints on Dark Matter Microphysics from the Milky Way Satellite Population Nadler et al 2019
The Buzzard Flock: Dark Energy Survey Synthetic Catalogs DeRose, Wechsler et al 2019
The Aemulus Project I: Numerical Simulations for Precision Cosmology DeRose, Wechsler et al 2019
Universe Machine: The Correlation between Galaxy Growth and Dark Matter Halo Assembly from z=0-10 Behroozi, Wechsler et al 2019
The Connection between Galaxies and their Dark Matter Halos Wechsler & Tinker 2018
DES Y1 Results: Validating cosmological parameter estimation using simulated Dark Energy Surveys MacCrann, DeRose, Wechsler et al 2018
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Multi-Probe Methodology and Simulated Likelihood Analyses Krause et al 2017
The SAGA Survey: I. Satellite Galaxy Populations Around Eight Milky Way Analogs Geha, Wechsler et al 2017
Uncertainties in Parameters Estimated with Neural Networks: Application to Strong Gravitational Lensing Perreault-Levauseur, Hezaveh & Wechsler 2017

other student and postdoc led highlights

Modeling the Connection between Subhalos and Satellites in Milky Way-like Systems Nadler et al 2019
Data-Driven Reconstruction of Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies Using Recurrent Inference Machines Morningstar et al 2019
Beyond Assembly Bias Mao, Zentner & Wechsler 2018
The Concentration Dependence of the Galaxy-Halo Connection Lehmann, Mao, Becker, Skillman & Wechsler 2017
The Faber-Jackson relation and Fundamental Plane from Halo Abundance Matching Desmond & Wechsler 2017
Cosmic Shear as a Probe of Galaxy Formation Physics Foreman et al 2016
Connecting CO Intensity Mapping to Molecular Gas and Star Formation in the Epoch of Galaxy Assembly Li, Wechsler, Kiruthica & Church 2016
The Eating Habits of Milky Way Halos Deason et al 2016
Detection of lensing substructure using ALMA observations of the dusty galaxy SDP.81 Hezaveh et al 2016
Disentangling redshift-space distortions and nonlinear bias using the 2D power spectrum Jennings, Wechsler et al 2016
Cosmic Shear Measurements with DES Science Verification Data Becker & the Dark Energy Survey 2016
The Dependence of Subhalo Abundance on Halo Concentration Mao, Williamson & Wechsler 2015
Dark Sky Simulations: Early Data Release Skillman et al 2014
The Average Star Formation Histories of Galaxies in Dark Matter Halos from z = 0-8 Behroozi, Wechsler & Conroy 2013
The Connection between Galaxies and Dark Matter Structures in the Local Universe Reddick, Wechsler et al 2013
Rhapsody I: Structural Properties and Formation History from a Statistical Sample of Resimulated Cluster Mass Halos Wu et al 2013

classics

The DESI Experiment Part I; Science, Targeting, and Survey Design The DESI Collaboration 2016
Eight Ultra-faint Galaxy Candidates Discovered in Year Two of the Dark Energy Survey Drlica-Wagner & the Dark Energy Survey 2015
redMaPPer - I. Algorithm and SDSS DR8 Catalog Rozo et al 2014
The ROCKSTAR Phase-space Temporal Halo Finder and the Velocity Offsets of Cluster Cores Behroozi, Wechsler, & Wu 2013
How Common are the Magellanic Clouds? Liu, Gerke, Wechsler, Behroozi, & Busha 2011
CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey Grogin and the CANDELS Collaboration 2011
Cosmological Constraints from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey maxBCG Cluster Catalog Rozo et al 2010
A Comprehensive Analysis of Uncertainties Affecting the Stellar Mass-Halo Mass Relation for 0 < z < 4 Behroozi, Conroy & Wechsler 2010
Connecting Galaxies, Halos, and Star Formation Rates Across Cosmic Time Conroy & Wechsler 2009
Modeling Luminosity-dependent Galaxy Clustering through Cosmic Time Conroy, Wechsler, & Kravtsov 2006
The Dependence of Halo Clustering on Halo Formation History, Concentration, and Occupation Wechsler et al 2006
The Physics of Galaxy Clustering. I. A Model for Subhalo Populations Zentner et al 2005
The Dark Side of the Halo Occupation Distribution Kravtsov, Berlind, Wechsler et al 2004
Concentrations of Dark Halos from Their Assembly Histories Wechsler et al 2002
Galaxy halo occupation at high redshift Bullock, Wechsler, & Somerville 2002