Seth Siegel

Seth Siegel photo
Research Scientist
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Research Scientist
Areas of research:
Cosmology
Cosmology. Formation and evolution of large-scale structure. 21 cm intensity mapping.
Radio transients. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) as cosmological probes.
Astronomical instrumentation. Precision calibration of radio telescopes.
  • Research Scientist, Cosmology, Perimeter Institute, 2023-present
  • Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2022
  • Amiri, M., Chakraborty, A., Foreman, S., Halpern, M., Hill, A. S., Hinshaw, G., . . . Collaboration, T. C. (2024). Holographic Beam Measurements of the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME). The Astrophysical Journal, 976(2), 163. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad8133
  • Lanman, A. E., Andrew, S., Lazda, M., Shah, V., Amiri, M., Balasubramanian, A., . . . Zegmott, T. J. (2024). CHIME/FRB Outriggers: KKO Station System and Commissioning Results. The Astronomical Journal, 168(2), 87. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ad5838
  • Mohammed, N., Ordog, A., Booth, R. A., Bracco, A., Brown, J. -A. C., Carretti, E., . . . Collaborations, C. A. G. (2024). Faraday Tomography with CHIME: The “Tadpole” Feature G137+7. The Astrophysical Journal, 971(1), 100. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad5099
  • Collaboration, T. C. F., Amiri, M., Andersen, B. C., Andrew, S., Bandura, K., Bhardwaj, M., . . . Wulf, D. (2024). Updating the First CHIME/FRB Catalog of Fast Radio Bursts with Baseband Data. The Astrophysical Journal, 969(2), 145. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad464b
  • Amiri, M., Bandura, K., Chakraborty, A., Dobbs, M., Fandino, M., Foreman, S., . . . Collaboration, T. C. (2024). A Detection of Cosmological 21 cm Emission from CHIME in Cross-correlation with eBOSS Measurements of the Lya Forest. The Astrophysical Journal, 963(1), 23. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad0f1d
  • Andersen, B. C., Patel, C., Brar, C., Boyle, P. J., Fonseca, E., Kaspi, V. M., . . . Singh, S. (2023). Flux Calibration of CHIME/FRB Intensity Data. The Astronomical Journal, 166(4), 138. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/acec78
  • Michilli, D., Bhardwaj, M., Brar, C., Gaensler, B. M., Kaspi, V. M., Kirichenko, A., . . . Tendulkar, S. P. (2023). Subarcminute Localization of 13 Repeating Fast Radio Bursts Detected by CHIME/FRB. The Astrophysical Journal, 950(2), 134. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/accf89
  • Andersen, B. C., Patel, C., Brar, C., Boyle, P. J., Fonseca, E., Kaspi, V. M., . . . Singh, S. (2023). Flux Calibration of CHIME/FRB Intensity Data. arxiv:2305.11302v1
  • Collaboration, T. C., Amiri, M., Bandura, K., Chen, T., Deng, M., Dobbs, M., . . . Wulf, D. (2023). Detection of Cosmological 21 cm Emission with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment. The Astrophysical Journal, 947(1), 16. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acb13f
  • Collaboration, T. C. F., Andersen, B. C., Bandura, K., Bhardwaj, M., Boyle, P. J., Brar, C., . . . Zwaniga, A. (2023). CHIME/FRB Discovery of 25 Repeating Fast Radio Burst Sources. The Astrophysical Journal, 947(2), 83. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acc6c1
  • Collaboration, T. C. F., Amiri, M., Andersen, B. C., Bandura, K., Berger, S., Bhardwaj, M., . . . Zwaniga, A. V. (2023). Erratum: “The First CHIME/FRB Fast Radio Burst Catalog” (2021, ApJS, 257, 59). The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 264(2), 53. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/acb54c
  • Reda, A., Pinsonneault-Marotte, T., Deng, M., Amiri, M., Bandura, K., Chakraborty, A., . . . Wulf, D. (2022). Characterization of the John A. Galt Telescope for radio holography with CHIME. In Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 12190 (pp. 121902v-121902v-16). SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. doi:10.1117/12.2629429
  • Leung, C., Kader, Z., Masui, K. W., Dobbs, M., Michilli, D., Mena-Parra, J., . . . Vanderlinde, K. (2022). Constraining primordial black holes using fast radio burst gravitational-lens interferometry with CHIME/FRB. Physical Review D, 106(4), 043017. doi:10.1103/physrevd.106.043017
  • Kader, Z., Leung, C., Dobbs, M., Masui, K. W., Michilli, D., Mena-Parra, J., . . . Wulf, D. (2022). High-time resolution search for compact objects using fast radio burst gravitational lens interferometry with CHIME/FRB. Physical Review D, 106(4), 043016. doi:10.1103/physrevd.106.043016
  • Amiri, M., Bandura, K., Boskovic, A., Chen, T., Cliche, J. -F., Deng, M., . . . Wulf, D. (2022). An Overview of CHIME, the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 261(2), 29. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ac6fd9
  • Reda, A., Pinsonneault-Marotte, T., Deng, M., Amiri, M., Bandura, K., Chakraborty, A., . . . Wulf, D. (2022). Characterization of the John A. Galt telescope for radio holography with CHIME. arxiv:2207.13876v3
  • Andersen, B. C., Bandura, K., Bhardwaj, M., Boyle, P. J., Brar, C., Breitman, D., . . . Zwaniga, A. (2022). Sub-second periodicity in a fast radio burst. Nature, 607(7918), 256-259. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04841-8
  • Amiri, M., Bandura, K., Boskovic, A., Cliche, J. -F., Deng, M., Dobbs, M., . . . Wulf, D. (2022). Using the Sun to Measure the Primary Beam Response of the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment. The Astrophysical Journal, 932(2), 100. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac6b9f
  • Collaboration, T. C. F., Amiri, M., Andersen, B. C., Bandura, K., Berger, S., Bhardwaj, M., . . . Zwaniga, A. V. (2021). The First CHIME/FRB Fast Radio Burst Catalog. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 257(2), 59. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ac33ab
  • Collaboration, T. C. F., Andersen, B. C., Bandura, K., Bhardwaj, M., Boyle, P. J., Brar, C., . . . Zwaniga, A. (2021). Sub-second periodicity in a fast radio burst. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2107.08463
  • Michilli, D., Masui, K. W., Mckinven, R., Cubranic, D., Bruneault, M., Brar, C., . . . Vanderlinde, K. (2021). An Analysis Pipeline for CHIME/FRB Full-array Baseband Data. The Astrophysical Journal, 910(2), 147. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abe626
  • Detection of Cosmological 21 cm Emission with CHIME, Cosmology Lunch Seminar, University of Toronto, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2023/07/28
  • Mapping the Universe at 21 cm, York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Canada, 2023/03/03
  • Mapping the Universe at 21 cm, University of Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2023/01/09
  • Mapping the Universe at 21 cm, Cosmology and Gravitation, 2022/10/03, PIRSA:22100094
  • Detection of Cosmological 21 cm Emission with CHIME, 3rd URSI Atlantic / Asia-Pacific Radio Science Meeting, International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Gran Canaria, Spain, 2022/06/03
  • Detection of Cosmological 21 cm Emission with CHIME, Copernicus Webinar and Colloquium Series, 2022/04/05