Dr Kathy Romer

Biography

• Senior Lectureship at Sussex (2007)
• Lectureship at Sussex (2004)
• Tenure Track Faculty position Carnegie Mellon (2000)
• Research Faculty position Carnegie Mellon (1999)
• Postdoc Carnegie Mellon University (1997)
• Postdoc Northwestern University (1995)
• Predoc Northwestern University (1994)
• PhD The Large Scale Distribution of X-ray Clusters of Galaxies University of Edinburgh (1995)
• BSc Physics with Astrophysics (First Class Honours) University of Manchester (1990)

Role

• Senior Lecturer
• Acting deputy head of department
• Undergraduate Careers Tutor

I am a member of the Sussex Astronomy Centre. I use multi-wavelength observations of clusters of galaxies to test theories of the cosmological model and of structure formation. I am PI of the multi-national XMM Cluster Survey project and a member of the Dark Energy Survey; cluster working group. My research covers the following topics:

• Observational Cosmology
• Extra-galactic Surveys
• Clusters of Galaxies
• X-ray Astronomy
• The Sunyaev'Zel'dovich Effect
• Search for Warm Dark Matter

• Foundation Mechanics
• Astronomy Research Skills (Observational Cosmology Modules 1 and 2)
• DPhil project supervision
• MSc project supervision
• Research Placement supervision
• Undergraduate Final Year project supervision

Student Consultation

Last update 15/2/13: My office hours for the MM2 module are Monday 11-12 and 14-15. Careers drop in is Monday 14-15. Academic advisees: you can use these times or can knock on my door at any time (if I am busy, I will set up an appointment with you by email).

Gómez, P L, Valkonen, L E, Romer, A K, Lloyd-Davies, E, Verdugo, T, Cantalupo, C M, Daub, M D, Goldstein, J H, Kuo, C L, Lange, A E, Lueker, M, Holzapfel, W L, Peterson, J B, Ruhl, J, Runyan, M C, Reichardt, C L and Sabirli, K (2012) Optical and X-ray observations of the merging cluster AS1063. The Astronomical Journal, 144 (3). p. 79. ISSN 0004-6256

Mauduit, J-C, Lacy, M, Farrah, D, Surace, J A, Jarvis, M, Oliver, S, Maraston, C, Vaccari, M, Marchetti, L, Zeimann, G, Gonzáles-Solares, E A, Pforr, J, Petric, A O, Henriques, B, Thomas, P A, Afonso, J, Rettura, A, Wilson, G, Falder, J T, Geach, J E, Huynh, M, Norris, R P, Seymour, N, Richards, G T, Stanford, S A, Alexander, D M, Becker, R H, Best, P N, Bizzocchi, L, Bonfield, D, Castro, N, Cava, A, Chapman, S, Christopher, N, Clements, D L, Covone, G, Dubois, N, Dunlop, J S, Dyke, E, Edge, A, Ferguson, H C, Foucaud, S, Franceschini, A, Gal, R R, Grant, J K, Grossi, M, Hatziminaoglou, E, Hickey, S, Hodge, J A, Huang, J-S, Ivison, R J, Kim, M, LeFevre, O, Lehnert, M, Lonsdale, C J, Lubin, L M, McLure, R J, Messias, H, Martínez-Sansigre, A, Mortier, A M J, Nielsen, D M, Ouchi, M, Parish, G, Perez-Fournon, I, Pierre, M, Rawlings, S, Readhead, A, Ridgway, S E, Rigopoulou, D, Romer, A K, Roseboom, I G, Rottgering, H J A, Rowan-Robinson, M, Sajina, A, Simpson, C J, Smail, I, Squires, G K, Stevens, J A, Taylor, R, Trichas, M, Urrutia, T, van Kampen, E, Verma, A and Xu, C K (2012) The Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (SERVS): survey definition and goals (PASP, 124, 714, [2012]). Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 124 (920). pp. 1135-1136. ISSN 0004-6280

Hilton, Matt, Romer, A Kathy, Kay, Scott T, Mehrtens, Nicola, Lloyd-Davies, E J, Thomas, Peter A, Short, Chris J, Mayers, Julian A, Rooney, Philip J, Stott, John P, Collins, Chris A, Harrison, Craig D, Hoyle, Ben, Liddle, Andrew R, Mann, Robert G, Miller, Christopher J, Sahlén, Martin, Viana, Pedro T P, Davidson, Michael, Hosmer, Mark, Nichol, Robert C, Sabirli, Kivanc, Stanford, S A and West, Michael J (2012) The XMM Cluster Survey: evidence for energy injection at high redshift from evolution of the X-ray luminosity-temperature relation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 424 (3). pp. 2086-2096. ISSN 0035-8711

Viana, Pedro T P, da Silva, António, Ramos, Elsa P R G, Liddle, Andrew R, Lloyd-Davies, E J, Romer, A Kathy, Kay, Scott T, Collins, Chris A, Hilton, Matt, Hosmer, Mark, Hoyle, Ben, Mayers, Julian A, Mehrtens, Nicola, Miller, Christopher J, Sahlén, Martin, Stanford, S Adam and Stott, John P (2012) The XMM Cluster Survey: predicted overlap with the Planck Cluster Catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 422 (2). pp. 1007-1013. ISSN 0035-8711

Stott, John P, Hickox, Ryan C, Edge, Alastair C, Collins, Chris A, Hilton, Matt, Harrison, Craig D, Romer, A Kathy, Rooney, Philip J, Kay, Scott T, Miller, Christopher J, Sahlén, Martin, Lloyd-Davies, Ed J, Mehrtens, Nicola, Hoyle, Ben, Liddle, Andrew R, Viana, Pedro T P, McCarthy, Ian G, Schaye, Joop and Booth, C M (2012) The XMM Cluster Survey: the interplay between the brightest cluster galaxy and the intracluster medium via AGN feedback. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 422 (3). pp. 2213-2229. ISSN 0035-8711

Harrison, Craig D, Miller, Christopher J, Richards, Joseph W, Lloyd-Davies, E J, Hoyle, Ben, Kathy Romer, A, Mehrtens, Nicola, Hilton, Matt, Stott, John P, Capozzi, Diego, Collins, Chris A, Deadman, Paul-James, Liddle, Andrew R, Sahlén, Martin, Stanford, S Adam and Viana, Pedro T P (2012) The XMM Cluster Survey: the stellar mass assembly of fossil galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal, 752 (1). p. 12. ISSN 0004-637X

Lloyd-Davies, E J, Romer, A Kathy, Mehrtens, Nicola, Hosmer, Mark, Davidson, Michael, Sabirli, Kivanc, Mann, Robert G, Hilton, Matt, Liddle, Andrew R, Viana, Pedro T P, Campbell, Heather C, Collins, Chris A, Dubois, E. Naomi, Freeman, Peter, Harrison, Craig D, Hoyle, Ben, Kay, Scott T, Kuwertz, Emma, Miller, Christopher J, Nichol, Robert C, Sahlén, Martin, Stanford, S A and Stott, John P (2011) The XMM Cluster Survey: X-ray analysis methodology. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 418 (1). pp. 14-53. ISSN 00358711

Mehrtens, Nicola, Romer, Kathy, Lloyd-Davies, Ed, Hilton, Matt, Miller, Christopher J., Stanford, S A, Hosmer, Mark, Hoyole, Ben, Collins, Chris A, Liddle, Andrew R, Viana, Pedro T P, Nicholls, Robert, Stott, John P, Dubois, E. Naomi, Kay, Scott T, Sahlén, Martin, Young, Owain E, Short, C J, Christoforou, Linda, Watson, Wiliam, Davidson, Michael, Harrison, Craig. D, Baruah, Leon, Smith, Mathew, Burke, Claire, Deadmen, Paul-James, Rooney, Philip, Edmondson, Edward M, West, Michael, Campbell, Heather C, Edge, Alastair C., Mann, Robert G, Wake, David A., Benoist, Christopher, Da costa, Luiz, Maia, Marcio and Ogando, Ricardo (2011) The XMM Cluster Survey: Optical analysis methodology and the first data release. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 66 (2). p. 1024. ISSN 1745-3925

Hilton, Matt, Lloyd-Davies, Ed, Stanford, S Adam, Stott, John P, Collins, Chris A, Romer, A Kathy, Hosmer, Mark, Hoyle, Ben, Kay, Scott T, Liddle, Andrew R, Mehrtens, Nicola, Miller, Christopher J, Sahlén, Martin and Viana, Pedro T P (2010) THE XMM CLUSTER SURVEY: ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI AND STARBURST GALAXIES IN XMMXCS J2215.9-1738 AT z=1.46. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 718 (1). pp. 133-147. ISSN 0004-637X

Stott, J P, Collins, C A, Sahlen, M, Hilton, M, Lloyd-Davies, E, Capozzi, D, Hosmer, M, Liddle, A R, Mehrtens, N, Miller, C J, Romer, A K, Stanford, S A, Viana, P T P, Davidson, M, Hoyle, B, Kay, S T and Nichol, R C (2010) THE XMM CLUSTER SURVEY: THE BUILD-UP OF STELLAR MASS IN BRIGHTEST CLUSTER GALAXIES AT HIGH REDSHIFT. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 718 (1). pp. 23-30. ISSN 0004-637X

Masters, Karen L, Mosleh, Moein, Romer, A Kathy, Nichol, Robert C, Bamford, Steven P, Schawinski, Kevin, Lintott, Chris J, Andreescu, Dan, Campbell, Heather C, Crowcroft, Ben, Doyle, Isabelle, Edmondson, Edward M, Murray, Phil, Raddick, M Jordan, Slosar, Anže, Szalay, Alexander S and Vandenberg, Jan (2010) Galaxy Zoo: passive red spirals. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 405 (2). pp. 783-799. ISSN 0035-8711

Sahlén, Martin, Viana, Pedro T P, Liddle, Andrew R, Romer, A Kathy, Davidson, Michael, Hosmer, Mark, Lloyd-Davies, Ed, Sabirli, Kivanc, Collins, Chris A, Freeman, Peter E, Hilton, Matt, Hoyle, Ben, Kay, Scott T, Mann, Robert G, Mehrtens, Nicola, Stanford, S Adam and West, Michael J (2009) The XMM Cluster Survey: forecasting cosmological and cluster scaling-relation parameter constraints. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 397 (2). pp. 577-607. ISSN 0035-8711

Hilton, Matt, Stanford, S Adam, Stott, John P, Collins, Chris A, Hoyle, Ben, Davidson, Michael, Hosmer, Mark, Kay, Scott T, Liddle, Andrew R, Lloyd-Davies, Edward, Mann, Robert G, Mehrtens, Nicola, Miller, Christopher J, Nichol, Robert C, Romer, A Kathy, Sabirli, Kivanc, Sahlén, Martin, Viana, Pedro T P, West, Michael J, Barbary, Kyle, Dawson, Kyle S, Meyers, Joshua, Perlmutter, Saul, Rubin, David and Suzuki, Nao (2009) THE XMM CLUSTER SURVEY: GALAXY MORPHOLOGIES AND THE COLOR-MAGNITUDE RELATION IN XMMXCS J2215.9-1738 AT z=1.46. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 697 (1). pp. 436-451. ISSN 0004-637X

Collins, Chris A, Stott, John P, Hilton, Matt, Kay, Scott T, Stanford, S Adam, Davidson, Michael, Hosmer, Mark, Hoyle, Ben, Liddle, Andrew, Lloyd-Davies, Ed, Mann, Robert G, Mehrtens, Nicola, Miller, Christopher J, Nichol, Robert C, Romer, A Kathy, Sahlén, Martin, Viana, Pedro T P and West, Michael J (2009) Early assembly of the most massive galaxies. Nature, 458 (7238). pp. 603-606. ISSN 0028-0836

Frieman, Joshua A, Bassett, Bruce, Becker, Andrew, Romer, Kathy and et al, (2008) The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Technical Summary. Astronomical Journal, 135 (1). ISSN 0004-6256

Zheng, Chen, Romani, Roger W, Sako, Masao, Marriner, John, Bassett, Bruce, Becker, Andrew, Choi, Changsu, Cinabro, David, DeJongh, Fritz, Depoy, Darren L, Dilday, Ben, Doi, Mamoru, Frieman, Joshua A, Garnavich, Peter M, Hogan, Craig J, Holtzman, Jon, Im, Myungshin, Jha, Saurabh, Kessler, Richard, Konishi, Kohki, Lampeitl, Hubert, Marshall, Jennifer L, McGinnis, David, Miknaitis, Gajus, Nichol, Robert C, Prieto, Jose Luis, Riess, Adam G, Richmond, Michael W, Schneider, Donald P, Smith, Mathew, Takanashi, Naohiro, Tokita, Kouichi, van der Heyden, Kurt, Yasuda, Naoki, Romer, A Kathy and et al, (2008) First-year spectroscopy for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II supernova survey. Astronomical Journal, 135 (5). pp. 1766-1784. ISSN 0004-6256

Adami, C, Ulmer, M P, Durret, F, Covone, G, Cypriano, E, Holden, B P, Kron, R, Lima Neto, G B, Romer, A K, Russeil, D and Wilhite, B (2007) An extension of the SHARC survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 472 (2). pp. 373-381. ISSN 0004-6361

Stanford, S A, Romer, A Kathy, Sabirli, Kivanc, Davidson, Michael, Hilton, Matt, Viana, Pedro T P, Collins, Chris A, Kay, Scott T, Liddle, Andrew R, Mann, Robert G, Miller, Christopher J, Nichol, Robert C, West, Michael J, Conselice, Christopher J, Spinrad, Hyron, Stern, Daniel and Bundy, Kevin (2006) The XMM Cluster Survey: A Massive Galaxy Cluster at z = 1.45. Astrophysical Journal, 646 (2). pp. 13-16. ISSN 0004-637X

Ulmer, M P, Adami, C, Covone, G, Durret, F, Lima Neto, G B, Sabirli, K, Holden, B, Kron, R G and Romer, A K (2005) Cl 1205+44: A Fossil Group at z = 0.59. Astrophysical Journal, 624 (1). p. 124. ISSN 0004-637X

Lumb, D H, Bartlett, J G, Romer, A K, Blanchard, A, Burke, D J, Collins, C A, Nichol, R C, Giard, M, Marty, P B, Nevalainen, J, Sadat, R and Vauclair, S C (2004) The X-ray Luminosity-Temperature Relation at z>0.4. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 420 (3). pp. 853-872. ISSN 1432-0746

Romer, A Kathy, Viana, Pedro T P, Liddle, Andrew R and Mann, Robert G (2001) A Serendipitous Galaxy Cluster Survey with XMM: Expected Catalog Properties and Scientific Applications. Astrophysical Journal, 547 (1). pp. 594-608. ISSN 0004-637X

Romer, A K, Nichol, R C, Holden, B P, Ulmer, M P, Pildis, R A, Merrelli, A J, Adami, C, Burke, D J, Collins, C A, Metevier, A J, Kron, R G and Commons, K (2000) The Bright SHARC Survey: The Cluster Catalog. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 126 (2). pp. 209-269. ISSN 0067-0049

Romer, A K, Collins, C A, Böhringer, H, Cruddace, R G, Ebeling, H, MacGillivray, H T and Voges, W (1994) The large-scale distribution of X-ray clusters of galaxies. Nature, 372. pp. 75-77.