Adam Mantz

Physical Science Research Scientist

I am a research scientist in the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) at Stanford University, specifically in the X-ray and Observational Cosmology (XOC) group. My work centers around the formation and growth of clusters of galaxies, observations of the intracluster medium at X-ray and millimeter wavelengths, and the use of clusters as probes of cosmology.

Research Projects

Athena

Athena, the Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics, is the next flagship X-ray observatory, planned for launch by the European Space Agency (ESA) in the early 2030s with a significant contribution from NASA.

Artist's conception of the AXIS Observatory

The Advanced X-Ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)

The Advanced X-Ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) is a next-generation, high-spatial-resolution X-ray observatory designed to transform our understanding of the universe.

Dark Energy Survey

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a large survey of distant galaxies that aims to unravel the mystery of cosmic acceleration.

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

DESI is the heart of a ground-based survey that will spend the first half of the next decade pinpointing the locations and spectra of up to 35 million galaxies and 2.4 million quasars across one-third of the night sky.

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time

The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is a planned 10-year survey of the southern sky that will take place at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on the El Peñon peak of Cerro Pachón in northern Chile.

Simons Observatory

Currently under construction in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the Simons Observatory (SO) is a next-generation observatory that will look for signs of cosmic inflation and answer fundamental questions about the origin of the Universe.