Academic Appointments


  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, SLAC General Program

2023-24 Courses


All Publications


  • Einstein@Home discovers a radio-quiet gamma-ray millisecond pulsar. Science advances Clark, C. J., Pletsch, H. J., Wu, J., Guillemot, L., Kerr, M., Johnson, T. J., Camilo, F., Salvetti, D., Allen, B., Anderson, D., Aulbert, C., Beer, C., Bock, O., Cuéllar, A., Eggenstein, H. B., Fehrmann, H., Kramer, M., Kwang, S. A., Machenschalk, B., Nieder, L., Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Blandford, R. D., Bloom, E. D., Bonino, R., Bottacini, E., Brandt, T. J., Bregeon, J., Bruel, P., Buehler, R., Burnett, T. H., Buson, S., Cameron, R. A., Caputo, R., Caraveo, P. A., Cavazzuti, E., Cecchi, C., Charles, E., Chekhtman, A., Ciprini, S., Cominsky, L. R., Costantin, D., Cutini, S., D'Ammando, F., De Luca, A., Desiante, R., Di Venere, L., Di Mauro, M., Di Lalla, N., Digel, S. W., Favuzzi, C., Ferrara, E. C., Franckowiak, A., Fukazawa, Y., Funk, S., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gasparrini, D., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Gomez-Vargas, G. A., Green, D., Grenier, I. A., Guiriec, S., Harding, A. K., Hewitt, J. W., Horan, D., Jóhannesson, G., Kensei, S., Kuss, M., La Mura, G., Larsson, S., Latronico, L., Li, J., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lovellette, M. N., Lubrano, P., Magill, J. D., Maldera, S., Manfreda, A., Mazziotta, M. N., McEnery, J. E., Michelson, P. F., Mirabal, N., Mitthumsiri, W., Mizuno, T., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Nuss, E., Ohsugi, T., Omodei, N., Orienti, M., Orlando, E., Palatiello, M., Paliya, V. S., de Palma, F., Paneque, D., Perkins, J. S., Persic, M., Pesce-Rollins, M., Porter, T. A., Principe, G., Rainò, S., Rando, R., Ray, P. S., Razzano, M., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Romani, R. W., Saz Parkinson, P. M., Sgrò, C., Siskind, E. J., Smith, D. A., Spada, F., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Thayer, J. B., Thompson, D. J., Torres, D. F., Troja, E., Vianello, G., Wood, K., Wood, M. 2018; 4 (2): eaao7228

    Abstract

    Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are old neutron stars that spin hundreds of times per second and appear to pulsate as their emission beams cross our line of sight. To date, radio pulsations have been detected from all rotation-powered MSPs. In an attempt to discover radio-quiet gamma-ray MSPs, we used the aggregated power from the computers of tens of thousands of volunteers participating in the Einstein@Home distributed computing project to search for pulsations from unidentified gamma-ray sources in Fermi Large Area Telescope data. This survey discovered two isolated MSPs, one of which is the only known rotation-powered MSP to remain undetected in radio observations. These gamma-ray MSPs were discovered in completely blind searches without prior constraints from other observations, raising hopes for detecting MSPs from a predicted Galactic bulge population.

    View details for DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aao7228

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  • Strong optimized conservative Fermi-LAT constraints on dark matter models from the inclusive photon spectrum PHYSICAL REVIEW D Massari, A., Izaguirre, E., Essig, R., Albert, A., Bloom, E., Gomez-Vargas, G. A. 2015; 91 (8)
  • Search for 100 MeV to 10 GeV gamma-ray lines in the Fermi-LAT data and implications for gravitino dark matter in the mu nu SSM JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS Albert, A., Gomez-Vargas, G. A., Grefe, M., Munoz, C., Weniger, C., Bloom, E. D., Charles, E., Mazziotta, M. N., Morselli, A. 2014
  • Electronic Logbook for Space System Integration & Test Operations IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS Kavelaars, A. T., Bloom, E., Claus, R., Fouts, K., Tuvi, S. 2009; 45 (1): 167-178
  • Analysis methods for Milky Way dark matter satellite detection 1st GLAST Symposium Wang, P., Wai, L., Bloom, E. AMER INST PHYSICS. 2007: 582–583
  • The search for dark matter via gamma rays from astronomical sources using EGRET and GLAST NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS Bloom, E. D. 2004; 134: 103-111
  • A SELECTIVE EXPERIMENTAL REVIEW OF THE STANDARD MODEL ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Bloom, E. D. 1986; 461: 384-414
  • QUARKONIUM USPEKHI FIZICHESKIKH NAUK Bloom, E. D., FELDMAN, G. J. 1983; 139 (3): 529-551
  • PHYSICS WITH THE CRYSTAL BALL DETECTOR ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE Bloom, E. D., Peck, C. W. 1983; 33: 143-197
  • QUARKONIUM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Bloom, E. D., FELDMAN, G. J. 1982; 246 (5): 66-?
  • STUDY OF THE REACTION PSI'-]GAMMA-GAMMA-J/PSI PHYSICAL REVIEW D Oreglia, M., BLOOM, E., Bulos, F., Chestnut, R., Gaiser, J., Godfrey, G., Kiesling, C., Lockman, W., SCHARRE, D. L., Partridge, R., Peck, C., Porter, F. C., ANTREASYAN, D., Gu, Y. F., Kollmann, W., Richardson, M., Strauch, K., Wacker, K., ASCHMAN, D., Burnett, T., Newman, C., CAVALLISFORZA, M., Coyne, D., Sadrozinski, H., Hofstadter, R., KIRKBRIDE, I., Kolanoski, H., Konigsmann, K., Liberman, A., OREILLY, J., Pollock, B., Tompkins, J. 1982; 25 (9): 2259-2277
  • NEW PARTICLE SPECTROSCOPY, QUARKONIUM AND GLUONIC MESONS JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE Bloom, E. D. 1982; 43 (NC3): 407-430
  • MEASUREMENT OF INCLUSIVE ETA-PRODUCTION IN E+E- INTERACTIONS NEAR CHARM THRESHOLD PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Partridge, R., Peck, C., Porter, F. C., Gu, Y. F., Kollmann, W., Richardson, M., Strauch, K., Wacker, K., ASCHMAN, D., Bagger, J., Burnett, T., CAVALLISFORZA, M., Joy, M., Sadrozinski, H. F., Hofstadter, R., Horisberger, R., KIRKBRIDE, I., Kolanoski, H., Konigsmann, K., Liberman, A., OREILLY, J., Osterheld, A., Tompkins, J., BLOOM, E., Bulos, F., Chestnut, R., Gaiser, J., Godfrey, G., Kiesling, C., Lockman, W., Oreglia, M. 1981; 47 (11): 760-763
  • DECAY J-PSI-]3-GAMMA AND A SEARCH FOR THE ETA-C PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Partridge, R., Peck, C., Porter, F., KOLLMAN, W., Richardson, M., Strauch, K., Wacker, K., ASCHMAN, D., Burnett, T., CAVALLISFORZA, M., Coyne, D., Sadrozinski, H., BLOOM, E., Bulos, F., Chestnut, R., Gaiser, J., Godfrey, G., Kiesling, C., Oreglia, M., Hofstadter, R., KIRKBRIDE, I., Kolanoski, H., Liberman, A., OREILLY, J., Tompkins, J. 1980; 44 (11): 712-716
  • MEASUREMENT OF THE DECAYS PSI-'-]ETA-J-PSI AND PSI-'-]PI-O-J-PSI PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Oreglia, M., BLOOM, E., Bulos, F., Chestnut, R., Gaiser, J., Godfrey, G., Kiesling, C., Partridge, R., Peck, C., Porter, F., Kollmann, W., Richardson, M., Strauch, K., Wacker, K., ASCHMAN, D., Burnett, T., CAVALLISFORZA, M., Coyne, D., Sadrozinski, H., Hofstadter, R., KIRKBRIDE, I., Kolanoski, H., Liberman, A., OREILLY, J., Tompkins, J. 1980; 45 (12): 959-962
  • OBSERVATION OF AN ETA-C CANDIDATE STATE WITH MASS 2978+/-9 MEV PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Partridge, R., Peck, C., Porter, F., Kollmann, W., Richardson, M., Strauch, K., Wacker, K., ASCHMAN, D., Burnett, T., CAVALLISFORZA, M., Coyne, D., Sadrozinski, H., Hofstadter, R., KIRKBRIDE, I., Kolanoski, H., Konigsmann, K., Liberman, A., OREILLY, J., Tompkins, J., BLOOM, E., Bulos, F., Chestnut, R., Gaiser, J., Godfrey, G., Kiesling, C., Oreglia, M. 1980; 45 (14): 1150-1153
  • OBSERVATION OF A UNIVERSAL SHAPE REGULARITY IN EARTHQUAKE FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Bloom, E. D., ERDMANN, R. C. 1980; 70 (1): 349-362
  • USE OF A LOW-ENERGY PROTON ACCELERATOR FOR CALIBRATING A LARGE NAI(TL) ARRAY IN A HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS EXPERIMENT IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE KIRKBRIDE, G. I., OREILLY, J. G., Tompkins, J. C., Aschman, D. G., BERON, B. L., Bloom, E. D., Bulos, F., Gaiser, J. E., Godfrey, G. L., Hofstadter, R., Hughes, E. B., KIESLING, C. M., KOLANOSKI, H. F., KOLLMANN, W. K., LIBERMAN, A. D., Oreglia, M. J., Parks, R., Partridge, R. A., Peck, C. W., Porter, F. C., SADROZINSKI, H. F., Strauch, K. 1979; 26 (1): 1535-1538
  • CRYSTAL BALL DATA ACQUISITION-SYSTEM IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE Chestnut, R., Kiesling, C., BLOOM, E., Bulos, F., Gaiser, J., Godfrey, G., Oreglia, M., Partridge, R., Peck, C., Porter, F., ASCHMAN, D., CAVALISFORZA, M., Coyne, D., Sadrozinski, H., Kollmann, W., Richardson, M., Strauch, K., Hofstadter, R., KIRKBRIDE, I., Kolanoski, H., Liberman, A., OREILLY, J., Tompkins, J., Burnett, T. 1979; 26 (4): 4395-4398
  • COMPACT MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS AND ELECTRONICS FOR THE CRYSTAL BALL DETECTOR IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE Gaiser, J. E., LIBERMAN, A. D., Rolfe, J., BERON, B. L., Bloom, E. D., Bulos, F., Hofstadter, R., Hughes, E. B., Kiesling, C., KOLLMAN, W. D., OREILLY, J. G., Partridge, R. A., Peck, C. W., Porter, F. C., Strauch, K., Tompkins, J. C. 1979; 26 (1): 173-180
  • COMPARISON OF YIELDS OF INELASTIC ELECTRON AND POSITRON SCATTERING FROM HYDROGEN AND DEUTERIUM AT 15 (GEV-C)2 PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Rochester, L. S., Atwood, W. B., Bloom, E. D., Cottrell, R. L., Coward, D. H., DeStaebler, H., MESTAYER, M., Prescott, C. Y., Stein, S., Taylor, R. E., Trines, D. 1976; 36 (22): 1284-1287
  • INELASTIC ELECTRON-SCATTERING FROM HYDROGEN AT 50DEGREES AND 60DEGREES PHYSICS LETTERS B Atwood, W. B., Bloom, E. D., Cottrell, R. L., DeStaebler, H., MESTAYER, M., Prescott, C. Y., Rochester, L. S., Stein, S., Taylor, R. E., Trines, D. 1976; 64 (4): 479-482
  • ELECTRON-SCATTERING AT 4 DEGREES WITH ENERGIES OF 4.5-20 GEV PHYSICAL REVIEW D Stein, S., Atwood, W. B., Bloom, E. D., Cottrell, R. L., DeStaebler, H., Jordan, C. L., PIEL, H. G., Prescott, C. Y., Siemann, R., Taylor, R. E. 1975; 12 (7): 1884-1919
  • A-DEPENDENCE OF HIGH-ENERGY INELASTIC ELECTRON-NUCLEUS SCATTERING PHYSICS LETTERS B DITZLER, W. R., Breidenbach, M., Friedman, J. I., Kendall, H. W., POUCHER, J. S., Bloom, E. D., Cottrell, R. L., Coward, D. H., DeStaebler, H., Jordan, C. L., Piel, H., Taylor, R. E. 1975; 57 (2): 201-204
  • CHARGED HADRON MULTIPLICITIES AND TOPOLOGIES IN INELASTIC MU-P SCATTERING PHYSICS LETTERS B Ballam, J., Bloom, E. D., Carroll, J. T., Chadwick, G. B., Cottrell, R. L., Dellanegra, M., DeStaebler, H., GERHSWIN, L. K., Keller, L. P., Mestayer, M. D., Moffeit, K. C., Prescott, C. Y., Stein, S. 1975; B 56 (2): 193-196
  • HIGH-ENERGY SINGLE-ARM INELASTIC E-P AND E-D SCATTERING AT 6 AND 10 DEGREES PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS POUCHER, J. S., BREIDENB, M., DITZLER, R., Friedman, J. I., Kendall, H. W., Bloom, E. D., Cottrell, R. L., Coward, D. H., DESTAEBL, H., Jordan, C. L., Piel, H., Taylor, R. E. 1974; 32 (3): 118-121
  • PRODUCTION OF VECTOR-MESONS BY MUONS IN A HYBRID BUBBLE-CHAMBER EXPERIMENT PHYSICAL REVIEW D Ballam, J., Bloom, E. D., Carroll, J. T., Chadwick, G. B., Cottrell, R. L., DELLANEG, M., DESTAEBL, H., GERSHWIN, L. K., Keller, L. P., Mestayer, M. D., Moffeit, K. C., Prescott, C. Y., Stein, S. 1974; 10 (3): 765-776
  • MEASUREMENTS OF INELASTIC ELECTRON-SCATTERING CROSS-SECTIONS NEAR ONE-PION THRESHOLD PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Bloom, E. D., Cottrell, R. L., DESTAEBL, H., Jordan, C. L., PIEL, H. G., Prescott, C. Y., Siemann, R., Stein, S., Taylor, R. E. 1973; 30 (23): 1186-1189