My reasearch is in the area of high energy astrophysics, in particular
astronomy with high energy gamma-ray photons. Teraelectronvolt
photons (a billion times more energetic than X-rays) provide us with a
probe of high energy universe and in particular with information on
the acceleration and propagation of ultra-relativistic particles - an
important constituent of our own and other galaxies. The field of TeV
gamma-ray astronomy is currently in a period of rapid progress with
major results from current ground-based instruments such as
H.E.S.S.,
VERITAS and MAGIC. The
Cherenkov Telescope Array
(CTA) Design Study is the first step towards building an instrument
ten times more sensitive than H.E.S.S. For a review of the status of
the field see the article by myself and Werner Hofmann on
Teraelectronvolt
Astronomy in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
I am currently the co-convenor of the working group on Supernova Remnants, Pulsars and Plerions in H.E.S.S. and the
coordinator of the CTA working group for array simulations.
I am a member of the XROA group at the University of Leicester and a Visting Professor at the University of Leeds.
I was recently profiled in Astronomy and Geophysics. In my spare time I still (sometimes) climb.
Project Pages (password protected)
H.E.S.S. Leeds/Leicester group
H.E.S.S. Supernova Remnant, Pulsar and Plerion Working Group
HESS J0632+057 Multiwavelength Project
International Space Science Institute UHECR/Gamma-ray Team (public page here)
My papers on ADS
