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Dr Michael Daniel


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Research Associate in the Department of Physics

(email at michael.daniel@durham.ac.uk)

Career

2008-present PDRA University of Durham

2006-2008 PDRA University of Leeds

2004-2006 PDRF University College Dublin

2002-2004 PDRA Iowa State University

2002 awarded PhD The Attenuation of Atmospheric Cherenkov Photons by University of Durham

1999 awarded MPhys Physics with Astrophysics by University of Leeds

Duties & Responsibilities

2004 -- VERITAS Time Allocation Committee member

2005-2007 -- Deputy sub-project leader for VERITAS offline analysis working group

2006-2008 -- Sub-project leader VERITAS level 2 pattern selection trigger

2008-present -- Member of working group 54 of IAU commission on intensity interferometry in astronomy

Research Groups

  • Gamma Ray Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Particle Astrophysics
  • Gamma-ray Astronomy
  • Atmospheric Monitoring

Selected Publications

Edited works: conference proceedings

Journal papers: academic

  • Barres de Almeida, U & Daniel, M K (2012). A simple method to test for energy-dependent dispersion in high energy lightcurves of astrophysical sources. Astroparticle Physics 35(12): 850.
  • Charbonnier, A., Combet, C., Daniel, M., Funk, S., Hinton, J.A., Maurin, D., Power, C., Read, J.I., Sarkar, S., Walker, M.G. & Wilkinson, M.I. (2011). Dark matter profiles and annihilation in dwarf spheroidal galaxies: prospectives for present and future gamma-ray observatories - I. The classical dSphs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 418: 1526-1556.
  • The CTA Consortium (2010). Design Concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Experimental Astronomy 32: 193-316.
  • Barres de Almeida, U., Ward, M.J., Dominici, T.P., Abraham, Z., Franco, G.A.P., Daniel, M.K., Chadwick, P.M. & Boisson, C. (2010). Particle acceleration and magnetic field structure in PKS2155-304: optical polarimetric observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 408(3): 1778-1787.
  • Barres de Almeida, U. & Daniel, M.K. (2009). An unbinned test for Quantum Gravity effects in high-energy light-curves. ArXiv e-prints
  • Acciari, V.A., Aliu, E., Arlen, T., Bautista, M., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Böttcher, M., Bradbury, S.M., Bugaev, V., Butt, Y., Butt, Y., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Chow, Y.C., Ciupik, L., Cogan, P., Colin, P., Cui, W., Daniel, M., Dickherber, R., Ergin, T., Falcone, A., Fegan, S.J., Finley, J.P., Fortin, P., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Gall, D., Gillanders, G.H., Grube, J., Guenette, R., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Hays, E., Holder, J., Horan, D., Hui, C.M., Humensky, T.B., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kieda, D., Kildea, J., Konopelko, A., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M.J., LeBohec, S., Maier, G., McCann, A., McCutcheon, M., Millis, J., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nagai, T., Ong, R.A., Otte, A.N., Pandel, D., Perkins, J.S., Perkins, J.S., Pohl, M., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L.C., Reynolds, P.T., Roache, E., Joachim Rose, H., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G.H., Smith, A.W., Steele, D., Stroh, M., Swordy, S., Theiling, M., Toner, J.A., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V.V., Wagner, R.G., Wakely, S.P., Ward, J.E., Weekes, T.C., Weinstein, A., White, R.J., Williams, D.A., Wissel, S., Wood, M. & Zitzer, B. (2009). Multiwavelength Observations of LS I +61\deg 303 with Veritas, Swift, and RXTE. \apj 700: 1034-1041.
  • Acciari, V.A., Aliu, E., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Bautista, M., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bradbury, S.M., Buckley, J.H., Bugaev, V., Butt, Y., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Celik, O., Cesarini, A., Chow, Y.C., Ciupik, L., Cogan, P., Colin, P., Cui, W., Daniel, M.K., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Dwarkadas, V.V., Ergin, T., Fegan, S.J., Finley, J.P., Finnegan, G., Fortin, P., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Gall, D., Gibbs, K., Gillanders, G.H., Godambe, S., Grube, J., Guenette, R., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Hays, E., Holder, J., Horan, D., Hui, C.M., Humensky, T.B., Imran, A., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Kildea, J., Konopelko, A., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M.J., LeBohec, S., Maier, G., McCann, A., McCutcheon, M., Millis, J., Moriarty, P., Ong, R.A., Otte, A.N., Pandel, D., Perkins, J.S., Pohl, M., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L.C., Reynolds, P.T., Roache, E., Rose, H.J., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G.H., Smith, A.W., Steele, D., Swordy, S.P., Theiling, M., Toner, J.A., Valcarcel, L., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V.V., Vincent, S., Wagner, R.G., Wakely, S.P., Ward, J.E., Weekes, T.C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Williams, D.A., Wissel, S., Wood, M. & Zitzer, B. (2009). Observation of Extended Very High Energy Emission from the Supernova Remnant IC 443 with VERITAS. \apjl 698: L133-L137.
  • Acciari, V.A., Aliu, E., Arlen, T., Bautista, M., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bradbury, S.M., Buckley, J.H., Bugaev, V., Butt, Y., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Celik, O., Cesarini, A., Chow, Y.C., Ciupik, L., Cogan, P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Fegan, S.J. & et al. (2009). Radio Imaging of the Very-High-Energy $\gamma$-Ray Emission Region in the Central Engine of a Radio Galaxy. Science 325: 444-.
  • Donnarumma, I., Vittorini, V., Vercellone, S., del Monte, E., Feroci, M., D'Ammando, F., Pacciani, L., Chen, A.W., Tavani, M., Bulgarelli, A., Giuliani, A., Longo, F., Pucella, G., Argan, A., Barbiellini, G., Boffelli, F., Caraveo, P., Cattaneo, P.W., Cocco, V., Costa, E. & et al. (2009). The June 2008 Flare of Markarian 421 from Optical to TeV Energies. \apjl 691: L13-L19.
  • Daniel, M., de Wit, W.J., Dravins, D., Kieda, D., LeBohec, S., Nunez, P. & Ribak, E. (2009). Towards the Intensity Interferometry Stellar Imaging System. ArXiv e-prints
  • Lenain, J.-P., Boisson, C., Sol, H., Daniel, M.K., Chadwick, P.M. & Ward, M.J. (2009). Very High Energy Active Galactic Nuclei Synchrotron Self-Compton Modeling Tour. International Journal of Modern Physics D 18: 1535-1539.
  • Acciari, V.A., Beilicke, M., Blaylock, G., Bradbury, S.M., Buckley, J.H., Bugaev, V., Butt, Y., Celik, O., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Cogan, P., Colin, P., Cui, W., Daniel, M.K., Duke, C., Ergin, T., Falcone, A.D., Fegan, S.J., Finley, J.P., Finnegan, G., Fortin, P., Fortson, L.F., Gibbs, K., Gillanders, G.H., Grube, J., Guenette, R., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Hays, E., Holder, J., Horan, D., Hughes, S.B., Hui, M.C., Humensky, T.B., Imran, A., Kaaret, P., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D.B., Kildea, J., Konopelko, A., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M.J., LeBohec, S., Lee, K., Maier, G., McCann, A., McCutcheon, M., Millis, J., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nagai, T., Ong, R.A., Pandel, D., Perkins, J.S., Pohl, M., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P.T., Rose, H.J., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G.H., Smith, A.W., Steele, D., Swordy, S.P., Syson, A., Toner, J.A., Valcarcel, L., Vassiliev, V.V., Wakely, S.P., Ward, J.E., Weekes, T.C., Weinstein, A., White, R.J., Williams, D.A., Wissel, S.A., Wood, M.D. & Zitzer, B. (2008). Observation of Gamma-Ray Emission from the Galaxy M87 above 250 GeV with VERITAS. \apj 679: 397-403.
  • de Wit, W.J., LeBohec, S., Hinton, J.A., White, R.J., Daniel, M.K. & Holder, J. (2008). Towards $\mu$-arcsecond spatial resolution with Air Cherenkov Telescope arrays as optical intensity interferometers. Journal of Physics Conference Series 131(1): 012050-+.
  • Acciari, V.A., Beilicke, M., Blaylock, G., Bradbury, S.M., Buckley, J.H., Bugaev, V., Butt, Y., Byrum, K.L., Celik, O., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Chow, Y.C.K., Cogan, P., Colin, P., Cui, W., Daniel, M.K., Duke, C., Ergin, T., Falcone, A.D., Fegan, S.J., Finley, J.P., Fortin, P., Fortson, L.F., Gall, D., Gibbs, K., Gillanders, G.H., Grube, J., Guenette, R., Hanna, D., Hays, E., Holder, J., Horan, D., Hughes, S.B., Hui, C.M., Humensky, T.B., Kaaret, P., Kieda, D.B., Kildea, J., Konopelko, A., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M.J., LeBohec, S., Lee, K., Maier, G., McCann, A., McCutcheon, M., Millis, J., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nagai, T., Ong, R.A., Pandel, D., Perkins, J.S., Pizlo, F., Pohl, M., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P.T., Rose, H.J., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G.H., Smith, A.W., Steele, D., Swordy, S.P., Toner, J.A., Valcarcel, L., Vassiliev, V.V., Wagner, R., Wakely, S.P., Ward, J.E., Weekes, T.C., Weinstein, A., White, R.J., Williams, D.A., Wissel, S.A., Wood, M. & Zitzer, B. (2008). VERITAS Observations of the $\gamma$-Ray Binary LS I +61 303. \apj 679: 1427-1432.
  • Kildea, J., Atkins, R.W., Badran, H.M., Blaylock, G., Bond, I.H., Bradbury, S.M., Buckley, J.H., Carter-Lewis, D.A., Celik, O., Chow, Y.C.K., Cui, W., Cogan, P., Daniel, M.K., de La Calle Perez, I., Dowdall, C., Duke, C., Falcone, A.D., Fegan, D.J., Fegan, S.J., Finley, J.P., Fortson, L.F., Gall, D., Gillanders, G.H., Grube, J., Gutierrez, K.J., Hall, J., Hall, T.A., Holder, J., Horan, D., Hughes, S.B., Jordan, M., Jung, I., Kenny, G.E., Kertzman, M., Knapp, J., Konopelko, A., Kosack, K., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M.J., Lebohec, S., Lloyd-Evans, J., Millis, J., Moriarty, P., Nagai, T., Ogden, P.A., Ong, R.A., Perkins, J.S., Petry, D., Pizlo, F., Pohl, M., Quinn, J., Quinn, M., Rebillot, P.F., Rose, H.J., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G.H., Smith, A.W., Syson, A., Toner, J.A., Valcarcel, L., Vassiliev, V.V., Wakely, S.P., Weekes, T.C. & White, R.J. (2007). The Whipple Observatory 10 m gamma-ray telescope, 1997 2006. Astroparticle Physics 28: 182-195.
  • Gutierrez, K., Badran, H.M., Bradbury, S.M., Buckley, J.H., Celik, O., Chow, Y.C., Cogan, P., Cui, W., Daniel, M., Falcone, A., Fegan, S.J., Finley, J.P., Gillanders, G.H., Grube, J., Holder, J., Horan, D., Hughes, S.B., Jung, I., Kieda, D., Kosack, K., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M.J., Le Bohec, S., Maier, G., Moriarty, P., Perkins, J., Pohl, M., Quinn, J., Rebillot, P.F., Rose, H.J., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G.H., Wakely, S.P., Weekes, T.C., White, R.J., Aller, M., Aller, H., Charlot, P. & Le Campion, J.F. (2006). Multiwavelength Observations of 1ES 1959+650, 1 Year after the Strong Outburst of 2002. \apj 644: 742-747.
  • Rebillot, P.F., Badran, H.M., Blaylock, G., Bradbury, S.M., Buckley, J.H., Carter-Lewis, D.A., Celik, O., Chow, Y.C., Cogan, P., Cui, W., Daniel, M., Duke, C., Falcone, A., Fegan, S.J., Finley, J.P., Fortson, L.F., Gillanders, G.H., Grube, J., Gutierrez, K., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Horan, D., Hughes, S.B., Kenny, G.E., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Kildea, J., Kosack, K., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M.J., Le Bohec, S., Linton, E., Maier, G., Moriarty, P., Perkins, J., Pohl, M., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P.T., Rose, H.J., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G.H., Steele, G., Swordy, S.P., Valcarcel, L., Vassiliev, V.V., Wakely, S.P., Weekes, T.C., Zweerink, J., VERITAS Collaboration, Aller, M., Aller, H., Boltwood, P., Jung, I., Kranich, D., Nilsson, K., Pasanen, M., Sadun, A. & Sillanpaa, A. (2006). Multiwavelength Observations of the Blazar Markarian 421 in 2002 December and 2003 January. \apj 641: 740-751.
  • Holder, J., Atkins, R.W., Badran, H.M., Blaylock, G., Bradbury, S.M., Buckley, J.H., Byrum, K.L., Carter-Lewis, D.A., Celik, O., Chow, Y.C.K., Cogan, P., Cui, W., Daniel, M.K., de La Calle Perez, I., Dowdall, C., Dowkontt, P., Duke, C., Falcone, A.D., Fegan, S.J., Finley, J.P., Fortin, P., Fortson, L.F., Gibbs, K., Gillanders, G., Glidewell, O.J., Grube, J., Gutierrez, K.J., Gyuk, G., Hall, J., Hanna, D., Hays, E., Horan, D., Hughes, S.B., Humensky, T.B., Imran, A., Jung, I., Kaaret, P., Kenny, G.E., Kieda, D., Kildea, J., Knapp, J., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M.J., Lebohec, S., Linton, E., Little, E.K., Maier, G., Manseri, H., Milovanovic, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Ogden, P.A., Ong, R.A., Petry, D., Perkins, J.S., Pizlo, F., Pohl, M., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P.T., Roache, E.T., Rose, H.J., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G.H., Sleege, G., Steele, D., Swordy, S.P., Syson, A., Toner, J.A., Valcarcel, L., Vassiliev, V.V., Wakely, S.P., Weekes, T.C., White, R.J., Williams, D.A. & Wagner, R. (2006). The first VERITAS telescope. Astroparticle Physics 25: 391-401.
  • B\la\.zejowski, M. and Blaylock, G. and Bond, I.H. and Bradbury, S.M. and Buckley, J.H. and Carter-Lewis, D.A. and Celik, O. and Cogan, P. and Cui, W. and Daniel, M. and Duke, C. and Falcone, A. and Fegan, D.J. and Fegan, S.J. and Finley, J.P. and Fortson, L. and Gammell, S. and Gibbs, K. and Gillanders, G.G. and Grube, J. and Gutierrez, K. and Hall, J. and Hanna, D. and Holder, J. and Horan, D. and Humensky, B. and Kenny, G. and Kertzman, M. and Kieda, D. and Kildea, J. and Knapp, J. and Kosack, K. and Krawczynski, H. and Krennrich, F. and Lang, M. and LeBohec, S. and Linton, E. and Lloyd-Evans, J. and Maier, G. and Mendoza, D. and Milovanovic, A. and Moriarty, P. and Nagai, T.N. and Ong, R.A. and Power-Mooney, B. and Quinn, J. and Quinn, M. and Ragan, K. and Reynolds, P.T. and Rebillot, P. and Rose, H.J. and Schroedter, M. and Sembroski, G.H. and Swordy, S.P. and Syson, A. and Valcarel, L. and Vassiliev, V.V. and Wakely, S.P. and Walker, G. and Weekes, T.C. and White, R. and Zweerink, J. and Mochejska, B. and Smith, B. and Aller, M. and Aller, H. and Teräsranta, H. and Boltwood, P. and Sadun, A. and Stanek, K. and Adams, E. and Foster, J. and Hartman, J. and Lai, K. and Böttcher, M. and Reimer, A. and Jung, I. (2005). A Multiwavelength View of the TeV Blazar Markarian 421: Correlated Variability, Flaring, and Spectral Evolution. \apj 630: 130-141.
  • Daniel, M.K., Badran, H.M., Bond, I.H., Boyle, P.J., Bradbury, S.M., Buckley, J.H., Carter-Lewis, D.A., Catanese, M., Celik, O., Cogan, P., Cui, W., D'Vali, M., de la Calle Perez, I., Duke, C., Falcone, A., Fegan, D.J., Fegan, S.J., Finley, J.P., Fortson, L.F., Gaidos, J.A., Gammell, S., Gibbs, K., Gillanders, G.H., Grube, J., Hall, J., Hall, T.A., Hanna, D., Hillas, A.M., Holder, J., Horan, D., Humensky, T.B., Jarvis, A., Jordan, M., Kenny, G.E., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Kildea, J., Knapp, J., Kosack, K., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M.J., Le Bohec, S., Linton, E., Lloyd-Evans, J., Milovanovic, A., Moriarty, P., Müller, D., Nagai, T., Nolan, S., Ong, R.A., Pallassini, R., Petry, D., Power-Mooney, B., Quinn, J., Quinn, M., Ragan, K., Rebillot, P., Reynolds, P.T., Rose, H.J., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G.H., Swordy, S.P., Syson, A., Vassiliev, V.V., Wakely, S.P., Walker, G., Weekes, T.C. & Zweerink, J. (2005). Spectrum of Very High Energy Gamma-Rays from the blazar 1ES 1959+650 during Flaring Activity in 2002. \apj 621: 181-187.
  • Osborne, J.L., Aye, M., Chadwick, P.M., Daniel, M.K., McComb, T.J.L., McKenny, J.M., Nolan, S.J., Orford, K.J. & Rayner, S.M. (2002). The importance of atmospheric monitoring in Cherenkov experiments. Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India 30: 51-59.
  • Atoyan, A.M., Aye, K.-M., Chadwick, P.M., Daniel, M.K., Lyons, K., McComb, T.J.L., McKenny, J.M., Nolan, S.J., Orford, K.J., Osborne, J.L. & Rayner, S.M. (2002). Very high energy gamma-rays from Centaurus X-3: Indications and implications. \aap 383: 864-880.

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