MARK MCCONNELL
Associate Professor, Space Science Center (EOS)
(603) 862-2047
39 College Road Durham New Hampshire 03824
E-mail: mark.mcconnell@unh.edu
http://astrophysics.sr.unh.edu/mcconnell/
Professional Interests:
Design and development of X-ray and gamma ray instrumentation for balloon-borne and satellite experiments, including the subsequent data analysis and publication of scientific results. This includes Monte Carlo simulations and the development of software for data acquisition and analysis. Experience has included work on coded aperture imaging instrumentation for photons in the 10 keV to 10 MeV energy range, Compton telescope designs for 10-100 MeV photons, gamma-ray and cosmic-ray detectors based on scintillating fibers and polarimetry techniques for hard X-ray and gamma ray photons (E > 30 keV). Scientific topics of special interest include research on high-energy emissions from galactic compact objects (especially black hole sources), solar flares and gamma-ray bursts, and hard X-ray and gamma ray polarimetry of astrophysical sources (especially solar flares and gamma-ray bursts).
Education:
1987 |
Ph.D. in Physics, University of New Hampshire , Durham, New Hampshire |
1980 |
B.S. in Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio |
Publications:
2002 |
Rhessi as a Hard X-Ray Polarimeter |
2002 |
The Soft Gamma-Ray Spectral Variability of Cygnus X-1 |
2000 |
A High Sensitivity Measurment of the MeV y-Ray Spectrum of Cygnis X-1 |
2000 |
The First COMPTEL Source Catalogue |
1999 |
Development of a Hard X-Ray Polarimeter for Astrophysics |