(Thomas) Brian Humensky

Collaborator

Research Interests:

  • Probing the physics of particle acceleration at shocks and in jets to understand the conditions that shape the resulting particle spectrum and its maximum energy
  • Studying the origins and propagation of Galactic and ultra-high-energy cosmic rays
  • Exploring the potential of multi-messenger (photon, neutrino, cosmic ray, and gravitational wave) and multi-wavelength observations to understand the nature of extreme environments in astrophysics
  • Searching for transients and new phenomena in time-domain astronomy
  • Understanding the nature of dark matter via indirect observations of its annihilation or decay
  • Developing new experimental techniques for particle astrophysics, such as the Schwarzschild-Couder telescope design for imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes
  • Applying machine learning to data analysis problems in gamma-ray astronomy and particle astrophysics
Columbia Affiliations
VERITAS research at Barnard College & Columbia University is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation