DAVID B KIEDA portrait
  • Co-Director, Consortium for Dark Sky Studies, City & Metropolitan Planning
  • Distinguished Professor, Physics And Astronomy
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Publications

  • "Imaging submilliarcsecond stellar features with intensity interferometry using air Cherenkov telescope arrays," M.N.R.A.S. 424, 2, 1006 (2012). Published, 01/2012.
  • "Constraints on Cosmic Rays, Magnetic Fields, and Dark Matter from Gamma-Ray Observations of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies with VERITAS and Fermi," Ap. J. 757, 123 (2012). Published, 01/2012.
  • "Multiwavelength Observations of the AGN 1ES 0414+009 with VERITAS, Fermi_LAT, Swift-XRT, and MDM," Ap. J. 755, 118 (2012). Published, 01/2012.
  • "VERITAS Observations of the Nova in V407 Cygni," Ap. J. 754, 77 (2012). Published, 01/2012.
  • "Discovery of High-energy and Very High Energy-Ray Emission from the Blazar RBS 0413," Ap. J. 750, 94 (2012). Published, 01/2012.
  • "The 2010 Very High Energy-Ray Flare and 10 Years of Multi-wavelength Observations of M 87," Ap. J 746, 151 (2012). Published, 01/2012.
  • "VERITAS Observations of day-scale flaring of M87 in April 2010," Ap. J. 746, 141 (2012). Published, 01/2012.
  • "High angular resolution imaging with stellar intensity interferometry using air Cherenkov telescope arrays," M.N.R.A.S. 419, 1, 172 (2012). Published, 01/2012.
  • "On the sensitivity of the HAWC observatory to gamma-ray bursts," Ap. Phys. 35, 10, 641-650 (2012). Published, 01/2012.

Research Keywords

  • High Energy Astrophysics
  • Particle Astrophysics
  • Graduate Education
  • Undergraduate Research (UROP)
  • Ultra high energy cosmic rays
  • Astronomy Astrophysics
  • Electrical Engineering or Electronics

Presentations

  • Uncovering Pulsar Dynamics and Evolution using VHE gamma-rays, Physics Department Colloquium, Idaho State University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/24/2013.
  • "Studies of Galactic VHE Gamma-Ray Origin with VERITAS" PACIFIC 2012 Conference Gump Research Station Moorea, French Polynesia. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/03/2012.
  • "State of the Department 2012" Physics Dept. Colloquium University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/23/2012.
  • "CTA/Stellar Intensity Interferometry Update" CTA Meeting Amsterdam, Netherlands. Contributed Talk, Presented, 05/16/2012.
  • "Overview of Astrophysics Research at the University of Utah" College of Science Lecutre Jazan University Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/21/2012.
  • "Gamma-Ray Astronomy and Particle Astrophysics with the VERITAS Observatory" Physics Dept. Colloquium Jazan University Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/19/2012.

Research Groups

  • Andy Flinders, Graduate Student. 01/2012 - present.
  • Michael Newbold, Graduate Student. 01/2012 - present.
  • Ahron Barber, Graduate Student. 01/2012 - present.
  • Gary Finnegan, Graduate Student. 01/2012 - present.
  • C. MIchelle Hui, Graduate Student. 01/2012 - present.
  • Jose Cordoza, Graduate Student. 01/2012 - present.
  • Paul Nunez, Graduate Student. 01/2012 - present.
  • Farzenah Sheidaei, Postdoc. 01/2012 - present.
  • Andy Smith, Postdoc. 01/2012 - present.
  • Spencer Hatch, Undergraduate Student. 01/2012 - present.
  • Erik Johnson, Undergraduate Student. 01/2012 - present.
  • Alexandria Parry, Undergraduate Student. 01/2012 - present.
  • Janvida Rou, Undergraduate Student. 01/2012 - present.
  • Jed Schmidt, Undergraduate Student. 01/2012 - present.

Grants, Contracts & Research Gifts

  • REU Physics and Astronomy at University of Utah. PI: Saveez Saffarian. Co-PI(s): David Kieda. National Science Foundation, 04/01/2013 - 04/01/2017. Total project budget to date: $233,433.00
  • Gamma Ray Astronomy and Particle Astrophysics (Univ. of Utah Group). PI: David Kieda. Co-PI(s): R. Wayne Springer. National Science Foundation, 06/15/2012 - 06/15/2015. Total project budget to date: $1,188,000.00
  • MRI-R2 Consortium: Development of Improved Instrumentation for the VERITAS Gamma-Ray Observatory. PI: David Kieda. National Science Foundation, 04/01/2010 - 03/31/2013. Total project budget to date: $2,177,758.00
  • Gamma Ray Astronomy and Astrophysics with the VERITAS Observatory. PI: David Kieda. Co-PI(s): S. LeBohec. National Science Foundation, 07/01/2009 - 07/01/2012. Total project budget to date: $999,146.00

Languages

  • German, functional.
  • Hebrew, functional.
  • Spanish, functional.