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James Buckley
Title:Professor of Physics
Degree:PHD, University of Chicago
MS, University of Chicago
BS, University of Toledo
Dept:Physics
Office:Compton Hall 253
Mailbox: Full Mailing Address
Phone:(314) 935-7607
E-mail:buckley@wustl.edu

Courses
Physical Measurement Laboratory, Electricity & Magnetism, Introduction to Astrophysics

Research Interests
Gamma-Ray and Multiwavelength Observations of Active Galaxies

  • Experimental Cosmology: Dark Matter Search
  • Origin of Cosmic Rays
  • Optical Astronomy: Optical Transients from AGNs and GRBs
  • Detector Development: High Speed Electronics and High Quantum Efficiency
  • UV/Visible Detectors

Selected Publications:

"TeV Gamma-Ray Observations of the Galactic Center," K. Kosack, H.M. Badran, I.H. Bond, P.J. Boyle, S.M. Bradbury, J.H. Buckley et.al Astrophysical Journal, 608, L97 (2004)

"Detection of TeV Gamma Rays from the BL Lacertae Object 1ES1959+650 with the Whipple 10 Meter Telescope," J. Holder, I.H. Bond, P.J. Boyle, S.M. Bradbury, H. H. Buckley, D.A. Carter-Lewis et al., Astrophysical Journal, 583, 9 (2003)

"VERITAS: The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System" T.C. Weekes, H. Badran, S.D. Biller, I. Bond, S. Bradbury, J. Buckley, et.al. Astropartical Physics, 17, 221 (2002)

"Gamma-Ray Astronomy," J.H. Buckley, T. Burnett, G. Sinnis, P. Coppi, P. Gondolo, J. Kapusta, J. McEnery, J. Norris, P. Ullio, Snowmass 2001 The Future of Particle Physics Conference (July 2-18, 2001, Snowmass, CO) (2002)

"Development of Epitaxial AlN/GaN/GaInN Photocathode Heterostructures for UV/Blue Scintillation and Cherenkov Radiation Detection," D.J. Leopold, J. Buckley, W.R. Binns, P. Hink, and M.H. Israel, Space Astrophysics Detector Technologies Meeting Proceedings, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD (June 26-29, 2000).