Jordan A. Goodman
Ph. D. Physics University
of Maryland
Professor
Department of Physics
Office: Room 4328
Phone: 301-405-6033
Fax: 301-
699-9195
Email: goodman@umdgrb.umd.edu
Milagro is the first gamma ray detector capable of
continuously monitoring the entire overhead sky at energies below 1 TeV.The energy threshold of Milagro is an order of
magnitude lower than any other all-sky instrument operating in the VHE regime.Milagro is the ideal instrument to study the
transient and variable sources of VHE gamma rays in the Universe and to
discover new phenomena.
Search for nearby active galactic nuclei
(AGN).
Search the Northern Hemisphere sky for
sources of TeV gamma rays.
Search for primordial black holes
(PBH).
Observe galactic point-like and diffuse
sources
Study the properties of the solar magnetic
field.
The galaxy as seen in TeV Gamma Rays with 
Milagro.:
IceCube- IceCube is a one-cubic-kilometer international high-energy
neutrino observatory being built and installed in the clear deep ice below the
South Pole Station. IceCube will open unexplored bands for astronomy, including
the PeV (10^15 eV) energy
region, where the Universe is opaque to high energy gamma rays originating from
beyond the edge of our own galaxy, and where cosmic rays do not carry
directional information because of their deflection by magnetic fields. The
instrument may, for example, answer the question of whether the fascinating
multi-TeV photons originating in the Crab supernova remnant and near the supermassive black holes of active galaxies are of hadronic
or electromagnetic origin. IceCube will provide a totally novel viewpoint on
the multi-messenger astronomy of gamma ray bursts, which have been identified
as a possible source of the highest energy particles in nature.
More
information on IceCube can be found at http://umdgrb.umd.edu/icecube
Dr. Goodman's pictures from his 2006 trip to the South Pole can be found at SouthPole
Dr. Goodman is a
fellow of the American Physical Society, a 1999/2000
By Milagro Collaboration” (A. Abdo et. al.) Ap.
J. Letters March 658, L33, 2007e-Print Archive: ASTRO-PH 0611691
Limits on the High-Energy Gamma and Neutrino Fluxes from the SGR 1806-20
Giant Flare of 27 December 2004 with the AMANDA-II Detector
A. Achterberg et al. (IceCube Collaboration) Phys.
Rev. Lett. 97, 221101 (2006)
Solar Neutrino Measurements In Super- Kamiokande-I. J. Hosaka et al.,
Phys.Rev.D73:112001,2006
Limits On The Muon
Flux From Neutralino Annihilations At The Center Of
The Earth With Amanda. A. Achterberg et al.,
Astropart.Phys.26:129-139,2006.
Solar Neutrino Measurements In Super-Kamiokande-I. By Super-Kamkiokande Collaboration (J. Hosaka
et al.). 32pp. Phys. Rev. D 73, 112001 (2006) e-Print Archive: hep-ex/0508053
”Three Flavor Neutrino Oscillation Analysis Of
Atmospheric Neutrinos In Super-Kamiokande.” J. Hosaka et al.,
Phys.Rev.D74:032002,2006.
“Recent results from the Milagro gamma ray observatory”,
Goodman, JA , NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS,
151: 101-107 JAN 2006
“Evidence for TeV gamma-ray emission from a region of
the galactic plane”, Atkins, R; Benbow, W;
Berley, D; et al., PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 95 (25): Art. No. 251103 DEC 16
2005
“Constraints on very high energy gamma-ray emission
from gamma-ray bursts” Atkins, R; Benbow, W;
Berley, D; et al., ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 630 (2): 996-1002 Part 1 SEP 10 2005
