Jamie Holder

Jamie Holder

Professor
 

Resources and Links

Biography

B.Sc. University of Leeds, UK; Ph.D. Durham University, UK; UD faculty since 2006​​​​

 

Research

My research is in the field of gamma-ray astronomy, concerned with the study of astrophysical sources of very high energy gamma-ray photons (VHE; > 100 GeV). I work with VERITAS; an array of four imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes in Arizona, constructed and operated by a collaboration of 100​​ members from over 20 institutions in the US, Canada, Germany and Ireland. VERITAS has detected gamma-ray emission from more than 60 astrophysical sources including supernova remnants, active galaxies, pulsars and their nebulae. I served as collaboration spokesperson from 2012-2013. I am also involved with the CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array) Consortium, which devised the major next generation facility for gamma-ray astronomy. The consortium consists of over 1500 members from around 200 institutes in more than 30 countries.

 

Publications

Acciari, V. A., et al. (VERITAS Collaboration) ``VERITAS Discovery of >200 GeV Gamma-Ray Emission from the Intermediate-Frequency-Peaked BL Lacertae Object W Comae, Ap. J., 684, L73, (2008).|Acciari, V. A., et al. (VERITAS Collaboration) ``VERITAS Observations of the Gamma-Ray Binary LS I +61 303, Ap. J., 679, 1427, (2008).|Acciari, V. A., et al. (VERITAS Collaboration) ``Observation of Gamma-Ray Emission from the Galaxy M87 above 250 GeV with VERITAS, Ap. J., 679, 397, (2008).