Michael A. Troxel

Troxel

Associate Professor of Physics

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Physics

Contact Information

  • Office Location: Phy 265, Durham, NC 27712
  • Office Phone: +1 919 660 6773
  • Email Address: michael.troxel@duke.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Texas at Dallas, 2014
  • M.S. University of Texas at Dallas, 2011
  • B.A. University of Oklahoma, 2008
  • B.S. University of Oklahoma, 2008

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

  • DOE Early Career Award. Dept. of Energy. 2020

Courses Taught

  • PHYSICS 791: Special Readings
  • PHYSICS 761: Classical Mechanics
  • PHYSICS 555: Introduction to Cosmology
  • PHYSICS 495: Thesis Independent Study
  • PHYSICS 493: Research Independent Study
  • PHYSICS 305: Introduction to Astrophysics
  • PHYSICS 151L9D: Introductory Mechanics (Discussion Component)

In the News

Representative Publications

  • Yamamoto, M; Laliotis, K; Macbeth, E; Zhang, T; Hirata, CM; Troxel, MA; Cao, K; Choi, A; Givans, J; Heitmann, K; Ishak, M; Jarvis, M; Kovacs, E; Long, H; Mandelbaum, R; Park, A; Porredon, A; Walter, CW; Michael Wood-Vasey, W, Simulating image coaddition with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope - II. Analysis of the simulated images and implications for weak lensing, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 528 no. 4 (2024), pp. 6680-6705 [10.1093/mnras/stae177] [abs].
  • Hirata, CM; Yamamoto, M; Laliotis, K; Macbeth, E; Troxel, MA; Zhang, T; Cao, K; Choi, A; Givans, J; Heitmann, K; Ishak, M; Jarvis, M; Kovacs, E; Long, H; Mandelbaum, R; Park, A; Porredon, A; Walter, CW; Wood-Vasey, WM, Simulating image coaddition with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – I. Simulation methodology and general results, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 528 no. 2 (2024), pp. 2533-2561 [10.1093/mnras/stae182] [abs].
  • Gatti, M; Jeffrey, N; Whiteway, L; Ajani, V; Kacprzak, T; Zürcher, D; Chang, C; Jain, B; Blazek, J; Krause, E; Alarcon, A; Amon, A; Bechtol, K; Becker, M; Bernstein, G; Campos, A; Chen, R; Choi, A; Davis, C; Derose, J; Diehl, HT; Dodelson, S; Doux, C; Eckert, K; Elvin-Poole, J; Everett, S; Ferte, A; Gruen, D; Gruendl, R; Harrison, I; Hartley, WG; Herner, K; Huff, EM; Jarvis, M; Kuropatkin, N; Leget, PF; MacCrann, N; McCullough, J; Myles, J; Navarro-Alsina, A; Pandey, S; Prat, J; Raveri, M; Rollins, RP; Roodman, A; Sanchez, C; Secco, LF; Sevilla-Noarbe, I; Sheldon, E; Shin, T; Troxel, M; Tutusaus, I; Varga, TN; Yanny, B; Yin, B; Zhang, Y; Zuntz, J; Allam, SS; Alves, O; Aguena, M; Bacon, D; Bertin, E; Brooks, D; Burke, DL; Carnero Rosell, A; Carretero, J; Cawthon, R; Da Costa, LN; Davis, TM; De Vicente, J; Desai, S; Doel, P; García-Bellido, J; Giannini, G; Gutierrez, G; Ferrero, I; Frieman, J; Hinton, SR; Hollowood, DL; Honscheid, K; James, DJ; Kuehn, K; Lahav, O; Marshall, JL; Mena-Fernández, J; Miquel, R; Ogando, RLC; Palmese, A; Pereira, MES; Plazas Malagón, AA; Rodriguez-Monroy, M; Samuroff, S; Sanchez, E; Schubnell, M; Smith, M; Sobreira, F; Suchyta, E; Swanson, MEC; Tarle, G; Weaverdyck, N, Detection of the significant impact of source clustering on higher order statistics with DES Year 3 weak gravitational lensing data, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, vol 527 no. 1 (2024), pp. L115-L121 [10.1093/mnrasl/slad143] [abs].
  • Anbajagane, D; Chang, C; Banerjee, A; Abel, T; Gatti, M; Ajani, V; Alarcon, A; Amon, A; Baxter, EJ; Bechtol, K; Becker, MR; Bernstein, GM; Campos, A; Carnero Rosell, A; Carrasco Kind, M; Chen, R; Choi, A; Davis, C; DeRose, J; Diehl, HT; Dodelson, S; Doux, C; Drlica-Wagner, A; Eckert, K; Elvin-Poole, J; Everett, S; Ferté, A; Gruen, D; Gruendl, RA; Harrison, I; Hartley, WG; Huff, EM; Jain, B; Jarvis, M; Jeffrey, N; Kacprzak, T; Kokron, N; Kuropatkin, N; Leget, PF; MacCrann, N; McCullough, J; Myles, J; Navarro-Alsina, A; Pandey, S; Prat, J; Raveri, M; Rollins, RP; Roodman, A; Rykoff, ES; Sánchez, C; Secco, LF; Sevilla-Noarbe, I; Sheldon, E; Shin, T; Troxel, MA; Tutusaus, I; Whiteway, L; Yanny, B; Yin, B; Zhang, Y; Abbott, TMC; Allam, S; Aguena, M; Alves, O; Andrade-Oliveira, F; Annis, J; Bacon, D; Blazek, J; Brooks, D; Cawthon, R; da Costa, LN; Pereira, MES; Davis, TM; Desai, S; Doel, P; Ferrero, I; Frieman, J; Giannini, G; Gutierrez, G; Hinton, SR; Hollowood, DL; Honscheid, K; James, DJ; Kuehn, K; Lahav, O; Marshall, JL; Mena-Fernández, J; Menanteau, F; Miquel, R; Palmese, A; Pieres, A; Plazas Malagón, AA; Reil, K; Sanchez, E; Smith, M; Swanson, MEC; Tarle, G; Wiseman, P, Beyond the 3rd moment: a practical study of using lensing convergence CDFs for cosmology with DES Y3, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 526 no. 4 (2023), pp. 5530-5554 [10.1093/mnras/stad3118] [abs].
  • Zhou, C; Tong, A; Troxel, MA; Blazek, J; Lin, C; Bacon, D; Bleem, L; Chang, C; Costanzi, M; DeRose, J; Dietrich, JP; Drlica-Wagner, A; Gruen, D; Gruendl, RA; Hoyle, B; Jarvis, M; MacCrann, N; Mawdsley, B; McClintock, T; Melchior, P; Prat, J; Pujol, A; Rozo, E; Rykoff, ES; Samuroff, S; Sheldon, E; Shin, T; Rosell, AC; Yanny, B; Sánchez, C; Tucker, DL; Sevilla-Noarbe, I; Zuntz, J; Varga, TN; Zhang, Y; Alves, O; Amon, A; Bertin, E; Brooks, D; Burke, DL; Kind, MC; da Costa, LN; Davis, TM; De Vicente, J; Desai, S; Diehl, HT; Doel, P; Everett, S; Ferrero, I; Flaugher, B; Frieman, J; Gerdes, DW; Gutierrez, G; Hinton, SR; Hollowood, DL; Honscheid, K; James, DJ; Jeltema, T; Kuehn, K; Lahav, O; Lima, M; Marshall, JL; Mena-Fernández, J; Menanteau, F; Miquel, R; Palmese, A; Paz-Chinchón, F; Pieres, A; Malagón, AAP; Porredon, A; Raveri, M; Romer, AK; Sanchez, E; Smith, M; Soares-Santos, M; Suchyta, E; Swanson, MEC; Tarle, G; To, C; Weaverdyck, N; Weller, J; Wiseman, P, The intrinsic alignment of red galaxies in DES Y1 redMaPPer galaxy clusters, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 526 no. 1 (2023), pp. 323-336 [10.1093/mnras/stad2712] [abs].