Associate Professor of Physics
Appointments and Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Physics
Contact Information
- Email Address: michael.troxel@duke.edu
Education
- B.A. University of Oklahoma, 2008
- B.S. University of Oklahoma, 2008
- M.S. University of Texas at Dallas, 2011
- Ph.D. University of Texas at Dallas, 2014
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
- Building a Prototype of the Cosmos (Jul 8, 2024 | Duke Today)
- Duke Cosmic Explorers Are Mapping Space’s Invisible Secrets (Jun 20, 2024 | Pra…
- Taking a Larger View of the Universe (Oct 17, 2023 | Duke Today)
- Physicist Michael Troxel Listed by Popular Science as One of 10 'Most Innovativ…
- Looking in the Cosmos, Making Visible the Invisible (Jun 26, 2020 | Trinity Col…
Representative Publications
- Yamamoto, M., K. Laliotis, E. Macbeth, T. Zhang, C. M. Hirata, M. A. Troxel, K. Cao, et al. “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 528, no. 4 (March 1, 2024): 6680–6705. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae177.
- Hirata, C. M., M. Yamamoto, K. Laliotis, E. Macbeth, M. A. Troxel, T. Zhang, K. Cao, et al. “Simulating image coaddition with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – I. Simulation methodology and general results.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 528, no. 2 (February 1, 2024): 2533–61. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae182.
- Gatti, M., N. Jeffrey, L. Whiteway, V. Ajani, T. Kacprzak, D. Zürcher, C. Chang, et al. “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 527, no. 1 (January 1, 2024): L115–21. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slad143.
- Anbajagane, D., C. Chang, A. Banerjee, T. Abel, M. Gatti, V. Ajani, A. Alarcon, et al. “Beyond the 3rd moment: a practical study of using lensing convergence CDFs for cosmology with DES Y3.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 526, no. 4 (December 1, 2023): 5530–54. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3118.
- Sánchez, C., A. Alarcon, G. M. Bernstein, J. Sanchez, S. Pandey, M. Raveri, J. Prat, et al. “The Dark Energy Survey Year 3 high-redshift sample: Selection, characterization, and analysis of galaxy clustering.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 525, no. 3 (November 1, 2023): 3896–3922. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2402.