Michael A. Troxel

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

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.