Frank Krennrich

Frank Krennrich

Position
  • Department Chair
Neutrino physics: Supernova neutrinos, currently working on ANNIE. High Energy Astrophysics: Currently working on VERITAS.

Contact

Contact Info

12b Physics
2323 Osborn Dr.
Ames
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IA
50011-1026

Selected Publications

• VERITAS Observations of the BL Lac Object PG 1553+113, E. Aliu et al. (The VERITAS Collaboration), ApJ, 799, 7 (2015).

• The Extragalactic Background Light and the Gamma-ray Opacity of the Universe, E. Dwek & F. Krennrich, Astropart. Phys., vol. 43, 112 (2013).

• Detection of Pulsed Gamma Rays Above 100 GeV from the Crab Pulsar, Aliu et al. (The VERITAS Collaboration), Science 334, 69 (2011).

• Strong New Constraints on the Extragalactic Background Light in the Near- to Mid-Infrared, M. Orr, F. Krennrich & E. Dwek, ApJ, 733, 77 (2011) .

• A connection between star formation activity and cosmic rays in the starburst galaxy M82, V.A. Acciari et al. (VERITAS Collaboration), Nature, 462, 770 (2009).

• Radio Imaging of the Very-High-Energy Gamma Ray Emission Region in the Central Engine of a Radio Galaxy, Collaboration, V.A. Acciari et al. (VERITAS Collaboration, VLBA 43 GHz M87 Monitoring team, H.E.S.S. Collaboration, MAGIC Collaboration), Science, 325, 444 (2009).

Recent Talks

• The Gamma Ray Opacity of the Universe: Indirect Measurements of the EBL, Rencontres de Vietnam, Quy N’hon, Vietnam, August 9, 2014

• Probing the Universe with Very High Energy Gamma Rays, Physics Colloquium, University of Chicago, January 17, 2013

• The Opacity of the Universe in Gamma Rays: recent Results and Future Prospects, Near Infrared Background and the Epoch of Reionization, University of Texas Cosmology Center, Austin, May 14, 2012

Honors and Awards

  1. - Outstanding Junior Investigator Award by the DOE, High Energy Physics 2000

  2. - Fellow of the American Physical Society 2008