Louisiana State University Physics & Astronomy

J. Gregory Stacy
Associate Professor of Physics

Ph.D., 1985 - University of Maryland

Space Science/Particle Astrophysics

Office: 359-B Nicholson
Telephone: 3557-Office, 771-2831-Southern Univ.
E-mail:

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Greg Stacy holds a joint faculty appointment between the Department of Physics at Southern University and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University. At LSU he is a member of the Space Science/Particle Astrophysics research group. His primary research experience is in the area of astronomy and astrophysics, in particular high-energy astrophysics. He is a member of the instrument team for the Imaging Compton Telescope (COMPTEL), one of four gamma-ray detectors in orbit aboard NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Dr. Stacy's main research program at present involves the multiwavelength study of active galaxies, using data acquired with space satellites and ground-based observatories. He is also actively involved, with colleagues at LSU and elsewhere, in an experimental effort to develop a new type of x-ray/gamma-ray detector. This new instrument (MARGIE) will be flown by high-altitude scientific balloon to study the properties of high-energy cosmic sources. Dr. Stacy's research programs are funded primarily through grants awarded by NASA, NSF, and the Louisiana Board of Regents.

CURRENT AND SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Bloser, P.F., Ryan, J.M., McConnell, M.L., et al., "The MEGA project for Medium Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy," Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics 6, 388-392, Sp. Iss. SI Suppl. 1, (2006).
McConnell, M.L., Bloser, P.F., Case, G.L., et al., "The CASTER black hole finder probe," New Astronomy Reviews 50 (7-8), 633-636 (2006).
Case, G.L., Cherry, M.L., and Stacy, J.G., "Waveshifting fiber readout of Lanthanum halide scintillators," Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A - Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 563 (2), 355-358 (2006).
Guzik, T.G., Babin, E., Cooney, W., et al., "Space Science Public Outreach at Louisiana State University," Advances in Space Research 34 (10), 2121-2126 (2004).
Stacy, J.G., Vestrand, W.T., and Sreekumar, P., "The gamma-ray blazar PKS 0208-512 from Mev to Gev Energies," Astrophysical Journal 598 (1), 216-231 Part 1 (2003).

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