Curriculum Vitae

Mgr. Filip Münz, PhD.

EDUCATION:

1997

MSc. degree (spec. Subnuclear Physics) at Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles university, Prague; thesis in High-Energy Astrophysics (Contribution to the calibration of CAT and CELESTE detectors)

1997-2000

postgraduate studies at PCC, College de France, Paris, France and UCJF, MFF, UK

2003

PhD degree (thesis Electronic simulation for CELESTE: bias studies and application on observations of Crab Nebula : PDF)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

1997-1999

collaboration with CAT and CELESTE experiments (French Pyrenees) on detection of cosmic gamma rays using Cerenkov atmospheric technique

2003-2006

member of Czech INTEGRAL group at the Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ondrejov: data retrieval and analysis, search of variable sources (blazars, cataclysmic variables) incl. optical monitoring

2004

9 month stay (with 2 month extension in early 2007) at INTEGRAL Science Data Centre, Versoix, Switzerland

2004-2006

automated scripts for analysis of X-ray spectra from XMM-Newton (intended for search of narrow-line features in X-ray emission of accretion discs of AGNs); extracted event-lists studied in detail using originally developped tools for time-resolved spectroscopy

2007-2008

completion of a legacy catalogue of GRBs detected by HETE-2 satellite, assegno de ricerca position at Instituto di astrofisica spaziale e fisica cosmica (IASF/INAF), Bologna, Italy

• participation on ESA PRODEX grant 14527 for INTEGRAL and ESA PECS project 98023.
• as a member of BART (Burst Alert Robotic Telescope) team, growing knowledge of CCD data reduction using IRAF (photometry, callibration)
• experience with web development (PHP, python, namely in Django framework) as a support for our collaborations (http://altamira.asu.cas.cz/iblwg) – catalogue cross-correlations with observation lists, candidate selection
• scripting (in Perl, optionally in python) of analysis chain using FTOOLS/HEATOOLS and XSPEC for subsequent search for spectral features
• multiband analysis of lightcurves in the context of gamma-ray burst prompt emission
• co-organizing annual workshops linking activities of INTEGRAL and BART (http://altamira.asu.cas.cz/ibws)

pedagogic activities:
• exercizing physics at Mendel University of Agriculture (2006)
• several seminars given at the Astronomical Institute, Charles and Masaryk Universities

OTHER SKILLS:

languages

proficient: English, French; passive: German, Italian, Russian

programming

present: python (NumPy/SciPy), SQL; past: C/C++, FORTRAN

PUBLICATIONS:

Cataclysmic variables observed with INTEGRAL

V. Simon, R. Hudec, F. Munz ...

Chin.Jour.Astron.Astroph. 6 Suppl. 1 (2006), 149

Blazars and INTEGRAL

R. Hudec, F. Munz et al.

Chin.Jour.Astron.Astroph. 6 Suppl. 1 (2006), 114

Mrk 421, Mrk 501, and 1ES 1426+428 at 100 GeV with the CELESTE Cherenkov Telescope

D. A. Smith, E. Brion, .. F. Munz

Astronomy and Astrophysics, 459 (2006), Issue 2, p. 453-464 (astro-ph/0608247)

Automated spectral and timing analysis of AGNs

F. Munz, V. Karas, M.Guainazzi

Astronomische Nachrichten, 327 (2006), Issue 10, p.1094-1097

Testing the inverse-Compton catastrophe scenario in the intra-day variable blazar S5 0716+71
(I. Simultaneous broadband observations during November 2003)

L. Ostorero, S. Wagner .. F. Munz

Astronomy&Astrophysics, 451 (2006), 797 (astro-ph/0602237)

Ferrero, E.; Wagner, S. J., Disentangling the synchrotron and inverse Compton variability.., Astron. Astrophys. 457:133 2006

Indirect Search for Dark Matter in M31 with the CELESTE Experiment

J. Lavalle, H. Manseri, A. Jacholkowska, E. Brion .. F. Munz

Astronomy&Astrophysics, 450 (2006), 1

Kardashev, N. S., Novikov, I. D., Shatskiy, A. A., Astrophysics of Wormholes, astro-ph/0610441

Graham, Alister W., Merritt, D., Empirical Models for Dark Matter Halos II., astro-ph/0608613

Measurement of the Crab flux above 60 GeV with the CELESTE Cherenkov telescope

M. de Naurois, J. Holder, ... F. Munz

Astrophysical Journal, 566 (2002) 343-357 (astro-ph/0107301)

Bramel, D. A et al., Observations of the 3C 66A with STACEE, Astrophys. J. 629:108 2005

Aharonian, F. et al., The Crab Nebula and Pulsar with HEGRA, Astrophys.J. 614:897 2004

Ona-Wilhelmi, E. et al., Determination of the night sky background, Astropart. Phys. 22/1:95 2004

Scalzo, R. A. et al., HE Gamma-Ray Observations of W Comae with STACEE, Astrophys.J. 607:778 2004

Grimani, C., Pulsar birthrate set by cosmic-ray positron observations, Astron. Astrophys. 418:649 2004

Majumdar, P., Angular resolution of the Pachmarhi array, Astropart. Phys. 18/4:333 2003

Gaisser T.K., Particle astrophysics, Nucl.Phys.B - Proc.Sup. 117: 318-334 Apr 2003

Chitnis V.R., Bhat P.N., Gamma-hadron separation using Cerenkov photon density fluctuations, Exp.Astron. 13 (2): 77-100 2002

Lucarelli F, Konopelko A, Aharonian F, et al., Observations of the Crab Nebula with the HEGRA system of IACTs in convergent mode using a topological trigger, Astropart.Phys. 19 (3): 339-350 Jun 2003

Trimble V, Aschwanden M.J., Astrophysics in 2002, PASP 115 (807): 514-591 May 2003

Boone L.M., Hinton J.A., Bramel D, et al., STACEE observations of Markarian 421 during an extended gamma-ray outburst, Astrophys.J. 579 (1): L5-L8 Part 2 Nov 2002

Halzen F, Hooper D, High-energy neutrino astronomy: the cosmic ray connection, Rep.Prog.Phys. 65 (7): 1025-1078 Jul 2002

Le Bohec, Optical Intensity Interferometry with Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescope Arrays, Astrophys.J. 649:399 2006

CELESTE : An Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope for High Energy Gamma Ray Astrophysics

E. Pare, ... F. Munz

Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 490 (2002) 71-89

First Detection of Gamma Rays from the Crab Nebula with the CELESTE "Solar Farm" Cherenkov Detector

D. A. Smith, R. Bazer-Bachi, H. Bergeret, .. F. Munz

Nuclear Physics B Proc. Supp. 80 (2000), Issue 1-3, 163-172

The CAT imaging telescope for very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy

A. Barrau, ... F. Munz

Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 416 (1998) 278-292

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non-reviewed papers

Investigation of blazars with the INTEGRAL satellite

R. Hudec, P. Kubanek, F. Munz, E. Pian

Nucl. Phys. B conf. series 166 (2007), 255

Investigation of blazars with the INTEGRAL satellite

R. Hudec, P. Kubanek, F. Munz, E. Pian

Nucl. Phys. B conf. series 166 (2007), 255

Search for weak and variable sources with INTEGRAL

F. Munz for Czech INTEGRAL team

40th Rencontres de Moriond (Very High Energy Phenomena in Universe), La Thuile, 2005

Cataclysmic variables and related objects with INTEGRAL

V. Simon, R. Hudec, F. Munz

230th IAU Symposium, Dublin 2005, 66

Barlow, E. J., et al, 20-100 keV properties of cataclysmic variables detected in the INTEGRAL/IBIS survey, MNRAS 372:224 2006

Blazars INTEGRAL and Supermassive Black Hole Binaries

R. Hudec, F. Munz, M. Basta

230th IAU Symposium, Dublin 2005, 237-238

Blazars seen by INTEGRAL

F. Munz and M. Basta for Czech INTEGRAL team

the 5th INTEGRAL Workshop, Munich, 2004

CELESTE gamma ray detector - current status and results

F. Munz for the CELESTE coll.

TAUP Conference, Paris, 1999

and list of GCNs from SIMBAD.