Dr James McKee

Dr James McKee

Lecturer

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • Data Science AI and Modelling Centre (DAIM)

Qualifications

  • BSc (University of Hull)
  • PhD / DPhil (University of Manchester)

Summary

I am an astrophysicist at the E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics and a lecturer in the Centre of Excellence for Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Modelling (DAIM). I work on radio astronomy of pulsars, using some of the most sensitive telescopes in the world. My main areas of research are pulsar timing, the interstellar medium, and single pulse emission from pulsars.

I studied Physics at the University of Hull and was awarded a Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics by The University of Manchester. I have held research positions at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics.

I am a member of several international collaborations including:

Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)

North American NanoHertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav)

Large European Array for Pulsars (LEAP)

European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA)

International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA)

The NenuFAR array

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Modeling nonstationary noise in pulsar timing array data analysis

Falxa, M., Antoniadis, J., Champion, D., Cognard, I., Desvignes, G., Guillemot, L., …Theureau, G. (2024). Modeling nonstationary noise in pulsar timing array data analysis. Physical Review D, 109(12), Article 123010. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.109.123010

A new pulsar timing model for scalar-tensor gravity with applications to PSR J2222-0137 and pulsar-black hole binaries

Batrakov, A., Hu, H., Wex, N., Freire, P. C., Venkatraman Krishnan, V., Kramer, M., …Theureau, G. (2024). A new pulsar timing model for scalar-tensor gravity with applications to PSR J2222-0137 and pulsar-black hole binaries. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 686(June), Article A101. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245246

NANOGrav 15-year gravitational-wave background methods

Johnson, A. D., Meyers, P. M., Baker, P. T., Cornish, N. J., Hazboun, J. S., Littenberg, T. B., …Young, O. (2024). NANOGrav 15-year gravitational-wave background methods. Physical Review D, 109(10), Article 103012. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.103012

The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array: IV. Implications for massive black holes, dark matter, and the early Universe

EPTA Collaboration and InPTA Collaboration, Antoniadis, J., Arumugam, P., Arumugam, S., Babak, S., Bagchi, M., …Valtolina, S. (2024). The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array: IV. Implications for massive black holes, dark matter, and the early Universe. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 685, Article A94. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347433

Comparing Recent Pulsar Timing Array Results on the Nanohertz Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background

Agazie, G., Antoniadis, J., Anumarlapudi, A., Archibald, A. M., Arumugam, P., Arumugam, S., …The International Pulsar Timing Array Collaboration. (2024). Comparing Recent Pulsar Timing Array Results on the Nanohertz Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background. The Astrophysical journal, 966(1), Article 105. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad36be

Research interests

Pulsars

Neutron stars

The interstellar medium

Gravitational waves

Radio astronomy

Testing theories of gravity

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

EMO-GP: Emission Mechanisms of Giant Pulses

Funder

STFC Science & Technology Facilities Council

Grant

£446,691.00

Started

1 April 2024

Status

Ongoing

Postgraduate supervision

Radio astronomy of pulsars

Current student: Georgia Lowes, "Shedding light on pulsar emission and its propagation through plasma environments"

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

2023

International Astronomical Union

2018

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