Filip Münz
| munz@physics.muni.cz | |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6411-3651 |
| Office address | Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Kotlářská 2, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic |
| 2003 | PhD in Astroparticle physicsat College de France, Paris; thesis "Electronic simulation for CELESTE: bias studies and application on observations of Crab Nebula", supervisor Ladislav Rob, MFF UK and Pierre Espigat, College de France |
| 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) |
POSITIONS and ACTIVITIES:
| 2019- | member of High Energy Astrophysics group at Faculty of Science |
| 2016- | member of Core Facility Staff for CEITEC research program 1 (Nanomaterials) |
| 2011- | member of CEITEC research group Functional Properties of Nanostructures |
| 2008- | current job at Inst. of Cond. Matt. Physics, Fac. of Science, Masaryk University Brno |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2004 | nine-month stay (with 2 month extension in early 2007) at INTEGRAL Science Data Centre, Versoix, Switzerland |
| 2003-2007 | 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 |
| 1997-1999 | collaboration with CAT and CELESTE experiments (French Pyrenees) on detection of cosmic gamma rays using Cerenkov atmospheric technique (College de France) |
Filip has made his first steps in exploring the Universe from the domain of particle physics - the topic of his master and doctoral thesis was detection of gamma rays of very high energies on ground using Cherenkov light from air showers of secondary particles (the work on CELESTE experiment was based at College de France). Then he moved to lower energies to satellite experiments, esp. INTEGRAL (almost a year spent at ISDC, Versoix, Switzerland) and a legacy of HETE-2 (IASF INAF, Bologna).
Meanwhile in Astronomical institute at Ondrejov he participated at robotic telescope setups for rapid follow-up of GRB afterglows. Based on his more recent experience with fabrication and characterization of electronic nanostructure in CEITEC he aims to pursue the detection of transients with small satellite projects.
Selected Publications
- Mid-infrared ellipsometry, Raman and X-ray diffraction studies of AlxGa1-xN/AlN/Si structures,
WANG, Chennan, Ondřej CAHA, Filip MÜNZ, Petr KOSTELNÍK, Tomáš NOVÁK and Josef HUMLÍČEK. Mid-infrared ellipsometry, Raman and X-ray diffraction studies of AlxGa1-xN/AlN/Si structures. Applied Surface Science. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 2017, vol. 421, November, p. 859-865. ISSN 0169-4332 - Optimized calibration and measurement procedures in rotating analyzer and rotating polarizer ellipsometry,
MÜNZ, Filip, Josef HUMLÍČEK and Přemysl MARŠÍK. Optimized calibration and measurement procedures in rotating analyzer and rotating polarizer ellipsometry. Thin Solid Films. Elsevier, 2011, vol. 519, No 9, p. 2703-2706. ISSN 0040-6090 - Bursts in the HETE-2 catalogue,
Filip, MÜNZ, Elisabetta MAIORANO a Graziella PIZZICHINI; Advances in Space Research. Elsevier, 2011, vol. 47, No 8, p. 1353-1355. ISSN 0273-1177 - Mrk 421, Mrk 501, and 1ES 1426+428 at 100 GeV with the CELESTE Cherenkov Telescope,
SMITH, David A., Elisabeth BRION, MÜNZ, Filip; Astronomy and Astrophysics, EDP Sciences, 2006, 459, 2, pp 453-464. ISSN 0004-6361.
For a complete list of publications see here.
Contact Us
High Energy Astrophysics Group
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics
Kotlářská 2, 602 00, Brno
Czech Republic