Dr. AlexanderA Moiseev

Astrophysics Science Division
NASA/GSFC
Code 661, Astropartcle Physics
Greenbelt, MD 20771

tel: 301-286-5581
fax: 301-286-1682
e-mail: alexander.a.moiseev @ nasa.gov

Present Position

Senior Scientist at USRA

Brief Bio

After graduating from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in 1976, started working in Cosmic Physics Laboratory of that Institute as a research assistant. Was involved in several Russian space experiments, earned my PhD in 1985 for the experiment onboard Space Station Salute-7. In 1993 I was one of the initiators of international antimatter space experiment Pamela. After moving to USA in 1994 I was involved in cosmic ray projects GLAST and BESS. Currently I am a lead scienist in GLAST LAT AntiCoincidence Detector, one of LAT subsystems.

1998-present - Senior Research Scientist at USRA
1994-1997 - Resident Research Associate at NAS/NRC, 1986-1994 senior researcher , Cosmic Physics Laboratory at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute.

Educational Background

Ph.D. in physics from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI) in 1985 ("Study of gamma-ray background conditions onboard space station") , Moscow, Russia; M.S. from MEPhI in 1976 ("Wide-gap spark chamber for gamma-ray telescope "Gamma-1").

Research Interests

Research Area and Interest: Experimental High Energy Astrophysics, Cosmic Antimatter, High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Experimental Techniques in Particle Physics.

Current Projects

GLAST (Large-area gamma-ray telescope). Instrument to be launched in 2007 to study high energy (20 MeV – 300 GeV) gamma-ray radiation in space. My role - design of the Anti-coincidence detector for the instrument (instrument lead scientist)

BESS (US – Japanese balloon-borne antimatter magnetic spectrometer). The best up-to-date operating instrument to measure cosmic ray antiprotons. My role – participation in data analysis and scientific results interpretation.

Selected Publications

1.A. A. Moiseev, J.F. Ormes, R.C. Hartman, T.E. Johnson, J.W. Mitchell, and D.J. Thompson, Observation and Simulations of the Backsplash Effects in High-energy Gamma-ray Telescopes containing a Massive Calirmeter, Astroparticle Physics, 22, 275, 2004

2. The composition of cosmic rays at the knee. S.Swordy, L.Fortson, J.Hinton, J.Horandel, J.Knapp, C.Pryke, T.Shibata, S.Wakely, Z.Cao, M.Cherry, S.Coutu, J.Cronin, R.Engel, J.Fowler, K.Kampert, J.Kettler, D.Kieda, J.Matthews, S.Minnick, A.Moiseev, D.Muller, M.Roth, A.Sill, G.Spiczak, Astroparticle Physics, 18, 2, 129, October 2002

3. A.Moiseev, K.Yoshimura, I.Ueda et al. Cosmic Ray Antiproton Flux in the energy range from 200 to 600 MeV, Astrophysical Journal, 474, 489 (1997).

4. A.Moiseev and J.Ormes. Inelastic cross section for Antihelium on nuclei: an empirical formula for use in the experiments to search for cosmic antimatter, Astroparticle Physics, 6, 379 (1997).

5. T.Maeno, S.Orito, H.Matsunaga, K.Abe, K.Anraku, Y.Asaoka, M.Fujikawa, M.Imori, Y.Makida, N.Matsui, H.Matsumoto, J.Mitchell, T.Mitsui, A.Moiseev, M.Motoki, J.Nishimura, M.Nozaki, J.Ormes, T.Saeki, T.Sanuki, M.Sasaki, E.S.Seo, Y.Shikaze, T.Sonoda, R.Streitmatter, J.Suzuki, K.Tanaka, I.Ueda, J.Z.Wang, N.Yajima, T.Yamagami, A.Yamamoto, T.Yoshida, K.Yoshimura. Seccessive measurements of cosmic-ray antiproton spectrum in a positive phase of the solar cycle, Astroparticle Physics, 16, 2, 121, 2001

6. J.Ormes, A.Moiseev, T.Saeki et al. Antihelium in the cosmic rays: a new upper limit and its significance, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 482 (1997)

7. J.Wells, A.Moiseev and J.Ormes. Illuminating dark matter and primordial black holes with interstellar antiprotons, ApJ, 518, 570 (1999)

8. S.Orito, T.Maeno, H.Matsunaga, K.Abe, K.Anraku, Y.Asaoka, M.Fujikawa, M.Imori, M.Ishino, Y.Makida, N.Matsui, J.Mitchell, H.Matsumoto, A.Moiseev, M.Motoki, J.Nishimura, M.Nozaki, J.Ormes, T.Saeki, T.Sanuki, M.Sasaki, E.S.Seo, Y.Shikaze, T.Sonoda, R.Streitmatter, J.Suzuki, K.Tanaka, I.Ueda, N.Yajima, T.Yamagami, A.Yamamoto, T.Yoshida and K.Yoshimura. Precision measurement of Cosmic Ray Antiproton Spectrum, PRL 84, 1078 (2000)

9. J.Ormes, S.Digel, I.Moskalenko, A.Moiseev and R.Williamson. The Origin of Cosmic Rays: What Can GLAST Say? AIP Proceedings, 2000