Eric Miller

Since joining the MIT Kavli Institute as a postdoc in 2004, I have been active in a variety of research and instrumentation programs. My astrophysics interests focus on understanding the structure and evolution of clusters and groups of galaxies, primarily by observing the X-ray emission from diffuse hot gas in these systems. I also study the hot phase of the Galactic interstellar medium; the multi-phase gaseous interface between galaxies and intergalactic space; radiative processes in the Solar Wind; and the particle background experienced by space-based astrophysics detectors.

On the instrumentation side, I was the US calibration scientist for the Suzaku XIS instrument, and have been active in cross-calibration of high-energy missions with the IACHEC collaboration. I led the in-flight calibration effort and worked on the ground processing software for XRISM. Along with the members of the X-ray Detector Lab at MKI, I also develop detectors for future X-ray missions.