Research
Dr Backes' research focuses on gamma-ray astronomy of Active Galactic Nuclei with the H.E.S.S. telescopes and the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Regarding the latter, he is involved in redshift determination with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT). Besides that, he is particularly active in the fields of advanced data analysis methods and camera electronics for very high-energy gamma-ray astronomy, and site-testing for future observatories. Further, he works on the establishment and science program of the Africa Millimetre Telescope (AMT), and occultation observations of Trans-Neptunian Objects.
For a summary of Dr Backes' publications, see your preferred of the links below:
- SAO/NASA ADS
- INSPIRE-HEP
- ORCID
- Google Scholar
- Scopus Author ID: 56231471000
- Web of Science ResearcherID: N-5126-2016 / publons
- ResearchGate.
Also find him on the African Scientists Directory.
Here you find some recent presentations of his: