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Eichler, David

Postdoc
Eichler, David
Email
eichler@bgu.ac.il
Website
https://physics.bgu.ac.il/~eichler/
Research type
Theoretical
Research topics

Astrophysics; Cosmology; Particle physics

Past postdocs *

  1. Shreya Banerjee (2021)

Past graduate students *

  1. Rahul Kumar, PhD (2018)
  2. Amir Levinson, PhD (1992)

Past undergraduate students *

  1. תום דרי (2020)
* Past students / postdocs data might be incomplete

Research highlights

Astroparticle Physics

My astrophysical interests include gamma-ray bursts, cosmic ray origin, high energy astrophysical neutrino sources, and gravitational waves. If gamma-ray bursts and gravitational wave signals happen together, what caused them? Should we expect neutrinos and ultrahigh energy cosmic rays as well?

I also think about the foundations of quantum mechanics. Why quantum mechanics? Is there a way to understand what the wave function really means? Is gravity a necessary consequence of quantum mechanics? Why is gravity so much weaker than electromagnetism?

Physics and Traffic Flow

Optimal traffic routing should keep travel time to a minimum. Can a Lagrangian be written that represents total travel time? Can it be reduced to a set of "classical" equations whose solution minimizes it? Can a "superconducting" routing scheme be found to solve the problem of rush hour traffic?

Additional research highlights

Publications

  1. Gupta, Siddhartha And Nath, Biman B. And Sharma, Prateek And Eichler, David, "Lack Of Thermal Energy In Superbubbles: Hint Of Cosmic Rays?", Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society 473, 1537-1553 (2018)
  2. Zitrin, Adi And Eichler, David, "Observing Cosmological Processes In Real Time With Repeating Fast Radio Bursts", Astrophysical Journal 866, 101 (2018)
  3. Eichler, David, "Nanolensed Fast Radio Bursts", Astrophysical Journal 850, 159 (2017)
  4. Eichler, David, "An Alternative Explanation Of The Varying Boron-To-Carbon Ratio In Galactic Cosmic Rays", Astrophysical Journal 842, 50 (2017)
  5. Eichler, David, "Testing The Viewing Angle Hypothesis For Short Grbs With Ligo Events", Astrophysical Journal Letters 851, L32 (2017)
  6. Kumar, Rahul And Eichler, David And Gaspari, Massimo And Spitkovsky, Anatoly, "Preferential Heating And Acceleration Of Heavy Ions In Impulsive Solar Flares", Astrophysical Journal 835, 295 (2017)
  7. Eichler, David And Globus, Noemie And Kumar, Rahul And Gavish, Eyal, "Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays: A Galactic Origin?", Astrophysical Journal Letters 821, L24 (2016)
  8. Gavish, Eyal And Eichler, David, "On Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays And Their Resultant Gamma-Rays", Astrophysical Journal 822, 56 (2016)
  9. Globus, Noemie And Eichler, David, "Lifetime Of A Cosmic-Ray Spot", Astrophysical Journal Letters 833, L17 (2016)
  10. Eichler, David, "The Significance Of The Non-Detection Of Grb-Associated Uhe Neutrinos", Astrophysical Journal Letters 813, L10 (2015)
  11. Kumar, Rahul And Eichler, David And Gedalin, Michael, "Electron Heating In A Relativistic, Weibel-Unstable Plasma", Astrophysical Journal 806, 165 (2015)
  12. Eichler, David, "Cloaked Gamma-Ray Bursts", Astrophysical Journal Letters 787, L32 (2014)
  13. Eichler, David, "Ultraheavy Element Enrichment In Impulsive Solar Flares", Astrophysical Journal 794, 6 (2014)
  14. Kumar, Rahul And Eichler, David, "Large-Scale Anisotropy Of Tev-Band Cosmic Rays", Astrophysical Journal 785, 129 (2014)
  15. Kumar, Rahul And Eichler, David, "The Isotropy Problem Of Sub-Ankle Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays", Astrophysical Journal 781, 47 (2014)
  16. Ando, Shin'Ichiro And Baret, Bruny And Bartos, Imre And Bouhou, Boutayeb And Chassande-Mottin, Eric And Corsi, Alessandra And Di Palma, Irene And Dietz, Alexander And Donzaud, Corinne And Eichler, David And Finley, Chad And Guetta, Dafne And Halzen, Francis And Jones, Gareth And Kandhasamy, Shivaraj, "Colloquium: Multimessenger Astronomy With Gravitational Waves And High-Energy Neutrinos", Reviews Of Modern Physics 85, 1401-1420 (2013)
  17. Eichler, David And Kumar, Rahul And Pohl, Martin, "Is The Galactic Cosmic-Ray Spectrum Constant In Time?", Astrophysical Journal 769, 138 (2013)
  18. Pohl, Martin And Eichler, David, "Understanding Tev-Band Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy", Astrophysical Journal 766, 4 (2013)
  19. Eichler, David And Mordecai, David, "Comet Encounters And Carbon 14", Astrophysical Journal Letters 761, L27 (2012)
  20. Rogachevskii, Igor And Kleeorin, Nathan And Brandenburg, Axel And Eichler, David, "Cosmic-Ray Current-Driven Turbulence And Mean-Field Dynamo Effect", Astrophysical Journal 753, 6 (2012)
  21. Shaisultanov, Rashid And Lyubarsky, Yuri And Eichler, David, "Stream Instabilities In Relativistically Hot Plasma", Astrophysical Journal 744, 182 (2012)
  22. Eichler, David, "Standard Gamma-Ray Bursts, Dirty Fireballs, And The Excluded Middle", Astrophysical Journal 730, 41 (2011)
  23. Eichler, David And Pohl, Martin, "Can Ultrahigh-Energy Cosmic Rays Come From Gamma-Ray Bursts? Cosmic Rays Below The Ankle And Galactic Gamma-Ray Bursts", Astrophysical Journal Letters 738, L21 (2011)
  24. Gogus, Ersin And Guever, Tolga And Oezel, Feryal And Eichler, David And Kouveliotou, Chryssa, "Long-Term Radiative Behavior Of Sgr 1900+14", Astrophysical Journal 728, 160 (2011)
  25. Pohl, Martin And Eichler, David, "Origin Of Ultra-High-Energy Galactic Cosmic Rays: The Isotropy Problem", Astrophysical Journal 742, 114 (2011)
  26. Shaisultanov, Rashid And Eichler, David, "Dispersion Relations For A General Anisotropic Distribution Function Represented As A Sum Over Legendre Polynomials", Physics Of Plasmas 18, 034501 (2011)
  27. Eichler, David And Guetta, Dafne And Pohl, Martin, "The High Energy Budget Allocations In Shocks And Gamma Ray Bursts", Astrophysical Journal 722, 543-549 (2010)
  28. Eichler, David And Shaisultanov, Rashid, "Dynamical Oscillations And Glitches In Anomalous X-Ray Pulsars", Astrophysical Journal Letters 715, L142-L145 (2010)
  29. Guetta, Dafne And Eichler, David, "Wide Angle X-Ray Sky Monitoring For Corroborating Non-Electromagnetic Cosmic Transients", Astrophysical Journal 712, 392-396 (2010)
  30. Mandal, Samir And Eichler, David, "How Unusual Is Xrf 060218?", Astrophysical Journal Letters 713, L55-L58 (2010)
  31. Pohl, Martin And Eichler, David, "Fermi Constrains Dark-Matter Origin Of High-Energy Positron Anomaly", Astrophysical Journal Letters 712, L53-L57 (2010)
  32. Eichler, David, "Constraints On Nonluminous Matter From Higher Order Pulsar Period Derivatives", Astrophysical Journal Letters 694, L95-L97 (2009)
  33. Eichler, David And Guetta, Dafne And Manis, Hadar, "A Universal Central Engine Hypothesis For Short And Long Gamma-Ray Bursts", Astrophysical Journal Letters 690, L61-L64 (2009)
  34. Griv, Evgeny And Gedalin, Michael And Eichler, David, "The Stellar Velocity Distribution In The Solar Neighborhood: Deviations From The Schwarzschild Distribution", Astronomical Journal 137, 3520-3528 (2009)
  35. Shaisultanov, Rashid And Eichler, David, "What Magnetar Seismology Can Teach Us About Magnetic Fields", Astrophysical Journal Letters 702, L23-L26 (2009)
  36. Eichler, D., "The Case For Non-Baryonic Energy As The Primary Output Of Grbs", International Journal Of Modern Physics D 17, 1333-1341 (2008)
  37. Eichler, David And Manis, Hadar, "Spectral Lags Explained As Scattering From Accelerated Scatterers", Astrophysical Journal Letters 689, L85-L88 (2008)
  38. Gedalin, M. And Balikhin, M. A. And Eichler, D., "Efficient Electron Heating In Relativistic Shocks And Gamma-Ray-Burst Afterglow", Physical Review E 77, 026403 (2008)
  39. Timokhin, A. N. And Eichler, D. And Lyubarsky, Yu., "On The Nature Of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations In The Tail Of Soft Gamma Repeater Giant Flares", Astrophysical Journal 680, 1398-1404 (2008)
  40. Eichler, David And Manis, Hadar, "A Model For Fast Rising, Slowly Decaying Subpulses In Gamma-Ray Bursts", Astrophysical Journal 669, L65-L68 (2007)
  41. Patel, S. K. And Zurita, J. And Del Santo, M. And Finger, M. And Kouveliotou, C. And Eichler, D. And Goegues, E. And Ubertini, P. And Walter, R. And Woods, P. And Wilson, C. A. And Wachter, S. And Bazzano, A., "A Possible Magnetar Nature For Igr J16358-4726", Astrophysical Journal 657, 994-1003 (2007)
  42. Eichler, D And Granot, J, "The Case For Anisotropic Afterglow Efficiency Within Gamma-Ray Burst Jets", Astrophysical Journal 641, L5-L8 (2006)
  43. Eichler, David And Levinson, Amir, "Are The Radiative Properties Of Long Gamma-Ray Bursts Universal?", Astrophysical Journal 649, L5-L8 (2006)
  44. Granot, J And Ramirez-Ruiz, E And Taylor, Gb And Eichler, D And Lyubarsky, Ye And Wijers, Ramj And Gaensler, Bm And Gelfand, Jd And Kouveliotou, C, "Diagnosing The Outflow From The Sgr 1806-20 Giant Flare With Radio Observations", Astrophysical Journal 638, 391-396 (2006)
  45. Lyubarsky, Yuri And Eichler, David, "Are Gamma-Ray Burst Shocks Mediated By The Weibel Instability?", Astrophysical Journal 647, 1250-1254 (2006)
  46. Brustein, R And Eichler, D And Foffa, S, "Braneworld Puzzle About Entropy Bounds And A Maximal Temperature", Physical Review D 71, 124015 (2005)
  47. Eichler, D, "Delayed Afterglow Onset Interpreted As A Baryon-Poor Viewing Angle", Astrophysical Journal 628, L17-L19 (2005)
  48. Eichler, D And Jontof-Hutter, D, "The Blast Energy Efficiency Of Gamma-Ray Bursts", Astrophysical Journal 635, 1182-1186 (2005)
  49. Eichler, D And Waxman, E, "The Efficiency Of Electron Acceleration In Collisionless Shocks And Gamma-Ray Burst Energetics", Astrophysical Journal 627, 861-867 (2005)
  50. Gelfand, Jd And Lyubarsky, Ye And Eichler, D And Gaensler, Bm And Taylor, Gb And Granot, J And Newton-Mcgee, Kj And Ramirez-Ruiz, E And Kouveliotou, C And Wijers, Ramj, "A Rebrightening Of The Radio Nebula Associated With The 2004 December 27 Giant Flare From Sgr 1806-20", Astrophysical Journal 634, L89-L92 (2005)
  51. Levinson, A And Eichler, D, "The Difference Between The Amati And Ghirlanda Relations", Astrophysical Journal 629, L13-L16 (2005)
  52. Taylor, Gb And Gelfand, Jd And Gaensler, Bm And Granot, J And Kouveliotou, C And Fender, Rp And Ramirez-Ruiz, E And Eichler, D And Lyubarsky, Ye And Garrett, M And Wijers, Ramj, "The Growth, Polarization, And Motion Of The Radio Afterglow From The Giant Flare From Sgr 1806-20", Astrophysical Journal 634, L93-L96 (2005)
  53. Eichler, D, "Compton Sailing And Strong Polarization", Astrophysical Journal 608, L81-L84 (2004)
  54. Eichler, D And Levinson, A, "An Interpretation Of The H Nu(Peak)-E-Iso Correlation For Gamma-Ray Bursts", Astrophysical Journal 614, L13-L16 (2004)
  55. Eichler, D And Maor, I, "Galactic Positrons From Z(0) Decay", Astroparticle Physics 21, 195-199 (2004)
  56. Levinson, A And Eichler, D, "Polarization Of Gamma-Ray Bursts By Scattering Off Relativistically Moving Material: Compton Sailing And High Polarization", Astrophysical Journal 613, 1079-1087 (2004)
  57. Eichler, D And Levinson, A, "Polarization Of Gamma-Ray Bursts Via Scattering Off A Relativistic Sheath", Astrophysical Journal 596, L147-L150 (2003)
  58. Kouveliotou, C And Eichler, D And Woods, Pm And Lyubarsky, Y And Patel, Sk And Gogus, E And Van Der Klis, M And Tennant, A And Wachter, S And Hurley, K, "Unraveling The Cooling Trend Of The Soft Gamma Repeater Sgr 1627-41", Astrophysical Journal 596, L79-L82 (2003)
  59. Levinson, A And Eichler, D, "Baryon Loading Of Gamma-Ray Burst By Neutron Pickup", Astrophysical Journal 594, L19-L22 (2003)
  60. Brustein, R And Eichler, D And Foffa, S, "Probing The Planck Scale With Neutrino Oscillations", Physical Review D 65, 105006 (2002)
  61. Brustein, R And Eichler, D And Foffa, S And Oaknin, Dh, "Shortest Scale Of Quantum Field Theory", Physical Review D 65, 105013 (2002)
  62. Eichler, D, "Waiting For The Big One: A New Class Of Soft Gamma-Ray Repeater Outbursts?", Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society 335, 883-886 (2002)
  63. Eichler, D And Gedalin, M And Lyubarsky, Y, "Coherent Emission From Magnetars", Astrophysical Journal 578, L121-L124 (2002)
  64. Luybarsky, Y And Eichler, D And Thompson, C, "Diagnosing Magnetars With Transient Cooling", Astrophysical Journal 580, L69-L72 (2002)
  65. Eichler, David And Beskin, Gregory, "Optical Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence With Air Cerenkov Telescopes", Astrobiology 1, 489-493 (2001)
  66. Griv, E And Gedalin, M And Eichler, D, "On The Schwarzschild Velocity Distribution Of The Local Stellar Disk", Astrophysical Journal 555, L29-L32 (2001)
  67. Lyubarsky, Y And Eichler, D, "The X-Ray Jet In The Crab Nebula: Radical Implications For Pulsar Theory?", Astrophysical Journal 562, 494-498 (2001)
  68. Eichler, D And Beskin, G, "Nonthermal Optical Transients From Relativistic Fireballs", Physical Review Letters 85, 2669-2672 (2000)
  69. Eichler, D And Levinson, A, "A Compact Fireball Model Of Gamma-Ray Bursts", Astrophysical Journal 529, 146-150 (2000)
  70. Griv, E And Gedalin, M And Eichler, D And Yuan, C, "Linear Kinetic Theory Of Instabilities Of A Gravitating Stellar Disk", Astrophysics And Space Science 271, 21-58 (2000)
  71. Griv, E And Gedalin, M And Eichler, D And Yuan, C, "Landau Excitation Of Spiral Density Waves In An Inhomogeneous Disk Of Stars", Physical Review Letters 84, 4280-4283 (2000)
  72. Griv, E And Gedalin, M And Eichler, D And Yuan, C, "A Gas-Kinetic Stability Analysis Of Self-Gravitating And Collisional Particulate Disks With Application To Saturn'S Rings", Planetary And Space Science 48, 679-698 (2000)
  73. Levinson, A And Eichler, D, "Hydrodynamic Collimation Of Gamma-Ray-Burst Fireballs", Physical Review Letters 85, 236-239 (2000)
  74. Liverts, E And Griv, E And Eichler, D And Gedalin, M, "Local Stability Criterion For A Self-Gravitating Gaseous Disk Of Spiral Galaxies", Astrophysics And Space Science 274, 315-320 (2000)
  75. Eichler, D And Levinson, A, "Shading And Smothering Of Gamma-Ray Bursts", Astrophysical Journal 521, L117-L120 (1999)
  76. Pistinner, Sl And Eichler, D, "Self-Inhibiting Heat Flux: A Chance For Snowballs In Hell?", Physics Reports-Review Section Of Physics Letters 311, 475-486 (1999)
  77. Pistinner, Sl And Hauschildt, Ph And Eichler, D And Baron, E, "On The Primordial Helium Abundance And Spectroscopic Uncertainties", Physics Reports-Review Section Of Physics Letters 311, 151-161 (1999)
  78. Pistinner, Sl And Hauschildt, Ph And Eichler, D And Baron, Ea, "Spectroscopy Of Low-Metallicity Giant H Ii Regions: A Grid Of Low-Metallicity Stellar Atmospheres", Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society 302, 684-692 (1999)
  79. Pistinner, Sl And Eichler, D, "Self-Inhibiting Heat Flux", Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society 301, 49-58 (1998)
  80. Eichler, D, "Nearly Closed Loops In Biological Systems As Electromagnetic Receptors", Bioelectrochemistry And Bioenergetics 42, 227-230 (1997)
  81. Eichler, D, "Condensed Dark Matter?", Astrophysical Journal 468, 75-78 (1996)
  82. Eichler, D And Nath, Bb, "Radiation Dosimetry Of Binary Pulsars", Astrophysical Journal 458, 275-277 (1996)
  83. Peter, W And Eichler, D, "Jet Collimation By Combining Axisward Motion And Cooling", Astrophysical Journal 466, 840-843 (1996)
  84. Pistinner, S And Levinson, A And Eichler, D, "Can Electromagnetic Instabilities Driven By Temperature Gradients Inhibit Thermal Conduction In Cluster Cooling Flows?", Astrophysical Journal 467, 162-167 (1996)
  85. Eichler, D And Barshalom, A And Oreg, J, "A Theory Of Winds From Wolf-Rayet Stars", Astrophysical Journal 448, 858-861 (1995)
  86. Peter, W And Eichler, D, "Inertial Confinement Of Astrophysical Jets", Astrophysical Journal 438, 244-249 (1995)
  87. Pistinner, S And Eichler, D, "Are Wolf-Rayet Stellar Winds Driven By Radiation Forces", Astrophysical Journal 454, 404-409 (1995)
  88. Eichler, D, "Are Gamma-Ray Bursters In Our Galaxy", Astrophysical Journal 426, L73-L75 (1994)
  89. Eichler, D, "Particle-Acceleration In High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 90, 877-881 (1994)
  90. Eichler, D, "Magnetic Confinement Of Jets", Astrophysical Journal 419, 111-116 (1993)
  91. Eichler, D And Usov, V, "Particle-Acceleration And Nonthermal Radio-Emission In Binaries Of Early-Type Stars", Astrophysical Journal 402, 271-279 (1993)
  92. Gedalin, M And Eichler, D, "Nonlinear Plasma Mechanisms Of Pulsar Eclipse In Binary-Systems", Astrophysical Journal 406, 629-637 (1993)
  93. Levinson, A And Eichler, D, "Baryon Purity In Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts As A Manifestation Of Event Horizons", Astrophysical Journal 418, 386-390 (1993)
  94. Nath, Bb And Eichler, D, "A Possible Forest Of Emission-Lines From Protogalaxies", Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society 261, L25-L29 (1993)
  95. Peter, W And Eichler, D, "Hydrodynamic Collimation Of Precessing Jets", Astrophysical Journal 417, 170-180 (1993)
  96. Eichler, D, "A Magnetospheric Heating Model For The Evaporation Of The Companion To Psr 1957+20", Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society 254, P11-P13 (1992)
  97. Levinson, A And Eichler, D, "Inhibition Of Electron Thermal Conduction By Electromagnetic Instabilities", Astrophysical Journal 387, 212-218 (1992)
  98. Eichler, D, "Mechanisms For Pulsar Eclipse", Astrophysical Journal 370, L27-L30 (1991)
  99. Levinson, A And Eichler, D, "Can Neutron-Stars Ablate Their Companions", Astrophysical Journal 379, 359-365 (1991)
  100. Dimopoulos, S And Eichler, D And Esmailzadeh, R And Starkman, Gd, "Getting A Charge Out Of Dark Matter", Physical Review D 41, 2388-2397 (1990)
  101. Eichler, D, "Tev Particles As Weakly Unstable Dark Matter", Physical Review Letters 63, 2440-2442 (1989)
  102. Eichler, D And Cheng, Af, "Thermal Afterglow From Transient Energy-Release In Neutron Stars", Astrophysical Journal 336, 360-366 (1989)
  103. Nath, Bb And Eichler, D, "On The Explosive Origin Hypothesis For Present-Day Cosmic Voids And Peculiar Velocities", Astrophysical Journal 337, 1-6 (1989)
  104. Ruderman, M And Shaham, J And Tavani, M And Eichler, D, "Late Evolution Of Very Low Mass X-Ray Binaries Sustained By Radiation From Their Primaries", Astrophysical Journal 343, 292-312 (1989)
  105. Eichler, D And Ko, Yk, "Energized Winds", Astrophysical Journal 328, 179-186 (1988)
  106. Eichler, D And Levinson, A, "On Black-Widow Evolutionary Scenarios For Binary Neutron Stars", Astrophysical Journal 335, L67-L70 (1988)
  107. Wang, Zz And Eichler, D, "Magnetic-Field Stability Of Neutron Stars", Astrophysical Journal 324, 966-973 (1988)
  108. Blandford, R And Eichler, D, "Particle-Acceleration At Astrophysical Shocks - A Theory Of Cosmic-Ray Origin", Physics Reports-Review Section Of Physics Letters 154, 1-75 (1987)
  109. Eichler, D And Adams, Jh, "Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy", Astrophysical Journal 317, 551-554 (1987)
  110. Bekenstein, J And Eichler, D, "Electrodynamic Confinement Of Axisymmetric Flows", Astrophysical Journal 298, 493-501 (1985)
  111. Eichler, D, "Nonlinear Shock Acceleration .3. Finite Wave Velocity, Wave Pressure, And Entropy Generation Via Wave Damping", Astrophysical Journal 294, 40-46 (1985)
  112. Ellison, Dc And Eichler, D, "Relativistic Cosmic-Ray Spectra In The Fully Nonlinear-Theory Of Shock Acceleration", Physical Review Letters 55, 2735-2738 (1985)
  113. Ellison, Dc And Eichler, D, "Monte-Carlo Shock-Like Solutions To The Boltzmann-Equation With Collective Scattering", Astrophysical Journal 286, 691-701 (1984)