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Gravitational wave astronomy

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Nils Andersson

Professor of Applied Maths

Research interests

  • General relativistic astrosphysics
  • Black holes
  • Neutron stars
Connect with Nils

Email: N.A.Andersson@southampton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Ian Jones

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Research interests

  • Gravitational wave astronomy
  • Neutron stars
  • Radio pulsars
Connect with Ian

Email: D.I.Jones@soton.ac.uk

Professor Carsten Gundlach

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Research interests

  • Classical general relativity
  • Numerical relativity
  • Critical phenomena in gravitational collapse
Connect with Carsten

Email: C.J.Gundlach@soton.ac.uk

Professor Leor Barack

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Research interests

  • Classical General Relativity
  • Gravitational waves
  • Black Holes
Connect with Leor

Email: L.Barack@soton.ac.uk

Dr Ian Hawke

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Numerical relativity
  • Neutron Stars
  • Gravitational waves
Connect with Ian

Email: I.Hawke@soton.ac.uk

Dr Adam Pound

Principal Research Fellow

Research interests

  • General Relativity
  • Sources of gravitational waves
  • Black holes
Connect with Adam

Email: A.Pound@soton.ac.uk

Dr Andreas Schmitt

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Quantum chromodynamics
  • Superconductivity and superfluidity of dense nuclear and quark matter
Connect with Andreas

Email: A.Schmitt@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

We focus on mathematical modelling and mathematical physics, and investigate everything from neutron stars to superfluids.

String Theory and Holography

The group works on all aspects of fundamental physics - string theory; quantum field theory; applications to gravity, black holes, cosmology, particle physics, condensed matter and quantum information.

Research outputs

Impact of nuclear reactions on gravitational waves from neutron star mergers
P. Hammond, I. Hawke & N. Andersson, 2023, Physical Review D, 107(4)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.107.043023
Type: article
Building post-Newtonian neutron stars
Nils Andersson, Fabian Gittins, Shanshan Yin & Rodrigo Panosso Macedo, 2022, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 40(2)
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6382/acace5
Type: article
Precession of magnetars
Yong Gao, Lijing Shao, Gregory Desvignes, David Ian Jones, Michael Kramer & Garvin Yim, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519(1), 1080–1097
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac3546
Type: article
Gravitational waves from extreme-mass-ratio systems in astrophysical environments
2022, Physical Review Letters, 129(24)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.241103
Type: article
Gravitational waves from small spin-up and spin-down events of neutron stars
David Jones & Garvin Yim, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518(3), 4322–4329
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac3405
Type: article