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*CLOSED* STFC New Rolling Grant 2010

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Nils Andersson

Professor of Applied Maths

Research interests

  • General relativistic astrosphysics
  • Black holes
  • Neutron stars
Other researchers

Professor Ian Jones

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Research interests

  • Gravitational wave astronomy
  • Neutron stars
  • Radio pulsars

Professor Leor Barack

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Research interests

  • Classical General Relativity
  • Gravitational waves
  • Black Holes

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.

Research outputs

Direct observation of the cooling of the Cassiopeia A neutron star
Craig O. Heinke,
& Wynn C. G. Ho
, 2010 , The Astrophysical Journal Letters , 719 (2) , L167--L171
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/719/2/L167
Type: article
Self force on a scalar charge in Kerr spacetime: circular equatorial orbits
Niels Warburton,
& Leor Barack
, 2010 , Physical Review D , 81 (8) , 84039
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.084039
Type: article
Precession effect of the gravitational self-force in a Schwarzschild spacetime and the effective one-body formalism
Leor Barack,
Thibault Damour,
& Norichika Sago
, 2010 , Physical Review D , 82 (8) , 84036
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.084036
Type: article
Gravitational self-force on a particle in eccentric orbit around a Schwarzschild black hole
Leor Barack,
& Norichika Sago
, 2010 , Physical Review D , 81 (8) , 84021
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.084021
Type: article
Dynamics and gravitational wave signature of collapsar formation
C.D. Ott,
C. Reisswig,
E. Schnetter,
E. O'Connor,
U. Sperhake,
F. Loeffler,
P. Diener,
E. Abdikamalov,
I. Hawke,
& A. Burrows
, 2010 , Physical Review Letters , 106 (16) , 161103--[4 pages]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.161103
Type: article