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Rolling PPARC grant

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Nils Andersson

Professor of Applied Maths

Research interests

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

Emeritus Professor James Vickers

Professor Carsten Gundlach

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Research interests

  • Classical general relativity
  • Numerical relativity
  • Critical phenomena in gravitational collapse

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

Dr Ian Hawke

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Numerical relativity
  • Neutron Stars
  • Gravitational waves

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

Axial quasi-normal modes of neutron stars: accounting for the superfluid in the crust
Lars Samuelsson,
& Nils Andersson
, 2009 , Classical and Quantum Gravity , 26 (15) , 155016
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/26/15/155016
Type: article
Two approaches for the gravitational self force in black hole spacetime: comparison of numerical results
Norichika Sago,
Leor Barack,
& Steven Detweiler
, 2008 , Physical Review D , 78 (12) , 124024--[9pp]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.124024
Type: article
Frequency-domain calculation of the self-force: the high-frequency problem and its resolution
Leor Barack,
Amos Ori,
& Norichika Sago
, 2008 , Physical Review D , 78 , 1--16
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.084021
Type: article
Report on the second Mock LISA Data Challenge
S. Babak,
J.G. Baker,
M.J. Benaquista,
J.C. Cornish,
J. Crowder,
C. Cutler,
S.L. Larson,
T.B. Littenberg,
E.K. Porter,
M. Vallisneri,
A. Vecchio,
G. Auger,
Leor Barack,
A. Blaut,
E. Bloomer,
D.A. Brown,
N. Christensen,
J. Clark,
S. Fairhurst,
J.R. Gair,
H. Halloin,
M. Hendry,
A. Jimenez,
A. Krolak,
I. Mandel,
C. Messenger,
R. Meyer,
S. Mohamty,
R. Nayak,
A. Petiteau,
M. Pitkin,
E. Plagnol,
R. Prix,
E. Robinson,
C. Roever,
P. Savov,
A. Stroeer,
J. Toher,
J. Veitech,
J-Y. Vinet,
L. Wen,
J. Whelan,
& G. Woan
, 2008 , Classical and Quantum Gravity , 25 (11) , 114037--[8pp]
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/25/11/114037
Type: article
Waves and instabilities in dissipative rotating superfluid neutron stars
T. Sidery,
N. Andersson,
& G.L. Comer
, 2008 , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 385 (1) , 335--348
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12805.x
Type: article