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Research project

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

Comments on Bona–Massó-type slicing conditions in long-term black hole evolutions
D. Garfinkle,
C. Gundlach,
& D. Hilditch
, 2008 , Classical and Quantum Gravity , 25 (7) , 075007--[23pp]
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/25/7/075007
Type: article
Modelling magnetically deformed neutron stars
B. Haskell,
L. Samuelsson,
K. Glampedakis,
& N. Andersson
, 2008 , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 385 (1) , 531--542
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.12861.x
Type: article
Stability of precessing superfluid neutron stars
K. Glampedakis,
N. Andersson,
& D.I. Jones
, 2008 , Physical Review Letters , 100 , 081101--[4pp]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.081101
Type: article
Gravitational self force on a particle in circular orbit around a Schwarzschild black hole
Leor Barack,
& Norichika Sago
, 2007 , Physical Review D , 75 (6) , 064021--[25pp]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.75.064021
Type: article
Using LISA EMRI sources to test off-Kerr deviations in the geometry of massive black holes
Leor Barack,
& Curt Cutler
, 2007 , Physical Review D , 75 (4) , 042003--[11pp]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.75.042003
Type: article