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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

Isofrequency pairing of geodesic orbits in Kerr geometry
Niels Warburton,
Leor Barack,
& Norichika Sago
, 2013 , Physical Review D , 87 (84012)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.084012
Type: article
Gravitational self-force and the effective-one-body formalism between the innermost stable circular orbit and the light ring
Sarp Akcay,
Leor Barack,
Thibault Damour,
& Norichika Sago
, 2012 , Physical Review D , 86 (104041) , 104041 --[37pp]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.86.104041
Type: article
Hydromagnetic equilibrium in non-barotropic multifluid neutron stars
K. Glampedakis,
N. Andersson,
& S. K. Lander
, 2012 , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 420 (2) , 1263--1272
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20112.x
Type: article
Towards real neutron star seismology: accounting for elasticity and superfluidity
A. Passamonti,
& N. Andersson
, 2012 , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 419 (1) , 638--655
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19725.x
Type: article
Critical phenomena at the threshold of immediate merger in binary black hole systems: the extreme mass ratio case
Carsten Gundlach,
Sarp Akcay,
Leor Barack,
& Norichika Sago
, 2012 , Physical Review D , 86 (84022) , 084022--[17pp]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.86.084022
Type: article