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A neutron star merger process in a numerical simulation

Research conducted by the BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 Gravity group focuses on gravitational waves, general relativistic spacetimes around black holes, and the properties of ultra-dense matter in neutron stars, such as superfluidity and superconductivity of nuclear and quark matter.

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About

General Relativity predicts the emission of gravitational waves during the inspiral and coalescence of systems of black holes and neutron stars. In order to interpret and facilitate the detection of gravitational waves from these, detailed theoretical understanding of general relativity and spacetimes around black holes and neutron stars is required. Members of the Gravity group study the gravitational collapse and formation of black holes, the dynamics of matter around black holes, and the gravitational radiation-reaction-driven merger of systems of neutron stars and stellar mass, intermediate mass, and supermassive black holes.

Neutron stars are invaluable laboratories for probing the state of matter under extreme conditions, and observations of neutron stars provide complementary information to that obtained from particle accelerators such as the Large Hadron Collider. Members of the Gravity group model the complex physics of neutron stars (including supranuclear physics with magnetohydrodynamics and exotic phases of matter like superfluids, superconductors, and deconfined quarks) and the observational signatures of these physics (for example as seen from radio and X-ray pulsars as well as gravitational waves from neutron star mergers).

Find out more about our regular Gravity seminars.

Research highlights

String-theoretic techniques (in the foreground) can be employed to understand the strong nuclear force and related data from neutron stars and collider experiments (in the background).

Shining a light on neutron stars with string theory

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People, projects, publications and PhDs

People

Professor Adam Pound

Professor of Theoretical Physics

Research interests

  • General Relativity
  • Sources of gravitational waves
  • Black holes

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Adam

Email: A.Pound@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7375

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Dr Alexander Haber

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Dense nuclear and quark matter
  • Gravitational waves
  • Neutron stars and their mergers
Connect with Alexander

Email: A.Haber@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8129

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Professor Andreas Schmitt

Professor

Research interests

  • Quantum chromodynamics
  • Superconductivity and superfluidity of dense nuclear and quark matter

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Andreas

Email: A.Schmitt@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5114

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Professor Carsten Gundlach

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Research interests

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

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Carsten

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

Tel: +44 23 8059 5116

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Dr David Trestini

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Gravitational waves
  • Post-Newtonian theory
  • Gravitation-self force
Connect with David

Email: David.Trestini@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Ian Hawke

Professor

Research interests

  • Numerical relativity
  • Neutron Stars
  • Gravitational waves

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Ian

Email: I.Hawke@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8993

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Professor Ian Jones

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Research interests

  • Gravitational wave astronomy
  • Neutron stars
  • Radio pulsars

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Ian

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

Tel: +44 23 8059 4829

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Dr Jonathan Thompson

Lecturer in Gravity

Research interests

  • Gravitational wave modeling
  • Black-hole perturbation theory
  • Model systematics and bias prediction

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Jonathan

Email: J.E.Thompson@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Leor Barack

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Research interests

  • Classical General Relativity
  • Gravitational waves
  • Black Holes

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Leor

Email: L.Barack@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5134

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Dr Miquel Miravet Tenés

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Neutron stars and their mergers
  • Numerical relativity
  • Gravitational waves
Connect with Miquel

Email: M.Miravet-Tenes@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7494

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Nils Andersson
Professor of Applied Maths
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We are opening our eyes to what's out there - the invisible, dark side of the Universe, that we can only reveal through gravitational waves.

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