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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
Connect with Nils

Email: N.A.Andersson@southampton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Emeritus Professor James Vickers

Connect with James

Email: J.A.Vickers@soton.ac.uk

Professor Carsten Gundlach

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Research interests

  • Classical general relativity
  • Numerical relativity
  • Critical phenomena in gravitational collapse
Connect with Carsten

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

Professor Ian Jones

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Research interests

  • Gravitational wave astronomy
  • Neutron stars
  • Radio pulsars
Connect with Ian

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

Professor Leor Barack

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Research interests

  • Classical General Relativity
  • Gravitational waves
  • Black Holes
Connect with Leor

Email: L.Barack@soton.ac.uk

Dr Ian Hawke

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Numerical relativity
  • Neutron Stars
  • Gravitational waves
Connect with Ian

Email: I.Hawke@soton.ac.uk

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

Nonlinear radial oscillations of neutron stars
Michael Gabler, Ulrich Sperhake & Nils Andersson, 2009, Physical Review D, 80(6), 64012
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.064012
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
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
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
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