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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

Direct observation of the cooling of the Cassiopeia A neutron star
2010, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 719(2), L167-L171
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/719/2/L167
Type: article
r-modes in low temperature color-flavor-locked superconducting quark stars
Nils Andersson, B. Haskell & G.L. Comer, 2010, Physical Review D, 82(2), 023007-[15]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.023007
Type: article
Variational multi-fluid dynamics and causal heat conductivity
N. Andersson & G.L. Comer, 2010, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 466(2117), 1373-1387
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2009.0423
Type: article
The third generation of gravitational wave observatories and their science reach
M. Punturo, M. Abernathy, F. Acernese, B. Allen, N. Andersson, K. Arun, F. Barone, B. Barr, M. Barsuglia, M. Beker, N. Beveridge, S. Birindelli, S. Bose, L. Bosi, S. Braccini, C. Bradaschia, T. Bulik, E. Calloni, G. Cella, E. Chassande Mottin, S. Chelkowski, A. Chincarini, J. Clark, E. Coccia, C. Colacino, J. Colas, A. Cumming, L. Cunningham, E. Cuoco, S. Danilishin, K. Danzmann, G. De Luca, R. De Salvo, T. Dent, R. Derosa, L. Di Fiore, A. Di Virgilio, M. Doets, V. Fafone, P. Falferi, R. Flaminio, J. Franc, F. Frasconi, A. Freise, P. Fulda, J. Gair, G. Gemme, A. Gennai, A. Giazotto, K. Glampedakis, M. Granata, H. Grote, G. Guidi, G. Hammond, M. Hannam, J. Harms, D. Heinert, M. Hendry, I. Heng, E. Hennes, S. Hild, J. Hough, S. Husa, S. Huttner, G. Jones, F. Khalili, K. Kokeyama, K. Kokkotas, B. Krishnan, M. Lorenzini, H. Lück, E. Majorana, I. Mandel, V. Mandic, I. Martin, C. Michel, Y. Minenkov, N. Morgado, S. Mosca, B. Mours, H. Müller-Ebhardt, P. Murray, R. Nawrodt, J. Nelson, R. Oshaughnessy, C.D. Ott, C. Palomba, A. Paoli, G. Parguez, A. Pasqualetti, R. Passaquieti, D. Passuello, L. Pinard, R. Poggiani, P. Popolizio, M. Prato, P. Puppo, D. Rabeling, P. Rapagnani, J. Read, T. Regimbau, H. Rehbein, S. Reid, L. Rezzolla, F. Ricci, F. Richard, A. Rocchi, S. Rowan, A. Rüdiger, B. Sassolas, B. Sathyaprakash, R. Schnabel, C. Schwarz, P. Seidel, A. Sintes, K. Somiya, F. Speirits, K. Strain, S. Strigin, P. Sutton, S. Tarabrin, J. van den Brand, C. van Leewen, M. van Veggel, C. van den Broeck, A. Vecchio, J. Veitch, F. Vetrano, A. Vicere, S. Vyatchanin, B. Willke, G. Woan, P. Wolfango & K. Yamamoto, 2010, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27(8), 84007
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/27/8/084007
Type: article
Gravitational self-force on a particle in eccentric orbit around a Schwarzschild black hole
Leor Barack & Norichika Sago, 2010, Physical Review D, 81(8), 84021
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.084021
Type: article