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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

Oscillations of rotating magnetized neutron stars with purely toroidal magnetic fields
S.K. Lander, D.I. Jones & A. Passamonti, 2010, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16435.x
Type: article
Thermal dynamics in general relativity
C.S. Lopez-Monsalvo & Nils Andersson, 2010, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 467(2127), 738-759
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2010.0308
Type: article
Gravitational waves from neutron stars: promises and challenges
N. Andersson, V. Ferrari, D. Jones, K.D. Kokkotas, B. Krishnan, J. Read, L. Rezzolla & B. Zink, 2010, General Relativity and Gravitation, 43(2), 409-436
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-010-1059-4
Type: article
Numerical simulations of interfaces in relativistic hydrodynamics
S.T. Millmore & I. Hawke, 2010, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27(1), 015007-[23pp]
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/27/1/015007
Type: article
A neutron star with a carbon atmosphere in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant
2009, Nature, 462(7269), 71-73
DOI: 10.1038/nature08525
Type: article