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Mathieu Renzo, Ph.D.

Flatiron Research Fellow, Center for Computational Astrophysics

Bio

Mathieu Renzo joined the Center for Computational Astrophysics as a Flatiron Research Fellow. He works with the Compact Objects and Gravitational Waves groups at CCA. Mathieu earned his Ph.D. in Theoretical Astrophysics from the University of Amsterdam, and his MSc. and BSc. in Physics from the University of Pisa. Mathieu was previously a fellow at KITP UC Santa Barbara as well as a visiting researcher at Caltech. Mathieu will develop algorithms and codes for computational astrophysics, analyze large astronomy data sets, and develop research programs

Publications

“Super-Kilonovae” from Massive Collapsars as Signatures of Black-Hole Birth in the Pair-instability Mass Gap

The Astrophysical Journal, arXiv:2111.03094, December 14, 2022

Daniel M. Siegel, Aman Agarwal, Jennifer Barnes, Mathieu Renzo, and V. Ashley Villar

“Super-Kilonovae” from Massive Collapsars as Signatures of Black-Hole Birth in the Pair-instability Mass Gap

arXiv: 2111.03094, November 4, 2021

D. M. Siegel, A. Agarwal, J. Barnes, Mathieu Renzo, and Ashley Villar

The Stellar Merger Scenario for Black Holes in the Pair-instability Gap

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, November 23, 2020

Mathieu Renzo, Matteo Cantiello, and Yan-Fei Jiang

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