Radiative Turbulent Flares in Magnetically Dominated Plasmas
We perform 2D and 3D kinetic simulations of reconnection-mediated turbulent flares in a magnetized electron-positron plasma, with weak and strong…
The Astrophysical JournalStars and Compact Objects
The Stars and Compact Objects group develops the theoretical framework and computational methods needed to study the life and death of stars, and the astrophysics of neutron stars and black holes.
Stars are fundamental astrophysical building blocks, their life and death driving the evolution of gas chemistry and dynamics in galaxies across cosmological times. The goal of the Stars and Compact Objects group is to understand the physics of stars, of their explosive deaths, and of the compact remnants they leave behind. To achieve this goal the group develops theoretical and computational models of stars, as well as plasma in extreme conditions, that can be tested by new observations.
Research Highlights
“Super-Kilonovae” from Massive Collapsars as Signatures of Black-Hole Birth in the Pair-instability Mass Gap
The core collapse of rapidly rotating massive ~10 Msun stars (“collapsars”), and resulting formation of hyper-accreting black holes, are a…
arXiv: 2111.03094Stellar Evolution in AGN Disks
M. Cantiello, A. Jermyn, D. N. C. Lin
Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are powered by geometrically thin accretion disks surrounding a central supermassive black hole. Here we explore…
The Astrophysical Journal
