Lars Hernquist, Ph.D.
Mallinckrodt Professor of Astrophysics
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- Harvard University
- Mallinckrodt Professor of Astrophysics, Harvard University
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Mallinckrodt Professor of Astrophysics
Lars Hernquist is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Astrophysics. His research interests include theoretical studies of dynamical processes in cosmology and galaxy formation/galaxy evolution. Numerical simulations of stellar dynamical and hydrodynamical systems. Investigations of the physics of compact objects, particularly neutron stars and the interplay between thermal and magnetic processes in strongly magnetized neutron stars.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, arXiv:2602.15938, June 2026
Megan Taylor Tillman, B. Burkart, Chiara M.-F. Mingarelli, J.Andrew Casey-Clyde, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal, arXiv:2510.01322, February 2026
Aklant K. Bhowmick, Laura Blecha, Paul Torrey, Luke Zoltan Kelley, et al.
Nature Astronomy, arxiv:2407.16339, December 2025
Alvaro Pozo, Tom Broadhurst, Razieh Emami, Philip Mocz, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal, arxiv:2508.21152, December 2025
Kartheik G. Iyer, Tjitske K. Starkenburg, G. Bryan, Rachel S. Somerville, et al.
Lars Hernquist