Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University
In the broadest of terms, I am a theoretical astrophysicist. More specifically, I am a gravitational wave astronomer, numerical and analytical relativist, and data analyst. My research focuses mainly on understanding the dynamics of compact binaries, which are systems composed of any combination of black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs. Through numerical simulations and/or analytical modeling, I estimate the behavior of two of these highly dense, tightly orbiting bodies. Such systems stretch Einstein’s theory of general relativity to its limit.
LIGO detects more gravitational waves, from even more ancient and distant black hole collisions
Jun 02, 2017 03:13 am UTC| Science
For the third time in a year and a half, the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory has detected gravitational waves. Hypothesized by Einstein a century ago, the identification of these ripples in...
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