Nuclear Astrophysics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook

Nuclear Astrophysics at SUNY at SB includes faculty from the Astronomy and Nuclear Theory groups in the department of Physics and Astronomy.

The properties of matter under extreme conditions plays an important role in astrophysics. The equation of state and electro-weak processes at high density directly influence a variety of observable astrophysical phenomena. This interplay between theoretical models and astrophysical observables promises to provide new insight into the nature of matter under extreme conditions.

Topics of current interest are:

• Structure of Neutron Stars
• Birth and Early Evolution of Neutron Stars
• Supernovae
• Evolution of X-ray Binaries
• Gamma Ray Bursts

People

Faculty:

• Gerald E. Brown - Distinguished Professor, Ph.D., Yale University, 1950; D.Sc., University of Birmingham; Member, Institute for Theoretical Physics.
• James M. Lattimer - Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1976.
• Madappa Prakash - Research Professor, Ph.D., University of Bombay, 1979.
• Doug Swesty - Research Assistant Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1993.
• Ralph A.M.J. Wijers - Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Amsterdam, 1991.

Post-Docs:

• Sharada Iyer Dutta

Graduate Students:

• Matt Carmell
• Jerry Francischelli
• Andrew Steiner

The thumbnail images above are Chandra and National Optical Astronomy Observatories images of the Crab Nebula.

This page maintained by Andrew Steiner - Last Modified 1/2002