Astrophysics

The orbital evolution of binary systems perturbed by external tidal forces represents one of the oldest problems in celestial mechanics.   Interest in this class of problems has resurged recently due to the discovery of various exotic astrophysical...

Astrometry from Gaia, deep variability surveys and large-area Galactic spectroscopic surveys are enabling novel probes into white dwarf astrophysics, and in particular are allowing us to tackle anew the search for ultra-compact binaries containing...

Whistler waves play a major role in the dynamics of the Earth’s magnetosphere, where they are associated with local electron energization as well as precipitation in the form of aurora. Naturally occurring chorus waves are primarily generated by an...

In this talk, we introduce and solve the characteristic gluing problem for the Einstein vacuum equations. We prove that obstructions to characteristic gluing come from an infinite-dimensional space of conservation laws along null hypersurfaces for...

Abstract 1: Reionization of the intergalactic medium remains one of the most mysterious questions in the research of cosmology. While the first generation of stars (Pop-III) likely ionize the universe at 1-10% level at z>15, the second generation of...

Each week, we hold a relatively informal seminar/discussion series with an emphasis on extra-galactic and large-scale structure astrophysics.

During Galread a leader/visitor presents a recent paper to the discussion group. The PDF of the paper is...

Near-Earth space has become increasingly valuable and its use for civil (e.g., scientific), commercial, and military purposes has grown enormously in recent years. This growth has been driven in part by a rapid decrease in space-launch costs, which...

Many modern materials feature a “Planckian metal”: a phase of electronic quantum matter without quasiparticle excitations, and relaxation in a time of order Planck's constant divided by the absolute temperature. The semiclassical theory of black...