Black Holes and Neutron Stars

Research on black holes and neutron stars is an active area of study in Cornell Astronomy.  A large numerical relativity group is devoted to computing the merger of binary systems containing two black holes, one black hole and one neutron star or two neutron stars.  These coalescences are target systems for gravitational wave astronomy.  Cornell participates in NANOGRAV, which aims to detect  gravitational radiation from various sources, including the interaction of a pair of supermassive black holes, via sensitive pulsar timing. Accretion onto both black holes and neutron stars is studied by members of the department, as are the atmospheres and surfaces of the most magnetic neutron stars. Radio observations are being made to discover new pulsars, particularly exotic ones that are spinning very fast or massive or in binary star systems with other compact objects. Cornell astrophysicists are interested in the implications of these observations for high density nuclear physics.

Related people

All research areas

Accelerator Physics    Aesthetics & Media Studies    Algebra    Analysis    Analytical    Applied Mathematics    Astrophysics, General Relativity and Cosmology    Atmospheric Spectral Signatures    Bangla    Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Science    Bioinorganic    Biological Physics    Biology Education Research    Bioorganic    Biophysical    Black Holes and Neutron Stars    Burmese    Chemical Biology    Chinese (Mandarin)    Cognition    Combinatorics and Discrete Geometry    Community and Urban Sociology    Community Ecology and Population Biology    Comparative and World Literature    Comparative Media Studies    Computational Social Science    Cosmology and the Distant Universe    Critical Studies of Race, Gender & Sexuality    Critical Studies of Race, Gender, and Sexuality    Critical Theory    Culture    Development    Disks and Jets    Early Modern Studies    Economy and Society    Engaging With Life on Earth    Evolutionary Patterns and Processes    Experimental Condensed Matter Physics    Experimental Elementary Particle Physics    Extreme Physics and Astrophysics of Compact Objects    Galaxies Across the Universe    Gender    Geometry    Habitable Environments    Hindi-Urdu    Indonesian    Inequality and Social Stratification    Inorganic    Intimate Organismal Interactions and Chemical Ecology    Japanese