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Timothy M. Adamo
- Affiliation:
- University of Oxford, Mathematical Institute, 24-29 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LB, U.K.
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- Classical general relativity, asymptotic gravitation, null geodesic congruences and good cut formalism, twistor theory, complex geometry and gravitation
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Nils Andersson
- Affiliation:
- School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- Research Interests:
- My main interests concern black holes and neutron stars as gravitational-wave sources, and various other aspects of classical general relativity.
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Håkan Andréasson
- Affiliation:
- Department of Mathematics, Chalmers University of Technology, S-41296 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Research Interests:
- My research is in general relativity and I am interested in questions about spacetime singularities and cosmic censorship. The cosmic censorship conjecture was proposed by Roger Penrose in the sixties and the hypothesis is that spacetime singularities are always hidden within black holes and cannot be seen (i.e. there are no "naked singularities"). In my research I primarily work on global existence for solutions to Einstein's equations and in particular to the Einstein-Vlasov system where the matter is modelled by kinetic theory. A global existence theorem is the first step towards an understanding of cosmic censorship. I am also interested in kinetic equations in general (on a flat background spacetime) such as the Maxwell-Vlasov system, the Vlasov-Poisson system and the relativistic Boltzmann equation.
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Peter Anninos
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- University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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John W. Armstrong
- Affiliation:
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 238-725, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109-8001, U.S.A.
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Neil Ashby
- Affiliation:
- Dept. of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0390, U.S.A.
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- Research Interests:
- The principal emphasis of Prof. Ashby's research is on theoretical general relativity with practical applications.
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Abhay Ashtekar
- Affiliation:
- Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16801, U.S.A. and Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4030, U.S.A. and Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Golm, Germany and Erwin-Schrödinger-Institut, Boltzmanngasse 9, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Research Interests:
- Quantum Gravity, General Relativity, Gauge Theories, Geometry and Physics, Buddhist world-view
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J. Fernando Barbero G.
- Affiliation:
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Research Interests:
- Classical and quantum general relativity and mathematical physics.
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Carlos Barceló
- Affiliation:
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Camino Bajo de Huetor 50, 18008 Granada, Spain
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Matthew J. Benacquista
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX, U.S.A.
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- Research Interests:
- My research interest is in relativistic astrophysics and mathematical physics. Currently, I am studying a variety of binary systems as sources for the space-based gravitational wave detector (LISA). In particular, I am looking at globular cluster populations of relativistic binaries, gravitationally lensed quasars, and supermassive black hole systems in the cores of galaxies. I also hope to begin studying isolated neutron stars as possible sources for ground based gravitational wave interferometers such as LIGO or Virgo. I am the chair of the Task Force on Galactic Binary Populations as part of Working Group 1 of the LISA International Science Team.
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Beverly K. Berger
- Affiliation:
- Physics Department, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, U.S.A. and Physics Division, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230 U.S.A.
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- My research interests include numerical simulations of mathematical cosmologies to study both the nature of generic collapse and the nature of generic expansion. I am especially interested in the use of simulations to test mathematical conjectures and to explore those properties of solutions to Einstein's equations that might be amenable to mathematical analysis.
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Zvi Bern
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, U.S.A.
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Luc Blanchet
- Affiliation:
- Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, 98bis boulevard Arago, 75014 Paris, France
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- Research Interests:
- Research interests are mostly theoretical, on Einstein's general relativity and gravitational theories, including the problem of motion of bodies in general relativity, the implementation of high-order approximation methods in that theory, the problem of the generation of gravitational radiation by astrophysical sources, and the one of the analysis of gravitational waves when they are observed by current experiments. Has more recently been interested in the problem of dark matter in cosmology.
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Martin Bojowald
- Affiliation:
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany and Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A.
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- Loop quantum gravity and cosmology, spin foam models, cosmological singularities, early universe phenomenology, symmetry reduced models of (quantum) gravity, black holes; Poisson sigma models and Poisson geometry, and non-commutative geometry from string theory.
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Cliff P. Burgess
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, ABB-324, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Research Interests:
- At present my interests lie at the interface between string theory and lower-energy physics, with a particular emphasis on how the discovery of D-branes may have observable consequences in experiments and in cosmology. To the extent that there is a theme to my research, it would be the use of effective field theory techniques throughout high-energy physics and other fields.
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Steven Carlip
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A.
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- Research Interests:
- quantum gravity; theoretical particle physics; mathematical physics
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Sean M. Carroll
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, MC 452-48, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A.
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- Research Interests:
- My research interests include a variety of topics in theoretical physics, especially including cosmology, field theory, and gravitation, or elementary physics more broadly. This is an especially exciting time for this kind of science; a flood of data and suprising observational results are revolutionizing cosmology, new experiments (from accelerators and elsewhere) are invigorating particle physics, and advances in string theory have brought it into closer contact with low-energy physics and gravitation.
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Nicolas Chamel
- Affiliation:
- Institut d’Astronomie et d’Astrophysique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP226, Boulevard du Triomphe B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Vanessa Cirkel-Bartelt
- Affiliation:
- Technische Universität Dortmund, Department of Human Sciences and Theology (14), Emil-Figge-Str. 50, 44221 Dortmund, Germany and Interdisciplinary Center for Science and Technology Studies: Normative and Historical Perspectives (IZWT), Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstraße 20, 42119 Wuppertal
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- Research Interests:
- Cosmic ray studies in the early 20th century and its relation to modern (astroparticle-) physics. Problems of philosophy of science, using particle physics as an example.
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Gregory L. Comer
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics & Center for Fluids at All Scales, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63156-0907, U.S.A.
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- Research Interests:
- A key question is the role of multiple fluid dynamics on the creation and emission of gravitational waves from neutron stars. Is such dynamics detectable by, say, future versions of LIGO?
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Greg Cook
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics, Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109-7507, U. S. A.
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- Research Interests:
- My research interest are in numerical realativity and relativistic astrophysics. My research is centered on the simulation of compact binary systems and is currently focused on techniques for constructing astrophysically realistic initial data for binary black hole configurations.
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Antonio De Felice
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Research Interests:
- Dark energy, Scalar Tensor Theories and Modified Gravity Models
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Sanjeev V. Dhurandhar
- Affiliation:
- IUCAA, PostBag 4, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India
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- Prof. Dhurandhar's reseach is on gravitational wave data analysis and computer modelling of gravitational wave detectors. He has worked on efficient search algorithms for ground-based detectors for inspiraling compact binaries. Recently, he used commutative algebraic methods for canceling laser frequency noise in LISA. Prof Dhurandhar has collaborations with major detector groups world-wide and has been a member of the LIGO Science Collaboration since 2000.
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Roberto Emparan
- Affiliation:
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), and Departament de Física Fonamental, Universitat de Barcelona, Marti i Franquès 1, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- In broad terms, my research aims at the elucidation of problems of quantum gravity, and in particular at developing the interface between string theory and gravity.
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José A. Font
- Affiliation:
- Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Edificio de Investigación "Jeroni Muñoz", Universidad de Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot (Valencia), Spain
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- Research Interests:
- Main field: Relativistic Astrophysics. Specific field: Numerical Relativistic Hydrodynamics.
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Jörg Frauendiener
- Affiliation:
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9010, New Zealand
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- Research Interests:
- Computational and gravitational physics. In particular: Gravitational waves, Conformal field equations and asymptotic structure, Initial boundary value problems for Einstein's field equations
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Andreas Freise
- Affiliation:
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Research Interests:
- My main research interests are laser interferometry and optical techniques for gravitational wave detectors.
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Chris L. Fryer
- Affiliation:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS B227, T-6, Los Alamos, NM 87545, U.S.A.
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Toshifumi Futamase
- Affiliation:
- Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Interests:
- General relativity, Observational cosmology, General relativistic cosmology, Gravitational radiation
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Hubert F.M. Goenner
- Affiliation:
- University of Göttingen, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Tammannstr.1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Research Interests:
- Relativistic theories of gravitation, in particular scalar-tensor theories and, recently, a Finsler generalization of flat space-time; relativistic thermodynamics; exact solutions of Einstein's equations and their symmetries; cosmology (but no speculations on early universe!); history of special and general relativity and its creator Einstein; science research.
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Philippe Grandclément
- Affiliation:
- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, UMR 8102 du C.N.R.S., Observatoire de Paris, F-92195 Meudon Cedex, France
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Carsten Gundlach
- Affiliation:
- Faculty of Mathematical Studies, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- Research Interests:
- Simulations of core collapse and binary neutron star mergers; Formulations of the Einstein equations, boundary conditions, and gauge choices for numerical relativity; Effects of rotation and magnetic fields in gravitational collapse
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Pawel Haensel
- Affiliation:
- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warszawa, Poland
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Marc Henneaux
- Affiliation:
- Physique Théorique et Mathématique, Université Libre de Bruxelles & International Solvay Institutes, Boulevard du Triomphe, ULB – C.P. 231, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- Black Holes, Singularities and Belinskii-Khalatnikov-Lifshitz analysis, Quantum Gravity, M-Theory, Dualities
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Markus Heusler
- Affiliation:
- ITP, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- My field of research is general relativity. In particular, my scientific activities include the theory of black holes and the interaction of gravity with nonlinear field theories.
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Jim Hough
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.
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- Research Interests:
- Gravitational Wave Detection on ground (GEO 600 and Advanced LIGO) and in space (LISA); ultra stable lasers, ultra sensitive mechanical systems, and investigation of materials of ultra-low mechanical loss.
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Bei Lok Hu
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, U.S.A.
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- Research Interests:
- Gravitation and Cosmology, Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime, Quantum Processes in the Early Universe, Nonequilibrium Statistical Field Theory, Foundational Issues of Quantum Mechanics, Theoretical Aspects of Quantum and Atom Optics
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Yousuke Itoh
- Affiliation:
- Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
- Research Interests:
- Equation of motion for extended bodies in general relativity, Post-Newtonian approximation, Gravitational radiation, Search for continuous gravitational waves using LIGO/GEO data
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Neal Jackson
- Affiliation:
- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Turing Building, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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Piotr Jaranowski
- Affiliation:
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Białystok, Lipowa 41, 15-424 Białystok, Poland
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Aled Jones
- Affiliation:
- Cambridge Programme for Industry, University of Cambridge, 1 Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1QA, U.K.
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- Research Interests:
- Deputy Director of the Cambridge Programme for Industry with special responsibility for climate change and energy.
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Kostas D. Kokkotas
- Affiliation:
- Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IAAT) of the Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, Germany
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- My research is related to the study of gravitational waves sources. My speciality is the study of dynamics and stability of neutron stars and black holes.
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Kazuya Koyama
- Affiliation:
- Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, U.K.
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Carlos Kozameh
- Affiliation:
- Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
- Research Interests:
- General Relativity, Quantum Electrodynamics, Classical and Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Gravity
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Badri Krishnan
- Affiliation:
- Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Golm, Germany and Erwin-Schrödinger-Institut, Boltzmanngasse 9, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Research Interests:
- Classical general relativity. Mathematical aspects of black hole physics with applications to numerical relativity. Gravitational wave data analysis and gravitational wave astrophysics.
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Andrzej Królak
- Affiliation:
- Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Golm, Germany and Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Śniadeckich 8, 00-950 Warsaw, Poland
- Research Interests:
- My field is application of mathematical methods to general theory of relativity.
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Ofer Lahav
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K. and Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, U.K.
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- Estimation of cosmological parameters, Reconstruction of redshift surveys, The Cosmic Microwave Background, Clustering and evolution of galaxies, Classification of galaxy spectra and images
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Anthony N. Lasenby
- Affiliation:
- Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OHE, U.K.
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- Research Interests:
- Anisotropy of the microwave background, cosmology, the Galactic Centre, telescope surface profile measurement, phase reconstruction problems, atmospheric spectral line broadening. Geometric algebras, the application of Clifford Algebras in physics.
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Stefano Liberati
- Affiliation:
- International School for Advanced Studies and INFN, Via Beirut 2-4, 34014 Trieste, Italy
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Renate Loll
- Affiliation:
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, Postbus 80.195, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Research Interests:
- Theory of quantum gravity.
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Duncan R. Lorimer
- Affiliation:
- West Virginia University, Department of Physics, PO Box 6415, Morgantown, WV 26506, U.S.A.
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- Research Interests:
- My research interests include radio astronomy, compact objects, signal processing and numerical simulations of stellar populations. I am particularly interested in studies of pulsars - rapidly rotating highly magnetized neutron stars.
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Roy Maartens
- Affiliation:
- Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, Portsmouth University, Portsmouth PO12EG, U.K.
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- Research Interests:
- Cosmological Perturbations, Brane-World Gravity, Cosmological Dynamics
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José Maria Martí
- Affiliation:
- Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad de Valencia, 46100 Burjassot (Valencia), Spain
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José M. Martín-García
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- Laboratoire Univers et Théories - UMR 8102, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, FRANCE and Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, 98bis, bd Arago - F - 75014 Paris, FRANCE
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- Gravitational collapse, linear and nonlinear perturbation theory in General Relativity, numerical relativity, tensor computer algebra
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David Mattingly
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A.
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- Research Interests:
- Observational tests of possible Lorentz violation from quantum gravity; Analog models of general relativity; Models of spacetime
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Stephen M. Merkowitz
- Affiliation:
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, U.S.A.
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- Gravitational wave detection, experimental gravitation, and precision measurements of the gravitational constant.
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David Merritt
- Affiliation:
- Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG), Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
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- Research Interests:
- Supermassive black holes, galactic and stellar dynamics, dark matter, inverse problems in dynamical astronomy, and non-integrable galactic dynamics.
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Miloš Milosavljević
- Affiliation:
- The University of Texas, C1400, Department of Astronomy, 2511 Speedway, RLM 15.306, Austin, TX 78712, U.S.A.
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- Research Interests:
- Massive black holes; the Galactic center; galaxy formation; galaxy clusters; plasma astrophysics.
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Ewald Müller
- Affiliation:
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- Cosmological Perturbations, Brane-World Gravity, Cosmological Dynamics
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Ingo Müller
- Affiliation:
- Technical University Berlin, Thermodynamik, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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Kimberly C.B. New
- Affiliation:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS B220, X-2 Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, U.S.A.
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Ezra T. Newman
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
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- Research Interests:
- My research is centered on general relativity – the Einstein equations for gravity. More precisely I am interested in properties and the behavior of light-rays in the presence of gravitational fields and how the gravitational field can be reconstructed from the properties of the the light-rays.
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Max Niedermaier
- Affiliation:
- Laboratoire de Mathematiques et Physique Theorique, CNRS/UMR 6083, Université de Tours, Parc de Grandmont, 37200 Tours, France
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Jérôme Novak
- Affiliation:
- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, UMR 8102 du C.N.R.S., Observatoire de Paris, F-92195 Meudon Cedex, France
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- Compact stars, gravitational waves, numerical relativity, supernovae.
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Volker Perlick
- Affiliation:
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, U.K.
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- My research interests are subjects from classical general relativity, in particular applications from Lorentzian geometry, e.g. variational problems for geodesics, geometry of wave fronts, and related subjects with relevance to gravitational lensing.
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Daniel Persson
- Affiliation:
- Physique Théorique et Mathématique, Université Libre de Bruxelles & International Solvay Institutes, Boulevard du Triomphe, ULB – C.P. 231, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
- Research Interests:
- My research so far has been related in various ways to the investigation of the underlying algebraic structures in supergravity and string theory. One point of entry into this topic is the analysis of gravitational theories close to a spacelike singularity (the "BKL-limit"), for which infinite-dimensional Kac-Moody algebras turn out to play an important role. More precisely, for many theories of interest, the dynamics in the vicinity of a spacelike singularity is controlled by hyperbolic Coxeter groups, corresponding to Weyl groups of hyperbolic Kac-Moody algebras. The BKL-limit therefore reveals a "hidden" arithmetic structure in theories coupled to gravity. Recently, I have investigated how this structure is modified when the spatial dimensions are described by compact manifolds of nontrivial topology. From another point of view, it is well known that similar arithmetic structures arise in string/M-theory in the form of discrete U-duality groups. Motivated by this, I am also studying the construction of arithmetic subgroups of Lie groups, and their relation with automorphic forms.
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Jan Plefka
- Affiliation:
- Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, Newtonstrasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- Theoretical high energy and gravitational physics, in particular string theory, quantum field theory, supersymmetry and supergravity, supermembranes, matrix models and gauge field theory.
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Eric Poisson
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1 and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 35 King Street North, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2J 2W9
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- My field of research is gravitational physics, with a focus on black holes and gravitational waves.
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Konstantin A. Postnov
- Affiliation:
- Sternberg Astronomical Institute, 13 Universitetskij Pr., 119992 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Interests:
- Relativistic astrophysics, Binary star evolution, Gravitational waves
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Dimitrios Psaltis
- Affiliation:
- Physics and Astronomy Departments, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, U.S.A.
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- My research focuses on the physics of neutron stars and black holes, the properties of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in accretion flows, the testing of the theory of general relativity in the strong-field regime, and the physics responsible for the accelerating universe. I routinely solve problems that involve hydrodynamics and photon transport in extreme physical conditions, using both analytical and numerical tools.
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Harvey S. Reall
- Affiliation:
- Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, United Kingdom
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- General relativity and string theory.
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Alan D. Rendall
- Affiliation:
- Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14424 Golm, Germany
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- Spacetime singularities, cosmic censorship, mathematical justification of methods used in gravitational physics, applications of the theory of partial differential equations to the Einstein equations.
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Oscar A. Reula
- Affiliation:
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, FaMAF, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina
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- Research Interests:
- Newtonian Limit of General Relativity, Relativistic Dissipative Fluids, Symmetric Hyperbolic Systems, Boundary Conditions for General Relativity
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Martin Reuter
- Affiliation:
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
- Personal Homepage:
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Hans Ringström
- Affiliation:
- Department of Mathematics, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- I do research in mathematical general relativity, in particular in mathematical cosmology.
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Carlo Rovelli
- Affiliation:
- Centre de Physique Théorique de Luminy, Case 907, Luminy, F-13288 Marseille, France
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- The center of my research interest is in quantum gravity.
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Sheila Rowan
- Affiliation:
- Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4085, U.S.A.
- Research Interests:
- Gravitational Wave Detection on ground (GEO 600 and Advanced LIGO); ultra sensitive mechanical systems, and investigation of materials of ultra-low mechanical loss, lasers for Gravitational Wave Detectors.
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Misao Sasaki
- Affiliation:
- Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Personal Homepage:
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- Research Interests:
- General Relativity, Cosmology
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B.S. Sathyaprakash
- Affiliation:
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, U.K.
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- My research interests at different times have focussed on cosmology, large-scale structure, classical field theory and symmetry breaking. For the past decade I have done most of my research on sources of gravitational waves and their detection. My research group is engaged in the analysis of data from the British-German GEO 600 and American LIGO interferometric gravitational wave detectors, mainly concerned with the searches for coalescences of compact objects (i.e. neutron stars and black holes), transients from supernovae and stochastic background.
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Bernd Schmidt
- Affiliation:
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), D-14476 Golm, Germany
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Bernard F. Schutz
- Affiliation:
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, U.K. and Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- My research has always focused on the applications of Einstein's theory of general relativity in astrophysics. I began by studying the stability and pulsation of rotating stars, mainly in order to understand neutron stars, which can spin many hundreds of times per second. Pulsating stars emit gravitational radiation, so I got interested in the problem of gravitational wave emission, especially by stars in binary systems, which are studied by post-Newtonian methods. This led to an interest in using numerical relativity to simulate the orbiting and merging of black holes in binary systems. The development of sensitive gravitational wave detectors led me to study gravitational wave data analysis in depth. This has occupied the majority of my research time in the past two decades.
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Philippe Spindel
- Affiliation:
- Service de Mécanique et Gravitation, Université de Mons-Hainaut, Académie Wallonie-Bruxelles, Avenue du Champ de Mars 6, B-7000 Mons, Belgium
- Research Interests:
- Ph. Spindel is interested in theoretical physics, mainly gravitation, cosmology, black hole physics, but also in quantum theories and geometry applied to physics.
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Ingrid H. Stairs
- Affiliation:
- Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- My work involves the observation of radio pulsars and their companions, with a general theme of studying binary pulsar evolution, and with sidelines in such areas as pulsar instrumentation and polarimetry, and some higher-frequency observations.
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Nikolaos Stergioulas
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54124 Greece
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- Rotating Relativistic Stars, Computational Relativistic Astrophysics
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Kenneth Strain
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- Development of techniques in advanced interferometry for application to the detection of gravitational radiation from astrophysical sources. In particular I have been involved in the design, testing and optimisation of signal recycling systems for laser interferometers.
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Timothy J. Sumner
- Affiliation:
- Astrophysics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BZ, U.K.
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- Direct dark matter searches and gravitational physics measurements using space missions.
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Yasushi Suto
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics and Research Center for the Early Universe, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- Theoretical cosmology. Specific examples include theory of structure formation in the universe, modeling galaxy clusters on the basis of multi-band observations, gravitational lens astronomy, cosmological hydrodynamic simulations, galaxy evolution model using the Monte-Carlo method, nonlinear gravitational many-body problems, general relativistic effects at high redshift universes, origin of biasing of astronomical objects relative to dark matter distribution, and search for extrasolar planets.
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László B. Szabados
- Affiliation:
- Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525 Budapest 114, P.O. Box 49, Hungary
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
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Hideyuki Tagoshi
- Affiliation:
- Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Jonathan Thornburg
- Affiliation:
- Department of Astronomy, Indiana University, Swain West 312, 727 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A.
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- My main research interests are in numerical (general) relativity.
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Massimo Tinto
- Affiliation:
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, U.S.A. and LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A.
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- Gravitational Radiation, Classical General Relativity, Exact Solutions, Experimental Tests of Relativistic Gravity
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Viktor T. Toth
- Affiliation:
- Ottawa, ON K1N 9H5, Canada
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- I am a software developer and author of computer books. I also work on some problems in theoretical physics.
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Shinji Tsujikawa
- Affiliation:
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- In particular I am interested in research areas related to cosmology and gravitation such as: Inflationary Universe, Particle creations in early universe, String Cosmology, Cosmological density perturbations, Cosmic microwave background and large scale structure, Dark energy, Loop quantum gravity, Modified gravity, Black holes, and Neutrino Physics
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Slava G. Turyshev
- Affiliation:
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, U.S.A.
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- Science motivation, mission design, and data analysis of high precision gravitational experiments in space Relativistic cosmology and alternative theories of gravity; theory of gravity-wave astronomy, including wave generation, propagation and detection Theory of and modeling for high precision astronomical reference frames; lunar and interplanetary laser ranging; pulsar timing experiments; Optimization and control algorithms for long-baseline optical interferometry; analytical and numerical techniques for the white-light fringe parameter estimation
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Enric Verdaguer
- Affiliation:
- Departament de Física Fonamental and C.E.R. in Astrophysics, Particles and Cosmology Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- Soliton solutions of Einstein's equations; Quantum effects in the early universe: cosmic strings and inflation; Quantum field theory in curved spacetime; Semiclassical and stochastic gravity; Quantum to classical transitions and open quantum systems; Vaccum decay in field theory
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Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor
- Affiliation:
- Instituto Gregorio Millán, Grupo de Modelización y Simulación Numérica, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avda. de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganés, Spain
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- Quantum Gravity, General Relativity, Mathematical Physics
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Jean-Yves Vinet
- Affiliation:
- Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (ARTEMIS), Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, 06304 Nice, France
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Matt Visser
- Affiliation:
- School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- I am currently engaged in several major research projects. The technical thrust of these projects can be summarized as 'field theory under unusual conditions', and the potential applications run all the way from basic quantum physics to cosmology and quantum gravity.
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Robert M. Wald
- Affiliation:
- Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637-1433, U.S.A.
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- My research mainly has focused upon the theory of quantum phenomena in strong gravitational fields, particularly quantum effects involving black holes and black hole thermodynamics. My interests also span attempts to formulate a quantum theory of gravitation (where no background classical metrical or causal structure of spacetime is present), mathematical investigations of classical general relativity, and applications of general relativity to cosmology and astrophysics (such as gravitational lensing phenomena and gravitational radiation reaction effects).
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Joachim Wambsganss
- Affiliation:
- Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ARI), Mönchhofstr. 12-14, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- The main scientific topics interests are gravitational lensing, clusters of galaxies and extrasolar planets.
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Clifford M. Will
- Affiliation:
- McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, U.S.A.
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- His research interests are theoretical, encompassing the observational and astrophysical implications of Einstein's general theory of relativity, including gravitational radiation, black holes, cosmology, the physics of curved spacetime, and the theoretical interpretation of experimental tests of general relativity.
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Jeffrey Winicour
- Affiliation:
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, U.S.A.
- Personal Homepage:
- homepage
- Research Interests:
- Theoretical General Relativity
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