Research
- Cosmology & Large Scale Structure The evolution of the Universe as a whole from the Big Bang to the present day, and the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy
- Galaxies & the ISM Formation and evolution of galaxies, distribution of baryons and dark matter, gas and stellar dynamics, active galactic nuclei, interstellar medium
- High Energy Astrophysics Neutron stars and black holes, stellar coronae, supernova remnants, and clusters of galaxies. Transient and explosive events such as novae, supernova, gamma-ray bursts, and mergers of compact objects
- Planets & Origins Modeling of planetary origins, giant and terrestrial planet atmospheric physics, the development and use of instrumentation for direct imaging of exoplanets, and exploration of our own solar system
- Stars Stellar variability and evolution, detection and properties of binary systems featuring compact objects, multi-wavelength observation and theory of neutron stars and white dwarfs
- Instrumentation Ground and space-based observatories and experimental astrophysics. Projects span the E&M spectrum and include the quest to directly detect dark matter and gravitational waves
- Observational Astronomy Observational studies spanning the electromagnetic spectrum: radio, submillimeter, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, soft and hard X-rays, and gamma rays; searches for gravitational waves and dark matter; neutrino astrophysics
- Simulations Computational investigations of X-ray clusters, galaxy formation and evolution, the interstellar medium, star formation at low and high redshifts, force-free electrodynamics, collisionless dynamics, planetary and accretion disks
- Theory Planetary atmospheres, star– and planet–formation, accretion onto compact objects, galactic dynamics, general relativity and black holes, modified gravity theories, and the early universe
