Adam Burrows
Faculty Fellow
Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Director, Program in Planets and Life
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My research spans a broad variety of stellar astrophysics problems and puzzles. My primary current research interests are: 1) the theory of supernova explosions, with a particular focus on the mechanism of explosion and multi-dimensional radiation/hydrodynamic simulations of collapse dynamics; 2) the theory of the atmospheres, spectra, structure, and evolution of extrasolar giant planets (and of exoplanets in general), and its comparison with data; 3) the theory of brown dwarfs in all their particulars; and 4) high-energy astrophysics, with an emphasis on gravitational wave physics, neutrino astrophysics, and gamma-ray line astronomy. Tools and methodologies developed in support of these studies include numerical hydrodynamics, radiative transfer, nuclear and particle physics, chemistry, molecular spectroscopy, equations of state of exotic matter, and magnetohydrodynamics. |
