Extreme Objects
Supervisor Profiles & Available Research Projects
A/Prof Andrew Melatos
- Theory of gravitational waves radiated by neutron stars and black holes: new sources for LIGO
- Gravitational waves from supernova explosions
- Fundamental theory of rotating superfluids and quantum condensates
- Quantum vortices and superfluid turbulence in nuclear matter: the mystery of neutron star glitches
- Relativistic electron-positron winds and jets in supernova remnants
- Origin of magnetic fields in supernovae, neutron stars, black holes, and accretion disks
Dr. Michele Trenti
- Intermediate-mass black holes in globular clusters
Prof Stuart Wyithe
- Evolution of supermassive blackholes
Prof Rachel Webster
- Quasar astrophysics
Magnetic mountain of a neutron star with field lines. The yellow glow shows the magnetic pressure (Credit: M. Vigelius)
- James Webb Space Telescope observations of the first galaxies Wednesday 18 May 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Laby Theatre(+Zoom)[...]
- Ultra Diffuse Galaxies: Galaxies at the Extreme Wednesday 11 May 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Laby Theatre(+Zoom)[...]
- Variational Inference for Bayesian Neural Networks via Resolution of Singularities Wednesday 25 May 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Laby Theatre(+Zoom)[...]
- Dark Matters at Swinburne Wednesday 04 May 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Laby Theatre(+Zoom)[...]
- How to model the Universe in N easy steps (N>>1) Wednesday 27 Apr 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., David Caro building[...]
- The Fast Radio Burst Enigma Wednesday 20 Apr 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., David Caro building[...]
- Starduster: A multi-wavelength SED model based on radiative transfer simulations and deep learning Wednesday 06 Apr 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Dr Yisheng Qiu[...]