The University of California,
Santa Barbara
Astrophysics & Cosmology
Faculty Research
- Quasars, radio galaxies, Seyfert galaxies
- Geometrical "Unified Models" for the above
- Energy sources for the above
- Scattering in the intergalactic medium
- Stellar astrophysics, focusing on accreting neutron
stars and white dwarfs
- X-/gamma-ray observations of compact stars
- Gravitational wave sources
- Theory of stellar pulsations and explosive
thermonuclear instabilities
- Accretion flows onto compact objects, radiation,
and MHD processes
- Theoretical spectral energy distributions,
polarization, and variability of active galactic nuclei and
quasars
- Astrophysics of supermassive black holes
- The Las Cumbres Observatory
- Pulsars
- Interstellar wave propagation
- Gravitational radiation
- Experimental cosmology
- Satellite, balloon-born and ground based studies of
the early universe
- Cosmic Background Radiation - spectrum, anisotropy
and polarization
- Galaxy cluster cooling (Sunyaev-Zeldovich)
measurements
- Star formation and feedback in galaxies
- Interplay between galaxies and the intergalactic
medium
- Effect of environment on galaxy evolution
- Experimental particle physics
- Direct detection of dark matter
- Galaxy formation, cosmology
- Cosmic dark ages, reionization, and population III
- Intergalactic medium, entropy injection, clusters
- CMB data analysis
- Galaxy formation and evolution. In particular
early-type galaxies, galaxies in clusters, and high redshift
galaxies
- Co-evolution of spheroids and black-holes
- Gravitational lensing and dark matter in galaxies
and clusters of galaxies
- Hubble constant from gravitational time delays