TAPIR
Caltech Theoretical Astrophysics and Relativity Group
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Postal address: mail code 130-33
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena CA 91125
USA
Campus location: first floor, Bridge Annex, Caltech
Telephone: 626 395 4597
Facsimile: 626 796 5675
The Theoretical AstroPhysics Including Relativity (TAPIR) group is part
of the Division
of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy at
Caltech.
Tapirs
Faculty
We also have a
directory of all group members.
Research in the TAPIR group includes, but is not limited to, the
subjects in the following list.
- Solar System
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Helioseismology;
formation and dynamics of the planets.
- Stars
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Evolution of X-ray binaries and binary pulsars;
stellar collisions and interactions in globular clusters and galactic nuclei;
plasma physics in stars and supernovae;
- Compact Objects
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Oscillation modes in white dwarfs and other stars;
white dwarf cooling;
Newtonian and General Relativistic dynamics of pulsars;
gravitational waveforms from merging compact binaries;
pulsar emission mechanisms;
recycling of neutron stars in globular clusters and Galactic binaries;
pulsar magnetic field decay;
accretion disks and jets from X-ray binaries (neutron star and black hole).
- Galaxies
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Black hole engines in active galaxies;
radiative transfer in active galaxies;
magnetic winds;
galactic structure and dynamics;
turbulence in the interstellar medium.
- The Universe
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The origin of large scale structure in the universe, the cosmic microwave
background, dark matter (supersymmetric particles, axions, ...);
gravity wave sources, background, and detection -with a close relation
to the LIGO and
LISA
gravity wave detector development;
strong and weak gravitational lensing;
the ionization and evolution of the intergalactic medium;
origin and detection of primordial magnetic fields;
primordial element abundances.
Further information on theoretical astrophyics and relativity
research at Caltech can be found in our page in the
graduate
recruiting brochure.
If you are interested in joining the TAPIR group, and are already
at Caltech, come see us. If you are not employed by Caltech, here is
how to apply for positions at various levels:
- Postdoctoral Positions
(typically 3/yr hired)
- Graduate
Students (typically 3/yr join). About 50% of TAPIR students
enter the Physics graduate program. About 30% of TAPIR students
enter the
Astronomy
graduate program (which has separate admissions and
requirements from Physics).
About 20% enter from outside the division: Applied Mathematics,
Applied Physics, etc. All graduate students receive full financial
support, as explained
here.
- Undergraduate Students.
See also
financial aid.
In Theoretical Astrophysics, we often have
SURF summer research
opportunities (particularly for upper-level students who have learned
more theoretical physics), and work-study opportunities.
Other astronomy resources at Caltech
Much of our research is done in conjunction with members of
Caltech's Astronomy
Department, and, within the Physics Department, the Infrared
Astrophysics Group, the Space Radiation
Laboratory, and the LIGO team.
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