Research project Black Holes from Core Collapse Supernovae
Black holes are formed deep within dying massive stars and they signal a special evolution away from the canonical picture where the star explodes and leaves behind a neutron star. To probe these special evolutions and the formation pathways of black holes is a crucial link between our understanding of stellar evolution and gravitational wave astrophysics.
The burgeoning field of Gravitational Wave Astrophysics is now revealing a population of black holes that until recently have been invisible to us.
Our group performs numerical simulations of the so-called central engine of core-collapse supernovae using high performance computing resources across Sweden. We focus on scenarios where the central engine results in black hole formation, but also use the state-of-the-art code developed by the team and collaborators to study all aspects of the core-collapse supernova central engine.
Project members
Project managers
Evan Patrick O'Connor
Assistant Professor
Members
Haakon Andresen
Postdoc
Oliver Eggenberger Andersen
PhD student
Evan Patrick O'Connor
Assistant Professor
Liubov Kovalenko
PhD student