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
Associate Professor
Members
Haakon Andresen
Postdoktor
Oliver Eggenberger Andersen
PhD
Evan Patrick O'Connor
Associate Professor
Liubov Kovalenko
PhD student