Computational High-Energy
Astrophysics Group of
Stephan Rosswog
Stockholm University

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Research topics


Astronomical events:

  • Gamma-ray bursts
  • Type Ia supernovae
  • Tidal disruptions of stars by black holes
  • Compact binary mergers:
    • double white dwarfs
    • double neutron stars
    • neutron star - black hole

Physical processes:

  • (explosive) nucleosynthesis
  • neutrino processes
  • strong gravity
  • gravitational wave emission
  • black hole accretion models

Numerical methods:

  • relativistic smoothed particle hydrodynamics / SPHINCS project
  • an O(N)-tree method
  • numerical relativity
  • adapted curvilinear grids for astrophysical flows