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Mail Address:
CSST
Room 211
Physics Dept
UMBC
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore
MD 21250
U.S.A.

Contact Info:
Tel:1-410-455-1958
Fax:1-410-455-1072

Center for Space Sciences and Technology

Research Activities in
Theoretical Astrophysics, Simulations & Software Development

UMBC personnel are involved in a number of theoretical studies, astrophysical simulations and/or associated software development, including:

Instrumental Software Development

for the GISMO instrument.
[Dr. Rick Arendt]

Models of Accretion Disks & Winds

[Dr. Keigo Fukumura]

Modeling of Relativistic Jets

in Blazars in support of the GLAST mission.
[Dr. Markos Georganopoulos]

Relativistic Hydrodynamics & Fluids

associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts.
[Dr. John Cannizzo]

Simulations of Cosmic Ray Interactions with Ice

associated with surface weathering of icy bodies in the Outer Heliosphere
[Dr. Steve Sturner]

Simulations of Merging Blacks Holes

in support of future LISA observations.
[Dr. James van Meter]

Weak Signal detection in Noisy Environments

in association with the detection of Gravitational Waves using LIGO
[Dr. John Cannizzo]