Gravity and Astrophysics at UMiss

Carlos Sopuerta (PI), Ulrich Sperhake and Priscilla Canizarez have been granted a total of 500,000 CPU hours for the project Simulations of Binary Black Hole Systems as Sources of Gravitational Radiation on the FinisTerrae cluster at ICTS-CESGA (Map of Science and Technology Infrastructures of Spain).

And here we are with the gravity group of OleMiss. Clockwise: Andrea and Emanuele are hugging, Lucien (Chair) is on their back laughing, then Marco, Vitor with the red shirt, Helvi, Luca, Miguel and Caixia. This picture was taken before Vitor’s team slashed the opponents in a thrilling soccer match…

We are a team of researchers, from different countries and nationalities, trying to understand the dynamics of black holes in generic settings. We will be posting our main findings in this webpage, including links to papers, animations and media coverage of our work.

Our team has been granted one million CPU hours in the MareNostrum Consortium in Spain (PI Vitor Cardoso) and 120 K CPU hours in the Portuguese Milipeia (PI Helvi Witek).

Ulrich was elected Adjunct Professor in the Physics Department of the University of Mississippi. The vote was unanimous. Congratulations Uli!