Lars Hernquist
 
 Professor of Astronomy

Contact Information
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden St., MS 51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office: P-222, Phone: (617) 496-4180, Fax: (617) 495-7093
lhernquist@cfa.harvard.edu

Research Interests
Theoretical studies of dynamical processes in cosmology and galaxy formation/galaxy evolution. Numerical simulations of stellar dynamical and hydrodynamical systems. Investigations of the physics of compact objects, particularly neutron stars and the interplay between thermal and magnetic processes in strongly magnetized neutron stars.

Publications

  • ADS Abstract and Article database.
  • ArXiv astro-ph preprint archive.
Research Links
Theoretical Astrophysics Division
Compact objects and accretion phenomena; Observational and theoretical cosmology and the early universe; Extragalactic astronomy; Stellar and planetary systems
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