Avi Loeb is a Professor
at the Harvard University
Department
of Astronomy
and the director of the
Institute for Theory and Computation
of the Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics.
Staff Assistant:
Ms. Uma
Mirani
Tel: (617)496-5870
ITC Administrator:
Mr. Greg White
Tel: (617)495-1971
Div.Administrator:
Ms. Paula Cornelio
Tel: (617)495-7962
IN THE NEWS:
*Physics Today article on "Gamma-Ray Burst Has Highest Redshift yet Seen" (8/09)
*"Imaging Black Holes" (9/08)
*Science magazine "perspective" on instrument development to measure the Sandage-Loeb Effect
(8/08)
*ASTRONOMY magazine cover story on "The State of the Universe" (8/08)
*Smithsonian magazine cover story on "Illuminating Black Holes" (4/08)
*ASTRONOMY magazine cover story on "Milkomeda" (6/08)
*The Future of our Universe, Physica Plus (1/08)
*Top 10 Space Stories of 2007" (1/08)
*"Extraterrestrial Life"-
YouTube video of Panel Discussion, Philoctetes Center, NYC (4/07)|
*Scientific American article on "The
Dark Ages of the Universe" (11/06)
*TIME Magazine cover story,
entitled: "Let There Be Light" (9/06)
*"Eavesdropping on the Universe"
(QuickTime movie; 1/07)|
|(article; 5/07)
*Personal note about John N. Bahcall (12/06)
REVIEW PAPERS:
*"Let
There be Light", invited review for UNESCO EOLSS encyclopedia (4/08)
*"The Physics and Early History of the Intergalactic Medium", Reports on Progress in Physics (11/06)
*"First Light" (book), SAAS-Fee Winter
School (4/06)
*"The Reionization of the Universe by the First Stars and Quasars", Annual Reviews of Astronomy & Astrophysics (10/00)
*"In the Beginning: The First Sources of Light and the Reionization of the Universe", Physics Reports (10/00) |
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| Curriculum
Vitae |
Current biographical information
as well as a listing of
all publications. |
| Biographical sketch |
Brief account of Loeb's biography
and research highlights in
Wikipedia. |
| Astro-ph
Publication Search |
Search of the astro-ph archives for Prof.
Loeb's scientific publications. |
| ADS
Publication Search |
Search of the ADS abstract database for
Prof. Loeb's scientific publications. |
| Books |
"First Light in the Universe",
A. Loeb, A. Ferrara, & R. S. Ellis (Springer-Verlag, 2008).
"How Did The First Stars
and Galaxies Form?", A. Loeb (Princeton University Press, May 2010).
"The First Galaxies",
A. Loeb & S. Furlanetto (Princeton University Press, 2012).
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| Graduate
Students |
List of current and former graduate
students. |
| Press Releases |
Links to recent press releases and science news articles. |
| Scientific Images |
Simulation of the
collision between the Milky-Way and Andromeda, and the appearance of
the black hole at the center of our galaxy . |
| Research
Highlights |
Various topics of research in theoretical
Astrophysics. |
| Harvard conferences organized by Loeb |
May, 2000: "The First Generation of Cosmic Structures"
May, 2002: "Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Brightest Explosions in the Universe"
May, 2004: "Astrophysics
of Planetary Systems"
May, 2006: "The History of
Nuclear Black Holes in Galaxies"
May, 2008: "21cm
Cosmology"
May, 2010: "Dynamics from the Galactic Center to the Milky Way Halo" |
| Public Lectures |
Video of a public lecture on "The Past and Future of the Universe",
at the Perimeter Institute (June 26, 2009).
Public lecture in hebrew, Jerusalem (2008) |
| Pictures |
Links to personal pictures.
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