Dr. Eddie Baron

I am interested in how stars evolve and focus on their deaths in supernova explosions, stellar evolution, and nucleosynthesis. I am also interested in using supernovae as galactic and cosmological probes. My main field of technical expertise is in numerical astrophysics, developing parallel algorithms and high performance scientific computing. The tools of this research are detailed numerical calculations of both hydrodynamic and radiation transport. Primarily I am interested in understanding the detailed systematics of how a supernova works, what types of stars lead to what types of supernovae? What are the characteristics of the object that is left behind? Supernovae are fascinating systems to study, since all fields of physics are important to their understanding, and one is forever learning new things. I am also interested in spectroscopy in general.