New Frontiers in Relativistic Hydrodynamics

Faber博士被授予NSF天文学和天体物理学博士后奖学金，在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-尚潘分校开展研究和教育计划。费伯博士在相对论流体力学方面的研究将把引力波天体物理学与观测天体物理学的主体结合在一起。通过研究黑洞-中子星星双星的合并和大质量恒星核心的坍缩，费伯博士计划将伽马射线爆发和超新星的观测与引力波探测联系起来。通过这项工作，他希望对核状态方程设置严格的约束，并更好地理解超新星的机制。此外，费伯博士的工作将被用作教育计划的基础，为公众和研究天体物理学家服务。他将开发天文馆展示和动手视听展览，目的是向大量感兴趣的人介绍引力波物理学和支撑现代科学的核心哲学思想。此外，他将开发在线资源，包括动画，笔记和其他课程材料，旨在为本科生介绍相对论现象和引力辐射的主题。

Dr. Faber is awarded an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship to carry out a program of research and education at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. Dr. Faber's research in relativistic hydrodynamics will draw together gravitational wave astrophysics with the main body of observational astrophysics. By studying coalescing black hole-neutron star binaries and the collapse of massive stellar cores, Dr. Faber plans to link observations of gamma-ray bursts and supernovae with gravitational wave detections. Through this work, he hopes to set tight constraints on the nuclear equation of state and to better understand the collapsar supernova mechanism. In addition, Dr. Faber's work will be used as the foundation for an educational program serving both the general public and research astrophysicists. He will develop planetarium shows and hands-on audiovisual exhibits with the aim of introducing large numbers of interested people to gravitational wave physics and to the central philosophical ideas which underpin modern science. In addition, he will develop online resources, including animations, notes, and other course materials, intended as an introduction for undergraduate students on the topics of relativistic phenomena and gravitational radiation.