Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Life and explosive death of massive stars
The origin of the elements
Nuclear astrophysics
Current work comprises the study of massive to supermassive stars (10-100,000 solar masses); the first generations of stars in the universe (Pop III stars); evolution of rotating massive stars and the spin of their remnants (including predictions for GW sources); mixing and transport processes in the stellar interior; nucleosynthesis and the origin of elements, including galacto-chemical evolution - which elements are made where and when; supernovae (mechanisms and nucleosynthesis); gamma-ray bursts (collapsars and similar models) and their progenitors; modeling of Type I X-ray bursts and superbursts (thermonuclear explosions on the surface of neutron stars); stellar rotation of misaligned systems (internal rotation evolution, binary and mutile stars dynamics and interaction).
Biography
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, 2015 -
Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, 2012 - 2014.
Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, Univeristy of Minnesota, 2008-2012.
Technical Staff Member, Theoretcial Astrophysics Group (T-6), Theory Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2003-2008.
Fellow, Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, 2001-2003.
Alexander von Humboldt Feodor Lynen Fellow, Department of Astronomy, The University of Califrnia at Santa Cruz, 1998-2001.
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Dr. rer. nat. (TUM), 1995-1998.
Physics Diploma, TUM, 1989-1995.
Supervision interests
PosDoc, PhD, Masters, Honours, Undergraduate Research (e.g., PHS2350, PHS3350), and Summer Vacation Scholar Projects in the areas above.
Consulting
Happy to help with problems related to Python and numerical applications (Numpy).
External positions
Guest Professor, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute
1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2020
Guest Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
1 Jan 2015 → 31 Jan 2020
Research area keywords
- Stars
- Origin of the Elements
- Nuclear Astrophysics
- The FIrst Stars
- Stellar Rotation
- Supermassive Stars
- Accreting Compact Stars
- Type I X-ray Bursts
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Supernovae
- Stellar Structure and Evolution
- Hypernovae and GRBs
- Particle Astrophysics
- Binary and Multiple Stars
Network
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3D Heat Transport, Burning, and Evolution
Heger, A., Mueller, B. & Goodwin, A.
ADACS - Astronomy Data And Computing Services
1/06/21 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Exploring the Dynamic Universe with DREAMS
Moore, A., Freeman, K. C., Travouillon, T., De Marco, O., Ryder, S., Ellis, S., Heger, A., Cooke, J., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Ashley, M., Devillepoix, H., Antoszewski, J., Soira, R., Kasliwal, M. & Simcoe, R.
6/01/21 → 5/01/22
Project: Research
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BT: MPI Parallelisation of a Boltzmann Solver for Supernova Simulations
Mueller, B., Heger, A. & Powell, J.
4/01/21 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Nuclear reactions in superdense matter - from the laboratory to the stars
Galloway, D., Heger, A., Schatz, H., Keek, L., Chenevez, J., Cumming, A., Brown, E., Sun, Y., Cyburt, R. H., Thielemann, F. K. & Falanga, M.
1/06/15 → 30/06/17
Project: Research
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Uncovering the enigmatic origins of the brightest supernovae
Moriya, T. J., Mueller, B. & Heger, A.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/01/19 → 2/01/19
Project: Research
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Detection of millihertz quasi-periodic oscillations in the X-ray binary 1RXS J180408.9−342058
Tse, K., Galloway, D. K., Chou, Y., Heger, A. & Hsieh, H. E., 1 Jan 2021, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 500, 1, p. 34-39 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
New Fe 59 Stellar Decay Rate with Implications for the Fe 60 Radioactivity in Massive Stars
Gao, B., Giraud, S., Li, K. A., Sieverding, A., Zegers, R. G. T., Tang, X., Ash, J., Ayyad-Limonge, Y., Bazin, D., Biswas, S., Brown, B. A., Chen, J., Denudt, M., Farris, P., Gabler, J. M., Gade, A., Ginter, T., Grinder, M., Heger, A., Hultquist, C. & 18 others, , 16 Apr 2021, In: Physical Review Letters. 126, 15, 6 p., 152701.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
The chemical signature of jet-driven hypernovae
Grimmett, J. J., Müller, B., Heger, A., Banerjee, P. & Obergaulinger, M., 1 Feb 2021, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 501, 2, p. 2764-2781 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
The Pair-instability Mass Gap for Black Holes
Woosley, S. E. & Heger, A., 10 May 2021, In: The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 912, 2, 16 p., L31.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access21 Citations (Scopus) -
A minimum dilution scenario for supernovae and consequences for extremely metal-poor stars
Magg, M., Nordlander, T., Glover, S. C. O., Hansen, C. J., Ishigaki, M., Heger, A., Klessen, R. S., Kobayashi, C. & Nomoto, KI., 1 Nov 2020, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 498, 3, p. 3703-3712 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
12 Citations (Scopus)