Dr Philipp Podsiadlowski (PhP)
Independent Astrophysicist
Professor of Physics (emer.)
(University of Oxford)
Principal research interests
- Theoretical astrophysics
- Stellar evolution theory and its applications to binary evolution, supernova explosions, compact binaries, galaxies and planets
- Stellar hydrodynamics
Research record
- ca 190 refereed papers in astrophysical journals
- papers on astro-ph
- Citations: 37061, H-index: 94 (56 since 2021; source: google scholar, 06/26)
- Listing of refereed papers
Research highlights (see a detailed version here)
The diversity of core-collapse supernova explosions and SN 1987A
- binary interactions as a major cause of the observed SN diversity
- the merger model for the progenitor of SN 1987A
The final fate of massive stars and LIGO
- linking the evolution of massive stars to their resulting supernovae and remnants
- testing the predicted black-hole mass spectrum with LIGO
The era of gravitational-wave astronomy
- binary scenarios for the origin of compact binary mergers
- understanding binary interactions (e.g. stable mass transfer, common-envelope evolution)
- wind Roche-lobe overflow
- mass loss from interacting binaries
- binary mergers and the origin of magnetic stars
- the Great Eruption of eta Carinae: a merger in an unstable triple system
- binary effects in supernovae and induced collisions
- dynamical mass ejections from stars with extended envelopes
Binaries with compact components
- cataclysmic variables, neutron-star X-ray binaries
- black-hole binaries and ultraluminous X-ray sources
- irradiation-driven mass transfer in X-ray binaries
- the origin of millisecond pulsars and double neutron-star systems
- supernova kicks: high and low
Hot subdwarfs as tests of binary evolution
- What are the progenitors of SNe Ia: single or double-degenerate?