Astrophysics at Duke

The Duke HEP neutrino group's research touches on astrophysical and cosmological topics, in particular on neutrinos from core collapse supernovae and other astrophysical sources.

Supernova remnant 1987A (R. P. Kirshner and P. Challis, STSci, NASA)

Astrophysically-related projects in the Duke HEP neutrino group:

• Super-Kamiokande: a large water Cherenkov detector in Japan sensitive to astrophysical neutrinos over a wide range of energies
• Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment: the next-generation large neutrino detector in the United States
• HALO: a lead-based supernova neutrino detector in Canada
• SNEWS : the SuperNova Early Warning System, a world-wide network of neutrino detectors

Professor Arlie Petters studies gravitational lensing and black holes.

Teaching and outreach activities take place at the Duke teaching observatory.

Faculty

• Arlie Petters (Professor, primary appointment: Mathematics) : gravitational lensing, black holes email
• Ronen Plesser (Associate Professor, secondary appointment: Mathematics): string theory email
• Kate Scholberg (Associate Professor) : astrophysical neutrinos email