Research by Areas:

The CCRG is devoted to understanding what happens in extreme astrophysical conditions of gravity, matter and magnetic field strength, through the use of advanced computation and visualization. 

Building on our existing strength and resources, we aim to significantly advance the frontiers of knowledge and promote discoveries in the following topical areas of computational astrophysics, relativity and gravitation:

• Galactic Dynamics and N-body simulations, e.g. the study of formation and evolution of star clusters and active galactic nuclei (AGN) containing supermassive black holes, and galaxy mergers.
• Numerical Relativity simulations of strong bursts of gravitational and electromagnetic radiation produced during the collisions of compact objects such as black holes and neutron stars.
• Magneto-hydrodynamical (MHD) simulations of accretion disks and relativistic jets around supermassive black holes.
• The analysis and detection of gravitational Wave signals from astrophysical sources by current gound-based, such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO), and future space mission, such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). 

We are also very interested in some computational aspects of our research, such as:

• The development of new scientific visualization and computational tools to develop and analyse the data generated astrophysical simulations.
• The design of environmentally friendly high-performance computing hardware with the goal of significantly improving the efficiency of the simulations.

The following is a link to our most recent publications. Research at the Center is supported by several research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).