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:

• 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, coupled with magneto-hydrodynamical simulations, e.g. the study strong bursts of gravitational and electromagnetic radiation (gamma ray bursts, etc), produced during the collisions of compact objects (black holes, neutron stars, galactic cores, etc), as as the study of accretion disks and relativistic jets around supermassive black holes.
• Gravitational Waves Physics, as well as the analysis and detection of gravitational wave signals from astrophysical sources by current and future detectors, such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). 
• Scientific Visualization and Computing, e.g. the development of new visualizations and computational metods to develop and analyse the data generated astrophysical 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).