Andrew MacFadyen, UCSC and LICK OBSERVATORY
Andrew MacFadyen - UCSC Astronomy and Lick Observatory
Welcome to Andrew MacFadyen's WWW page.
I was a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the
University of California, Santa Cruz and Lick Observatory. I have recently moved to the theoretical astrophysics department at the California Institute of Technology. I work with Stan Woosley on
multi-dimensional computer models of exploding stars and gamma ray burst (GRB)
engines. I am currently working on the collapsar model for gamma-ray bursts
and aspherical explosion of massive stars driven by jets.
A collapsar is a spinning massive star giving birth to a hungry black hole.
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Recent publications
|| Vitae and Bibliography
|| Jets in supernovae
Curriculum Vitae in
postscript | pdf
Research Abstract in
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MOVIES
Jet driven explosion of WR star (SN1998bw model)
Collapsar Jet
Supernovae, Jets and Collapsars , (MacFadyen, Woosley & Heger, Astrophysical Journal 550, 410(2001)).
Collapsars - Gamma-Ray Bursts and Explosions in "Failed
Supernovae", (MacFadyen & Woosley, Astrophysical Journal 524, 262 (1999)).
3D Rayleigh-Taylor Isosurface
NASA Space Science News Article - Dec. 22, 1999
NASA Space Science News Article - Nov. 2, 1999
Article in US News & World Report (Oct 11, 1999) about Gamma-Ray Burst/Supernova connection
Cover of Science News (July 10, 1999) (text not currently available)
Articles in Science magazine: Vol. 283, Number 5410, March 26, 1999, p. 1993; Vol. 286, Number 5439, Oct 15, 1999, p. 395-397
Poster from Cosmic Explosions conference at the University of Maryland Oct 10-13, 1999
Santa Barbara GRB meeting poster: Gzipped Postscript
Medusa: SGI Power Challenge
CV and Bibliography
Andrew MacFadyen-
andrew@ucolick.org
Kerr Hall 237B - (831)459-2774
Astronomy Department, UCSC
Santa Cruz, CA 95064, U.S.A.
