About
I study how gravitational waves may directly probe the astrophysical processes that form merging compact binaries. I also study how strong gravity and nuclear equation of state may play a role in the formation and evolution of compact binaries with neutron stars. My expertise lies at the interface of general relativity and theoretical astrophysics.
Education
PhD. Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015-20.
B.S.E Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2011-14.
Publications
AMH, A. Ortega, C. Rodriguez
ApJL, vol. 909, 2021, pp. L24
AMH, Hector O. Silva, Paul M. Ricker, Nicolas Yunes
ApJL, vol. 910, 2021, pp. L2
Gravitational Waves from Close Binaries with Time-Varying Masses
AMH, P. M. Ricker
ApJ, vol. 882(1), 2019, p. 39
Gravitational Waves from Supernova Mass Loss and Natal Kicks in Close Binaries
AMH, P. M. Ricker
MNRAS, vol. 490(4), 2019, p. 5560
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Projects
Gravitational Radiation in Astrophysical Contexts
How well can GW observations from current and future detectors be used to constrain mesoscale and/or microscale properties of GW source properties or environments?
Astrophysical Formation of Gravitational-Wave Sources
How do binary interactions and astrophysical environments affect binary orbital evolution and source population properties?
Neutron-Star Equation of State
What can we learn from neutron-star quasi-universality? How does a neutron star's properties affect how it evolves from birth to mid-life to death?
Multi-band Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
Future GW detectors may allow for observations of GW sources in multiple bands. What can we learn from such multi-band GW observations?
Supermassive Black-Hole Binaries and Pulsar Timing Arrays
What are the multi-messenger signatures of supermassive black-hole binaries? What will pulsar timing arrays tell us about SMBH binary formation?
