Kenneth G. Gayley

Associate Professor and Astronomy Graduate Advisor

kenneth-gayley@uiowa.edu

Education:

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1990

Office:

707 VAN

Office Phone:

(319) 335-3282

http://astro.physics.uiowa.edu/~kgg/

Research Interests:

Radiative transfer; radiation hydrodynamics; spectral line diagnostics.

Research:

Theory Topics: highly supersonic stellar winds accelerated by photon pressure; radiation transport in stellar atmospheres and disks; how massive stars lose mass prior to a supernova
Simulation Topics: colliding winds in hot-star binaries, radiation transport in outflows from stars
Students may participate in international collaboration in stellar research
Students' experience in writing dynamic numerical simulations prepares them for positions either as academic postdocs or as software specialists in industry

Area:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysics

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