Frederic Rasio
Joseph Cummings Professor
PhD, Cornell University, 1991
- rasio@northwestern.edu
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- 1800 Sherman #8005
Fred Rasio's research spans a wide range of topics in theoretical astrophysics, including: exoplanets and planet formation; the dynamics of dense stellar systems (globular clusters, galactic nuclei, young star clusters); hydrodynamic stellar interactions (stellar collisions and mergers, binary coalescence, common envelope evolution); and relativistic astrophysics (neutron stars and black holes, gravitational waves, relativistic star clusters, radio pulsars). His most recent work has focused on the dynamics of tightly packed planetary systems, gravitational wave sources for laser-interferometer detectors (LIGO, LISA), and the formation of massive black holes through stellar dynamical processes.
Awards and Honors
- Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1996-2000)
- Scientific Editor, The Astrophysical Journal (2005 - )
- Fellow, American Physical Society (2006 - )
Selected Publications
- S. Naoz, W. M. Farr, Y. Lithwick, F. A. Rasio, and J. Teyssandier
Hot Jupiters from secular planet-planet interactions
Nature, Volume 473, Issue 7346, pp. 187-189 (2011) - S. Matsumura, S. J. Peale, and F. A. Rasio
Tidal Evolution of Close-in Planets
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 725, Issue 2, pp. 1995-2016 (2010) - S. Chatterjee, J. M. Fregeau, S. Umbreit, and F. A. Rasio
Monte Carlo Simulations of Globular Cluster Evolution. V. Binary Stellar Evolution
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 719, Issue 1, pp. 915-930 (2010) - E. Rantsiou, S. Kobayashi, P. Laguna, and F. A. Rasio
Mergers of Black Hole-Neutron Star Binaries. I. Methods and First Results
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 680, Issue 2, pp. 1326-1349. (2008) - R.M. O'Leary, R. O'Shaughnessy, and F. A. Rasio
Dynamical interactions and the black-hole merger rate of the Universe
Physical Review D, vol. 76, Issue 6, id. 061504 (2007) - M. A. Gurkan, J. M. Fregeau, and F. A. Rasio
Massive Black Hole Binaries from Collisional Runaways
Astrophysical Journal Letters 640, L39 (2006) - E. B. Ford and F. A. Rasio
On the Relation Between Hot Jupiters and the Roche Limit
Astrophysical Journal Letters 638, L45 (2006) - E. B. Ford, V. Lystad, and F. A. Rasio
Planet-Planet Scattering in the Upsilon Andromedae System
Nature 434, 873 (2005) - J. A. Faber, P. Grandclement, and F. A. Rasio
Mergers of Irrotational Neutron Star Binaries in Conformally Flat Gravity
Physical Review D69, 124036 (2004) - N. Ivanova, K. Belczynski, V. Kalogera, F. A. Rasio, and R. E. Taam
The Role of Helium Stars in the Formation of Double Neutron Stars
Astrophysical Journal 592, 475 (2003) - J. A. Faber, P. Grandclement, F. A. Rasio, and K. Taniguchi
Measuring Neutron-Star Radii with Gravitational-Wave Detectors
Physical Review Letters 89, 231102 (2002) - Rasio On-Line Publications