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Eanna Flanagan
Edward L. Nichols Professor of Physics and Professor of Astronomy
PHYSICAL SCIENCES BUILDING, Room 463
eef3@cornell.edu
607-255-6534
Educational Background
B.Sc., 1987, Mathematical Science, University College Dublin, Ireland. M.Sc., 1988, Mathematical Science, University College Dublin. Ph.D., 1993, California Institute of Technology. Postdoctoral fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1993-94. Enrico Fermi fellow, University of Chicago, 1994-96. Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Cornell, 1996-2001. Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Cornell, 2001-2005. Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Cornell, 2006 - 2013. E. L. Nichols Professor of Physics, Professor of Astronomy, Cornell, 2013-present. Alfred P. Sloan fellow, 1997-99. Radcliffe fellow, 2002-03. Xanthopoulos prize in gravitation, 2004. Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2008. Fellow of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation, 2013.
Overview
General relativity, structure of singularities, radiation reaction of point particles; theoretical astrophysics; gravitational wave astronomy; early Universe cosmology and extra dimensions, brane world cosmology; dark energy, modifications of general relativity; semi-classical gravity, black hole evaporation
Departments/Programs
- Astronomy
- Physics
Graduate Fields
- Astronomy and Space Sciences
- Physics
Affiliations
- Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education (CLASSE)
- Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics (LEPP)
- Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science (CCAPS)
Research
My research group works on the physics of strong gravitational fields. We develop quantitative models of processes involving neutron stars, black holes, and the early Universe, which will be useful when compared with data from gravitational wave detectors like the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO). Other research topics include the exploration of models of the early Universe involving extra dimensions and membranes, and models of the recent acceleration of the Universe involving modifications of general relativity.
Graduate Students
Jordan Moxon, Alexander Grant, Ibrahim Shehzad
Postdocs
Kartik Prabhu
Courses
Publications
1. É. É. Flanagan, D.A. Nichols, Conserved charges of the extended Bondi-Metzner-Sachs algebra, Phys. Rev. D 95, 044002 (2017).
2. A.I. Harte, É. É. Flanagan, P.Taylor, Self-forces on static bodies in arbitrary dimensions, Phys. Rev. D 93, 124054 (2016).
3. T. Hinderer, É. É. Flanagan, Transient resonances in the inspirals of point particles into black holes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 071102 (2012).
4. É. É. Flanagan, S. A. Hughes, U. Ruangsri, Resonantly enhanced and diminished strong-field gravitational-wave fluxes, Phys. Rev. D 89 084028 (2014).
5. É. É. Flanagan, D.A. Nichols, L.C. Stein, J. Vines, Prescriptions for measuring and transporting local angular momenta in general relativity, Phys. Rev. D 93, 104007 (2016).