Luciano Rezzolla
Luciano Rezzolla | |
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Born | 25 September 1967 |
Nationality | Italian |
Occupation | Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics |
Known for | Numerical relativity, Relativistic astrophysics, blitzar |
Awards | Karl Schwarzschild Preis 2017, ERC Synergy Grant 2013 |
Luciano Rezzolla (born 1967) is an Italian professor of relativistic astrophysics and
Education
Born in Milan, Italy, in 1967, Rezzolla completed his undergraduate degree in physics at the
Academic career
After completing a postdoc at the
Together with collaborators in 2001, he has shown that r-modes in a neutron star will generate differential rotation, which could amplify the magnetic field and suppress the instability. In 2003, he proposed that the
Alongside Heino Falcke and Michael Kramer, he received a 14 million euro research grant of the European Research Council (Synergy Grant) for further studies into black holes[12] with the goal to construct a black hole camera[13] using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). This would allow testing of general theory of relativity by creating an image of the black hole shadow. Starting from 2015, and as a member of the Executive Board of the collaboration Event Horizon Telescope, he has contributed to the international effort of producing the first image of a supermassive black hole at the center of the supergiant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M87). Together with his group in Frankfurt, and using numerical simulations of plasma accreting onto black holes, he has contributed to the theoretical interpretation of the observational data.
His awards include the Karl-Schwarzchild Prize (2017), the Frankfurt Physics Science Prize (2019) the NSF Diamond Achievement Award, the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (both in 2019 and shared with EHT Collaboration), and the "Golden Seal" from the University of Bari. He has also been appointed "Outstanding Personality 2019" from Frankfurt am Main City Council (2019). In 2020 he was awarded an Advanced ERC Grant (Jetset) to study the launching and propagation of relativistic jets.
With Olindo Zanotti, he has written a textbook "Relativistic Hydrodynamics",[14] that is universally recognised as the standard reference on this topic.
Public Outreach
Rezzolla has always dedicated his attention to the diffusion of his scientific results, especially through the use of advanced visualisations of his simulations. One simulation on gamma-ray bursts has received more than five hundred thousands views on YouTube, while another simulation on the tidal disruption of neutron stars has also attracted a lot of attention with almost a million views, eventually ending-up on the New York Times.
In 2020 he has published his first public-outreach book "The irresistible attraction of gravity", first appeared in Italian and then in other languages, such as German and English.
Personal life
Rezzolla is an avid sailor[2] and currently lives in Potsdam with his wife, Carolin Schneider, and three children, Anna, Emilia and Dominik.
Bibliography
- Rezzolla, Luciano; Zanotti, Olindo (2013). Relativistic Hydrodynamics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198528906.
- Rezzolla, Luciano; Pizzochero, Pierre; Jones, David Ian; ISBN 9783319976150.
- Rezzolla, Luciano (2022). The Irresistible Attraction of Gravity: A Journey to Discover Black Holes. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781009198776.[15]
References
- ^ Luciano Rezzolla awarded prestigious honorary professorship Goethe University: 11, Oktober 2019
- ^ a b c "Luciano Rezzolla, Prof. Dr".
- ^ http://www.aei.mpg.de/124545/Brighter_than_a_billion_suns [dead link]
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- ^ Govert Schilling (4 July 2013). "Mystery radio bursts blamed on black hole 'blitzars'". New Scientist. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Afscheidsgroet van een stervende ster" (in Dutch). Radboud University Nijmegen. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ John Timmer (8 July 2013). "Possible explanation for radio bursts: Meet the "blitzar"". Ars Technica (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- S2CID 16097346.
we conclude it is not possible to model the measured ringdown of GW150914 as due to a rotating gravastar.
- ^ "Did LIGO detect black holes or gravastars?". ScienceDaily. October 19, 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- ^ "LIGO's black hole detection survives the gravastar test - ExtremeTech". ExtremeTech. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- ^ https://blackholecam.org/
- ^ Govert Schilling (4 January 2014). "Maken we over vijf jaar foto's van zwarte gaten?". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ Rezzolla, Luciano; Zanotti, Olindo (2013). Relativistic Hydrodynamics.
- ^ Greenawalt, Marc (2022-12-02). "Spring 2023 Announcements: Science". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2022-12-14.