Daniel Siegel
Research interests
At present, I am interested in magnetospheres of black holes, neutron stars and binary systems composed thereof, both from the analytical and numerical point of view. I perform MHD simulations of these systems in full general relativity. Such simulations are the only means to unravel one day the precise physical processes and mechanisms that power gamma ray bursts -- tremendously energetic astrophysical events numerously observed by astronomers.
Before I joined the group in April 2012, I have been working in other fields and thus my research interests also include:
-- Asteroseismology of solar-like stars and the Sun
-- Excitation mechanisms of stellar oscillations in solar-like stars
-- Stellar structure and evolution models for non-relativistic stars
-- Stellar model optimization based on asteroseismic data
-- Solar irradiance modelling and impact on Earth's climate
More information about me, my hobbies, publications and previous work can be found at: http://numrel.aei.mpg.de/people/siegel.
Contact
Daniel Siegel
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Wissenschaftspark Golm
Am Mühlenberg 1
14476 Potsdam
email: firstname.lastname@aei.mpg.de
phone: +49-331-567 7182
office: 0.62
