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Professor 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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Department of Physics, PhD, Cornell University
… → 1991
Department of Physics, MS, Cornell University
… → 1988
Applied Physics, Ingenieur Physicien (MS), Université libre de Bruxelles
… → 1985
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AI for the Sky - The SkAI Institute
Kalogera, V. (PD/PI), Katsaggelos, A. K. (Co-Investigator), Alexander, E. (Other), Faucher-Giguere, C.-A. (Other), Fong, W.-F. (Other), Hullman, J. R. (Other), Kokkori, M. (Other), Liu, H. (Other), Miller, A. A. (Other), Rasio, F. A. (Other), Samia, N. I. (Other), Starkenburg, T. (Other), Strom, A. (Other), Tchekhovskoy, S. (Other), Vijayaraghavan, A. (Other) & Wei, E. (Other)
10/1/24 → 9/30/29
Project: Research project
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NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI Institute)
Kalogera, V. (PD/PI), Katsaggelos, A. K. (Co-PD/PI), Alexander, E. (Other), Faucher-Giguere, C.-A. (Other), Fong, W.-F. (Other), Hullman, J. R. (Other), Kokkori, M. (Other), Liu, H. (Other), Miller, A. A. (Other), Rasio, F. A. (Other), Samia, N. I. (Other), Starkenburg, T. (Other), Strom, A. (Other), Tchekhovskoy, S. (Other), Vijayaraghavan, A. (Other), Wei, E. (Other) & Zissimopoulos, K. (Other)
10/1/24 → 9/30/29
Project: Research project
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Equipment: MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a Hybrid, High-Performance Computing Cluster for Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis and Source Interpretation
Kalogera, V. (PD/PI), Doctor, Z. (Co-PD/PI), Fragione, G. (Co-PD/PI) & Rasio, F. A. (Co-PD/PI)
8/15/24 → 7/31/26
Project: Research project
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Stellar Dynamics and Stellar Collisions in Star-by-Star Models of Nuclear Star Clusters
Rasio, F. A. (PD/PI) & Fragione, G. (Co-Investigator)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2/29/24 → 2/28/27
Project: Research project
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Gravitational Wave Sources from Dense Star Clusters
Rasio, F. A. (PD/PI), Rasio, F. A. (PD/PI), Rasio, F. A. (PD/PI), Fragione, G. (Co-PD/PI), Fragione, G. (Co-PD/PI) & Fragione, G. (Co-PD/PI)
9/1/21 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
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Black Hole Accretion and Spin-up through Stellar Collisions in Dense Star Clusters
Kıroğlu, F., Kremer, K., Biscoveanu, S., González Prieto, E. & Rasio, F. A., Feb 1 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 979, 2, 237.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Formation of Stripped Stars from Stellar Collisions in Galactic Nuclei
Gibson, C. F. A., Kiroğlu, F., Lombardi, J. C., Rose, S. C., Vanderzyden, H. D., Mockler, B., Gallegos-Garcia, M., Kremer, K., Ramirez-Ruiz, E. & Rasio, F. A., Feb 10 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 980, 1, 109.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Spin-Orbit Alignment in Merging Binary Black Holes Following Collisions with Massive Stars
Kıroğlu, F., Lombardi, J. C., Kremer, K., Vanderzyden, H. D. & Rasio, F. A., Apr 10 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 983, 1, L9.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Binary Black Hole Mergers and Intermediate-mass Black Holes in Dense Star Clusters with Collisional Runaways
Purohit, R. A., Fragione, G., Rasio, F. A., Petter, G. C. & Hickox, R. C., May 1 2024, In: Astronomical Journal. 167, 5, 191.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access10 Scopus citations -
Can Slow Pulsars in Milky Way Globular Clusters Form via Partial Recycling?
Kremer, K., Ye, C. S., Heinke, C. O., Piro, A. L., Ransom, S. M. & Rasio, F. A., Dec 20 2024, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 977, 2, L42.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations
Datasets
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NicholasRui/cmctoolkit: First release
Rui, N. Z. (Creator), Kremer, K. (Creator), Weatherford, N. C. (Creator), Chatterjee, S. (Creator), Rasio, F. A. (Creator), Rodriguez, C. L. (Creator) & Ye, C. S. (Creator), ZENODO, Mar 4 2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4579951, https://zenodo.org/records/4579951
Dataset
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ClusterMonteCarlo/CMC-COSMIC: Release Version of CMC
Rodriguez, C. L. (Creator), Coughlin, S. C. (Creator), Weatherford, N. C. (Creator), Seoane, P. A. (Creator), Breivik, K. (Creator), Chatterjee, S. (Creator), Fragione, G. (Creator), Kiroglu, F. (Creator), Kremer, K. (Creator), Rui, N. Z. (Creator), Ye, C. S. (Creator), Zevin, M. (Creator) & Rasio, F. A. (Creator), ZENODO, May 28 2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4850884, https://zenodo.org/record/4850884
Dataset
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Stellar parameters of nearby cool stars
Takeda, G. (Creator), Ford, E. B. (Creator), Sills, A. (Creator), Rasio, F. A. (Creator), Fischer, D. A. (Creator) & Valenti, J. A. (Creator), Centre de Donnees Strasbourg (CDS), 2009
DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier.21680297, https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/168/297
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