Brian Metzger
Assistant Professor
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Columbia University
United States of America
Biography
He has done his Ph.D from University of California, Berkeley in 2009 and B.S degree from University of Iowa,in 2003
Research Interest
theoretical high energy astrophysics, including gamma-ray bursts; supernovae; accretion processes; compact objects; nucleosynthesis (astrophysical origin of the elements); and the electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave sources.
Publications
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A possible relativistic jetted outburst from a massive black hole fed by a tidally disrupted star
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Electromagnetic counterparts of compact object mergers powered by the radioactive decay of r-process nuclei
