I am a graduate student in the Department of Physics at Penn State.
Binary neutron star mergers provide excellent laboratories for probing/testing nuclear physics at extreme densities- the kind which are not replicable on Earth. My research includes modelling these mergers via a combination of strong gravity and hydrodynamics and studying the allied high energy phenomenon.
In particular I am interested in studying several aspects of QCD phase transitions from hadrons to quarks in Neutron star cores as they evolve in a binary system and perhaps a possible gravitational wave imprint which can be detected by 3rd generation gravitational wave detectors.
Other research interests include studying conditions for prompt black hole collapse in a neutron star merger and development of numerical methods for relativistic hydrodynamics.
I can be reached at aup1075@psu.edu