Contact Information
1002 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Interests
Black holes, formation of the Moon, planet formation, star formation, cosmic ray transport, and interstellar turbulence.
Awards and Honors
Additional Campus Affiliations
Stanley O. Ikenberry Endowed Chair, Physics
Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar, Astronomy
University Scholar, Astronomy
Professor, Physics
Professor, Astronomy
Professor, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
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Recent Publications
Dhruv, V., Prather, B., Wong, G. N., & Gammie, C. F. (2025). A Survey of General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Models for Black Hole Accretion Systems. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 277(1), Article 16. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/adaea6
Baczko, A. K., Kadler, M., Ros, E., Fromm, C. M., Wielgus, M., Perucho, M., Krichbaum, T. P., Baloković, M., Blackburn, L., Chan, C. K., Issaoun, S., Janssen, M., Ricci, L., Akiyama, K., Albentosa-Ruíz, E., Alberdi, A., Alef, W., Algaba, J. C., Anantua, R., ... Zhao, G. Y. (2024). The putative center in NGC 1052. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 692, Article A205. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450898
Cárdenas-Avendano, A., Gammie, C., & Lupsasca, A. (2024). Explanation for the Absence of Secondary Peaks in Black Hole Light Curve Autocorrelations. Physical review letters, 133(13), Article 131402. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.131402
Chan, H. S., Chan, C. K., Prather, B. S., Wong, G. N., & Gammie, C. (2024). The 230 GHz Variability of Numerical Models of Sagittarius A*. I. Parameter Surveys on Varying the Ion-to-electron Temperature Ratio Under Strongly Magnetized Conditions. Astrophysical Journal, 964(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2454
Dalal, N., Galanis, M., Gammie, C., Gralla, S. E., & Murray, N. (2024). Probing H0 and resolving AGN disks with ultrafast photon counters. Physical Review D, 109(12), Article 123029. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.123029