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
Akiyama, K., Albentosa-Ruíz, E., Alberdi, A., Alef, W., Algaba, J. C., Anantua, R., Asada, K., Azulay, R., Bach, U., Baczko, A. K., Ball, D., Baloković, M., Bandyopadhyay, B., Barrett, J., Bauböck, M., Benson, B. A., Bintley, D., Blackburn, L., Blundell, R., ... Zhao, S. S. (2025). The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M87: II. Model comparisons and theoretical interpretations. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 693, Article A265. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451296
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
Gammie, C. F. (2025). Adiabatic Index in Fluid Models of Collisionless Black Hole Accretion. Astrophysical Journal, 980(2), Article 193. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adaea3
Röder, J., Wielgus, M., Lobanov, A. P., Krichbaum, T. P., Nair, D. G., Lee, S. S., Ros, E., Fish, V. L., Blackburn, L., Chan, C. K., Issaoun, S., Janssen, M., Johnson, M. D., Doeleman, S. S., Bower, G. C., Crew, G. B., Tilanus, R. P. J., Savolainen, T., Violette Impellizzeri, C. M., ... Zhao, S. S. (2025). A multifrequency study of sub-parsec jets with the Event Horizon Telescope. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 695, Article A233. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202452600
Tsunetoe, Y., Pesce, D. W., Narayan, R., Chael, A., Gelles, Z., Gammie, C., Quataert, E., & Palumbo, D. (2025). Limb-brightened Jet in M87 from Anisotropic Nonthermal Electrons. Astrophysical Journal, 984(1), Article 35. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adc37a