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Charles F. Gammie

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Contact Information

202 Astronomy Building, MC-221
1002 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Professor

Research Interests

Black holes, formation of the Moon, planet formation, star formation, cosmic ray transport, and interstellar turbulence.

Additional Campus Affiliations

Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar, Astronomy
University Scholar, Astronomy
Donald Biggar Willett Professor, Physics
Professor, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Professor, Astronomy
Professor, Physics

Recent Publications

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

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (2024). First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. VIII. Physical Interpretation of the Polarized Ring. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 964(2), Article L26. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad2df1

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (2024). First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. VII. Polarization of the Ring. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 964(2), Article L25. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad2df0

Conroy, N. S., Bauböck, M., Dhruv, V., Lee, D., Broderick, A. E., Chan, C. K., Georgiev, B., Joshi, A. V., Prather, B., & Gammie, C. F. (2023). Rotation in Event Horizon Telescope Movies. Astrophysical Journal, 951(1), Article 46. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acd2c8

Davelaar, J., Ryan, B. R., Wong, G. N., Bronzwaer, T., Olivares, H., Mościbrodzka, M., Gammie, C. F., & Falcke, H. (2023). κmonty: A Monte Carlo Compton scattering code including non-thermal electrons. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 526(4), 5326-5336. Article stad3023. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3023

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