Ashley Bransgrove

Position
Postdoctoral Fellow
Role
2023-2026
Office Phone
Office
411B Jadwin Hall
Bio/Description

I am interested in magnetic fields and plasma physics of neutron stars and black holes. I use a variety of numerical techniques and large-scale simulations to understand the dynamics and emission of these systems from first-principles. I have worked on topics including neutron star quakes and rotation glitches, magnetosphere plasma dynamics and emission mechanisms, magnetic reconnection, and the black hole no-hair theorem. Recently I have been interested in the internal magnetic field evolution of neutron stars including the effects of superfluidity and superconductivity. By modelling the internal dynamics and its effect on the electromagnetic emission, I hope to gain fundamental insights into the superdense nuclear matter of neutron star interiors.