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Research interests
I work on theory and computation in high-energy astrophysics, connecting models to astrophysical data as directly as possible. Most of my work has concentrated on gamma-ray bursts, cosmic explosions caused by colliding neutron stars or imploding extremely massive stars. In particular, I study the properties of the relativistic outflows that these explosions generate and how to understand their broadband radiation from radio to gamma rays. The methods employed by myself and my collaborators range from parallel relativistic hydrodynamics simulations to Bayesian statistics of model fitting to data.
Further research interests include related topics such as blazars, stellar tidal disruption events and microquasars.
Teaching interests
I am involved in teaching of a number of computational (astro-)physics units and astrophysics theory units. These include programming in C, Computational Astrophysics, Fluid Dynamics in Physics and Astrophysics and high-energy astrophysics. I supervise bachelor and master students on a regular basis for their projects.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Astrophysics at the University of Bath 2023-2026
Wuyts, S. (PI), Schady, P. (CoI), Tsang, D. (CoI) & Van Eerten, H. (CoI)
Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/04/23 → 21/07/27
Project: Research council
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Outliers among the extreme: numerical modeling of gamma-ray bursts that defy the standard paradigm
Van Eerten, H. (PI)
31/03/23 → 30/07/25
Project: Research council
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uGMRT follow-up of a compact object merger in LVK-O4 (46_103)
Laskar, T. (PI) & Van Eerten, H. (CoI)
18/04/24 → 30/09/24
Project: Research-related funding
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titled Constraining the progenitors and environments of Gamma-ray Bursts with uGMRT (46_104)
Laskar, T. (PI) & Van Eerten, H. (CoI)
18/04/24 → 30/09/24
Project: Research-related funding
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uGMRT follow-up of a compact object merger in LVK-O4 (45_060)
Laskar, T. (PI) & Van Eerten, H. (CoI)
26/10/23 → 1/04/24
Project: Research-related funding
Research output
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TeV afterglow emission from a multi-component GRB jet using the kinetic approach
Hope, J., Van Eerten, H., Kundu, S. & Schady, P., 21 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A lanthanide-rich kilonova in the aftermath of a long gamma-ray burst
Yang, Y.-H., Troja, E., O'Connor, B., Fryer, C. L., Im, M., Durbak, J., Paek, G., Ricci, R., Bom, C. R., Gillanders, J. H., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Peng, Z.-K., Dichiara, S., Ryan, G., Van Eerten, H., Dai, Z.-G., Chang, S.-W., Choi, H., De, K. & Hu, Y. & 7 others, , 22 Feb 2024, In: Nature. 626, 8000, p. 742-745 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Introduction to Fluid Dynamics in Physics and Astrophysics
van Eerten, H. J., 25 Jan 2024, New York, U. S. A.: CRC Press. 312 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Modeling of Long-term Afterglow Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Events: The Full View of GRB 170817A
Ryan, G., van Eerten, H., Troja, E., Piro, L., O’Connor, B. & Ricci, R., 1 Nov 2024, In: Astrophysical Journal. 975, 1, 131.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Potential biases and prospects for the Hubble constant estimation via electromagnetic and gravitational-wave joint analyses
Gianfagna, G., Piro, L., Pannarale, F., Van Eerten, H., Ricci, F. & Ryan, G., 29 Feb 2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528, 2, p. 2600-2613 14 p., stae198.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (SciVal)