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Peter A. Becker

Academic Title: Professor

Name: Peter A. Becker

 

Department: Department of Physics & Astronomy

Department Website: http://www.physics.gmu.edu/

Institution: George Mason University

 

Address: Rm 303
Fairfax, Virginia 22030-4444

 

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Expertise: My research interests include a variety of topics in theoretical astrophysics, mathematical physics, and numerical analysis. Some particular topics of interest follow:

* Modeling the dynamical structure and radiative properties of the accretion columns that form over the magnetic poles in binary X-ray pulsars.

* Studying the production of relativistic outflows from the vicinity of black holes as a result of shock-driven particle acceleration occurring in the surrounding accretion disk.

* Analytical and numerical modeling of the trans-relativistic acceleration of cosmic rays and solar flare particles due to Fermi processes.

* Studies of time-dependent particle acceleration in astrophysical plasmas.

 

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