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Black Hole

Lensing of space time around a black hole. At Oxford we study black holes observationally and theoretically on all size and time scales - it is some of our core work.

Credit: ALAIN RIAZUELO, IAP/UPMC/CNRS. CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE IMAGES.

Dr. Alexander Cooper

Hintze Fellow

Research theme

  • Astronomy and astrophysics

Sub department

  • Astrophysics

Research groups

  • Hintze Centre for Astrophysical Surveys
  • Pulsars, transients and relativistic astrophysics
alexander.cooper@physics.ox.ac.uk
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I am a Hintze Fellow in Astrophysics sub-department of the University of Oxford, and am associated with Christ Church College, Oxford. I work on high-energy astrophysical transients such as fast radio bursts, neutron star mergers, gamma-ray bursts and magnetar flares. I use new theoretical techniques and novel observational methods to uncover the origin and nature of novel transients including fast radio bursts, long period radio transients and gamma-ray bursts. I'm also interested in understanding the better understanding the true energetics of Galactic black holes through X-ray binary systems, and the emission mechanisms governing the most extreme radiation from highly magnetized neutron stars. 

Before I came to Oxford in 2023, I completed my MSc and PhD at the University of Amsterdam where my thesis was entitled 'Multi-wavelength and multi-messenger signatures of compact object transients". Prior to this, I completed a BSc in Physics and Philosophy at the University of Nottingham in 2016. 

Research interests

Fast radio bursts
Neutron stars
Magnetars
Gamma-ray bursts
X-ray Binary Jets
Compact object mergers

Selected publications

Beyond the Rotational Deathline: Radio Emission from Ultra-long Period Magnetars

ArXiv 2406.04135 (2024)
AJ Cooper, Z Wadiasingh
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