Elena Maria Rossi
RESEARCH
 CONTACT
My research in theoretical astrophysics focuses on studies of high energy phenomena around black holes.

  • Accretion disc physics
  • Supermassive black holes
  • Galactic Centre stellar dynamics
  • Gamma-ray bursts

    • Animations of disc response to black hole recoil
    (Rossi et al. 2010)

    Back of the Envelope Astrophysics

    		Leiden Observatory
    J.H. Oort Building, Office #539
    Niels Bohrweg 2
    NL-2333 CA Leiden
    The Netherlands

    Tel: +31 (0)71-527 5877
    Fax: +31 (0)71 527 5743

    email: emr@strw.leidenuniv.nl

    CV SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
    2005: Ph.D. University of Cambridge, advisor Prof. M. J. Rees

    2005-2008: Chandra Fellow at JILA, University of Colorado

    2008-1010: Post-doc at Racah Institute for Physics, Hebrew University

    Presently: Assistant Professor at Leiden Observatory, Leiden University

    full CV

    PRESENT STUDENTS

    Miss Leandra Swiers, Master
    Mr Niek Wisse, Master
    Mr Alex Rimoldi, Phd
    Mr Clement Bonnerot

    Teaching

    Fall 2012 "Stralingsprocessen"

    		Tidal torque induced by orbital decay in compact object binaries , S. Dall'Osso & E.M. Rossi, 2013, MNRAS, 428, 518
    A lower lmit on the Halo Mass to form Supermassive Black Holes, C. Dotan, E.M. Rossi & N.J. Shaviv, 2011, MNRAS, 417, 3035
    Multiband lightcurves of tidal disruption events, G. Lodato & E.M. Rossi, 2011, MNRAS, 410, 359
    Hypervelocity stars and the restricted parabolic 3-body problem, R. Sari, S. Kobayashi & E.M. Rossi, ApJ, 708, 605 (2010)
    Black hole mergers: the first light, E.M. Rossi, G. Lodato, P.J.Armitage, J.E. Pringle & A.R. King, MNRAS, 401, 202 (2010)
    Delayed X-ray emission from fallback in compact-object mergers , E.M. Rossi & M.C. Begelman, MNRAS, 392,1451 (2009)
    Quasistars: Accreting black holes inside massive envelopes, M.C. Begelman, E.M. Rossi & P.J. Armitage, MNRAS, 387, 1649, (2008)

    full list of publications

    Organizer of ESF Workshop :High Energy Tidal disruption events: looking at the future

    Durch Leiden, Freuden