Alexei Khokhlov

Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and the College

Education: MS in Astronomy 1980 Moscow State University; PhD in Physics and Mathematics 1983; The Institute of Space Research, Moscow

Contact Information

Phone: (773) 702-3405
Location: AAC 136
Email: ajkoddjob.uchicago.edu

Research

Khokhlov's research is in theoretical and computational astrophysics and reactive flow fluid dynamics. His main focus is large-scale multi-dimensional numerical simulations of thermonuclear Type Ia supernova explosions. These supernovae are "standard candles" used for measuring fundamental parameters of the universe. Khokhlov also works on terrestrial combustion and explosion phenomena relevant to physics of Type Ia's, such as turbulent flames and detonations. Other directions of his research are core-collapse supernovae, experiments with laser-driven and combustion-driven flows that mimic supernova phenomena, numerical general relativity, and numerical methods for adaptive integration of non-linear partial differential equations.

Research Fields: High Energy Astrophysics; Computational Astrophysics

Current Students

Graduate: Justin Johnsen

Past Students

Graduate: Vasileios Paschalidis (2008)

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