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Name:
M. Coleman Miller Title: Associate Professor Room: CSS 1239 Phone: (301) 405-1037 E-mail: miller |
Cole Miller's research in the last few years has focused on theory and
modeling of high-energy radiation from neutron stars and black holes.
Data interpreted using his theoretical models have provided the first
evidence for the existence of an innermost stable circular orbit
around neutron stars and black holes (a key prediction of
strong-gravity general relativity) and evidence for a 2.3 solar mass
neutron star, which constrains strongly the equation of state of
matter at high densities. His interests also extend beyond compact
objects, to subjects such as the use of gravitational lensing to study
different classes of cosmological sources. He has used lensing to
place limits on the average redshift of gamma-ray bursts and to
constrain dark energy parameters based on observations in the Hubble
Deep Field. He has also investigated the effects of
accretion by primordial compact objects on the power spectrum of the
cosmic microwave background. In particular, he has placed limits on
the contributions of such objects to dark matter and on the degree to
which ionization from accretion can be used to explain the weakness of
the second acoustic peak as observed with BOOMERanG. Most recently,
he has collaborated with Doug Hamilton on models of intermediate-mass
black holes and their implications for graviational radiation.
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