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Portrait of Rostom Mbarek

Rostom Mbarek

Post-Doctoral Associate

857 453 0239
rmbarek@umd.edu 1113 Physical Sciences Complex
My interests are quite broad, but generally speaking I'm a theorist who specializes in the study of High energy phenomena associated with Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) from a plasma physics perspective. Specifically, I focus on the fundamentals of particle acceleration to understand the most energetic observables, whether photons, cosmic rays, or neutrinos. I use theoretical tools, first-principle plasma PIC simulations, and MHD simulations to study these phenomena depending on their relevancy.
Research Centers & Collaborations: Joint Space-Science Institute
Facilities:
Supercomputing

Latest Papers

X-ray properties of coronal emission in radio quiet active galactic nuclei

| Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
UMD Author(s): Rostom Mbarek


Relativistic Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection

| Physical Review Letters
UMD Author(s): Rostom Mbarek


Espresso Acceleration of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays up to the Hillas Limit in Relativistic MHD Jets

| 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2019)
UMD Author(s): Rostom Mbarek