Prof. G.A. Nelemans (Gijs)

Professor - Astrophysics

Chair: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics
Prof. G.A. Nelemans (Gijs)
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Heyendaalseweg 135
6525 AJ NIJMEGEN
Internal postal code: 62

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Postbus 9010
6500 GL NIJMEGEN

Compact binaries, gravitational waves, astronomy

Tags: astronomy, gravitational waves, white dwarfs, black holes, binary stars

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Gijs Nelemans researches the evolution of binary stars, especially the formation of binary stars consisting of white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes and the sources of gravitational waves. In 2015, he played a key role in interpreting the first measurement of a gravitational wave.