Philip Armitage

Phil Armitage is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University, and a Group Leader at the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. Prior to joining Stony Brook he worked at JILA, at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

 

Armitage's research focuses on the use of computational techniques to study problems in theoretical astrophysics. He is interested in understanding the physical processes involved in the formation of planetary systems, including the role of two fluid instabilities in forming the first analogs of asteroids and comets, and the importance of radiation hydrodynamic effects in the accretion of planetary envelopes. Other areas of current work include the effect of magnetic fields on black hole accretion, and studies of what happens when stars are tidally disrupted by supermassive black holes.