Andrew Robert King, (born 1947) is a British astrophysicist and Professor of Astrophysics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester.[1] His previous institutions include University College London and the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Hamburg and a visiting position at the Observatoire de Paris. He currently holds visiting positions at the Astronomical Institute of the University of Amsterdam, and he is a visiting professor at Leiden University.[1] He has served as Editor and now is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the international astronomy journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.[2]
Andrew Robert King | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 February 1947 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Awards | Eddington Medal (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester |
| Doctoral advisor | George Ellis |
His research started with his PhD in relativistic cosmology, working with his supervisor George F. R. Ellis at the University of Cambridge.[1] He also worked with Stephen Hawking.[3] He has worked in the fields of General Relativity, binary star evolution, accretion discs and active galactic nuclei.[4]
In 2014 he received the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society "for investigations of outstanding merit in theoretical astrophysics".[5]
Selected publications
edit- Books
- Frank, Juhan; Andrew King; Derek Raine (2002) [1985]. Accretion Power in Astrophysics (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-62957-7.
- Pringle, James E.; Andrew King (2007). Astrophysical Flows. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-46444-4.
- King, Andrew (2012). Stars: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-163384-3.
- Papers
- King, A. R.; Ellis, G. F. R. (1973). "Tilted homogeneous cosmological models". Communications in Mathematical Physics. 31 (3): 209–242. Bibcode:1973CMaPh..31..209K. doi:10.1007/BF01646266. ISSN 0010-3616. S2CID 120680577.
- King, A. R. (1988). "The Evolution of Compact Binaries". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 29: 1–25. Bibcode:1988QJRAS..29....1K.
- King, A. R.; Davies, M. B.; Ward, M. J.; Fabbiano, G.; Elvis, M. (2001). "Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources in External Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 552 (2): L109. arXiv:astro-ph/0104333. Bibcode:2001ApJ...552L.109K. doi:10.1086/320343. hdl:2381/749. ISSN 1538-4357. S2CID 17364247.
- King, Andrew (2003). "Black Holes, Galaxy Formation, and the MBH-σ Relation". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 596 (1): L27–L29. arXiv:astro-ph/0308342. Bibcode:2003ApJ...596L..27K. doi:10.1086/379143. ISSN 1538-4357. S2CID 9507887.
- King, A. R.; Pringle, J. E. (2006). "Growing supermassive black holes by chaotic accretion". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 373 (1): L90–L92. arXiv:astro-ph/0609598. Bibcode:2006MNRAS.373L..90K. doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2006.00249.x. ISSN 1745-3925. S2CID 14909546.
- King, A. R.; Pringle, J. E.; Hofmann, J. A. (2008). "The evolution of black hole mass and spin in active galactic nuclei". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 385 (3): 1621–1627. arXiv:0801.1564. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.385.1621K. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.12943.x. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 17182427.
- King, Andrew; Pounds, Ken (2015). "Powerful Outflows and Feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei". Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 53 (1): 115–154. arXiv:1503.05206. Bibcode:2015ARA&A..53..115K. doi:10.1146/annurev-astro-082214-122316. S2CID 118494522.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Professor Andrew King". University of Leicester. Retrieved 30 Jun 2016.
- ^ "MNRAS Editorial Board". Oxford Journals. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 30 Jun 2016.
- ^ Hawking, S. W.; King, A. T.; McCarthy, P. J. (1976). "A new topology for curved space-time which incorporates the causal, differential, and conformal structures" (PDF). Journal of Mathematical Physics. 17 (2): 174. Bibcode:1976JMP....17..174H. doi:10.1063/1.522874.
- ^ "Andrew King ADS Library". SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System. Retrieved 1 Jul 2016.
- ^ "Winners of the 2014 awards, medals and prizes - full details". Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 30 Jun 2016.