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Veronica Dexheimer

Physics
Professor and Director of Center for Nuclear Research
Campus:
Kent
Office Location:
Smith Hall 209
Contact Information
Email:
vdexheim@kent.edu
Phone:
330-672-2596
Personal Website: http://personal.kent.edu/~vdexheim/

Biography

Dr. Dexheimer is a theoretical nuclear/particle astrophysicist specialized in the study of dense and hot matter in compact stars. The research in her group focuses on the properties of white dwarfs, neutron stars, proto-neutron stars, and stellar mergers. This includes the effects of extremely large magnetic fields and the formation of exotic particles (different from the ones present in atomic nuclei), such as hyperons and deconfined quarks. Depending on how abruptly exotic matter appears inside compact stars, it can can be associated with observational signals, which can give us insight into new phases of matter. Dr. Dexheimer is also a member of MUSES , NP3M, and  FRIB Theory Alliance collaborations and Director of the Kent State University Center for Nuclear Research (CNR).

Full publication list from the INSPIRE HEP database

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Education

2009 - PhD Physics, FIAS - Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt an Main, Germany
2006 - MS Physics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre RS, Brasil
2003 - BS Physics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre RS, Brasil
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