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    Veronica Dexheimer

    Physics
    Professor and Director of Center for Nuclear Research
    Campus:
    Kent
    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

    Expertise

    Astrophysics
    Neutron Stars
    Dense and Hot Matter
    Physics

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