Stellar Afterlife & Transients Group
About

SALT

Stellar Afterlife and Transients (SALT) Team at the Institute of Astrophysics-FORTH, focuses on time-domain astrophysics and the study of compact objects. More specifically, the team is interested in the formation and evolution of compact objects, and their use as test-beds for fundamental physics. This research is driven by long-standing questions, such as the radiative properties of strong-field gravity, the nature of super-dense matter, the origin of heavy elements and the mechanism of core-collapse supernovae SNe. The SALT team combines multi-wavelength observations with theoretical modeling, while also maintaining an interest in novel instrumentation and data-intensive astronomy. SALT leads the development of (ARGOS), a novel wide-field, high-resolution interferometer. The group also participates in the European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) and the Large European Array for Pulsars (LEAP) collaborations that work towards the direct detection of nHz gravitational waves

Projects
SALT
projects

Competitive funding and collaborative projects

Argos

ARGOS is a project to design a "small-D, big-N" interferometer currently in its design phase. The project is supported by a HORIZON-INFRADEV grant by the European Commission.

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Argos

EPTA

The European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) is a scientific collaboration bringing together teams of astronomers around the largest European radio telescopes, as well as groups specialized in data anal...
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EPTA

EPICS

Neutron stars comprise the densest form of matter in the observable Universe. Their mass distribution contains crucial information about the late evolution of massive stars the supernova explosion ...
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EPICS

Get in touch with us


  • Head ContactJohn Antoniadis
    Associate Researcher
  • emailsalt(at)ia.forth.gr
  • Phones+30281039-4266