Francois Foucart

Francois Foucart

Associate Professor
Phone: (603) 862-1962
Office: Physics, Demeritt Hall, Durham, NH 03824
Websites:

Courses Taught

  • INCO 590: Rsrch Exp/Physics
  • MATH/PHYS 931: Mathematical Physics
  • PHYS 408: General Physics II
  • PHYS 408S: General Physics II Studio
  • PHYS 601: Computational Physics Recit I
  • PHYS 711/811: Astrophysics II
  • PHYS 764/864: General Relativity & Cosmology
  • PHYS 999: Doctoral Research

Education

  • Ph.D., Cornell University
  • M., Engineering, Ecole Centrale Paris
  • MENGR, Universite libre de Bruxelles
  • MENGR, Ecole Centrale Paris

Selected Publications

  • Deppe, N., Foucart, F., Bonilla, M. S., Boyle, M., Corso, N. J., Duez, M. D., . . . Vu, N. L. (2024). Binary neutron star mergers using a discontinuous Galerkin-finite difference hybrid method. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 41(24), 245002. doi:10.1088/1361-6382/ad88cf

  • Richers, S., Froustey, J., Ghosh, S., Foucart, F., & Gomez, J. (n.d.). Asymptotic-state prediction for fast flavor transformation in neutron star mergers. Physical Review D, 110(10). doi:10.1103/physrevd.110.103019

  • Cheong 張, P. C. -K. 志., Foucart, F., Duez, M. D., Offermans, A., Muhammed, N., & Chawhan, P. (2024). Energy-dependent and Energy-integrated Two-moment General-relativistic Neutrino Transport Simulations of a Hypermassive Neutron Star. The Astrophysical Journal, 975(1), 116. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad7825

  • Foucart, F., Cheong, P. C. -K., Duez, M. D., Kidder, L. E., Pfeiffer, H. P., & Scheel, M. A. (n.d.). Robustness of neutron star merger simulations to changes in neutrino transport and neutrino-matter interactions. Physical Review D, 110(8). doi:10.1103/physrevd.110.083028

  • Cheong, P. C. -K., Muhammed, N., Chawhan, P., Duez, M. D., Foucart, F., Kidder, L. E., . . . Scheel, M. A. (n.d.). High angular momentum hot differentially rotating equilibrium star evolutions in conformally flat spacetime. Physical Review D, 110(4). doi:10.1103/physrevd.110.043015

  • Fernandez, R., Tchekhovskoy, A., Quataert, E., Foucart, F., & Kasen, D. (2019). Long-term GRMHD simulations of neutron star merger accretion discs: implications for electromagnetic counterparts. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 482(3), 3373-3393. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2932

  • Hinderer, T., Taracchini, A., Foucart, F., Buonanno, A., Steinhoff, J., Duez, M., . . . Carpenter, C. W. (2016). Effects of Neutron-Star Dynamic Tides on Gravitational Waveforms within the Effective-One-Body Approach. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 116(18). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.181101

  • Foucart, F., Haas, R., Duez, M. D., O'Connor, E., Ott, C. D., Roberts, L., . . . Scheel, M. A. (2016). Low mass binary neutron star mergers: Gravitational waves and neutrino emission. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 93(4). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.044019

  • Foucart, F. (2012). Black-hole-neutron-star mergers: Disk mass predictions. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 86(12). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.86.124007

  • Lai, D., Foucart, F., & Lin, D. N. C. (2011). Evolution of spin direction of accreting magnetic protostars and spin-orbit misalignment in exoplanetary systems. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 412(4), 2790-2798. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18127.x

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