The Physics of High Density Matter, Compact Objects, and Accretion SWG will be responsible for identifying outstanding science questions on the physics of cold dense matter, black hole spacetimes, GR tests, tidal disruption events, etc., developing a compelling science case, and aiding the STDT with producing a mission concept that best addresses these questions.
| Science Working Group Co-Chairs:: | ||
| Feryal Özel | University of Arizona | |
| Frits Paerels | Columbia University | |
| Chris Reynolds | University of Maryland | |
| Science Working Group Members: | ||
| Frederick Baganoff | MIT | |
| Slavko Bogdanov | Columbia University | |
| Laura Brenneman | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | |
| Deepto Chakrabarty | MIT | |
| Filippo D'Ammando | INAF-IRA Bologna and DIFA University of Bologna | |
| Keigo Fukumura | James Madison University | |
| Massimiliano Galeazzi | University of Miami | |
| Javier Garcia | Harvard-Smithsonian CfA (--> Caltech) | |
| Hans Guenther | MIT | |
| Sebastien Guillot | Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | |
| Craig Heinke | University of Alberta | |
| Paul Hemphill | MIT | |
| Jeroen Homan | MIT | |
| Erin Kara | University of Maryland/NASA GSFC | |
| Oleg Kargaltsev | The George Washington University | |
| Denis Leahy | University of Calgary | |
| Simin Mahmoodifar | NASA/GSFC | |
| Peter Maksym | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | |
| Herman Marshall | MIT Kavli Institute | |
| Michael McCollough | CXC/SAO/CfA | |
| Jon Miller | University of Michigan | |
| Cole Miller | University of Maryland | |
| Patrick Motl | Indiana University Kokomo | |
| Emanuele Nardini | INAF - Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory | |
| Joey Neilsen | MIT | |
| Eric Perlman | Florida Institute of Technology | |
| David Pooley | Trinity University | |
| Bettina Posselt | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Dimitrios Psaltis | The University of Arizona | |
| Roger Romani | Stanford University | |
| Norbert Schulz | MIT | |
| Gregory Sivakoff | University of Alberta | |
| James Steiner | MIT | |
| Francesco Tombesi | University of Maryland, College Park | |
| John Tomsick | UC Berkeley | |
| Eleonora Troja | UMD, NASA/GSFC | |
| Giacomo Vianello | Stanford University | |
| Dan Wilkins | Stanford University | |
| Shuo Zhang | MIT Kavli Institute | |
| Michael Zingale | Stony Brook University | |