Astrophysics

Major Research Activities:

• Pregalactic-Primordial low-mass stars.
• Evolution of rotating stars and of binary stars, solar evolution.
• Wolf-Rayet star models, stellar oscillations.
• Age determination of certain clusters.
• Close binary stars.
• X and gamma ray astronomy.
• Neutron star dynamics and pulsars.
• Quasiperiodic oscillations from low-mass x-ray binaries.
• Observational astronomy.
• Gravitation and cosmology

PhD thesis given by the group members

Some of the Group Members and Field of Interests

Back (from left): Atakan Gurkan, Altan Baykal, Cagdas Inam, Hakki Ogelman, Solen Balman, Akif Esendemir, Murat Alev, Ali Alpar, Burcin Donmez
Front: Askin Ankay, Nilgun Kiziloglu, Umit Kiziloglu

• Hakki B. Ögelman: (Prof.Dr. Passed away on 4/9/2011) Initiator of our group; X/Gamma-ray astronomy, compact objects. Click to see his students
  
• Ali Alpar: (Prof.Dr.) Neutron stars and pulsars. (Present addr: Sabanci University)
• Selcuk Bayin: (Prof.Dr.) Gravitation and cosmological models.
• Altan Baykal: (Prof.Dr.) Pulsar timing noise, compact objects.
• Rikkat Civelek: (Prof.Dr.) Evolution of stars.
• Dilhan Eryurt (Ezer): (Prof.Dr. Passed away on 12/9/2012) Structure and evolution of stars
• Halil Kirbiyik: (Prof.Dr. Retired) Stellar pulsations, rotating stars. TUG, TUBITAK.
• Nilgun Kiziloglu: (Prof.Dr. Retired) Structure and evolution of stars. Stellar pulsations. Be/X-ray binary systems.
• Umit Kiziloglu: (Prof.Dr. Retired) Close binary stars. X/Gamma-ray astronomy, compact objects, observational astronomy, instrumentation.
• Solen Balman: (Prof.Dr.) X/Gamma-ray astronomy, compact objects, NOVA and shells.
• Akif Esendemir: (Prof.Dr.) (Present addr: Akdeniz University.) Close binary systems, instrumentation.
• Sinan Kaan Yerli: (Asso.Prof.Dr.) Binary stars: observation, evolution; Observational astronomy; instrumentation, Amateur astronomy.
• Atakan Gurkan: (Assist. Prof. Dr.) Computational physics, Stellar Dynamics, N-Body simulations,Numerikal solutions of differential equations.
• Murat Alev: (Inst.Dr. Retired) Close binary systems.
• Askin Ankay: (Asso.Prof.Dr.) Present addr: Bogazici University.
• Ersin Gogus: (Prof.Dr.) Present addr: Sabanci University. GRB, SGR and other compact objects.
• Unal Ertan: (Asso.Prof.Dr.) Present addr: Sabanci University.
• Emrah Kalemci: (Asso.Prof.Dr.) Present addr: Sabanci University.
• Cagdas Inam: (Asso.Prof.Dr.) Present addr: Baskent University
• Ozgur Taskin: (Instr. Dr.) Ege Univ. Makine Muh.
• Burcin Donmez: (Assist. Prof. Dr.) (Present addr: Akdeniz University.)
• Aybuke Kupcu Yoldas: (Dr.) Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.
• Elif Beklen: (Dr.) Suleyman Demirel University.
• Baybars Kulebi: (Dr.) Postdoc, Spain.
• Gulnur Dogan: (Dr.), Univ. of Aarhus.
• Yakup Pekon: (Instr. Dr.), Atilim University.
• Mehtap Ozbey Arabaci: (Assist. Prof. Dr.) Present addr: Ataturk University.
• Seyda Sahiner: (Dr.) Postdoc.
• Baha Dincel: On Leave. PhD student, Universiteat Sternwarte, Jena.
• Muhammet Mirac Serim: PhD student.