Amir Aazami, Visiting Assistant Professor

Amir Aazami
Office Location:  214 Physics Building
Office Phone:  (919) 660-2837
Email Address: send me a message

Teaching (Spring 2012):

Office Hours:

Fridays 10am - 12pm
Research Interests: Geometry, Mathematical Relativity (gravitational lensing, black holes, spacetime singularities, cosmic censorship)

Representative Publications

  1. A. Aazami, C. R. Keeton, and A. O. Petters, Lensing by Kerr Black Holes. II: Analytical Study of Quasi-Equatorial Lensing Observables, J. Math. Phys. 52, 102501 (2011)
  2. A. Aazami, C. R. Keeton, and A. O. Petters, Lensing by Kerr Black Holes. I: General Lens Equation and Magnification Formula, J. Math. Phys. 52, 092502 (2011)
  3. A. Aazami, A. O. Petters, and J. M. Rabin, Orbifolds, the A,D,E Family of Caustic Singularities, and Gravitational Lensing, J. Math. Phys. 52, 022501 (2011)
  4. A. Aazami, A. O. Petters, A Universal Magnification Theorem III. Caustics Beyond Codimension Five, J. Math. Phys. 51, 023503 (2010)
  5. A. Aazami, A. O. Petters, A Universal Magnification Theorem II. Generic Caustics up to Codimension Five, J. Math. Phys. 50, 082501 (2009)
  6. A. Aazami, A. O. Petters, A Universal Magnification Theorem for Higher-Order Caustic Singularities, J. Math. Phys. 50, 032501 (2009)