Dr. Rubens C. Reis                       

Office: +01 (0) 734 647-6995                                  

E-mail: rdosreis -at- umich dot edu                  

Research Interests:

The connection between stellar-mass black holes and their super-massive counterparts in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)

Accretion flow onto compact objects -- black holes and neutron stars

The interaction between accretion disk and jet formation

Tidal disruptions of stars by super-massive black holes

Formation and evolution of supermassive black holes

Matter in the strong gravity regime -- Iron fluorescence emission as a diagnostic for black hole spin and accretion flow geometry

Recent Highlights:  2013

G306.3-0.9: NASA's Swift, Chandra Explore a Youthful `Star Wreck' - NASA

Older Press releases: 2012

‘Cry’ of a shredded star heralds a new era for testing relativity - NASA

Final cry of disrupted star points to site of oblivion - ESA

Scientists 'hear a star scream as it gets devoured' by a lurking supermassive black hole - University of Michigan

Satellites watch stellar death throes - Nature

Most distant black hole 'heard' munching star - New Scientist

Star-Shredder's Brief Pulse - Sky & Telescope

Dying Star Screams As It Falls Into Black Hole - SPACE.com

The sound of a dying star - CNN

When a Star Dies, Does it Make a Noise? The TakeAway | NPR

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