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Peter Becker is a Professor and Director of International Collaborations at George Mason University’s School of Physics, Astronomy, & Computational Sciences within the College of Science. He holds a doctorate in Astrophysics from the University of Colorado at Boulder (1987) and has held postdoctoral and research positions at the University of Virginia and the Naval Research Laboratory. His research focuses on theoretical astrophysics, mathematical physics, and numerical analysis, particularly in accretion processes in X-ray pulsars, particle acceleration in astrophysical plasmas, and relativistic outflows from black holes. Current projects include collaborations with doctoral students Juan Luna and Ken Wolfram, and former students Dr. Truong Le and Dr. Prasad Subramanian.
Research interests span accretion column dynamics, radiation-dominated shock waves, and blazar jet modeling. He has contributed to studies of cyclotron resonant scattering features, X-ray time lags in AGN, and gamma-ray flares in objects like the Crab Nebula. His work integrates analytical models with observational data from missions like RXTE, Swift, and NuSTAR.
Publications emphasize spectral and timing analysis of accreting pulsars, relativistic particle acceleration mechanisms, and two-fluid hydrodynamical models for accretion flows. He is affiliated with the Physics & Astronomy Department as instructional faculty and actively advises doctoral students in computational astrophysics.
