Dr Philip Carter
MPhys, PhD
Expertise
I am a computational planetary scientist and astrophysicist. I study the growth of terrestrial planets and the collisions between planetary bodies that occur during planet formation.
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
School of Physics
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Biography
I have previously held postdoctoral appointments at the University of Bristol and in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Davis. During this time I have developed expertise in planet formation and collisions and the numerical techniques used to study planetary accretion.
My scientific background is in astrophysics, having obtained my PhD in 2014 from the University of Warwick, where I carried out observational studies of ultra-compact accreting binaries.
My scientific background is in astrophysics, having obtained my PhD in 2014 from the University of Warwick, where I carried out observational studies of ultra-compact accreting binaries.
Projects and supervisions
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Selected publications
01/04/2014Two new AM Canum Venaticorum binaries from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The AM Canum Venaticorum binary SDSS J173047.59+554518.5
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The helium-rich cataclysmic variable SBSS 1108+574
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
A search for the hidden population of AM CVn binaries in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Recent publications
01/10/2024Exploring the catastrophic regime:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Formation of super-Mercuries via giant impacts
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Post-giant impact planetesimals sustaining extreme debris discs
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
A compact multi-planet system transiting HIP 29442 (TOI-469) discovered by TESS and ESPRESSO
Astronomy & Astrophysics
A super-massive Neptune-sized planet
Nature