Faculty Affiliation
Arts and Science
Degree Programs
The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) does not offer an independent graduate degree program. Students interested in theoretical astrophysics are encouraged to enrol in the graduate programs offered by cognate departments such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Chemistry, and Physics.
All CITA faculty hold cross-appointments in one or more of these departments; students seeking research supervision by CITA faculty are welcome to inquire. CITA research fellows and visitors are also encouraged to work with graduate students.
Overview
The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) is a national institute specializing in theoretical astrophysics, supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the host University of Toronto. The CITA Inc. national network involves about 100 faculty members from about 20 Canadian universities. It maintains a complement of more than 30 postdoctoral fellows and research associates, and hosts an active program of international visitors.
Research at CITA spans most of the areas of modern theoretical astrophysics, including accretion disks, active galactic nuclei, general relativity, and gravitational waves, cosmology and cosmological aspects of particle physics, the cosmic microwave background, gravitational lenses, dark matter, galaxy formation, galaxy structure and evolution, dynamics of stellar systems, physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium, star formation, stellar evolution, novae, supernovae, compact objects, gamma-ray bursts, nucleosynthesis, solar system formation and dynamics, and comets.
CITA maintains local CPU and GPU clusters and astrophysical software for developing and testing code. Large simulations are carried out at high performance computing centres nationally and internationally. The theoretical interests of many CITA staff are complemented by observational research involving active multi-messenger programs at a wide variety of international ground-based and satellite telescopes across the electromagnetic spectrum.
Contact and Address
Web: www.cita.utoronto.ca
Email: office@cita.utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-6879
Fax: (416) 978-3921
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) / L'institut canadien d'astrophysique théorique (ICAT)
University of Toronto
Room 1403, McLennan Physical Laboratories
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8
Canada