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Steven Andrew Balbus FRS (born 23 November 1953) is an American-born astrophysicist who is the Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford and a professorial fellow at New College, Oxford. In 2013, he shared the Shaw Prize for Astronomy with John F. Hawley.
Prof. Balbus's field of study is astrophysical fluid dynamics, with a particular interest in the behaviour of magnetised gases. He has made widely-recognised contributions to our understanding of accretion discs, dilute gases, and the interior of the Sun.
Testing theories of accretion and gravity with super-extremal Kerr discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 527:3 (2023) 5956-5973. Authors: Andrew Mummery, Steven Balbus, Adam Ingram. More details from the publisher.
Steven is a theoretical astrophysicist with interests in gasdynamical processes. His best known work, with colleague J. Hawley, elucidated what is now known as the magnetorotational instability, or MRI, which has become central to our understanding of how gas is drawn into black holes.
Steven A Balbus. Adam Ingram. Fitting the thermal continuum emission of accreting black holes observed across X-ray bands represents one of the principle means of constraining the properties...
Steven Balbus is an astrophysicist widely recognised for his studies in astrophysical fluid dynamics. He is perhaps best known for his work with J. Hawley on what is now usually referred to as the magnetorotational instability, a highly destabilizing process believed to be at the heart of accretion disk turbulence, the origin of which had been ...
Oxford, UK. We are pleased to invite you to celebrate the career of Steven Balbus, Savilian Professor of Astronomy, as we also celebrate his recent 70th birthday. Please join us in Oxford for an exciting schedule of talks and activities.
