Charles Hellaby

Charles William Hellaby is an associate professor of applied mathematics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, working in the field of cosmology.[1] He is a member of the International Astronomical Union[2] and a member of the Bahá'í Faith.[3]

Charles William Hellaby
NationalityScottish
EducationUniversity of St Andrews
Alma materQueen's University
Known forStudies in inhomogeneous cosmology and general relativity
Spouse(s)Shirifa (Sharifa) Adonis
ChildrenBlake Zayn Hellaby
Zoe Munirih Hellaby
Scientific career
FieldsApplied mathematics
Cosmology
InstitutionsUniversity of Cape Town
Academic advisorsKayll Lake
WebsiteProf Hellaby at UCT

Life

Hellaby was born to Rev. William Allen Meldrum Hellaby and Emily Madeline Hellaby. His twin brother, Mark Edwin Hellaby, pursued a career in literature while his younger brother, Julian Meldrum Hellaby, took to music as a career.[4] He obtained a BSc (Physics & Astronomy) at the University of St Andrews, Scotland in 1977. He completed his MSc (Relativity) at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario in 1981 and his PhD (Relativity) at Queen's University in 1985.[1]

From 1985 to 1988 he was a Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of Cape Town under George Ellis. In 1989 he was appointed a lecturer at the University of Cape Town.[1][5]

Hellaby is a member of the International Astronomical Union (Division J Galaxies and Cosmology), having previously been a member of Division VIII Galaxies & the Universe and subsequently Commission 47 Cosmology.[2]

Research

His research interests include:

  • Inhomogeneous cosmology. Standard cosmology assumes a smooth homogeneous universe, but the real universe is very lumpy
  • Inhomogeneous cosmological models - their evolution, geometry and singularities
  • Non-linear structure formation in the universe
  • Extracting the geometry of the cosmos from observations
  • The Lemaitre–Tolman cosmological model
  • The Szekeres cosmological model
  • Junction conditions in GR
  • Dense black holes
  • Local inhomogeneities and the Swiss cheese model

He has also worked on

Hellaby co-authored Structures in the Universe by Exact Methods: Formation, Evolution, Interactions[6] in which applications of inhomogenous solutions to Albert Einstein's field equations of cosmology are reviewed. The structure of galaxy clusters, galaxies with central black holes and supernovae dimming can be studied with the aid of inhomogenous models.[5]

References
  1. Staff profile: Charles Hellaby, University of Cape Town, archived from the original on 11 November 2012, retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. "International Astronomical Union". IAU. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  3. "My Faith", Charles Hellaby home page, archived from the original on 2015-07-10, retrieved 2016-01-24
  4. "Tributes to woman who shared role with Margaret Thatcher". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  5. Queen's Alumni Review (PDF). Queen's University, Kingston. 2010. p. 61. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. Bolejko, K.; Krasiński, A.; Hellaby, C.; Célérier, M.N. (2010). Structures in the Universe by Exact Methods: Formation, Evolution, Interactions. Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-76914-3. Retrieved 20 August 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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