Research at MoCA is focussed in several groups as well as a range of individual research interests. The main research groups are listed below. Information about particular research topics can be found by following the links.
| Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics and MHD | Dynamics Research | ||
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The Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics group studies the processes involved in star and planet formation. The primary numerical method we utilise is Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), originally developed by Joe Monaghan. |  |
The dynamics group studies small-N systems, in particular extrasolar planetary systems including the effects of moons, tides, spin-orbit coupling and relativity, and the dynamics of small-N systems in dense stellar systems. Three-body stability is central to much of our work. |
| Galaxy Evolution | Gravitational Waves | ||
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The Galaxy Evolution Group studies how galaxies change and evolve over cosmic time. |  |
The Gravitational Wave group is involved in all forms of gravitational-wave research across all wavebands. This includes astrophysics, instrumentation and data analysis for the LIGO detectors that recently announced the first, direct detection of gravitational waves. |
| High Energy Astrophysics | SINS: Stellar Interiors and NucleoSynthesis | ||
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High Energy Astrophysics involves understanding some of the most violent objects in the universe, such as supernovae and the neutron stars they leave behind. |  |
The SINs Group studies the structure and interior evolution of stars as well as the nuclear elements they produce. |
| Clique du Soleil: Solar Physics | Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics | ||
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The Solar Physics group is mainly concerned with understanding magnetic activity in the Sun using helioseismology | 
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The SPH group at Monash is interested in applying the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics method to a wide variety of problems in fluid dynamics and computational astrophysics. |
Other research topics at MoCA include:
| | Neutron Star Binaries |  | Particle Cosmology |
 | The Formation of the Solar System |  | Star Formation |
 | Active Galaxies |  | Binary Stars and the Early Universe |
 | Supernova Remnants |  | Black Holes |