{"id":206,"date":"2013-07-01T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/soker\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2023-05-04T15:26:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T12:26:28","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/soker\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-equal\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<p>I am an astrophysicist conducting theoretical research on a rich variety of objects: Heating hot gas in clusters of galaxies by jets launched from super-massive black holes; Supernovae of exploding massive stars; The progenitors of Supernovae Ia (exploding white dwarfs); Merger of white dwarfs; The shaping of clouds around dying stars; The influence of planets on stellar evolution; Violent mass transfer between stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my specific contributions to these topics see my curriculum vitae<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"heb\">\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e1\u05d8\u05e8\u05d5\u05e4\u05d9\u05e1\u05d9\u05e7\u05d0\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e2\u05d5\u05e1\u05e7 \u05d1\u05de\u05d7\u05e7\u05e8 \u05ea\u05d9\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05d8\u05d9 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d0\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 \u05e2\u05e9\u05d9\u05e8 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d2\u05e8\u05de\u05d9 \u05e9\u05de\u05d9\u05dd: \u05d7\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05dd \u05d2\u05d6 \u05d1\u05e6\u05d1\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d2\u05dc\u05e7\u05e1\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05e1\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05d5\u05d2\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05d7\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05d7\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05d0\u05d5\u05d3; \u05e1\u05d5\u05e4\u05e8\u05e0\u05d5\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc 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