Professor of Physics
Interim Dean, College of Science and Technology
Director, Center for Relativity and Cosmology

315 A MSCX, Troy University
Troy, Alabama 36082
Phone: (334) 670-3924
gmenon@troy.edu

Office Hours (CST): MWF 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

External Appointment: Graduate Faculty, The Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Kansas 		      Menon_NYC

jet Credit: Goddard Space flight center, NASA
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Research
My current research involves a mathematical study of the active magnetospheres of black holes. I seek solutions describing the primary mechanism behind jet formation (see figure on left) in supermassive black holes and active galatic nuclei.

Recent Publications
Adhikari, R., Menon, G., Medvedev, M.," Force-free electromagnetic configurations in FLRW geometry", Phys. Rev. D., (2024)
Adhikari, R., Menon, G., Medvedev, M.," Non-null and Force-Free Electromagnetic Configurations in Kerr Geometry",
      Phys. Rev. D., (2023)
Menon, G., "The Non-Null and Force-free Electromagnetic Field ", Classical and Quantum Gravity, (2021)
Menon, G., "The Null and Force-free Electromagnetic Field ", Classical and Quantum Gravity, (2020)
Menon, G., "Force-free electrodynamics and Foliations in an arbitrary spacetime", Classical and Quantum Gravity, (2020)

 

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Coauthored Manuscripts

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