Understanding the Physics of Neutron Star Interiors

我的计划将提高我们对中子星内部的理解（NS，对核物理很重要），以及包含NS的双星星星系统的演化。测量NS的半径是困难的，但对限制其组成至关重要，研究球状星团中静止NS的方法可能是最有前途的。我领导的项目，以限制这种方法中的系统误差，并获得观测所需的精度，以提供有用的约束核物理。我正在解开NS之间中微子发射的差异，这有望照亮NS核心中中子超流性的转变，以及快速Urca过程中微子发射的密度阈值。我正在探索包含NS和黑洞的二元系统的演化，通过开发新的观测活动来识别低光度瞬态X射线源，并研究球状星团中静止NS和黑洞的种群。

My program will improve our understanding of the interiors of neutron stars (NSs, important for nuclear physics), and of the evolution of binary star systems containing NSs. Measuring the radius of NSs is difficult, but crucial for constraining their composition, and the method of studying quiescent NSs in globular clusters is likely the most promising. I am leading projects to constrain systematic errors in this method, and obtain observations with the precision needed to give useful constraints on nuclear physics. I am unraveling differences in neutrino emission among NSs, which promise to illuminate the transition to neutron superfluidity in NS cores, and the density threshold for rapid Urca-process neutrino emission. I am exploring the evolution of binary systems containing NSs and black holes, through developing new observational campaigns to identify low-luminosity transient X-ray sources, and studying populations of quiescent NSs and black holes in globular clusters.