Understanding the Physics of Neutron Star Interiors

我的计划将提高我们对中子星（NSs，对核物理学很重要）内部的理解，以及对包含NSs的双星系统的演化的理解。测量NSs的半径是困难的，但对于限制它们的组成至关重要，而研究球状星团中静态NSs的方法可能是最有前途的。我正在领导一些项目，以限制这种方法中的系统误差，并以提供有用的核物理约束所需的精度获得观测结果。我正在研究中微子发射的差异，这有望阐明中微子核向中子超流动性的转变，以及快速urca过程中微子发射的密度阈值。我正在探索包含NSs和黑洞的双星系统的演化，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态NSs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.