Studies in Theoretical Astrophysics

该奖项支持几个理论天体物理学研究：1)适合棕矮星及其演化的固态物理学；2)中子星内部磁场的命运和寿命；3)可以解释脉冲星辐射特征的中子星振荡；4)控制旋转磁天体物理气体射流的力量。天文学家正在发现越来越多奇特的恒星，包括“棕矮星”和“中子星”。这些恒星内部的物质更类似于地球上的物质和等离子体，而不是普通恒星的气体。这笔拨款支持有关这些恒星结构的理论研究。固体和等离子体物理学的天体物理学应用应该为这三种科学提供观测测试。

This award supports several theoretical astrophysical investigations: 1) The solid-state physics appropriate for brown dwarf stars and their evolution; 2) the fate and longevity of magnetic fields within neutron stars; 3) oscillations of neutron stars that may explain features of pulsar radiation; and 4) forces controlling rotating magnetic astrophysical gas jets. Astronomers are discovering ever more exotic kinds of stars, including "brown dwarfs" and "neutron stars." The materials within these stars are more similar to materials and plasmas on Earth than to the gases of ordinary stars. This grant supports theoretical investigations concerning the structure of these stars. The astrophysical application of solid-state and plasma physics should provide observational tests for all three sciences.