Studies of Degenerate Stars

在过去的几年里，天体物理学最令人印象深刻的进步之一是 近十年来一直在致密恒星物理学领域。 部分 这些进步的原因是不太明显， 同样重要的进展，在其内部的理论 结构 在过去的几年里，首席研究员 (PI)一直走在固态应用的最前沿 理论物理学与白色矮星模型的建立 和中子星 这一为期三年的奖项将提供支持， 在这一领域的持续研究，包括广泛的 从中子星到“褐矮星”， 巨大的行星。 这项工作将包括对 振动频谱（这些物体如何振动）， 以及其中的“状态方程” 温度和压力的变化。

Among the most impressive strides in astrophysics over the last decade has been in the area of the physics of compact stars. Part of the reason for these advances has been the less visible but equally important progress made in the theory of their internal structure. In the past several years the Principal Investigator (PI) has been at the forefront of the application of solid-state theoretical physics to the construction of models of white dwarfs and neutron stars. This three-year award will provide support for the continued research in this general area, including a wide variety of topics ranging from neutron stars, to "brown dwarfs," to giant planets. This work will include research into the oscillation frequency spectrum (how these objects vibrate) as well as the "equation of state" in them which permits an estimate of temperature and pressure in their interiors.