Neutron Stars on Fire
Thermonuclear Probes of Rotation, Magnetism, and Nuclear Physics
May 11-13, 2003
Institute for Advanced Study
Princeton, New Jersey
Supported in part by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Twenty five years after their discovery, thermonuclear flashes in accreting neutron stars continue to offer a unique setting for studying phenomena in extreme physical conditions. This meeting will focus on the use of such X-ray bursts in studying the properties of ultradense matter, the synthesis of heavy elements, and the evolution of neutron star spins and magnetic fields.
SOC: D. Psaltis (IAS), F. Özel (IAS), L. Bildsten (ITP/UCSB), T. Strohmayer (NASA/GSFC), E. Kuulkers (ESA/ESTEC)
Confirmed Participants:
S. Bhattacharyya (Maryland), L. Bildsten (ITP/UCSB), E. Brown (Chicago), D. Chakrabarty (MIT), P. Chang (UCSB), Y. Chen (UIUC), R. Cornelisse (SRON), J. Cottam (GSFC), A. Cumming (UCSC), S. DeDeo (Princeton), J. Fisker (Basel), D. Galloway (MIT), D. Gryaznykh (Russia), J. Hartman (MIT), E. Kuulkers (ESA/ESTEC), F. Lamb (UIUC), J. Lattimer (SUNY), Y. Levin (CITA), A. Majczyna (Poland), H. Marshall (MIT), C. Miller (Maryland), S. Morsink (Alberta), M. Muno (MIT), D. Nice (Princeton), C. Noel (Bruxelles), F. Özel (IAS), B. Paczynski (Princeton), F. Paerels (Columbia), A. Piro (ITP/UCSB), D. Psaltis (Arizona), H. Schatz (MSU), N. Schulz (MIT), V. Simonenko (Russia), A. Spitkovsky (Berkeley), H. Spruit (MPA), S. Starrfield (Arizona State), T. Strohmayer (GSFC), S. Starrfield (ASU), J. Swank (GSFC), R. Taam (Northwestern), G. Ushomirsky (MIT), M. Zingale (UCSC)
Scientific Program
(s): short talks (20+10 mins); (l): long talks (30+15 mins)
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Time |
Sunday May 11 |
Monday May 12 |
Tuesday May 13 |
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Chair: Fred Lamb |
Chair: Lars Bildsten |
Chair: Sharon Morsink |
| 9:00 |
Overview Of Burst Physics (l) L. Bildsten |
Superbursts (l) A. Cumming Bursts at Low Accretion Rates (s) R. Cornelisse Low Mdot Bursters-Gravitational Sedimentation (s) S. Starrfield |
Gravitationally Redshifted Lines (s) J. Cottam Chandra Results on Lines from Bursters (s) H. Marshall Atmospheric Composition in Bursters (s) P. Chang |
| 9:45 |
Overview of Burst Observations (l) E. Kuulkers |
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| 10:30 | C O F F E E - B R E A K | ||
| 11:00 |
Burst Oscillations During Rise and Superbursts (l) T. Strohmayer |
Eddington-limited Bursts (s) D. Galloway Neutron-Star Modes (l) G. Ushomirsky Pulsational Stability of Steady State Models (s) A. Piro |
Neutron Star Properties and Equations of State (l) J. Lattimer Constraints on Gravity Theories from Redshifts (s) S. DeDeo Spectra of Bursters (s) A. Majczyna |
| 11:45 |
Ignition and Propagation of Nuclear Burning (l) A. Spitkovsky |
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| 12:30 | L U N C H | ||
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Chair: Tod Strohmayer |
Chair: Ron Taam |
Chair: Deepto Chakrabarty |
| 2:00 |
Burst Oscillations in Burst Tails (l) M. Muno |
Magnetic Fields of Bursters (l) H. Spruit |
Core Temperatures of Bursters (l) E. Brown |
| 2:45 |
Model Constraints from Burst Oscillations (l) F. Özel |
Nuclear Physics of Bursts (l) H. Schatz |
Workshop Summary B. Paczynski Discussion on Future of Burst Research |
| 3:30 | C O F F E E - B R E A K | ||
| 4:00 |
Bursts and Oscillations in Millisecond Pulsars (l) D. Chakrabarty |
Numerical Simulations of Nuclear Burning (l) M. Zingale |
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| 4:45 |
Burst Oscillations and kHz QPOs (s) D. Psaltis Burst Oscillations and Alfven-Rossby Waves (s) F. Lamb |
Nuclear effects on burst behavior (s) J. Fisker * Conference Dinner 6:30pm, IAS Dining Hall |
Talks
Sunday May 11
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Overview Of Burst Physics
L. Bildsten (KITP) -
Overview of Burst Observations
E. Kuulkers (ESA/ESTEC) -
Burst Oscillations During Rise and Superbursts
T. Strohmayer (NASA/GSFC) -
Ignition and Propagation of Nuclear Burning
A. Spitkovsky (UC Berkeley) -
Burst Oscillations in Burst Tails
M. Muno (MIT) -
Model Constraints from Burst Oscillations
F. Özel (IAS) -
Bursts and Oscillations in Millisecond Pulsars
D. Chakrabarty (MIT) -
Burst Oscillations and kHz QPOs
D. Psaltis (Arizona) -
Burst Oscillations and Alfven-Rossby Waves
F. Lamb (Illinois)
Spin-resonance model of kHz QPOs
M. C. Miller (Maryland)
Monday May 12
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Superbursts
A. Cumming (UCSC) -
Bursts at Low Accretion Rates
R. Cornelisse (Southampton) -
Low Mdot Bursters-Gravitational Sedimentation
S. Starrfield (Arizona State) -
Eddington-limited Bursts
D. Galloway (MIT) -
Neutron-Star Modes
G. Ushomirsky (MIT) -
Pulsational Stability of Steady State Models
A. Piro (UCSB) -
Magnetic Fields of Bursters
H. Spruit (MPA) -
Nuclear Physics of Bursts
H. Schatz (Michigan State) -
Numerical Simulations of Nuclear Burning
M. Zingale (UCSC) -
Nuclear Effects on Burst Behavior
J. Fisker (U. Basel)
Tuesday May 13
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Gravitationally Redshifted Lines
J. Cottam (NASA/GSFC) -
Chandra Results on Lines from Bursters
H. Marshall (MIT) -
Atmospheric Composition in Bursters
P. Chang (UCSB) -
Neutron Star Properties and Equations of State
J. Lattimer (SUNYSB) -
Constraints on Gravity Theories from Redshift Measurements
S. DeDeo (Princeton) -
Spectra of Bursters
A. Majczyna (Copernicus Institute, Warsaw) -
Core Temperatures of Bursters
E. Brown (U. Chicago) -
Workshop Summary
B. Paczynski (Princeton)
Participants (as of May 8, 2003)
1. Sudip Bhattacharyya University of Maryland Department of Astronomy College Park, MD 20742 email: sudip@astro.umd.edu phone: 301-405-1383 2. Lars Bildsten ITP/UC Santa Barbara Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics Kohn Hall UCSB Santa Barbara, CA 93106 email: bildsten@itp.ucsb.edu phone: 805 893 3979 fax: 805 893 2431 3. Edward Brown University of Chicago Enrico Fermi Institute 5640 S Ellis Ave Chicago, IL 60637 email: brown@flash.uchicago.edu phone: 773 702-9751 fax: 773 702-6645 4. Deepto Chakrabarty MIT Department of Physics 70 Vassar Street, Room 37-626A Cambridge, MA 02139 email: deepto@space.mit.edu phone: 617-253-3840 5. Philip Chang UC Santa Barbara Department of Physics Broida Hall, Building 572 University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530 email: pchang@physics.ucsb.edu phone: 805-968-4082 fax: (805) 893-3307 6. Yun Chen University of Illinois 1002 W Green Rm 103 Urbana, IL 61802 email : yunchen@uiuc.edu 7. Remon Cornelisse University of Southampton Department of Physics and Astronomy Highfield Campus Southampton Hampshire SO17 1BJ United Kingdom email: cornelis@astro.soton.ac.uk phone: +44 23 80593918 fax: +44 23 80593910 8. Jean Cottam NASA/GSFC Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics Code 662 Greenbelt, MD, 20771 email: jcottam@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov phone: 301 286 1586 fax: 301 286 1684 9. Andrew Cumming UC Santa Cruz UCO/Lick Observatory, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz CA 95064 email: cumming@ucolick.org phone: (831) 459 5246 fax: (831) 459 5265 10. Simon DeDeo Princeton University Dept. of Astrophysics Princeton, NJ 08544 USA email: simon@astro.princeton.edu phone: 609-924-0472 11. Jacob Fisker University of Basel Institute of Physics Klingelbergstrasse 82 4056 Basel CH, Switzerland email: fisker@quasar.physik.unibas.ch phone: +41 61 267 3785 fax: +41 61 267 3784 12. Duncan Galloway MIT Center for Space Research 37-626b, 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02139 email : duncan@space.mit.edu phone : 617 2536996 fax : 617 2530861 13. Jake Hartman MIT Center for Space Research 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Rm 37-624 Cambridge, MA 02139 email: jhartman@mit.edu phone: 617-253-7554 14. Erik Kuulkers ESA/ESTEC Science Operations & Data Systems Division SCI-SDG Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands email: ekuulker@rssd.esa.int phone: +31-71-5656145 fax: +31-71-5654690 15. Frederick K. Lamb University of Illinois Center for Theoretical Astrophysics Department of Physics 1110 W. Green Street Urbana, IL 61801 email : fkl@uiuc.edu phone : 217 333 6363 fax : 217 244 7559 16. James Lattimer SUNY Stony Brook Dept. of Physics & Astronomy Stony Brook, NY 11794-3800 email : lattimer@astro.sunysb.edu phone : 631-632-8227 fax : 631-632-1745 17. Agnieszka Majczyna Copernicus Astronomical Center ul. Bartycka 18 00-716 Warsaw Poland email: majczyna@astrouw.edu.pl 18. Herman Marshall MIT Center for Space Research NE80-6031 Cambridge, MA 02139 email: hermanm@space.mit.edu phone: 617-253-8573 fax: 617-253-8084 19. Morgan May Brookhaven National Laboratory Physics Department 510A Upton, NY 11973 email : may@bnl.gov phone : 631-344-3934 fax : 631-344-3000 20. Cole Miller University of Maryland Department of Astronomy College Park, MD 20742-2421 email: miller@astro.umd.edu phone: (301) 405-1037 fax: (301) 314-9067 21. Sharon Morsink University of Alberta Department of Physics Edmonton, AB T6G 2J1 Canada email : morsink@phys.ualberta.ca phone : 780-492-3987 fax : 780-492-0714 22. Michael Muno MIT Center for Space Research 70 Vassar St. Bldg. 37-664h Cambridge, MA 02139 email : muno@mit.edu phone : 617 253 3429 fax : 617 253 0861 23. David Nice Princeton University Physics Dept., Jadwin Hall Box 708 Princeton, NJ 08544 email : dnice@princeton.edu 24. Claire Noel Universite Libre de Bruxelles Institut d'astronomie et d'astrophysique IAA Campus de la plaine - CP226 Boulevard du Triomphe B- 1050 Bruxelles - Belgique email: clnoel@astro.ulb.ac.be phone: +32-2-650 35 70 fax: +32-2 650 42 26 25. Feryal Ozel Institute for Advanced Study School of Natural Sciences Einstein Drive Princeton, NJ 08540 email : fozel@ias.edu phone : 609-734-8153 26. Bohdan Paczynski Princeton University 124 Peyton Hall Princeton, NJ 08544-1001 email: bp@astro.princeton.edu phone: 609-258-3807 fax: 609-258-1020 27. Frits Paerels Columbia University Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory 550 West 120th Street New York, NY 10027 email: frits@astro.columbia.edu phone: (212) 854-0181 fax: (212) 854-8121 28. Anthony Piro UC Santa Barbara 777 Madrona Walk Apt E Goleta CA 93117 email : piro@physics.ucsb.edu 29. Dimitrios Psaltis University of Arizona Physics Department 1118 E. 4th St. Tucson, AZ 85721 email: dpsaltis@physics.arizona.edu 30. Hendrik Schatz Michigan State University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, South Shaw Lane East Lansing MI 48842 email: schatz@nscl.msu.edu phone: (517) 333 6397 fax: (517) 353 5967 31. Norbert Schulz MIT 70 Vassar Str. Cambridge , MA 02139 email: nss@space.mit.edu phone: 617 258 5767 fax: 617 253 8084 32. Anatoly Spitkovsky UC Berkeley Astronomy Dept 601 Campbell Hall Berkeley, CA 94720 email : anatoly@astron.berkeley.edu phone : 510-642-8987 fax : 510-642-3411 33. Henk Spruit MPA Postfach 1317 85741 Garching Germany email: henk@mpa-garching.mpg.de phone: +49 89 30000 2220 fax: +49 89 30000 2235 34. Sumner Starrfield Arizona State University Dept of Physics and Astronomy P.O. Box 871504 Tempe, AZ 85287-1504 email: starrfield@asu.edu phone: 480-96507569 fax: 480-965-7954 35. Tod Strohmayer NASA/GSFC Mail Code 662 Greenbelt, MD 20771 email : Tod.E.Strohmayer@nasa.gov phone : 301-286-1256 fax : 301-286-1684 36. Jean Swank NASA/GSFC Code 662 Greenbelt, MD 20771 email: swank@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov phone: 301-286-9167 fax: 301-286-1684 37. Ronald Taam Northwestern University Department of Physics & Astronomy Dearborn Observatory 2131 Tech Drive Evanston, IL 60208 email : taam@tonic.astro.northwestern.edu phone : 847 491 7528 fax : 847 491 3135 38. Greg Ushomirsky MIT 402 Highland Ave #33 Somerville, MA 02144 email: gregus@tapir.caltech.edu 39. Michael Zingale UC Santa Cruz UCO/Lick Observatory Santa Cruz, CA 95064 email: zingale@ucolick.org phone: 831-459-5246