13.12.2016
Morgane Fortin
(CAMK PAN, Warsaw)
Neutron stars: astrophysical laboratories for nuclear physics
STRESZCZENIE
Neutron stars are formed in supernovae during the collapse that marks the end of the life of stars with a mass of about 10 solar masses. Although they have observed in all wavelengths for 40 years, their structure and the properties of the matter inside them are still poorly known. I will present how astrophysical observations of neutron stars may enable us to better understand and constrain nuclear physics and review the current knowledge of neutron star matter.
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O PRELEGENCIE
I studied physics at Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris and did my Masters in astrophysics at Observatoire de Paris. Then I did a joint PhD between Observatoire de Paris and CAMK in Prof. Haensel's group. I got my PhD diploma in 2012 from the two institutions. I then moved to Rome Sapienza University for a short while and I am back in Warsaw, at CAMK since May 2014 where I have a postdoc position. From this September to the end of November I am working on astronuclear physics applied to neutron stars at Coimbra University in Portugal.
My research focuses on the modelling of neutron stars, at the interface between nuclear physics and astrophysics. In particular I study the thermal evolution of isolated and accreting neutron stars and the rotational evolution of neutron stars in binary systems. At the moment I also develop models for the interior of neutron stars taking into account the current constraints on the nuclear properties from laboratory experiments.