YITP neutron-star workshop
Convenient scheduling and a generous host meant that I was lucky enough to
attend the
Yukawa
Institute for Theoretical Physics workshop on
Nucleosynthesis
and Evolution of Neutron Stars at Kyoto University, end of this month.
The workshop featured observers, astro and nuclear theorists, and nuclear
experimentalists, and was supported in part by
IReNA. Was great to catch up with
some colleagues' work on thermonuclear bursts, including with the
remarkable
NinjaSat
satellite. Also lots of presentations and posters about identifying and
investigating key nuclear reactions for thermonuclear bursts.
I gave a talk covering X-ray binaries and focussing on new views of
thermonuclear bursts, including some recent work with matching
observations and numerical models.
I am extremely grateful to the organisers and also the Foundation for Promotion of Astronomy who supported my travel and local costs.