Victoria M. Kaspi

Physics Department McGill University Ernest Rutherford Physics Building 3600 University Street Montréal, QC Canada   H3A 2T8 Téléphone : 514-398-6412 Télécopieur : 514-398-3733 Courriel: vkaspi@physics.mcgill.ca Web: http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~vkaspi/

Champ de recherche : Pulsars

Description du projet de recherche :
My research centres on neutron stars: ultradense, rapidly rotating stars that are close cousins of black holes. My research goals are to constrain fundamental physics by observing neutron stars, as their extreme physical properties are very interesting, yet cannot be simulated in a laboratory. To this end, I observe neutron stars using the largest and most powerful radio and X-ray telescopes in the world. Among the specific questions I am hoping to answer are how neutron stars are formed, how fast they can rotate, what are they made of, and what sort of magnetic fields can they harbour. These questions ultimately constrain fundamental issues such as the equation of state of dense matter, and the physics of supernova explosions, the source of the matter out of which we are made. I also use binary pulsars to study a variety of topics ranging from theories of gravity to binary evolution to stellar structure.

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