PhD project: Nucleosynthesis in novae and X-ray bursts
Project description
Novae and X-ray bursts originate from binary stellar systems and involve explosive hydrogen and helium burning reactions on the surface of a white dwarf or neutron star. There are a few key reaction rates involving proton-rich radioactive nuclei that need to be determined in order to understand the astronomical observations for elemental abundances of novae ejecta, isotopic abundances in meteorites, and light corves from X-ray bursts. These experiments will be performed at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Michigan, USA, the CRYRING heavy ion storage ring facility at GSI laboratory Germany, and on the GRAND RAIDEN spectrometer in Osaka, Japan.
Project supervisor
- Professor Phil Woods (School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
The project supervisor welcomes informal enquiries about this project.
Find out more about this research area
The links below summarise our research in the area(s) relevant to this project:
- Find out more about Nuclear Astrophysics.
- Find out more about Nuclear Physics.
- Find out more about the Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics.
What next?
- Find out how to apply for our PhD degrees.
- Find out about fees and funding and studentship opportunities.
- View and complete the application form (on the main University website).
- Find out how to contact us for more information.