Thermonuclear Bursts: Probing Neutron Stars and their Accretion Environments

The team is involved in a number of projects related to Type I X-ray bursts, with a focus on burst oscillations and photospheric radius expansion.

• State of the art burst modelling
• Developing models of expanded atmospheres and winds
• Interaction of radius expansion X-ray bursts with the surrounding accretion flow
• Calculations of burst spectra and constraining neutron star masses and radii
• The physics of flame spreading and models of burst oscillations
• Observational studies of photospheric radius expansion bursts