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My primary research focuses on compact objects; mainly neutron star, pulsars, supernova remnants and related phenomena. I develop post-Bayesian statistical methods and use them in conjunction with computer simulations to constrain the evolution of neutron stars. We plan to extend this approach and apply it to a broad range of astrophysical problems.

I am currently a member of the Fermi-LAT (formerly GLAST) collaboration. The very high energy (γ-ray) emission from pulsars will hopefully help us finally understand the pulsar emission mechanism; a more than 40 year old jigsaw puzzle.

more than 40... Talks & Presentations

  • "Millisecond Pulsar Ages: implications of Binary Evolution & a Maximum Spin Frequency ", Kiziltan & Thorsett, 2009, [...Details...]
  • "Constraints on Pulsar Evolution: The Joint Period-Spindown Distribution of Millisecond Pulsars", Kiziltan & Thorsett, 2009, ADS, [...Detail...]
  • "Suprising Trove of Gamma-Ray Pulsars", an article in the Sky & Telescope magazine:
  • ...Bülent Kiziltan and Steve Thorsett (University of California, Santa Cruz) showed that different millisecond pulsars must form by at least two distinct processes. But the nature of the second process remains a mystery... [...Details...]

     

  • U. of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics ranked 1st in the US., arXiv, [...Details...]