/~townsend/ News from Rich Townsend's website Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:35:00 -0500 en-us /~townsend/news.php?ref=talks-section /~townsend/news.php?ref=talks-section Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:35:00 -0500 /~townsend/news.php?ref=ez-web-status-20120820 /~townsend/news.php?ref=ez-web-status-20120820 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:18:00 -0500 /~townsend/news.php?ref=mesasdk-20120727 /~townsend/news.php?ref=mesasdk-20120727 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:35:00 -0500 I've released a new version (20120727) of the MESA SDK /~townsend/news.php?ref=mesasdk-32-bit /~townsend/news.php?ref=mesasdk-32-bit Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:26:00 -0600 /~townsend/news.php?ref=mesasdk /~townsend/news.php?ref=mesasdk Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:33:00 -0600 /~townsend/news.php?ref=word-cloud /~townsend/news.php?ref=word-cloud Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:42:00 -0600 I've created a word cloud of my research publications /~townsend/news.php?ref=ez-web-slurm /~townsend/news.php?ref=ez-web-slurm Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:33:00 -0600 EZ-Web is back up after a rebuild of the server, and a switch to a new queue/scheduling system /~townsend/news.php?ref=gpu-period /~townsend/news.php?ref=gpu-period Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:22:00 -0500 I've a new paper on calculating the Lomb-Scargle periodogram using graphics processing units /~townsend/news.php?ref=gtc-10 /~townsend/news.php?ref=gtc-10 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:19:00 -0500 I'm at the GPU Technology Conference 2010 in San Jose, CA /~townsend/news.php?ref=paris-armagh /~townsend/news.php?ref=paris-armagh Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:59:00 -0500 I've recently arrived in Armagh for the 4th MiMeS workshop, after a week attending IAU Symposium 272 in Paris /~townsend/news.php?ref=spindown-paper /~townsend/news.php?ref=spindown-paper Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:30:00 -0500 Discovery of Rotational Braking in the Magnetic Helium-Strong Star Sigma Orionis E /~townsend/news.php?ref=hd7355-paper /~townsend/news.php?ref=hd7355-paper Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:49:00 -0500 I'm a co-author on a pair of new papers, reporting the discovery of a strong magnetic field in the B2 star HR 7355 /~townsend/news.php?ref=magstrat-snr-faraday-papers /~townsend/news.php?ref=magstrat-snr-faraday-papers Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:10:00 -0600 I'm involved in two new papers, one on magnetized supernova remnants and the other on a magnetic-mediated shear instabilities. /~townsend/news.php?ref=poly-web /~townsend/news.php?ref=poly-web Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:36:00 -0600 I've create a web-based code that constructs polytopes by solving the Lane-Emden equation /~townsend/news.php?ref=caching /~townsend/news.php?ref=caching Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:43:00 -0500 I've implemented caching functionality on the website, which should speed things up a bit. /~townsend/news.php?ref=postdoc-09 /~townsend/news.php?ref=postdoc-09 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:51:00 -0500 I'm hiring a new Post-Doc, to form the core of the team for my angular momentum transport project. /~townsend/news.php?ref=hd57682-paper /~townsend/news.php?ref=hd57682-paper Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:27:00 -0500 I'm a co-author on a new paper reporting the discovery of a strong dipole magnetic field in the O9 star HD 56682 /~townsend/news.php?ref=ez-web /~townsend/news.php?ref=ez-web Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:10:00 -0500 I've got EZ-Web, a web-based interface to a stellar evolution code, working again. /~townsend/news.php?ref=grassy /~townsend/news.php?ref=grassy Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:37:00 -0500 Another of my NSF proposals, to construct a computer platform for fast spectral synthesis, has been approved for funding. /~townsend/news.php?ref=santa-fe-paper /~townsend/news.php?ref=santa-fe-paper Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:53:00 -0500 I've just finissshed a new conference paper exploring wave transport of angular momentum in massive stars. /~townsend/news.php?ref=most-rasalhague /~townsend/news.php?ref=most-rasalhague Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:00:00 -0500 The MOST microsatellite has detected delta Scuti-like pulsation in Rasalhague /~townsend/news.php?ref=wave-transport /~townsend/news.php?ref=wave-transport Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:14:00 -0500 One of my NSF proposals, to investigate wave transport of angular momentum in pulsating massive stars, has been approved for funding. /~townsend/news.php?ref=mines-2 /~townsend/news.php?ref=mines-2 Mon, 11 May 2009 19:36:00 -0500 I'm currently attending the MiMeS 2 meeting in Paris. /~townsend/news.php?ref=suzaku-morris /~townsend/news.php?ref=suzaku-morris Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:22:00 -0500 Our Suzaku proposal to study wind structure in high-mass X-ray binaries has been accepted. /~townsend/news.php?ref=rrm-movies /~townsend/news.php?ref=rrm-movies Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:11:00 -0600 I've uploaded a grid of movies based on my Rigidly Rotating Magnetosphere model /~townsend/news.php?ref=sn-magwind /~townsend/news.php?ref=sn-magwind Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:17:00 -0600 Using the Athena3D MHD code, I've been exploring what happens when a supernova explodes into a pre-existing, magnetized wind. /~townsend/news.php?ref=gamma-jets-paper /~townsend/news.php?ref=gamma-jets-paper Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:58:00 -0600 I'm a co-author on a new paper that discusses clump-induced variability in a microquasar. /~townsend/news.php?ref=kpno-2009-01-debrief /~townsend/news.php?ref=kpno-2009-01-debrief Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:23:00 -0600 Fernando and I are now back from Kitt Peak, after a largely successful observing run. /~townsend/news.php?ref=rss /~townsend/news.php?ref=rss Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:49:00 -0600 I've put together an RSS 2.0 feed for the news component of the website. /~townsend/news.php?ref=kpno-2009-01 /~townsend/news.php?ref=kpno-2009-01 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:39:00 -0600 /~townsend/news.php?ref=medusa-first /~townsend/news.php?ref=medusa-first Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:42:00 -0600 /~townsend/news.php?ref=cooling-paper /~townsend/news.php?ref=cooling-paper Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:19:00 -0600 /~townsend/news.php?ref=most-monnier /~townsend/news.php?ref=most-monnier Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:16:00 -0600 /~townsend/news.php?ref=cuda-dirtyft /~townsend/news.php?ref=cuda-dirtyft Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:48:00 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