Richard Townsend

Position title: Professor, Department Chair

Phone: 608-262-1752

Address:
4550 Sterling Hall

Research Interests

I’m interested in dynamical phenomena of massive stars – primarily, rotation, pulsation, mass loss, and magnetic fields. I make extensive use of theoretical models and computational tools to explore these fascinating processes.

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Publications

Wind channeling, magnetospheres, and spindown of magnetic massive stars

Owocki, S., ud-Doula, A., Townsend, R., Petit, V., Sundqvist, J., Cohen, D., 2014
Conference Proceedings in “IAU Symposium” Pages 320-329
X-rays from magnetic massive OB stars

Petit, V., Cohen, D., Nazé, Y., Gagné, M., Townsend, R., et al., 2014
Conference Proceedings in “IAU Symposium” Pages 330-333
X-rays from magnetically confined wind shocks: effect of cooling-regulated shock retreat

ud-Doula, A., Owocki, S., Townsend, R., Petit, V., Cohen, D., 2014
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 441, Pages 3600-3614
3D Simulations of Magnetic Massive Star Winds

ud-Doula, A., Sundqvist, J., Owocki, S., Petit, V., Townsend, R., 2013
Conference Proceedings in “Massive Stars: From alpha to Omega” Pages 104
A magnetic confinement versus rotation classification of massive-star magnetospheres

Petit, V., Owocki, S., Wade, G., Cohen, D., Sundqvist, J., et al., 2013
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 429, Pages 398-422