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I'm a graduate student in the Department of Physics at the University of California Santa Barbara.  My primary interest is the physics of the envelopes of neutron stars including surface elemental abundance, cooling, and line formation.  My advisor is Prof. Lars Bildsten. Here is my contact info:

Philip Chang
Department of Physics
Broida Hall, Building 572
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530
email: pchang@physics.ucsb.edu

Papers:
Ok so this is a little sparse.  I'm working on it!!!

Atomic Spectral Features During Thermonuclear Flashes on Neutron Stars
Bildsten, L., Chang, P. & Paerels, F. 2003, ApJ, 591, L29

Diffusive Nuclear Burning in Neutron Star Envelopes
Chang, P & Bildsten, L. 2003, ApJ, 585, 464

Variability in the Thermal Emission from Accreting Neutron Star Transients

Brown, E. F.; Bildsten, L; Chang, P. 2002 ApJ, 574, 920.

Conference Proceedings:

Diffusive Nuclear Burning in Neutron Star Envelopes
P. Chang & L. Bildsten

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