Ilaria defended her thesis on QED and X-ray polarization from neutron stars and black holes. She’s off to Caltech as a Burke Fellow. Congratulations Ilaria!
Ilaria Caiazzo Sucessfully Defends Her Thesis
Discovery of a Superlative White Dwarf
It’s magnetic! It’s massive! It’s covered in helium! It may have a companion, and it was born from a single massive star! Check out the super white dwarf of Messier 47 in our ApJ paper 10.3847/1538-4357/ab2874!