Kris Walker

ORCID: 0000-0003-2128-1289
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Research Areas
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Scientific Research and Discoveries
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Geophysics and Sensor Technology
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics
2024

ASTRO-3D
2024

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research
2024

The University of Western Australia
2024

ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery
2022-2024

Monash University
2022

Australian Research Council
2022

Swinburne University of Technology
2022

It is currently unknown how matter behaves at the extreme densities found within cores of neutron stars. Gravitational waves from binary star mergers encode rich information about stars' deformability, allowing equation state---and hence nuclear physics---to be inferred. Planned third-generation gravitational-wave observatories, having vastly improved sensitivity, are expected to provide tight constraints on state. We combine simulated observations by observatories Cosmic Explorer and...

10.1103/physrevd.110.043013 article EN Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2024-08-06

Abstract Observations of the intracluster medium (ICM) in outskirts galaxy clusters reveal shocks associated with gas accretion from cosmic web. Previous work based on non-radiative cosmological hydrodynamical simulations have defined shock radius, $r_{\text{shock}}$ , using ICM entropy, $K \propto T/{n_\mathrm{e}}^{2/3}$ where T and $n_{\text{e}}$ are temperature electron density, respectively; is identified either radius at which K a maximum or its logarithmic slope minimum. We investigate...

10.1017/pasa.2024.132 article EN Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 2025-01-01

We model long-term variations in the scintillation of binary pulsar PSR J1603$-$7202, observed by 64 m Parkes radio telescope (Murriyang) between 2004 and 2016. find that time variation arc curvature is well-modelled scattering from an anisotropic thin screen plasma Earth pulsar. Using our model, we measure inclination angle longitude ascending node orbit, yielding a significant improvement over constraints timing. From measurement angle, place lower bound on mass J1603$-$7202's companion...

10.3847/1538-4357/ac69c6 article EN cc-by The Astrophysical Journal 2022-06-28

Cosmological parameters such as $\Omega_{\rm{M}}$ and $\sigma_{8}$ can be measured indirectly using various methods, including galaxy cluster abundance cosmic shear. These measurements constrain the composite parameter $S_{8}$, leading to degeneracy between $\sigma_{8}$. However, some structural properties of clusters also correlate with cosmological parameters, due their dependence on a cluster's accretion history. In this work, we focus splashback radius, an observable feature that...

10.48550/arxiv.2406.17849 preprint EN arXiv (Cornell University) 2024-06-25

Abstract Cosmological parameters such as Ω M and σ 8 can be measured indirectly using various methods, including galaxy cluster abundance cosmic shear. These measurements constrain the composite parameter S , leading to degeneracy between . However, some structural properties of clusters also correlate with cosmological parameters, due their dependence on a cluster’s accretion history. In this work, we focus splashback radius, an observable feature that represents boundary surrounding...

10.3847/1538-4357/ad5cee article EN cc-by The Astrophysical Journal 2024-08-22
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