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Duncan Galloway

Assoc Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6558-5121

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1998 …2025

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Biography

Dr Duncan Galloway's primary area of research interest is the nature and properties of neutron star binaries. A neutron star is the extreme product of a supernova explosion; the surface density, temperature, and magnetic field strength are all many orders of magnitude in excess of anything achievable on Earth. Accreting binaries, in which gas from a relatively normal stellar companion falls under gravity onto a neutron star, offer a unique window on some rich physics via satellite-based X-ray observations.

Duncan studied at the University of Tasmania, in Hobart. Following his undergraduate degree he worked for five years as an oceanographer before returning to study in the field of astrophysics. He spent five years in postdoctoral positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, USA, where he established his research career with X-ray studies of accreting neutron stars, and returned to Australia to take up fellowships first at the University of Melbourne and then Monash University.

Duncan's research involves observational studies of accretion-powered millisecond pulsars and thermonuclear (type-I) bursts, using NASA and ESA satellite X-ray observatories, including the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, INTEGRAL, XMM-Newton, Chandra, Swift and the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array(NuSTAR). The goals of these studies include improved understanding of the physical processes, as well as constraining the uncertain neutron star equation of state.

He is the Monash PI of the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observatory (GOTO) project, with the goal of building a network of optical telescopes to respond to gravitational wave detections by the Advanced Laser Interferometric Gravitational-wave Observatory (aLIGO) Accreting binaries are also candidate gravitational wave sources, which may be detectable by aLIGO. He also carries out optical and X-ray observations to improve the measured system parameters, which can lead to more sensitive searches for gravitational waves.

Research area keywords

  • Astronomy
  • Astrophysics
  • Gravitational Waves
  • Nuclear Astrophysics

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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  • Thermonuclear X-ray Bursts: From Simulations to Multi-Wavelength Observations

    Li, Z. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Galloway, D. (Chief Investigator (CI))

    24/11/25 → 27/11/26

    Project: Research

  • Fundamental Physics from Accreting Neutron Stars

    Galloway, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))

    Monash University

    Project: Research

  • Explosive Astrophysics from Siding Spring Observatory

    Lidman, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Colless, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Brough, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wolf, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Travouillon, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Seitenzahl, I. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Möller, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Brown, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kamath, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Einecke, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Heger, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ruiter, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Galloway, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wen, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & O'Toole, S. (Chief Investigator (CI))

    1/05/23 → 1/05/24

    Project: Other

  • A global view of thermonuclear bursts

    Galloway, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))

    29/05/17 → 30/06/17

    Project: Research

  • ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery

    Bailes, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), McClelland, D. E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Levin, Y. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Blair, D. G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Scott, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ottaway, D. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Melatos, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Veitch, P. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wen, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Shaddock, D. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Slagmolen, B. J. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zhao, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Evans, R. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ju, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Galloway, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Thrane, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hurley, J. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Coward, D. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cooke, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Couch, W. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Hobbs, G. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Reitze, D. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Rowan, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Cai, R. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Adhikari, R. X. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Danzmann, K. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Mavalvala, N. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Kulkarni, S. R. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Kramer, M. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Branchesi, M. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Gehrels, N. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Weinstein, A. J. R. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Steeghs, D. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Bock, D. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Lasky, P. (Chief Investigator (CI))

    Monash University – Internal University Contribution, Monash University – Internal Department Contribution

    1/01/17 → 31/03/24

    Project: Research

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