Overview

SPINS-UK (Science Possibilities Investigating Neutron Stars in the UK) is a consortium of astrophysicists involved in neutron star and related science, including dense matter physics, multi-wavelength astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, and gravitational-wave astrophysics. The purpose of this meeting is to provide an opportunity to gather senior and early-career UK-based scientists, and particularly their students, to meet and discuss new results in neutron star science. The scientific programme of SPINS-UK spans the full breadth of the NS community, so that specialists in each area leave with a working understanding of progress in adjacent areas in neutron star science.

Registration

Registration and Abstract Submission Opens: 28 July 2026
Registration and Abstract Submission Deadline: 21 August 2026

Registration

Conference Schedule

Wednesday 9/9

9:00-9:45 Registration, coffee
9:45-10:00 Opening Ceremony: David Tsang
10:00-10:30 Talk 1 — Charlie Perkins: Superfluid hydrodynamic model for glitches in neutron star crusts
10:30-11:00 Talk 2 — Rebecca McShane: Simulating the global response to a localised pulsar glitch
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:00 Talk 3 — Gary Liu: Vortex Depinning and Avalanches in Neutron Star
12:00-12:30 Talk 4 — Andrea Stefani: Pulsar spin-down with anisotropic pinning
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Talk 5 — Cancelled
14:30-15:00 Talk 6 — Vanessa Graber: Exploring superfluid helium in aerogels as laboratory neutron star analogues
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:00 Talk 7 –– Violettta Sagun: Neutron Stars as Probes of Quark Matter and Physics Beyond the Standard Model
16:00- 17:00 Plenary/Panel?

Thursday 10/9

9:30-10:00 Talk 8 — Sai Chaitanya Susarla: Simulation-based inference of profile evolution for high-precision pulsar timing
10:00-10:30 Talk 9 — Joanna Berteaud: This Noise Does Not Exist: Toward a Realistic Glitch Simulator
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:30 Talk 10 — Tibby Leeming: Intermittent pulsars and the greater population
11:30-12:00 Talk 11 — Jui-An (Ray) Hsu: Co-existing interacting periodicities and polarization modulation in PSR J1901−0906
12:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Talk 12 — Ankita Ghosh: Connecting single-pulse jitter with profile stability for characterizing timing noise in millisecond pulsars
14:30-15:00 Talk 13 — Joseph Metson: Looking between the lines: A comparison of noise modelling methods for gravitational wave parameter estimation
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 Trip to Roman Baths/Herschel Museum
Evening Dinner

Friday 11/9

9:30-10:00 Talk 14 — Duncan Neill: TBD
10:00-10:30 Talk 15 — Cancelled
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:30-11:30 Talk 16 — Kika Latkoczyova: TBD
11:30-12:00 Talk 17 — Abhirami R Sarma: The impact of dark matter on neutron stars structural properties
12:00-12:30 Conference Summary and Close

Organisers

Lead Organiser

David Tsang

Scientific Organising Committee

David Tsang (University of Bath)
Hendrik van Eerten (University of Bath)
Duncan Neill (University of Bath)
Vanessa Graber (Royal Holloway)
Rob Ferdman (University of East Anglia)

Local Organising Committee

David Tsang (University of Bath)
Duncan Neill (University of Bath)
Lowri Mathias (University of Bath)
Hendrik Van Eerten (University of Bath)
Sayan Kundu (University of Bath)
Jianghui Yuan (University of Bath)

On-campus options

Book a room at Polden, our campus accommodation, for £88 per night. Each room includes a 3/4 size double bed (four feet wide), an en-suite shower room with toilet, and tea and coffee making facilities. To start your day right, a continental breakfast is served in the café next door — included in your room rate. Parking on campus is free of charge, but you must register your vehicle prior to arrival, using the link that will be emailed to you.