Summary
Thomas Lawson is a computational nuclear astrophysicist with a background researching the products of core-collapse supernova and their pollution into the early Solar System.
He finished his PhD in Physics at the university of Hull, with strong collaboration with Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, in 2023. He moved onto a Teaching Fellow position with the Centre of Excellence for Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Modelling (DAIM).
He is active in science outreach, currently acting as co-outreach officer in Physics.
Journal Article
The chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood for planet-hosting stars
Pignatari, M., Trueman, T. C., Womack, K. A., Gibson, B. K., Côte, B., Turrini, D., …Lugaro, M. (2023). The chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood for planet-hosting stars. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524(4), 6295-6330. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2167
Progress on nuclear reaction rates affecting the stellar production of <sup>26</sup>Al
Laird, A. M., Lugaro, M., Kankainen, A., Adsley, P., Bardayan, D. W., Brinkman, H. E., …Mengoni, A. (2023). Progress on nuclear reaction rates affecting the stellar production of 26Al. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 50(3), Article 033002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/ac9cf8
Comparison between Core-collapse Supernova Nucleosynthesis and Meteoric Stardust Grains: Investigating Magnesium, Aluminium, and Chromium
Den Hartogh, J., Petö, M. K., Lawson, T., Sieverding, A., Brinkman, H., Pignatari, M., & Lugaro, M. (2022). Comparison between Core-collapse Supernova Nucleosynthesis and Meteoric Stardust Grains: Investigating Magnesium, Aluminium, and Chromium. The Astrophysical journal, 927(2), Article 220. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4965
The RADIOSTAR Project
Lugaro, M., Côté, B., Pignatari, M., Yagüe López, A., Brinkman, H., Cseh, B., …Világos, B. (2022). The RADIOSTAR Project. Universe, 8(2), Article 130. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8020130
Radioactive nuclei in the early Solar system: analysis of the 15 isotopes produced by core-collapse supernovae
Lawson, T. V., Pignatari, M., Stancliffe, R. J., Den Hartogh, J., Jones, S., Fryer, C. L., …Lugaro, M. (2022). Radioactive nuclei in the early Solar system: analysis of the 15 isotopes produced by core-collapse supernovae. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 511(1), 886-902. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3684