Caden Phillips

Astrophysics · Compact Objects · Computational Analysis

About Me

Caden Phillips

I’m an MPhys Astrophysics student at the University of Liverpool with a special interest in compact objects, particularly neutron stars.

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Research

IFJ PAN – Kraków, Poland

Summer 2025 Internship under Dr. David Álvarez Castillo
Applied a Fisher Information Matrix framework to estimate tidal-deformability uncertainties in binary neutron-star systems. Converted a Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff (TOV) solver from Fortran to Python, computed mass–radius and tidal-deformability relations, and compared results to GW170817 data.

Teide Observatory – Tenerife, Spain

Observational fieldwork at the IAC’s Teide Observatory. Conducted multi-band imaging and constructed HR diagrams.

Independent Research

Independent outside of my academic studies. Currently working on using archived optical observations to generate light curves of transitional millisecond pulsars and analyse them.

Curriculum Vitae

My CV outlines my academic background, research experience, and technical skills in astrophysics.

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