[Astro] Seminar this week 20/11

[Jesse Golden-Marx]

Hi Everyone,
      I hope that you're all doing well.  Our seminar speaker this week is Prof. Nial Tanvir from the University of Leicester.  He'll be arriving at ~2:45 on Wednesday, so we will have the regular meeting with the postgraduates at 15:00.  Followed by the seminar at 15:45.  Assuming C4 is free again, we'll use that room.

The abstract and title for the seminar is given below.

See you all on Wednesday!

Kind regards,
Jesse and Luke

Title: "Gravitational waves, gamma-ray bursts and kilonovae: breakthroughs, surprises and future perspectives"

Abstract:
Merging compact objects in which at least one component is a neutron star can produce several observable phenomena: namely loud gravitational wave chirp signals, radioactively powered kilonovae, and in at least some cases, relativistic jets creating bright flashes of gamma rays.  These events have important implications for the heavy element nucleosynthesis budget of the universe, our understanding of jet acceleration, precision cosmology and tests of fundamental physics ranging from the neutron star equation of state to tests of Lorentz invariance. I will review the status of this young field, highlighting some recent surprises, and consider prospects for the coming years.


Jesse Golden-Marx, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate

Centre for Astronomy & Particle Theory
School of Physics & Astronomy
University of Nottingham
University Park, Nottingham, UK
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