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Past Events
Gamma-Ray Bursts, Neutron Star Mergers and Muti-Messenger Astrophysics
Speaker: | Prof. Peter Meszaros |
Affiliation: | Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University |
Date: | December 18, 2017 (Monday) |
Time: | 4:00 p.m. |
Venue: | Room 522, 5/F, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building, HKU |
Abstract
Gamma-Ray Bursts are the most energetic explosions in the Universe, and are among the most promising for detecting multiple non-electromagnetic signals, including gravitational waves, cosmic rays and very high energy neutrinos. Recently, a sub-class of short gamma-ray bursts arising from neutron star mergers was, for the first time, observed both via gravitational waves, as well as electromagnetically, establishing multi-messenger astrophysics as a new approach to understand cosmic high energy objects. I will discuss some of the latest observational and theoretical developments in the GRB and multi-messenger field.
Coffee and tea will be served 20 minutes prior to the seminar.
Anyone interested is welcome to attend.