| Physics Seminar : Searching for electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational radiation sources. |
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Abstract:
The discovery of the first gravitational waves (GW150914) from a binary black hole merger initiated the era of gravitational wave (GW) astronomy. An electromagnetic signal accompanying a
GW signal could significantly enhance the information that can be obtained from such events. In the very near future, GWs from merging neutron stars will be detected and studied in detail.
I review the importance of such detections and propose two major sources of electromagnetic emission from neutron star mergers – macronova and radio flares, and discuss the prospects of detections of
such events in the near future.
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Professor Tsvi Piran is the Schwartzman Chair for Theoretical Physics, at the Racah Institute for Physics, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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| Location |
Physics Lecture Room 2.15
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| Contact |
Annette Harrison
<[email protected]>
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| Start |
Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:00
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| End |
Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:00
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| Submitted by |
Annette Harrison <[email protected]>
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| Last Updated |
Tue, 07 Jun 2016 10:46
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