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You are cordially invited to afternoon |
Astronomy Tea Talks at Caltech
Mondays, Robinson 106
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| 19 May 2008 |
Daniel Kasen (UC, Santa Cruz)
"Modeling the Transient Universe" New optical surveys should discover huge numbers of supernovae of all types, along with some smaller number of rarer and dimmer (and sometimes unexpected) kinds of transient phenomena. The role of theoretical modeling is to aid our understanding and interpretation of such data sets, and perhaps predict the signatures of yet undiscovered classes of events. I will introduce the relevant physics behind the light curves and spectra of transients, and present results from multi-dimensional numerical simulations, focusing here on the observable properties of Type~Ia supernovae and some other (more exotic) kinds of thermonuclear explosions. Besides being the sites of interesting high energy processes, transients may also inform a diverse range of astrophysical topics, such as the first generation of stars, the existence of intermediate mass black holes, the expansion of the universe, and more. |
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