The Death of a Star: Observing Supernovae with Neutrinos
Guest Speaker
Thursday, 3rd November 2016 (19:45 - 22:00)
Venue: swmcmeet
Neutrinos are ghost-like particles that can literally “go through wallsâ€. They can bring information from places that are extremely hard to observe otherwise, like active nuclear reactors or the center of our Earth and stars.
After a brief discussion of the exciting history of neutrinos, I will describe how we can use them to look inside a supernova in the moment of explosion and what we might learn from this – about stars, neutrinos and, if we’re lucky, about physics beyond the standard model.
Speaker: Dr. Jost Migenda
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