Talks
"Sizing up Neutron Stars", NICER press conference at the APS April meeting, April 17, (2021).
Neutron stars as laboratories for nuclear and particle physics, Physics Department Colloquium, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 31 (2021).
Neutron stars as laboratories for nuclear and particle physics, Nuclear Physics Seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, March 23, (2021).
Neutron stars as laboratories for fundamental physics, Physics Department Colloquium, California State University, Long Beach, October 19 (2020).
Lecture on "Neutron Stars as Dark Matter Laboratories", XX Swieca Summer School on Nuclear Physics, Brazil February 8-12 (2021).
Four lectures on "Dense matter inside neutron stars and its implications fo multi-messenger astrophysics", school on the "Frontiers of Nuclear and Hadronic Physics", The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Florence, Italy, March 2-6 (2020)
Neutron stars come of age, Physics Division Seminar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, January 30 (2020)
Neutron stars come of age, P-T Colloquium, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, January 30 (2020)
Phases of dense matter, Gravitational wave searches, and parameter estimation in the era of detections, Conference in Schloss Rinberg, Germany, January 12-18 (2020)
Pions in hot dense matter: Back to the future, International workshop on gross properties of nuclei and nuclear excitations, Hirschegg, Austria, January 12-18 (2020)
Neutron stars in the multi-messenger era, Astrophysics Seminar, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, October 4 (2019)
Hunting for dark matter with nuclei and neutron stars, WG9 Meeting of the IUPAP, London, UK, August 2 (2019)
Hunting for dark matter with neutron stars, International Nuclear Physics Conference 2019, Glasgow, UK, July 30 (2019)
Two Lectures on “Neutron Stars in the Multi-Messenger Era”, 59th Cracow School of Theoretical Physics, Zakopane, Poland, June 15 & 16 (2019)
Recent calculations of neutrino mean free paths in hot and dense matter, SciDAC meeting, Princeton University, May 23 (2019)
Four Lectures on “Neutron Stars in the Multi-Messenger Era”, 8th Huada School on QCD, Wuhan, China, May 6-9 (2019)
Hunting for dark matter with neutron stars, Nuclear Physics Seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, April 26 (2019)
Neutron stars come of age, Physics Dept. Colloquium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Sweden, April 25 (2019)
Neutron stars come of age, Alba Nova Colloquium, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, April 4, (2019)
Hunting for dark matter with neutron stars, Extreme Objects seminar, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, April 4, (2019).
The ultimate collision: Neutron stars rattle, shine, and sparkle, Public Lecture. presented at the Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO, February 13, (2019). [utube]
Neutron star tomography with gravitational waves, Aspen winter workshop on "Astrophysics with Gravitational Wave Populations", Aspen, CO, February 9-15, (2019).
Workshop summary talk, International School of Nuclear Physics, The Strong Interaction: From Quarks and Gluons to Nuclei and Stars, Erice, Italy, September 16-26, (2018).
Dark matter in neutron stars, International School of Nuclear Physics, The Strong Interaction: From Quarks and Gluons to Nuclei and Stars, Erice, Italy, September 16-26, (2018).
The ultimate collision: Neutron stars rattle, shine, and sparkle, Colloquium, University of Maryland, College Park, September 11, (2018).
Role of the equation of state and neutrino interactions in neutron star mergers, GSI Rapid Reaction Workshop, Darmstadt, Germany, June 15, (2018).
Neutron stars finally come of age, Nuclear Theory Seminar, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, MSU, East Lansing, MI, April 24, (2018).
Neutron stars as laboratories, SLAC Theory Seminar, Stanford, CA, April 18, (2018).
Neutron stars as laboratories for particle physics, Aspen winter workshop on "Particle Frontiers", March 28, (2018).
The ultimate collision: Neutron stars rattle, shine, and sparkle, invited talk presented at the 50 years celebration at Center for Theoretical Physics, MIT, Massachusetts, March 24, (2018).
Dark matter in neutron star mergers, talk presented at the INT workshop on the "First multi-messenger observations of a neutron star merger and its implications for nuclear physics", March 14, (2018).
Neutrino interactions in dense matter and its implications for astrophysics, talk presented at the INT program on "Nuclear ab initio theories and neutrino physics", Seattle, March 9, (2018).
Inspiral, kaboom, and bling: New insights from the first multi-messenger observations of a neutron star merger, INT, Seattle, October 26, (2017). [pdf]
Some thoughts on "Supernova neutrinos as a probe of dense matter", Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Mainz, Germany, October 10, (2017).
Neutron stars in the multi-messenger era, Colloquium, University of California, Santa Cruz, September 26, (2017).
Nuclear Astrophysics in the Gravitational Wave Era, Summary Talk, ECT*, Trento, Italy, June 16, 2017 [pdf]
Interaction of low energy neutrinos at high baryon density, ECT*, June 9, 2017 [pdf]
Dark matter in neutron stars and supernovae, CENPA seminar, May 8, (2017).
Neutron star tomography with supernova neutrinos invited talk at the SLAC workshop on "Precision Investigations of the Neutrino Sector", Stanford, CA, March 13-17, (2017).
Neutron star in the multi-messenger era, Laboratory Colloquium, TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada, Feb 23, (2017).
Neutron star in the multi-messenger era, Physics and Astronomy colloquium, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, Feb 22, (2017).
Low energy excitations in cold dense matter, contributed talk at the APS April meeting, Washington DC, Jan 28-31, (2017).
Nuclear and particle physics aspects of neutron star mergers, invited talk at the International workshop on gross properties of nuclei and nuclear excitations, Hirschegg, Austria, January 15-21, (2017)
Thermal and transport properties of neutron stars, invited talk presented at 626. WE-Heraeus-Seminar on "Neutron Stars: A Cosmic Laboratory for Matter under Extreme Conditions", Bad Honnef, Germany, October 27, (2016).
Cold dense matter: New insights and near-term prospects, Nuclear Physics Colloquium, Goethe University (Institute for Theoretical Physics), Frankfurt, October 24, (2016).
Astrophysical constraints on the dense matter EOS: Status and near-term prospects, September 30, (2016).
Thermal and transport properties of dense matter, INT program on "The Phases of Dense Matter", July 25, (2016).
Neutron stars in the multi-messenger era, Invited talk, APS April Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, April 18, (2016).
Cold quantum matter in neutron stars, CTQM Seminar, Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, April 8, (2016)
Neutron stars in the multi-messenger era, Physics Department Colloquium, Penn State University, March 3, (2016) .
Nuclear physics aspects of binary neutron star mergers, High Energy Physics and Astrophysics Seminar, Penn State University, March 2, (2016)
Nuclear astrophysics in the multi-messenger era, Colloquium, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, February 23, (2016).
Nuclear astrophysics in the multi-messenger era, Physics Colloquium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, November 30, (2015).
Role of correlations in neutrino interactions in nuclear matter and nuclei, Invited talk, DNP meeting, Santa Fe, NM, October 28-31, (2015)
Neutron stars as laboratories for nuclear and particle physics, Physics Colloquium, Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany, October 16, (2015).
Dense matter in neutron stars: New insights from theory and observations. EMMI workshop on "Cold dense matter: From short-range correlations to neutron stars", GSI, Darmstadt, Germany, October 15, (2015).
Recent advances and open questions in neutron star physics, Invited talk at Extreme Gravity Workshop, Bozeman, MT, August 20-22, (2015).
Nuclear physics of neutron stars and supernovae, Lectures presented at the TALENT summer school INT, Seattle, WA, June 22- July 10, (2015).
Neutron stars in the multi-messenger era: Prospects and Challenges, Seminar at the International Center for Theoretical Studies, Bengaluru, India, May 12, (2015).
Neutron star constraints on asymmetric dark matter, Seminar at the INT workshop on "Nuclear aspects of dark matter searches", Seattle, December 12, (2014).
Neutron stars in the multi-messenger era: Extreme matter and extreme phenomena, Colloquium at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, November 18, (2014).
Neutron stars in the multi-messenger era: Extreme matter and extreme phenomena, Colloquium at the Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, November 12, (2014).
Neutron stars in the multi-messenger era: Extreme matter and extreme phenomena, Seminar at the University of Trento, Trento, Italy, November 5, (2014).
Modern Alchemy: From quarks to gold, Public Lecture at the Seattle Nuclear Science Week, Pacific Science Center, Seattle, October 17, 2015
Neutron stars in the multi-messenger era: Extreme matter and extreme phenomena, Colloquium at the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, MIT, Cambridge, September 15, (2014).
Nuclear Theory for Astrophysics, Invited talk at the Joint Town Meeting of Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics, Texas A & M, College Station, August 21-23, (2014).
Supernova Neutrinos: Challenges and its Physics Potential, Colloquium at European Center for Theoretical (Nuclear) Studies (ECT*), Trento, Italy, April 10, (2014).
Nuclear astrophysics: interpreting observations in the multi-messenger era, Plenary Talk, 27th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Dec 13, (2013).
Neutron star tomography, Physics Dept. Colloquium, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Nov 6, (2013).
Forecasting neutron star temperatures, Astronomy Dept. Colloquium, University of Washington, Seattle, Oct 10, (2013)
Dark matter scattering in neutron stars, INFO meeting, Santa Fe, August 26, (2013).
Physics of the neutron star crust, Lectures (5) presented at the Doctoral Training Program, ECT, Trento, Italy, April 22-26, (2013)
Phases of dense matter inside neutron stars and strategies to observe them, Physics Dept. Colloquium, University of North Carolina, March 18, (2013).
Thermal and transport properties of cold dense matter, Particle Theory Seminar, University of Washington, Seattle, March 14, (2013).
Dense matter in compact stars, Lectures (4) at the 51st Winter school, Schladming, Austria, Feb. 23 -March 2, (2013).
Solid and superfluid matter inside neutron stars, Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics and Nuclear Structure, Hirschegg, Austria, Jan. 27, (2013).
Dense matter equation of state, and strategies to pin it down using x-rays, gamma-rays, neutrinos and gravitational waves, Physics Dept. Colloquium, Washington State University, Pullman Dec. (2012).
Transport properties of cool dense matter and observable aspects of neutron star evolution, Nuclear/Particle Physics Seminar, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Nov. (2012)
Neutron Star Equation of State and its Effect on the Binary Mergers, KITP conference: Rattle & Shine, Santa Barbara, July 30-August 4, (2012).
Unravelling the Neutron Star Interior: Prospects and Challenges, Nuclear Physics Summer School, Santa Fe, July 9-20, (2012).
New strategies for peering into neutron stars, Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, Texas A & M, Commerce, Feb 9 (2012)
Hunting for Extraterrestrial Superfluids, ABC seminar, University of Washington, Seattle, Jan. (2012).
Recent Progress in Dense Matter Theory, LOFT Science meeting, Amsterdam, Oct. (2011).
Equation of State of Neutron Matter: Implications for Neutron Stars and Supernova Neutrinos, Extreme Computing and its Implications for the Nuclear Physics/Applied Mathematics/Computer Science Interface, INT, Seattle, June (2011) .
Taking Stock of Neutron Stars as Laboratories for Matter at Extreme Density, TRIUMF Colloquium, Vancouver, CA, April (2011).
A Low Energy Theory for the Neutron Star Crust, Nuclear Physics Seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, April (2011) .
A Low Energy Theory for the Neutron Star Crust, Physics Seminar, Ohio University, Athens, April (2011)
The Condensed Matter Physics of the Neutron Star Crust: How to Discover an Extraterrestrial Superfluid, TQHN Seminar, University of Maryland, Oct. (2010).
New Insights about the Cores and Crusts of Neutron Stars, Theoretical Astrophysics and Relativity Seminar, Caltech, Oct. (2010).
Prospects for Detecting New States of Matter Inside Neutron Stars, Physics Colloquium, University of Washington, Seattle, May (2010).
Recent Developments in Theory and Observations Relating to the Neutron Star Crust, Seminar, Instituto de Fisica Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, March (2010).
Lectures (3) on Nuclear Astrophysics, XI Hadron Physics, Maresias Beach, Sao Paulo, Brazil, March (2010).
Physics of the Neutron Star Crust, INT seminar, University of Washington, Seattle, Feb. (2010).
Inside Neutron Stars: Physics, Observations and Implications, Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, University of New Mexico, Feb. (2010).
A Low Energy Theory for the Neutron Star Supersolid, Colloquium, Saha Institute for Nuclear Physics, Kolkatta, Dec. (2009).
Inside Neutron Stars: Where a Teaspoonful Weighs a Billion Tons, Frontiers in Science Public Lecture Series, Delivered at Los Alamos, Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Espanola, New Mexico, Nov. (2009).
Strangeness in Compact Stars, Invited talk, DNP meeting, Hawaii Oct. (2009).
Transport Properties of the Neutron Star Crust, Seminar, NORDITA workshop on "The Neutron Star Crust and Beyond", Sept. (2009).
Superfluid Heat Conduction in Neutron Stars, Arizona State University, "Mini-workshop on Neutron Stars and Neutrinos", April (2009).
Superfluid Heat Conduction in the Magnetars, Aspen 2009 Winter Conference "Thirty Years of Magnetars", Feb. (2009).
Strange Star Crusts and First-Order Phase Transitions, Lectures at the Compstar Winter School on Compact Stars, Coimbra, Portugal, Feb. (2009).
Inside Neutron Stars: Theoretical Speculations & Observational Constraints, Physics Society Colloquium, McGill University, CA, Oct. (2008).
Mining Neutron Stars for New States of Matter, Physics Dept. Colloquim, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, Oct. (2008).
Superfluid Heat Conduction in Neutron Stars, TNT Colloquium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Oct. (2008).
Superfluid Heat Conduction in the Neutron Star Crust, Invited talk at the ANL workshop on the Equation of State at Nonzero Density and Temperature, and its Application in Astrophysics, Argonne, IL, Aug. (2008).
An Introduction to Neutron Stars and Neutron-rich Matter, Invited talk presented at the Thomas Jefferson Lab workshop on the "Lead Radius Experiment "Newport News, VA, Aug. (2008).
Using Cosmic Explosions to Probe Fundamental Physics, Seminar presented at the Arizona State University, April (2008).
Superfluid Heat Conduction in Neutron Stars, Seminar presented at Indiana University, Bllomington, IN, April (2008).
Explosive Phenomena on Neutron Stars, Invited talk presented at the workshop on computational astrophysics, KITP Stanford University, April (2008).
The Nuclear Astrophysics of Neutron Stars, Physics Colloquium, University of Washington, Seattle, Feb. (2008)
Birth of Compact Stars: Supernova and Protoneutron Star Evolution, Lectures at the 44th Karpacz Winter School of Theoretical Physics, Wroclaw, Poland, Feb. (2008).
Using Cosmic Explosions to Probe Fundamental Physics, Physics and Theory Colloquium, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Jan. (2008).
From Nuclei to Neutron Stars, Physics Division Seminar, Argonne National Lab, November (2007).
From Nuclei to Neutron Stars, Plenary talk, DNP Meeting, Newport News, October (2007).
Neutrino Rates in Dense Superfluids, 40 years of Pulsars, Montreal, August (2007).
Dense Matter and its Role in Neutron Star Structure and Evolution, Gordon Research Conference, Newport, RI, July (2007).
Fermion Superfluids: From Cold Atoms to Neutron Stars, Cracow School of Theoretical Physics, Zakopane, Poland, June (2007).
Weak Interactions in Superfluids and Cooling Rate of Neutron Stars, INT Workshop on Neutron Star Crust and Surface, June (2007).
Do Magnetar Oscillations Rule Out Strange Stars? Joint IUCF/NTC Seminar, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, Oct. 27 (2006).
First-order transitions and heterogeneous states in compact objects, Conference on "Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum", Azores, Portugal, Sept. 2-7 (2006).
Does Quark Matter Exist Inside Compact Objects? "In Heaven and on Earth 2006: The Nuclear Equation of State in the Laboratory and Astrophysics", Montreal, Canada, July 5- 7 (2006).
The physics of neutron stars, International Conference on Strong and Electroweak matter, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA, May 10-13 (2006).
The Strange Star Surface: A Crust with Nuggets, TNT Colloquium Series, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA, Jan. 20 (2006).
Neutron Stars, Supernova and Phases of Dense Quark Matter, Physics Div. Seminar Argonne National Laboratory, Jan. 17 (2005).
Matter at Extreme Density and its Role in Neutron Stars and Supernova, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Nov. 11 (2004).
Inside Neutron Stars: Theoretical Speculations and Observational Constraints, Nucl. Theory Seminar, Indiana University, Bloomington, Oct. 25 (2004)
Phases and Phenomena in Dense Quark Matter, Neutron Stars: Structure and Cooling, ECT, Trento, Italy, Sept. 20-25 (2004).
Matter at Extreme Density, Conf. of Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories, Santa Fe, Aug. 23-27 (2004).
Neutrino processes in Hot and Dense Matter, Workshop on Open Issues in Understanding Core-Collapse Supernovae, Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle, June 22 -24 (2004).
Neutron Stars, Supernova and Phases of Dense Quark Matter QCD and Dense Matter: From Lattices to Stars, Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle, March 29 - June 18 (2004).
Neutron Stars, Supernova and Phases of Dense Quark matter, Plenary Talk, Quark Matter, Oakland, California, Jan. 11 - 17 (2004).
Equation of State and Neutrino Opacity of Dense Stellar matter, First Argonne/MSU/JINA/INT RIA Workshop, Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle, Jan. 8-20 (2004).
Production and Propagation of Neutrinos in Neutron Stars, Intl. Symposium in Astro-Hadron Physics, KIAS-APCTP, Seoul, Korea, Nov. 10-14 (2003).
Superconducting Quark Matter in Compact Stars, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Workshop on High-Density Physics, Berkeley, July 14-18 (2003).
Superconducting Quark Matter in Compact Stars Mini Lecture (3 lectures) Series, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport VA, Apr. 13-18 (2003).
Superconducting Dense Quark Matter, Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, Northwestern University, March 17-19 (2003).
Novel Phases at High Density and their Roles in the Structure and Evolution of Neutron Stars. Lectures at the Zakopane Summer School, Zakopane, Poland, June (2002).
Supernova Neutrinos - A Probe of Matter at Extreme Density, Invited talk at Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting of The American Physical Society, Williamsburg, Virginia, Oct. 4-7 (2000).
Supernova Neutrinos - A Probe of Matter at Extreme Density, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Oct. 3 (2000).
Supernova Neutrinos - A Probe of Phase Transitions in Neutron Stars, Physics of Neutron Star Interiors, ECT, Trento, Italy, June (2000).
Real Dense Stuff : The Role of High Density Physics in the Early Evolution of Neutron Stars QCD at Nonzero Baryon Density, INT, Seattle, Feb.-Jun. (2000).
First Order Phase Transitions in Neutron Stars: Droplets and Coherent Neutrino Scattering, Seminar. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, November 15 (1999).
First Order Phase Transitions in Neutron Stars: Droplets and Coherent Neutrino Scattering, Workshop on Neutrino Processes and Correlations in Dense Matter, NORDITA Copenhagen, Sep. 27-28 (1999).