November 5, 2019

Speaker: Raffaella Margutti

Contact Information: raffaella.margutti@northwestern.edu

Title: Discovery Frontiers in the New Era of Time Domain Multi-Messenger Astrophysics

Abstract: New and improved observational facilities are sampling the night sky with unprecedented temporal cadence and sensitivity across the electromagnetic spectrum. This exercise led to the discovery of new types of astronomical transients and revolutionized our understanding of phenomena that we thought we already knew. In this talk I will review some very recent developments in the field that resulted from the capability to acquire a true panchromatic view of the most extreme stellar deaths in nature, including the new class of fast and blue optical transients and extreme episodes of mass-loss in the years leading up to stellar death.

Visit Schedule:

Wednesday (Nov 6, 2019)

(visitor room: 105A )

  • 10:30 a.m.: Astro Coffee

  • 11:00 a.m.: Kenta Hotokezaka (Peyton 121)

  • 11:30 a.m.: Hiroki Nagakura (Peyton 132)

  • 12:00 p.m.: Goni Halevi (Peyton 015)

  • 12:30 p.m.: Wunch (Peyton 033)

  • 2:00 p.m.: Neta Bahcall (137)

  • 2:30 p.m.: Anatoly Spitkovsky (Peyton 123)

  • 3:00 p.m.: Sean Johnson (103)

  • 3:30 p.m.: Michael Strauss (113 Peyton)

  • 4:00 p.m.:

  • 4:30 p.m.: Betsy Hernandez (105A)

  • 5:00 p.m.: Jenny Greene (001)

  • 5:30 p.m.: Jeremy Goodman

  • 6:00 p.m.: DINNER WITH HOST - meet in Grand Central

Dinner Sign-up (grad students & postdocs are encouraged; 8 MAX) - add your name here:

1. Speaker

2. Faculty host: Jeremy Goodman

3. Postdoc host: Sean Johnson

4. Goni

5. Hiroki

6. Fani Dosopoulou

7. Betsy Hernandez

8.

NO MORE THAN 8 PEOPLE (otherwise it is very difficult to properly interact with the speaker)