Maths & Mingle - An introduction to neutron stars Seminar
- Time:
- 11:30 - 13:30
- Date:
- 28 November 2018
- Venue:
- Ketley Room (B54/4001)
Event details
Maths & Mingle is a monthly lunchtime seminar for postgraduate research students to meet researchers from other research groups, to broaden their knowledge and awareness of research being undertaken in the wider Mathematical Sciences community, and to form a network for students to give and receive support and advice on all aspects of PGR life.
Abstract:
Neutron stars are extreme, astrophysical laboratories that undergo conditions we could not possibly hope to synthesise in terrestrial laboratories. They are among the most compact objects in our Universe, with masses comparable to that of the Sun and diameters similar to that of a city. It is because of their extreme nature that astrophysicists, relativists and particle physicists all look to neutron stars to test cutting-edge research. In this presentation, I hope to shed some light on what neutron stars are, their dramatic origin and their structure. I will (briefly) describe how neutron star systems can emit gravitational waves and (if time allows) how this relates to my own research.
Speaker information
Fabian Gittins ,Fabian is a Postgraduate research student in the STAG group at the University of Southampton researching accretion flows onto neutron stars.