Bursting and cool slowly rotating stellar zombies

Speaker

Prof. Nanda Rea, research professor for the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya

Abstract

Pulsars are unique astronomical laboratories where the most extreme gravity and electromagnetism can be probed. The study of these objects transcends the traditional astrophysical approach and requires a multidisciplinary effort that spans from particle and nuclear physics to astrophysics, from experiment to theory, from gravitational waves to the electromagnetic spectrum. I will review in this seminar what pulsars are, their observational characteristics, as well as recent important discoveries in the field concerning extremely cold pulsars, and new puzzling radio periodic bursters that challenge classical pulsar emission and evolution theories.

Online Attendance

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7050444609?pwd=enRnVUtUaTlYMXZLTmtiT2tybXBGZz09

In cooperation with

The Trento International School on Observation of the Earth and of the Universe (TISOEU) is an educational facility focused on the Sciences of the Earth and the Universe. It realizes initiatives for the scientific community, for undergraduate and doctoral students, as well as for stakeholders.