TITLE:

COMPUTATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS OF COMPACT STARS (No. 56)

DATE:

Friday, October 15th, 2004

TIME:

3:30 PM

LOCATION:

GMCS 214

SPEAKER:

Fridolin Weber, Department of Physics, San Diego State University

ABSTRACT:

Neutron stars and black holes are among the most striking astrophysical objects where two frontiers of modern physics – the strong interaction and general relativity – come together. In this talk I will discuss what can be learned from the computational study of such objects. Topics that will be covered include the behavior of matter at ultrahigh densities, properties of pulsars, gravity wave emission from compact stellar object, and the evolution x-ray neutron stars.

HOST:

Calvin Johnson

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