5月31日学术报告《Merging Compact Binaries》 [2012-05-30]

报告题目：Merging Compact Binaries

报告人：赖东 教授 (美国康内尔大学天文学系)

报告地点：物理学院二楼学术报告厅

报告时间：5月31日周四下午4:00

报告摘要：
　　Neutron stars, black holes and white dwarfs are extreme astrophysical objects. They are associated with some of the most exotic phenomena and environments in the universe. I will discuss compact binary star systems consisting of black holes, neutron stars or white dwarfs orbiting each other. The orbits of such binary systems decay due to gravitational radiation, which will likely be detected in the coming decade by laser interferometers.  The mergers of these binaries can produce various explosive events that will also be detectable by new generations of telescopes.

报告人简介：
　　赖东教授，1988年本科毕业于中国科学技术大学近代物理系，1994年于康奈尔大学获博士学位。主要研究兴趣：理论天体物理。

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