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Colloquium – Dr. Elias Aydi’s “New Insight into Classical Novae”
October 6, 2022 @ 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
“New Insight into Classical Novae”
Abstract:
Novae are panchromatic transients triggered by a thermonuclear runaway on the surface of white dwarfs in interacting binaries. Our understanding of how novae are powered has been altered with Fermi-LAT establishing novae as GeV gamma-ray sources and has underscored the role of shocks in powering novae. In this talk I will highlight the ongoing multi-wavelength efforts aimed at improving our understanding of shocks in novae. These efforts will help us probe critical but poorly understood processes, such as common envelope interaction, super-Eddington luminosities, particle acceleration efficiency, and dust formation around explosive transients, and will be essential for a better understanding of other shock-powered transient such as Type Ia-CSM SNe, stellar mergers, and TDEs act.
Dr. Elias Aydi, Michigan State University
Thursday, October 6, 2022 @ 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM EST
Zoom Meeting ID: 942 3296 7732
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