Date/Time
Date(s) - 31/03/2004
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Title: Understanding Stellar Core Collapse from Detection of Supernova Neutrinos

Speaker: Dr. Richard Boyd

Institute: National Science Foundation
Ohio State University

Location: ABB 102

Description:

When a core collapse supernova occurs, 99% of the energy emitted comes out in neutrinos. Since these neutrinos scatter little as they are emitted from the star, they emerge immediately, and provide the ultimate diagnostic of the core collapse process. I will discuss the basics of how these neutrinos are produced, what happens as they journey from their point of production to the outside world, and how they might allow us to do geography on a forming black hole. I will also discuss the means by which these neutrinos might be detected.