[Astronomy seminar] Astronomy seminar TODAY 10:30 FC61: Emir Karamehmetoglu

[Astronomy seminar announcements]

Pro tip: You can find all currently planned upcoming seminars (and many 
other events) in the Albanova calendar https://www.albanova.se/events/

Apart from a recently cancelled seminar 20/9 and when in deference to 
other simultaneous events (like Astronomdagarna, holidays etc), all 
Astronomy seminar slots (Fri 10:30) have been filled this semester.

In the coming month we will also have two PhD defences:

18/9 (Wed) @ 10:00: PhD Defence Emanuel Gafton in FA31
23/9 (Mon) @ 13:00: PhD Defence Anders Nyholm in FB42

All the best, Alexis


On 2019-08-28 22:30, Alexis Brandeker wrote:
> Astronomy seminar
>
> Time & location: Friday August 30, 10:30 in FC61
>
> Speaker: Emir Karamehmetoglu (SU Astronomy)
>
> Title: Extremes of Stripped Envelope Supernovae
>
> Abstract:
> The observational study of supernovae is undergoing a revolution 
> brought about by wide-field synoptic surveys. The abundance of data 
> offers insights into one of the biggest mysteries in the field; what 
> are the ultimate fates of high-mass stars? Recent work in the field 
> has suggested a lack of SNe associated with the most massive stars. In 
> this talk, I will present the PhD work that I have been leading into 
> stripped-envelope (SE) supernovae (SNe), which are thought to have 
> high-mass origins. First, I will present the first systematic search 
> for SE SNe that are associated with the highest mass stars, which 
> found a largely unexplored population of extremely high-mass SE SNe. 
> Next, I will move on to a rare sub-type of circumstellar interacting 
> SE SNe called Type Ibn. Whose origin could also be linked to extremely 
> high-mass stars.
>
> Upcoming seminars:
>
> 6/9 (Fri) @ 10:30: Per Bjerkeli (Chalmers)
> 13/9 (Fri) @ 10:30: Carina Persson (Chalmers)
> 20/9 (Fri) @ 10:30: [CANCELLED: John Miller (Oxford)]
> 27/9 (Fri) @ 10:30:Katja Poppenhaeger (Potsdam)
>
> All welcome! Alexis Brandeker (Astronomy seminar organiser 2019)
>
>