[Astronomy seminar] Astronomy Department Seminar - December 10th Héloïse Stevance

[Astronomy seminar announcements]

Reminder of Héloïse's talk in half an hour!

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On 06/12/2021 12:12, Chris Usher wrote:
>
> On Friday the 10th at 10:30 we have our final astronomy seminar of the 
> year with Héloïse Stevance (University of Auckland) via Zoom.
>
> *The Life Story of AT 2017gfo*
>
> Massive stars, and the menagerie of explosions resulting from their 
> deaths, are indispensable to creating a Universe that can harbour life 
> as we know it. Kilonovae are the explosions from the merger of neutron 
> stars, which are themselves the compact remnants left from supernova 
> events marking the death of massive stars. They are a known site for 
> neutron-rich element creation in the Universe (such as gold), but the 
> extent of their contribution is still debated. A crucial piece of the 
> puzzle is understanding their ancestors and the life they led, but 
> only one kilonova has been detected so far: AT 2017gfo. In this talk I 
> will present how our binary stellar evolution models can help us 
> reconstruct the life story of the progenitor system of this (so far) 
> unprecedented event, and how we are preparing for future kilonovae 
> observations that will come in 2022/2023.
>
> We are trying something new this year with leaving the Zoom call open 
> after the formal hour of the seminar is up to allow the speaker, if 
> they wish, to chat informally with anyone who is interested.
>
> I want to take a moment to thank my fellow seminar organiser, Tine 
> Libbrecht, for her hard work this semester and to wish her good luck 
> in her future endeavours. Carolina Robustini will be taking over from 
> Tine in the new year. We will be continuing with Zoom only seminars in 
> the New Year but hope that if conditions improve we will be able to 
> have some hybrid seminars later in the spring.
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris and Tine
>
> Christopher Usher is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
>
> Topic: Astronomy Department Seminar - Héloïse Stevance
> Time: Dec 10, 2021 10:30 AM Stockholm
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> Join Zoom Meeting
> https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/65163353536?pwd=aGJONnVTZHo1UjhpU3lKU2h5aEJRZz09 
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> Meeting ID: 651 6335 3536
> Passcode: qC7R2hrkgg
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