3:30–5:00 pm ERC 161
Title: Extreme Electrodynamics of Black Holes, Neutron Stars and Shock Fronts
Abstract: The development of classical and quantum electrodynamics were highlights of nineteenth and twentieth century physics, respectively. Observations of black holes, neutron stars and shock waves are taking these disciplines into new and extreme territory. We are seeing magnetic field of strength greater than 100 GT, potential differences more than 100 ZV, effective temperatures above 10^40 K, neutrinos and gamma rays with energy more than 1 PeV and 300 EeV cosmic rays. Recent discoveries will be described alongside the challenges they pose to computational, experimental, observational and theoretical physics.
Zoom: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/93608741174?pwd=W4lXrXadGKmxeISt9r0H1k5jLxhRNp.1
