Gravitational Waves from Core-Collapse Supernovae

27 Mar 2014, 09:40
40m

Speaker

Dr Christian Ott (Caltech, USA)

Description

The next galactic core-collapse supernova will be observed in the electromagnetic spectrum, in neutrinos, and, for the first time, in gravitational waves. I review gravitational wave emission from stellar collapse and the subsequent core-collapse supernova evolution and discuss how gravitational waves can be used to probe aspects of the explosion mechanism and physical parameters of the progenitor star.

Author

Dr Christian Ott (Caltech, USA)

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