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The Physics of Supernovae by Prof Ian Howarth
The Physics of Supernovae by Prof Ian Howarth

Mon 09 Mar

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NMM Lecture Theatre

The Physics of Supernovae by Prof Ian Howarth

This talk will be a gentle introduction to the physics of ‘core collapse’ supernovae (think pictures, not equations!).

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09 Mar 2020, 19:15

NMM Lecture Theatre, Romney Rd, London SE10 9NF, UK

About the Event

This talk will be a gentle introduction to the physics of ‘core collapse’ supernovae (think pictures, not equations!). Working from a largely historical perspective, Professor Ian Howarth will outline how we know that these are the end-points of the evolution of the most massive stars, and their role in generating most of the heavy elements that exist in the nearby universe. 

Biography Having concluded that choosing an interesting subject was more important to him than a ‘marketable’ one, Ian Howarth applied to study for a degree in astronomy, his passion. Only a handful of universities offered astro degrees back then, and UCL was the obvious choice. He was later invited to take up a PhD to exploit data from the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite, which launched in in 1978. This was the first time that intermediate-dispersion UV spectra of reasonably faint sources could be obtained routinely, and it was…

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