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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:ITC Special Seminar:  Bing Zhang (UNLV)
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SUMMARY:ITC Special Seminar:  Bing Zhang (UNLV)
DESCRIPTION:<p>	"Charged compact star mergers, fast radio bursts, and relativistic astronomy"</p><p>	Abstract: I will discuss three topics. First, I will discuss the effect of the charge of a compact object in binary compact star mergers (BH-BH, NS-BH &amp; NS-NS) and argue that a likely outcome is a short duration electromagnetic counterpart (with slight delay) coinciding with the gravitational wave chirp signal, either in the form of a short GRB if the charge is large enough, or more likely in the form of a fast radio burst (FRB). Next, I will provide some personal views on the origin of mysterious FRBs. Finally, I will discuss the relativistic effects for a trans-relativistic camera (as envisaged in the StarShot project) and discuss the unique sciences one may do with such a camera.</p>
LOCATION:Pratt
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART:20170824T150000Z
DTEND:20170824T160000Z
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