Astrophysics Colloquium

Date:
Mar
31
2026

Institute for Advanced Study / Princeton University Joint Astrophysics Colloquium

Searching for supermassive black hole binaries
Maria Charisi
11:00am|Peyton Hall Auditorium

Supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) should be common in galactic nuclei as a result of frequent galaxy mergers. Yet they remain undetectable, especially during the final stage of their evolution. At this stage, SMBHBs are expected to emit...

Apr
07
2026

Institute for Advanced Study / Princeton University Joint Astrophysics Colloquium

On the Origins of Cosmic Rays
Damiano Caprioli
11:00am|Peyton Hall Auditorium

The origin of extraterrestrial energetic particles ("cosmic rays") has puzzled scientists since the pioneering discovery by Victor Hess in 1912. In the last decade, however, modern supercomputers and multi-wavelength observations have opened new...