Astrophysics

Princeton University Thunch Talk

March 10, 2022 | 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Binary neutron star mergers are great multi-messenger sources. These mergers generate gravitational waves (GWs) detectable with ground-based interferometers and can be accompanied by luminous electromagnetic (EM) radiation. The combined detection of...

The detections of gravitational waves from compact binary mergers and the followup observations of electromagnetic emissions together provide a powerful and independent tool to explore the Universe. With successive upgrades to the LIGO and Virgo...

Rutgers University Astrophysics Colloquium

March 09, 2022 | 3:30pm - 4:30pm

JWST, the most powerful and complex telescope ever designed for space, was just successfully launched and deployed by NASA after 30 years in development. JWST is, in part, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, but is unique in its infrared...

Rutgers University Astrophysics Seminar

March 03, 2022 | 1:30pm - 2:30pm

The smallest and faintest galaxies around the Milky Way are the most ancient, most metal-poor, and most dark-matter-dominated systems known. These extreme objects offer unique access to small scales where the stellar and dark matter content can be...

Gravitational waves (GW) from compact binary coalescences are natural cosmological probes. On the one hand, these standard siren sources provide direct measurements of luminosity distance. In addition, features in the mass distribution, such as mass...