Astrophysics Seminars

There is a great deal of evidence that the defining characteristics of blazars, such as extreme variability across the electromagnetic spectrum and high fractional polarization, are produced by shocks in relativistic jets pointing close our line of...

Many of the natural systems we seek to understand are very complex; the Earth's climate and some biological and astrophysical systems are prime examples. Large numerical models have become increasingly powerful tools in that quest, but there can be...

The explosion of massive stars involves the formation of a shock wave. In stars that form iron cores, this shock wave stalls on its way out due to the breakup of heavy nuclei and neutrino emission. In the currently most favored explosion scenario, a...