Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Department of Astrophysics and Mansfield College, University of Oxford
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- Pulsars (pulsating radio sources) - an introduction to their physics
- 2015-06-11T13:00:00+02:00
- 2015-06-11T15:00:00+02:00
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Department of Astrophysics and Mansfield College, University of Oxford
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- Jun 11, 2015 from 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Europe/Madrid / UTC200)
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- Salón de Actos Julio Rey Pastor, Fac. Ciencias Matemáticas (UCM),Madrid
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On occasion of the divulgative conferences from the Real Sociedad Española de Física and cycle: Hablemos de Ciencias Físicas de la UCM.
Abstract
Pulsars, or pulsating radio sources, typically have magnetic fields B~10e8 Tesla, density ~10e15 g/cc and v~c (all at the same time) and spin rapidly (P ~10e-3 to 10 s) so have some extreme physics. they also are remarkably accurate 'clocks', so nature now allows us to test some aspects of General Relativity. In this talk I will introduce pulsars and describe some of their physics.