JAPC - The Enigmatic Innards of Neutron Stars

Speaker: Prof. Fridolin Weber, Dept. of Physics, SDSU

Topic: "The Enigmatic Innards of Neutron Stars"

Time: 2:00 PM, Friday, September 21st, 2007

Place: P-148 (refreshments will be served at 1:45 PM in P145A)

Abstract: Neutron stars are among the most bizarre and enigmatic objects that exist in the Universe. They are so dense that one teaspoonful of neutron star matter has a mass of one billion tons, they rotate at relativistic speeds, curve the fabric of space-time, may provide a glimpse into hidden dimensions, and are speculated to contain novel states of matter, such as boson condensates and superconducting plasmas made of quarks. This talk gives an accessible up-to-date account of our current understanding of these enigmatic objects.

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