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Events on Thursday, November 20th, 2008
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum
- Prospects for High-Energy Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Swift/GLAST Era
- Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin
- Speaker: Kohta Murase, Kyoto University, Yukawa Institute
- Abstract: Gamma-ray burst (GRB) is one of the cosmic-ray acceleration sites,
and high-energy neutrino emission from GRBs has been expected in
various scenarios. Many predictions for prompt and afterglow emission were done in the pre-Swift era. Recently, Swift has shown several novel phenomena, which allows us to expect new possibilities for cosmic-ray acceleration and associated secondary particle emission. I will discuss cosmic-ray acceleration and neutrino emission in various scenarios of GRBs, motivated by recent observations and theoretical developments. The possible connection between ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and GRBs will also be discussed. - Host: Teresa Montaruli
- Graduate Introductory Seminar
- Medical Physics Introductory Seminar
- Time: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
- Place: 2223 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Medical Physics Group, Medical Physics Dept
- Abstract: Introductory Seminar for first year Grad Students (others welcome)
- Host: Medical Physics Department