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Physics Colloquium with Dr. Kate Scholberg (Duke University)

December 2, 2024
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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Theory Center, Pupin Hall 8th Floor

"How to Spot a Supernova from Deep Underground"

Stellar core collapses create enormous bursts of tens-of-MeV neutrinos on a timescale of a few tens of seconds after collapse and preceding optical fireworks by hours or days. These neutrinos can be observed in underground neutrino detectors worldwide. The neutrinos themselves carry directional information that can be exploited in order to determine the position of the supernova (or of the compact remnant, in the case of failed explosion) on the sky. I will give an overview of methods for low-latency pointing to core-collapse events with neutrino detectors.

 

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