On Feb. 3, join astrophysicist Victoria Kaspi as she explains how these distant lighthouses help astronomers study the origins of the universe, the very nature of matter, and more.
Kaspi鈥檚 fascinating and accessible lecture, titled 鈥淭he Cosmic Gift of Neutron Stars,鈥� is part of the , and will be webcast live Feb. 3 at 7 PM EST on the Perimeter Institute website and via partner organizations.
鈥淚 love understanding,鈥� says Kaspi. 鈥淚 love when a puzzle suddenly comes together. And it鈥檚 nice to be able to share that kind of discovery.鈥�
Kaspi鈥檚 research consists of using radio and x-ray astronomy techniques to study rapidly rotating, highly magnetized neutron stars. She has done significant work involving radio pulsars and magnetars 鈥� the most highly magnetized objects in the known universe. More recently she had begun working to understand Fast Radio Bursts, a newly recognized astrophysical phenomenon involving few-millisecond radio bursts of unknown origin.
A professor of physics at McGill University, Kaspi holds the Lorne Trottier Chair in Astrophysics and Cosmology, and a Canada Research Chair in Observational Astrophysics. She is also the Director of the newly created McGill Space Institute. Before joining the McGill faculty in 2000, Kaspi completed a BSc degree at McGill, as well as earning MA and PhD degrees from Princeton University. She has also held the Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California Institute of Technology, and was previously an Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Following her talk, Kaspi will answer questions from the online and in-house audience 鈥� including questions submitted prior to and during the talk via and (using the hashtag #piLIVE). Questions are welcomed from everyone 鈥� aspiring scientific explorers, school classes, physics and chemistry buffs, and general science enthusiasts.
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________________________________________LIVE WEBCAST DETAILS鈥� What: Victoria Kaspi, The Cosmic Gift of Neutron Stars鈥� When: Wednesday, Feb. 3, 7 pm EST 鈥� Where: Live at Perimeter Institute, webcast online at 鈥� to receive an email reminder about the live webcast鈥� Pose questions for Kaspi by tweeting using the hashtag #piLIVE鈥� More info: ________________________________________
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