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Rocking Out with Heavy Metals - The Origins of the Heaviest Metals in Our Universe FULL
Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
307
The gold in jewelry, the uranium in a nuclear power plant, the iodine with table salt, the caesium in atomic clocks: what do these all have in common? It turns out they were likely forged in the fires of a cosmic explosion known as a kilonova! This course will dive into astronomer's journey to understand the origins of the heaviest elements of the periodic table.
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Daniel Brethauer

University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Brethauer is a 4th year graduate student at UC Berkeley in the Astronomy Department working with Raffaella Margutti and Dan Kasen. Daniel's research seeks to understand a rare astrophysical phenomena known as a kilonova, the result of the collision of a dead massive star with... Read More →
Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
307
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