PIRSA:21040028

Core-Collapse Supernovae as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics

O'Connor, E. (2021). Core-Collapse Supernovae as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/21040028

O'Connor, Evan. Core-Collapse Supernovae as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics. Perimeter Institute, Apr. 22, 2021, https://pirsa.org/21040028 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:21040028,
            doi = {10.48660/21040028},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/21040028},
            author = {O{\textquoteright}Connor, Evan},
            keywords = {Strong Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Core-Collapse Supernovae as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2021},
            month = {apr},
            note = {PIRSA:21040028 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Evan O'Connor

California Institute of Technology

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Core-Collapse Supernovae are a fantastic laboratory to study fundamental physics.  The messengers from the core, neutrino and gravitational waves, carry a wealth of information about the dynamics, thermodynamics, underlying physics, and structure of massive stars at the end of their lives.  In this talk, I will discuss some of the ways we can use supernovae to probe this physics.  From quark-hadron phase transitions emitting unique gravitational wave and neutrino signals, to neutrinos telling us precise information about the distance to and progenitor mass (!) of galactic supernovae, even before the optical signal is emitted.  I will also talk about current efforts to model the population of core-collapse supernovae using parameterized 1D models.