Series: Astronomy Colloquium
Date: Wednesday 18-Sep-2024
Time: 16:05-17:00 (4:05-5:00 pm)
Location: ATL 2400
Speaker: Dr. Ehud Behar (Technion)
Title: Science Highlights From the X-Ray Spectrometer on Board XRISM - The First Year
In September 2023, the XRISM satellite was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. On board XRISM is a focal-plane calorimeter, built at NASA/GSFC, that features unprecedented spectral resolution and sensitivity in the hard X-ray band above 2 keV. The talk will present highlights from the first year of XRISM, which include new insights into winds of massive stars, spectral morphology in supernova remnants, super-Eddington winds from low-mass X-ray binaries, evidence for high-energy super-winds in galaxies, and the most powerful quasar wind ever detected. The talk will stress the unique capabilities of the new instrument to make these discoveries.
In-person colloquia are usually preceded by espresso and ice cream at 1:45 pm outside room PSC 1150 and are followed by an informal reception at 5:15 pm in that room. Anyone interested in talking with the speaker, or being added to the colloquium announcement email list, should contact the colloquium organizer Dr. Leslie Sage. Lunch will normally be reserved for the speaker to talk to graduate students. Anyone asking a question during a talk is asked to raise their hand and be acknowledged before speaking. Contact Dr. Leslie Sage for details.
Colloquium Organizer:
Dr. Leslie Sage
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