Deconstructing Pulsar Scintillations
Ue-Li Pen
CITA
Pulsars scintillate due to interstellar propagation effects. The origin
of these scintillations has posed challenges to fundamental physics,
leading to proposed solutions ranging from quark nuggets to exotic dark
matter and cosmic strings. We argue that multi frequency multi epoch
VLBI may resolve these challenges, and lead to substantial improvement
in gravity wave detection sensitivity.
Date: | Tuesday, 30 October 2012 |
Time: | 16:00 |
Where: | McGill University |
| Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, R.E. Bell Conference Room (room 103) |
Contact: | Robert Rutledge |
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