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Gamma Ray Bursts: A Brief History of the Most Powerful Explosions in the Universe- John Horack

John Horack
April 5, 2020
3:00PM - 5:00PM
Zoom Virtual Lecture

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Add to Calendar 2020-04-05 15:00:00 2020-04-05 17:00:00 Gamma Ray Bursts: A Brief History of the Most Powerful Explosions in the Universe- John Horack Gamma-ray bursts, discovered by accident with classified satellites, were for decades a leading mystery in astrophysics. John Horack explores the breakthroughs that followed from the Gamma Ray Observatory (1991) and subsequent experiments, which showed that these are the most powerful explosions in the universe. Very recently, gravitational waves have been detected from these still-mysterious explosions. John Horack is the inaugural Neil Armstrong Chair in Aerospace Policy at The Ohio State University, with tenured, full-professor appointments in the College of Engineering's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. He is a 30-year veteran of the spaceflight industry.    The first online lecture of the series. This lecture will be shown via Zoom, a webinar tool that users can either download or use on their web browser, on April 5 at 3 p.m. It will be followed with a live Q&A. For more information, please visit the Science Sundays webpage. This event is free and open to the public.  Zoom Virtual Lecture Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP) ccapp@osu.edu America/New_York public

Gamma-ray bursts, discovered by accident with classified satellites, were for decades a leading mystery in astrophysics. John Horack explores the breakthroughs that followed from the Gamma Ray Observatory (1991) and subsequent experiments, which showed that these are the most powerful explosions in the universe. Very recently, gravitational waves have been detected from these still-mysterious explosions.

John Horack is the inaugural Neil Armstrong Chair in Aerospace Policy at The Ohio State University, with tenured, full-professor appointments in the College of Engineering's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. He is a 30-year veteran of the spaceflight industry. 

 

The first online lecture of the series. This lecture will be shown via Zoom, a webinar tool that users can either download or use on their web browser, on April 5 at 3 p.m. It will be followed with a live Q&A. For more information, please visit the Science Sundays webpage.

This event is free and open to the public. 

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