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SUMMARY:Pulsars: outstanding natural laboratories for fundamental physics 
 and astrophysics (Inaugural Lecture)
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: JProf. Dr. Alessandro Ridolfi\n\nPulsars are rapidly
  rotating neutron stars\, endowed with a strong magnetic field. They are a
 mong the densest objects in the universe\, second only to black holes. How
 ever\, compared to the latter\, they present a major advantage: they can e
 mit light. Indeed\, the main property of pulsars is the emission\, in the 
 direction of the magnetic axis\, of a beam of radiation\, which sweeps the
  line of sight of a distant observer at every turn of the neutron star. Th
 is characteristic\, in combination with their superb rotational stability\
 , makes pulsars behave as exceptionally precise natural "clocks"\, which c
 an be used to our advantage.\n\nIn this talk\, I will guide through the re
 alm of pulsars\, showing how these fascinating objects can be profitably e
 xploited to conduct a plethora of fundamental physics and astrophysics exp
 eriments. \n\nPulsars are typically observed with large\, ground-based rad
 io telescopes. As several new ones have recently come online or are under 
 construction\, I will also touch upon the current state of the art and fut
 ure of pulsar observing facilities. In particular\, I will discuss how the
  new telescopes (most notably the SKA) are expected to produce huge volume
 s of data\, which will pose significant challenges from a computational st
 andpoint and will require new strategies for their reduction and analyses.
 \n\n\nhttps://indico.physik.uni-bielefeld.de/event/194/
LOCATION:H6 (UHG)
URL:https://indico.physik.uni-bielefeld.de/event/194/
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