Tuesday Physics Seminar: The Flaring X-Ray Universe Conference/Lecture Tuesday, November 19, 2019 The event started -1773 days agoMultiday event - 0 days 2:50 PM 3:50 PM Optics Building Room 237 The Flaring X-Ray Universe Dr Jimmy Irwin (UA) Violent (>100x amplitude), short-term (<1 minute rise time) X-ray flaring from a host of astrophysical objects have been increasingly detected in recent years from Milky Way stars, extragalactic X-ray binaries in nearby galaxies, and other transients at cosmological distances of uncertain origin. Our thorough search of the Chandra data archive for flaring objects has uncovered a number of such flares that have escaped notice until now. I present a summary of the most extreme X-ray flaring events from both our survey and the literature and discuss how such violent events further our understanding of stellar magnetic fields, compact object accretion, and compact object mergers. Details Category Conference/Lecture department College of Science, Physics and Astronomy Audience Public, Students, Faculty and Staff, Alumni Contact Ming Sun This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Venue Optics BuildingJohn Wright Blvd.Huntsville, AL 35899View map More Dates SHARE