The Physics of Extreme-Gravity Stars

EM counterparts from NS-NS, BH-BH and WD-WD mergers

22 Jun 2017, 11:00

30m

FD5 (Nordita, Stockholm)

EM counterparts of compact object mergers (cont) and Binary Black Hole Astrophysics

Speaker

Maxim Lyutikov

Description

We discuss electromagnetic signals expected from mergers of various compact stars, stressing the ''Faraday wheel'' mechanism of converting mechanical energy into electromagnetic.