Title: Revealing black holes hiding in the centers of globular clusters Abstract: It has been long theorized that intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) connecting the evolution of stellar-mass and supermassive-black holes should exist. There is mounting evidence suggesting that such black holes can form and may be retained in dense stellar environments. Observationally only upper limits … Continue reading "CRA seminar: Bülent Kiziltan (CfA)"

Title: Gamma-ray Transients from Fermi GBM in the Multi-messenger Era Abstract: As the Multi-Messenger era begins with observations from IceCube and LIGO, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) is well suited to provide context observations of gamma-ray transients between 10 keV and 40 MeV. Fermi GBM has a wide field of view, high uptime and … Continue reading "CRA seminar (Dr. Michael Briggs)"

Title: Ex Luna, Scientia: The Lunar Occultation Explorer (LOX) Abstract: The Lunar Occultation Explorer (LOX) is a next-generation mission concept currently under consideration within NASA’s MIDEX program. LOX will provide new capabilities for time-domain astronomy and establish the Moon as a platform for nuclear astrophysics. Performance requirements are driven by our focused science goal: resolving … Continue reading "CRA seminar (Prof. Richard Miller)"

Title: Monopole-antimonopole creation and other numerical studies. Abstract: I will describe magnetic monopoles, their properties, and recent numerical work on their creation from particles.      

Revealing the Neutrino through Double-Beta Decay   Characterization of the elusive neutrino has been the goal of many experiments over recent years, yet many fundamental properties of this elementary particle remain unknown. As the only neutral Standard Model fermion, it is possible that the neutrino is a Majorana particle, i.e. it's own anti-particle. This intriguing … Continue reading "CRA special seminar (Jacob Daughhetee)"