Estrelles zombis degenerades: un passeig pel cementiri estel·lar
Wednesday, May 6, at 7 p.m
When the interior of a star runs out of nuclear fuel, it stops being able to generate energy and we say that the star has “died”. However, the death of a star is neither unique nor final… In this talk, we will travel to these strange stellar objects, understand their origin from quantum physics and talk about the astronomical observations that have confirmed the existence of these real stellar zombies!
Bio:
Arnau Rios is a theoretical nuclear physicist and studies many-body quantum systems. He is an associate professor in the Department of Quantum Physics and Astrophysics and has been doing research at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences at the University of Barcelona since 2021. He began his research career with a doctorate at the UB (2007), followed by a postdoctoral stay at Michigan State University (USA, 2007-2009). In 2009 he moved to the University of Surrey (UK), where he was a Marie Curie Researcher, STFC Advanced Fellow and Lecturer.
