Discovery of the Optical Pulsar in Supernova 1987a

Presenter Full Name
Dr. Carl Pennypacker
Institution
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Year & Semester
1989 Fall
Presentation Date
October 2, 1989

Dr. Carl Pennypacker of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory will describe recent observations of the rotating neutron star inside the Large Magellenic Cloud supernova remnant and will discuss the implications of these unprecedented observations for nuclear physics and astrophysics.