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April 10, 1995

Rings of Fire: Thermonuclear Combustion on Neutron Stars

Dr. Lars Bildsten
University of California, Berkeley

Darwin 103
4:00 PM

Dr. Lars Bildsten of the University of California, Berkeley will describe the thermonuclear fires that burn freshly accreted matter on neutron star surfaces and relate how the luminosity from this burning is observed.