Astrophysical Polarimetry in the Time-Domain Era

Spectropolarimetry of core collapse supernovae: 35 years and counting

30 Aug 2022, 12:15

30m

Politecnico di Milano - Polo territoriale di Lecco

Oral Polarization and supernovae, novae and kilonovae

Speaker

Dr Heloise Stevance (Department of Physics, The University of Auckland)

Description

I will give a brief of overview of what spectropolarimetry has taught us about core collapse supernovae and stripped envelope supernovae, as well as highlight what I see as being the main challenges/issues that now need to be addressed to take us to the next level.