Nachts auf der Sternwarte

The lecture series "Nights at the Observatory" presents an extensive program of lectures on a variety of topics on astrophysics. The lectures are accessible to the general public and are held in German or English (see program). After the talk there is a visit to the Great Refractor.

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From Jewel Boxes to Treasure Troves: The Wonders of Stellar Interactions in Globular Clusters

Globular clusters are dense stellar systems with hundreds of thousands to millions of stars in a volume that is only a couple of times larger than the distance of the Sun to its closest star. Globular clusters are also very old, with ages around 13 billion years. In such dense and old systems, it is not unusual for stars to interact with each other: flybys, captures, and even collisions and mergers happen in globular clusters. In this talk, I will guide you on the different stellar interactions that can occur in globular clusters and their exotic results, from rejuvenated stars to black hole mergers and gravitational waves.

Francisco Aros

In English

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