Title：Electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave (GW) and its related transients—gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and kilonova

Speaker：Hou-Jun Lü（吕侯军）

Abstract：

Coalescence of double compact stars is one of the primary origins of GW and their associated electromagnetic radiation. In 2015, for the first time, GW had been detected by LIGO from the merger of two black holes. In 2017, GW and their electromagnetic counterparts originating from binary neutron star merger were also successfully detected, which was selected as one of the Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of the Year by Science. This talk mainly presents the recent research works of our team on compact star mergers. It includes the progenitor stars, central engines and classification of GRBs, and the GW radiation from binary neutron star mergers, kilonovae, heavy element nucleosynthesis, and constraints on the equation of state of neutron stars.

Bio：

Hou-Jun Lü is Professor of Guangxi University. He received his Ph.D from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2015, and then joined to Guangxi University. His research focuses on high-energy astrophysics, including compact objects, GW radiation and its electromagnetic counterparts, such as GRBs, supernovae, kilonovae, and fast X-ray transients. He has been funded by the National Science Fund (NSF) for Excellent Young Scholars, Guangxi Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. Currently, he is key member of science team of SVOM satellite. He has published more than 80 papers, which have been independent cited more than 4,000 times.  

Time: 14:00-15:00, 16/June, Tuesday
Venue: Room 506 (Large seminar room), Department of Astronomy 

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