DIFT Colloquium: ‘Gamma Ray Bursts, Cosmic Rays and the Sociology of Science’
AULA POLIVALENTE UAM Plaza Mayor Campus de Cantoblanco UAM. C. Einstein, 7, Fuencarral-El Pardo, 28049 Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, SpainSpeaker: Álvaro de Rújula from IFT & CERN Venue & Time: Aula Polivalente UAM Abstract: Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and Cosmic Rays (CRs) are not difficult to comprehend. Quasars and micro-quasars are seen to emit highly relativistic “Cannonballs” (CBs), though the underlying mechanism remains unfathomable. The observation that core-collapse supernovae also emit CBs —plus some trivial […]