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Undergraduate Physics Seminar: "Probing Stars at Cosmological Distances with Gravitational Lensing", Athish Thiruvengadam

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Department of Physics
Location
Loomis 464
Virtual
wifi event
Date
Mar 6, 2025   5:00 pm  
Speaker
Athish Thiruvengadam
Contact
Tushar Mohan
E-Mail
tusharm4@illinois.edu
Phone
848-702-1630
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Originating Calendar
Physics - Undergraduate Student Events

The observation of the first lensed star in 2016 opened up a new frontier in extragalactic astronomy. By studying stars outside the Milky Way, we can start to answer hypotheses that were previously unrealisable. In this talk, I will begin with an introduction to gravitational lensing and then present a brief history of lensed star observations. Finally, I conclude with our contributions to this field using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope.  

Join via Zoom: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88159082678?pwd=x1YbUxR5U9HiC56ONa9QdPHGjhc8qw.1 

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