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SUMMARY:Special Seminar | Dr. Sebastian Kamann (Liverpool John Moores Univ
 ersity)
DTSTART:20260427T120000Z
DTEND:20260427T130000Z
DTSTAMP:20260920T225917Z
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CATEGORIES:Wissenschaftliches
CATEGORIES:Wissenschaftlicher Vortrag
CATEGORIES:öffentlich
CATEGORIES:Special Seminar
CATEGORIES:Galaxien\, Kosmologie
CONTACT:Peter Weilbacher <pweilbacher@aip.de>
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Sebastian Kamann (Liverpool John Moores Universit
 y)\nTitle: Wempe lecture 2 “Star cluster dynamics”\nAbstract: The inte
 riors of massive star clusters are among the most dynamically active envir
 onments in the Universe\, where frequent gravitational encounters continua
 lly reshape stellar orbits and determine the fate of both stars and their 
 host systems. In this talk\, I explore the consequences of this evolution\
 , from gradual processes such as mass segregation and cluster evaporation 
 to dramatic events including core collapse and the possible formation of i
 ntermediate-mass black holes. I will outline the dynamical models used to 
 describe these systems and show how they incorporate cluster evolution whe
 n searching for evidence of these elusive black holes. Finally\, I will su
 rvey the rich population of stellar exotica produced by repeated encounter
 s\, including blue stragglers\, millisecond pulsars\, and binaries compose
 d of stellar remnants and luminous companions. In this context\, one cruci
 al question is whether dense star clusters the primary factories of the bi
 nary black holes whose mergers we now observe through gravitational waves.
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LOCATION:AIP\; Kirch-Haus\, Konferenzraum
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