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Robert Kirshner (Moore Foundation) "Doing WFIRST Science Now: Supernovae in the Infrared"

Name: Robert Kirshner (Moore Foundation) "Doing WFIRST Science Now: Supernovae in the Infrared"
Start: 2016-11-17T16:00:00-08:00
End: 2016-11-17T17:00:00-08:00
Location: Zoom Talk

November 17, 2016 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Abstract.- An infrared-capable 2.4m telescope is presently in orbit: the Hubble Space Telescope. This makes it possible to do rest-frame infrared observations of Type Ia supernovae. In the infrared, SN Ia are more nearly standard candles and there is less obscuration by dust. I will give a status report on RAISIN2, an HST program that tiptoes into the realm of WFIRST science today.

Details

Date:: November 17, 2016
Time:: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Venue

: Zoom Talk
: 50A-5132
Berkeley, ca 94720