ICTS:30770

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Quantum Astrophysics and Cosmology

Quantum Astrophysics and Cosmology

(2025). Quantum Astrophysics and Cosmology. SciVideos. https://youtube.com/live/YOCjMEQ2cfE

Quantum Astrophysics and Cosmology. SciVideos, Jan. 17, 2025, https://youtube.com/live/YOCjMEQ2cfE 

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            language = {en},
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            year = {2025},
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Roger Blandford
Talk numberICTS:30770
Source RepositoryICTS-TIFR
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Abstract

Astrophysics and cosmology grew, symbiotically, alongside quantum mechanics, over the past hundred years. The developing fields of atomic, nuclear and particle physics found motivation and application to central problems in astrophysics. These included the elucidation of stellar and interstellar spectra, the powering of stars and supernovae, the origin of the chemical elements, the properties of neutron stars and the interpretation of cosmic rays.  This relationship continues and is expressed in some of the most pressing problems today, notably the nature and consequences of dark matter, the provenance of cosmic structure and baryon asymmetry, the properties of magnetars, the acceleration of the highest energy cosmic rays and the origin of life.