BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:EventsCalendar PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T053451Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Engineering,Lectures and Seminars DESCRIPTION:Physics Seminar The Physics Department is pleased to announce a new series of public astronomy talks, held in conjunction with open house s at the UMass Dartmouth Hirshfeld-Dowd Observatory.  Each short, 20-minu te talk will be accessible to all audiences and will explore a wide range of engaging topics in astronomy and astrophysics.  Weather permitting, pu blic telescope observing at the observatory will immediately follow the ta lks. Title:                       Black Holes: Cosmic Laborator ies of Extreme Physics     Speaker:                  Zach Perei ra, MS Student                       Date:                      Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Time:                     7 :00 pm Location:               DION 114 Abstract: Black holes are s ome of the most fascinating objects in the universe, not only because of t heir mystery, but also because they serve as natural laboratories for test ing physics under the most extreme conditions. In this public talk, I will introduce how black holes form and what makes their behavior so unusual, from intense gravity to the strange effects predicted by relativity. I wil l then explore how astronomers actually study black holes, highlighting th e observations and measurements that make them more than just theoretical curiosities. These include images from the Event Horizon Telescope, X-ray emission from accretion disks and binary systems, and gravitational waves produced when black holes collide. By the end, the audience will see black holes not just as exotic cosmic monsters, but as powerful tools for under standing the universe itself. NOTE:        All PHY Graduate Students a re ENCOURAGED to attend.  All interested parties are invited to attend. O pen to the public.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/physics- seminar.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Physics Seminar

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The Phy sics Department is pleased to announce a new series of public astronomy ta lks\, held in conjunction with open houses at the UMass Dartmouth Hirshfel d-Dowd Observatory.  Each short\, 20-minute talk will be accessible to al l audiences and will explore a wide range of engaging topics in astronomy and astrophysics.  Weather permitting\, public telescope observing at the observatory will immediately follow the talks.

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Title:                       Black Holes: Cosmic Laboratories of Extreme Physics    

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Speaker:                  Zach Pereira\, MS Student                       

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Date:                      Tuesday\, April 7\, 2026

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Time:                     7:00 pm

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Location:               DION 114

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Abstrac t:

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Black holes are some of the most fascinating objects in the uni verse\, not only because of their mystery\, but also because they serve as natural laboratories for testing physics under the most extreme condition s. In this public talk\, I will introduce how black holes form and what ma kes their behavior so unusual\, from intense gravity to the strange effect s predicted by relativity. I will then explore how astronomers actually st udy black holes\, highlighting the observations and measurements that make them more than just theoretical curiosities. These include images from th e Event Horizon Telescope\, X-ray emission from accretion disks and binary systems\, and gravitational waves produced when black holes collide. By t he end\, the audience will see black holes not just as exotic cosmic monst ers\, but as powerful tools for understanding the universe itself.

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NOTE:        All PHY Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend.

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 All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public.

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/physics-seminar.php

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