Coloquio DIFT. Álvaro de Rújula

Título: Gamma Ray Bursts, Cosmic Rays and the Sociology of Science

Álvaro de Rújula, CERN& IFT.

Resumen: Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and Cosmic Rays (CRs) are not difficult to comprehend. Quasars and micro-quasars are seen to emit highly relativistic “Cannonballs” (CBs), though the underlying mechanism remains unfathomable. The observation that core-collapse supernovae also emit CBs —plus some trivial relativistic kinematics— provides a successful understanding of GRBs and CRs. The self-defined “official experts” on these fields resist the evidence, in an explicitly inquisitorial way.

Organizado por el Departamento de Fïsica Teórica de la UAM y el Instituto de Física Teórica UAM/CSIC.

Dirigido al público general.