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SUMMARY:Here be dragons :The Dynamic Radio Sky\, Astronomy Colloquium\
 , Geoffrey Bower\, University of California - Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:Radio variability probes a wide range of astrophysical phe
 nomena from the solar system to the early Universe including black hol
 es\, neutron stars\, gravitational wave sources\, and relativistic sho
 cks from collapsing stars. Radio follow-up of events discovered at opt
 ical\, X-ray\, and gamma-ray wavelengths demonstrates a rich phenomeno
 logy but we lack a systematic and sensitive view of radio variability.
   Our efforts in recent years with the Very Large Array (VLA) and the 
 Allen Telescope Array (ATA) have provided the beginnings of an unbiase
 d exploration on time scales from milliseconds to decades.  Powered by
  development of unique digital instrumentation\, new algorithms\, and 
 new survey strategies\, our surveys have defined the shape of next gen
 eration radio telescopes and surveys.  In particular\, these surveys a
 re shaping our understanding of radio supernovae\, tidal disruption ev
 ents\, and gravitational-wave sources.  Planned surveys with newly com
 missioned national facilities such as the Expanded Very Large Array (E
 VLA)\, the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP)\, and the South African M
 eerKAT telescopes coupled with the development of new instrumentation 
 will extend our reach into new parameter space.<br>
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=2660
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