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DTSTART:20181129T213000Z
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LOCATION:4421 Sterling Hall\, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 PM\, Talk begins
  at 3:45 PM
SUMMARY:Surveying the Galactic Bulge for Transients and Compact Binari
 es\, Astronomy Colloquium\, Tom Maccarone\, Texas Tech University
DESCRIPTION:Understanding the evolution of binary stars is vital for a
 lmost all of the key problems in astrophysics today.  For example\, gr
 avitational wave sources and Type Ia supernovae are fundamentally bina
 ry processes.  From a theoretical point of view\, binary stellar evolu
 tion is extremely complicated\, with many poorly understood processes 
 contributing.  To build up an understanding of binary evolution\, it i
 s thus necessary to build a set of observational constraints.  Here\, 
 I will present the results from several projects aimed at understandin
 g the binary and transient populations of the Milky Way's Galactic Bul
 ge.  Some key highlights will include new understanding of cataclysmic
  variables\, accreting black holes and neutron stars\, and the discove
 ry of a low mass protostar that appears to have formed in isolation.<b
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=4954
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