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DESCRIPTION:Join us on February 7th\, 2024 to learn about the cosmic myster
 y and history of fast radio bursts from one of the scientists who discover
 ed them!\n\nFast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration pulses of co
 smological origin that were discovered at West Virginia University in 2007
 . They show amazing promise as probes of the large-scale structure of the 
 Universe and provide a new window into the population of compact objects a
 t vast distances. Although much of the details as to their origins remain 
 to be discovered\, in this talk I will attempt to give an account of their
  discovery and what we have learned in the past seventeen years.\n\nMeet O
 ur Speaker:\n	Duncan Lorimer currently holds the rank of Professor of Physi
 cs and Astronomy and serves as Associate Dean for External Research Develo
 pment in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia Universi
 ty (WVU). After graduating with a BSc in Astrophysics from the University 
 of Wales in Cardiff in 1990\, where he was mentored by Prof. Bernard Schut
 z\, Lorimer got his PhD in 1994 for his contributions to Pulsar Astronomy 
 from the University of Manchester in the UK working under the supervision 
 of Profs. Andrew Lyne\, Dick Manchester and Matthew Bailes. Since then he 
 has held positions at the University of Manchester\, the Max-Planck-Instit
 ute for Radio Astronomy\, Cornell University\, University of Manchester\, 
 and at WVU. While at WVU\, Lorimer has received a Cottrell Scholar Award (
 2008) from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement and has rec
 eived both College and University awards for excellence in teaching (2009\
 , 2010) and for research as a Benedum Scholar (2019). Lorimer has been a F
 ellow of the Royal Astronomical Society since 1994 and in 2018 was named a
  Fellow of the American Physical Society in recognition of his contributio
 ns to our understanding of pulsars\, and for the discovery of fast radio b
 ursts. In 2023\, he was the co-recipient of the Shaw Prize in Astronomy al
 ong with Maura McLaughlin and Matthew Bailes for the discovery of fast rad
 io bursts.\n\n \n\nDate: February 7th 2024\n	Time: 7 pm (doors open 6:50 pm
 )\n	Location: McConnell Engineering Building room 204\n\nYoutube Livestream
 : https://youtube.com/live/5hLKDLNbUU4?feature=share\n
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LOCATION:room 204\, McConnell Engineering Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H
 3A 0E9\, 3480 rue University
SUMMARY:TSI Public Talk: The Mystery and History of Fast Radio Bursts
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/science/channels/event/tsi-public-talk-mystery-an
 d-history-fast-radio-bursts-354551
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