Wed, 15 September 2021

10:00am – 11:00am BST

In 2017, we observed the merger of two neutrons stars for the first time. In order to understand the stars that resulted in this violent encounter, we need to understand the stars that lived nearby,

In this talk, Dr Heloise Stevance will show you how we can use state of the art simulation and data analysis codes to infer the full story, from the birth to death of these exotic explosions.

Originally born and raised in France, Heloise moved to the UK to study Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sheffield. After working as a support astronomer at the Isaac Newton Group in La Palma for a year, she obtained her Masters of Physics in 2015. She subsequently started a PhD studying the 3D shape of Core Collapse Supernovae, and earned her title in Spring 2019. In July of that year, she joined the University of Auckland as a Research Fellow to research the evolution of massive stars to better understand how they die and produce Supernovae and Kilonovae.