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| BNL Lecture: Katherine Prestridge on Clouds, Waves, and Supernovas |
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| Start Date: | 3/15/2012 | Start Time: | 4:00 PM |
| End Date: | 3/15/2012 | |
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Event Description
Katherine Prestridge is leader of the Extreme Fluids team at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Her team performs experiments in the laboratory that recreate many of the conditions seen in an exploding supernova. By performing experiments in the laboratory, they are able to carefully control their experiments and make detailed measurements of velocity, density and pressure. These measurements help our understanding of turbulent mixing and how to predict complex phenomena using computer simulations. The team's experimental measurements are the highest resolution in the world, and their results are leading international research in instabilities and mixing. This research is a top national priority for work at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California, where scientists are recreating the same fusion conditions found in stars in the hopes of creating a fusion energy supply on earth.
Sponsored by Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS), the talk is free and open to the public. Visitors to the Laboratory age 16 or older must carry photo I.D. |
Contact Information:
Phone: (631) 344-4909 |
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