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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Department of Physics & Astronomy, TAMU-Commerce</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(192, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Oct 25, Thursday, 4-5 PM in Science Building 127</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 176, 80); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Nuclear Physics, Astrophysics</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Jorge Piekarweicz</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Piekarewicz earned a BS in Physics (1981) from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and a PhD in Physics (1985) from the University of Pennsylvania. After postdoctoral work at CalTech (1985)
and Indiana University (1987), he arrived at Florida State University in 1990 where he has been ever since. His main research area is nuclear physics with particular interest on the behavior of nuclear matter under extreme conditions of density, such as those
found in the interior of neutron stars. More information about </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Piekarewicz and his research can be found at:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__web2.physics.fsu.edu_-7Epiekarewicz_bio.html&d=DwMFAw&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=hjwEO_XYlnwAQWUGeaCrW47w4mK-Al28-BKyRvaivBs&m=MAl3n04aSRscISqUx0FNBENvFZFaRk_qxaF1aHi_kPU&s=VP_hgQKcgpo1sSiB-itbRUQZRWhpJPAAuxmVVUpfRus&e=" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">http://web2.physics.fsu.edu/~piekarewicz/bio.html</span></a></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">One of the overarching questions animating nuclear physics today is "How does subatomic matter organize itself". Neutron stars are cosmic laboratories uniquely poised to answer this fundamental question.
The historical first detection of a binary neutron star merger by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration is providing fundamental new insights into the astrophysical site for the r-process and on the nature of neutron-rich matter. In turn, the study of exotic atomic
nuclei at various terrestrial facilities will shed light on the underlying dynamics of the r-process and on the structure of neutron stars. In this presentation I will discuss how this synergy in combination with nuclear physics insights, modern theoretical
approaches, and powerful statistical ideas can pave the way to understanding these fascinating objects.</span></p>
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