RRATs

The slides for my talk on RRATs is now available on the Estrela Workshop website here. I don’t think it is stated in the talk but RRATs stands for Rotating RAdio Transients.
Does anyone out there know if nerves go away after you have given x amount of talks? Also what is the value of x?

Evan

Keywords: pulsars, RRATs, radio transients, neutron stars

The Crab Nebula

This is the Crab Nebula. It is probably the most famous known SNR there is, the SN having occured in 1054 CE. It is home to the Crab pulsar which rotates once every 33ms. The charming nebula also has the distinction of looking like Ireland … well at least I think so. Please comment if you are checking out this post and let me know what you think!