天文学的发展,持久的动力来自观测,特别是突破性的新发现。观测天文学目前已经从刻画静态宇宙发展到认识动态宇宙,通过多波段、时域监测来揭示宇宙中各类天体的变化并发现和探索各类新天体、新现象。时域天文学已然...
Warped accretion discs are common around black holes and stars. There is growing indirect observational evidence for warped circumstellar discs around young stars, indicated by shadows cast by the war...
As a wideband, large-field-of-view radio telescope, the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) is a revolutionary new telescope designed to provide answers to three major questions in ...
Magnetars have magnetic field up to 10^15 G. The ultra-strong magnetic field has profound implications for the mechanical, thermal and radiative evolution of magnetars. In this talk, I will discuss th...