Cosmic Ray Anisotropy Workshop 2017

Session

Public Lecture III

3p

14 Oct 2017, 11:00

Guadalajara, Mexico

2. Multi-Messenger Astronomy

Prof. Jordan Goodman (o=umd,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

14/10/2017, 11:00

Public Lecture

Astronomy began with people looking at the night sky to see the visible light from the stars. As technology was developed, they augmented their own eyes with optical telescopes, then radio telescopes, then even launched satellites to detect other wavelengths of light from infrared to UV to x-rays and gamma-rays. Today the study of the stars has branched out to use giant detectors on the earth...